Focus on the Beer

It's the end of the year! We cover all the different buyouts, sellouts, and our picks for the best and brightest breweries in Colorado Springs!

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Welcome to Focus on the Beer. I’m Ryan Hannigan.

Years ago, if you may remember, we posited that Colorado breweries were creating a new style of IPA. Back in 2014, FOTB’s very own Josh Howard wrote about the Colorado Wild IPA as a rising regional style. Many of the beers Josh mentioned still exist, yet the style didn’t catch on. Could it be that the Colorado beer scene was just waiting for a more exemplary style? Perhaps.

Flash forward five years to a beer industry dominated by breweries pushing out hundreds of copy-cat hazy IPAs, changing the hops ever so slightly and calling it good. With terms like “Double dry hopped,” “Quadruple DDH”, and more, we’ve waived farewell to the IBU wars of the late 90’s, as today’s brewers are fighting to pack as many pounds per barrel of hops as possible. Today’s guests are doing that too, but in unconventional way.

Join us as we embark on a conversation with Telluride Brewing’s Chris Fish and Oast House Oil’s Rob Kevwitch about the newest technology to hit liquid. Listen in.

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In this episode, the guys sit down with Jeff Lockhart from Dueces Wild Brewery to talk about winning Gold for their Knuckle Dragger Scotch Ale. Listen in!

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In this episode, Josh Adamski from Cerberus talks to the guys about the Sold-Out Cerberus Anniversary party, as well as the future plans for the brand.

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We talk with Jeff Airman from Paradox about a slew of things that are happening in the beer industry...listen in.

Beers in this episode:

• Rockcut Galactic Portal IPA
• Odd13 Superfly Keller Pilsner
• Stillwater Artisanal Rhinestones & Sequins Sour Brut DIPA
• Jester King Spon 4
• Cantillon Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio

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This week, we talk with the COS Craft Beer Facebook group moderators about herding cats, drinking beers and popularity contests.

Featuring beer from:

Other Half Brewing

New Belgium

Steamworks Brewing

Storybook Brewing

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Happy American Craft Beer Week!

We brought Resolute Brewing's Sam Sly into the studio for a little chat about all the changes in their neck of the woods and more! Thanks to Sam for making the drive and sharing some delicious beers! Also, go check out Resolute Brewing's second location opening up May 24!

Beers this episode:

Other Half Feels Like Outer Space

Weldwerks Fake Item Box

Resolute Brewing Tangential

Resolute Brewing Cape of Good Hop

Resolute Brewing/Something Brewing ESP10N4GE

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In this episode, Josh and Ryan breakdown the news about Weldwerks joining the Colorado Springs craft beer landscape and other oddities about CBC and beer news in general.

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Join Ryan, Josh and Katie as they recap the Collab fest experience! Don't take notice of the crew breaking the cardinal rule of podcasting and mentioning the exact date this episode had been recorded. Cheers! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/focusonthebeer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/focusonthebeer/support

In our Seventieth episode, we sit down with Woody and Michael from Brass Brewing to talk about the ups and downs they've encountered in their first year and learn a bit more about the path ahead for their Downtown Colorado Springs brewery. Traditional Styles reign supreme with Michael Johnson, the head brewer at Brass, and we taste through a few of his creations on the show. Try them for yourself at their One Year Anniversary on March 22! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/focusonthebeer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/focusonthebeer/support