1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:06,440 This is Beer in Front, part of the Odd Pods Media Network. Sometimes 2 00:00:06,599 --> 00:00:11,000 the beer in front of you is the best one yet. I'll talk about 3 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:16,320 some old school beers that maybe you've forgotten about, some new beers that have 4 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:20,920 potential to be a classic. I'll also talk to people in the beer world 5 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:26,839 and get their stories all about beer. That's Beer in Front and it's coming 6 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:33,840 up now. Welcome to the November thirteenth edition, episode one hundred and eighty 7 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:39,600 six of Beer in Front. I'm your host, Dave Zalatorus, and Beer 8 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:45,240 in Front is a proud Odd Pods Media Network member. Today I'm gonna try 9 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:51,280 something a little different. I'm gonna have a Tipache that's a fermented pineapple beverage. 10 00:00:51,719 --> 00:00:57,880 I'm also gonna have something from Ravinia, and there was big beer news 11 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:03,960 involving Revenia Brewing Company, So I'm going to have all that coming up soon. 12 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:07,280 If you need to get a hold of me, you could email me 13 00:01:07,439 --> 00:01:11,439 Dave antberinfront dot com, or you could find me on all the social media 14 00:01:11,519 --> 00:01:19,239 channels at Beer in Front. If you're listening to this on your normal podcast 15 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:26,359 player, this is also on video over on YouTube, so if you want 16 00:01:26,359 --> 00:01:30,079 to catch it over on YouTube and see my ugly mug talk about it. 17 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:34,159 You could do that as well. I want to thank you for listening or 18 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:38,799 in this case watching. If you'd like to support the show, you could 19 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:46,400 go over to patreon dot com slash Beer in Front for more information. Not 20 00:01:46,519 --> 00:01:51,000 only is this show good, I've got a couple good shows lined up soon. 21 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:56,040 I'm going to talk to the people over at Garage Beer and talk about 22 00:01:56,079 --> 00:02:00,319 them. They're really taking the Midwest area by storm. David expanded to Chicago 23 00:02:00,719 --> 00:02:04,359 and I'm gonna talk to them in the next couple of weeks. And I 24 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,400 also think I'm gonna do one on some different holiday ciders. So there's some 25 00:02:08,479 --> 00:02:14,240 good Beer in Front episodes that are becoming up soon. But let's stop talking 26 00:02:14,759 --> 00:02:27,879 and let's get on with this show. The big beer news this week was 27 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:37,560 the Revennea Music Festival suing the Revennea Brewing Company, alleging that the brewery violated 28 00:02:38,199 --> 00:02:45,960 their trademark. Here's my Revenia story. About twelve years ago, I went 29 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:51,960 to go see the B fifty two's and the Go Gos over at the festival. 30 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,800 They have a seating area where you could view the stage and this big 31 00:02:55,879 --> 00:03:01,240 lawn area where you could bring a pick. You can't see the show from 32 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:07,960 the lawn area, but you could hear it and have a picnic. When 33 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:14,159 I say picnic, it's so bougie. There's you're not just bringing a picnic. 34 00:03:14,199 --> 00:03:20,120 It's not just your normal picnic stuff. These people have chairs and tables 35 00:03:20,199 --> 00:03:28,280 with fine linen. My friends and I we bring some sandwiches from Alpine and 36 00:03:28,319 --> 00:03:34,360 some beer. You would have thought we were the Blues Brothers pulling into shape. 37 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,280 Paul, how much for your little girl? Your children? I want 38 00:03:37,319 --> 00:03:40,879 to buy your children the looks that we had from these people. Now, 39 00:03:40,919 --> 00:03:46,960 I'm going to tell you right now, a sandwich from Alpine in Elmwood Park 40 00:03:46,439 --> 00:03:53,199 was far better than these Highland park people. That's whatever they were serving, 41 00:03:53,599 --> 00:04:00,199 So don't look down on an Alpine sandwich idiots. Also, before I get 42 00:04:00,199 --> 00:04:08,879 going here, the festival. It's a nonprofit, but their director makes over 43 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:15,000 seven hundred thousand dollars a year, so somebody's profiting off of this. And 44 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:23,720 these are all my opinions. They're just my opinions. In case the Festival's 45 00:04:23,879 --> 00:04:28,839 Giuliani type lawyers want to come after me, these are just my opinions. 46 00:04:28,879 --> 00:04:32,600 I'm not stating this as fact. I'm just the clown. So these are 47 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:41,800 my opinions only. The festival claims that the brewery violated the twenty eighteen agreement 48 00:04:42,439 --> 00:04:48,680 that the festival actually rescinded to limit the use of sharing the name of the 49 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:55,040 community that they all serve. I'm not an attorney, but that would be 50 00:04:55,319 --> 00:05:03,639 like the Chicago Cubs suing the Chicago Bulls or Missus O'Leary's cow suing the Chicago 51 00:05:03,759 --> 00:05:12,319 Fire soccer team for misrepresenting the name in twenty eighteen. According to the Chicago 52 00:05:12,439 --> 00:05:19,439 Tribune, the festival wanted royalties on beer sales. Now, their communications director 53 00:05:19,959 --> 00:05:26,079 say that this isn't about money, But then why do you ask for money? 54 00:05:26,519 --> 00:05:31,240 Area residents wanted a brewery, and they actually had a meeting I guess 55 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:36,040 at the festival just a day or so ago, and area residents of the 56 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:43,160 Ravinia area where I guess kind of upset at the Revenea Festival for going through 57 00:05:43,199 --> 00:05:48,480 this. So good for the residents of the Highland Park Revenea area for standing 58 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:56,360 up for the brewery. You know this is publicist speak. When the festival 59 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:02,600 talks about its diverse all star lineup, and that there was actual confusion in 60 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:10,399 the marketplace when the brewery started having some guy played the guitar on Thursday. 61 00:06:10,759 --> 00:06:15,480 I don't know how that could cause confusion, but according to the festival, 62 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:20,399 there's actual confusion going on about this. Now, the brewery claims they had 63 00:06:20,439 --> 00:06:26,959 not had the guitar player perform in a couple of years, so I don't 64 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,519 know what the festival's talking about. The thing that gets me is that the 65 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:38,000 festiful claims that the brewery and I got to read this because it's a quote 66 00:06:38,079 --> 00:06:44,120 unquote, they were brazenly promoting itself. Now, the owner's wife, on 67 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:50,519 her own personal social media feed took a picture of them having a Ravinia beer 68 00:06:50,959 --> 00:06:56,000 while they were at like a counting crow show. So it wasn't the brewery 69 00:06:56,160 --> 00:07:00,680 social media feed. It was the owner's wife on her own per personal feed. 70 00:07:00,959 --> 00:07:06,879 But this is brazenly you such idiots, I mean, your clowns. 71 00:07:08,639 --> 00:07:14,279 Now, the Ravenia name was used before the festival. It was the name 72 00:07:14,399 --> 00:07:19,360 of the community. It was annexed into Highland Park one hundred and some years 73 00:07:19,439 --> 00:07:25,360 ago. The name itself is not only used by the festival in the brewery, 74 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:30,319 but there's a plumbing company, a barber shop. There's been barring grill 75 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:35,480 restaurants, other things that use the Ravenia name. I don't know if the 76 00:07:35,519 --> 00:07:43,240 festival's going after that, but they're going after the Ravenea Brewing Company personally. 77 00:07:43,759 --> 00:07:46,279 You know me, I'm a jag off. If I were to brewery, 78 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:54,480 I'd countersue for the removal of any beverage sales at the festival for diluting the 79 00:07:54,560 --> 00:08:01,800 Revenea Brewing Company's name. Have Highland Park Helen go after the festival when they 80 00:08:01,839 --> 00:08:09,480 can't have beer or beverages during jeth Row Tull next year. To me and 81 00:08:09,519 --> 00:08:16,680 once again, these are just my opinions. This seems like a bullying tactic 82 00:08:16,199 --> 00:08:26,639 from a large nonprofit organization going after a small, independent business person. They 83 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:31,920 have a successful brewery in the neighborhood of the festival. They have another one 84 00:08:31,959 --> 00:08:37,720 that's closer to me in the Logan Square area. I reached out to the 85 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,919 brewery on social media. I'm sure their hands are tied with litigation going on 86 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:48,159 and they really can't talk about it. I didn't reach out to the festival 87 00:08:48,519 --> 00:08:50,879 because they didn't even like me with my sandwiches, so they're not going to 88 00:08:50,919 --> 00:08:54,919 want to talk to me. But if anyone from the festival wants to come 89 00:08:54,960 --> 00:09:01,080 on and talk about this, I'm easily found, So you could hunt me 90 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,879 down. But once again, these are my opinions. Don't sue me. 91 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:09,360 I'm a delicate flower, like I can't do prison time, so don't sue 92 00:09:09,399 --> 00:09:15,879 me for having an opinion because I can't do time. I'm just I'm delicate. 93 00:09:16,039 --> 00:09:20,679 Okay, So once again, and that's the cliff notes version of it. 94 00:09:20,919 --> 00:09:26,279 A lot of this information I picked up from the Chicago Tribune and sister 95 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:33,399 newspapers, and I know there was a little blurb from the brewing company about 96 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,879 this, So do some research on your own. To me, this seems 97 00:09:35,919 --> 00:09:41,600 like it's a bullshit lawsuit. But you know, on said, if the 98 00:09:41,639 --> 00:09:45,440 festival thinks it's not a bullshit lawsuit and they want to tell their side of 99 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:58,279 the story, I'm easily found. Dave Atbeerinfront dot com. Craft Beer in 100 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:03,519 Brewing is one of my favorite magazines. They came out with the best of 101 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:11,639 twenty twenty three edition earlier this week, and I'm thinking my postal carrier is 102 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:16,799 a beer person because I haven't received that in the mail yet. So if 103 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:22,120 you're my postal carrier, please deliver the latest edition of the top twenty five 104 00:10:22,159 --> 00:10:28,840 beers on the reader poll. Sierra Nevada's Pale Ale topped the charts at number 105 00:10:28,879 --> 00:10:33,279 one. This was followed by Pliny the Elder and Two Hearted from Bells. 106 00:10:33,799 --> 00:10:39,240 Some great beers and they are locally Goose Islands, Bourbon County brand stouts and 107 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:46,320 New Glarius's Spotted Cow made the list. On the list of top breweries, 108 00:10:46,919 --> 00:10:52,200 Green Creek out of Orange, California, they topped a small brewery list, 109 00:10:52,759 --> 00:10:58,039 with Highland Park coming in at number two. Now I hope the Ravinia Festival 110 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:05,799 doesn't sue Highland Park for using their name. Jagoffs Goldfinger in Phase three were 111 00:11:05,799 --> 00:11:11,480 the local breweries that were on that list as well. On the small regional 112 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:18,759 category, hop Butcher number one, well deserved. A couple other local area 113 00:11:18,799 --> 00:11:24,480 ones that are within a stone's throw of hop Butcher you had. Dovetail was 114 00:11:24,519 --> 00:11:28,240 on the list, Maplewood was on there as well. Now the mid size 115 00:11:28,279 --> 00:11:35,200 regional you had Russian River that was number one, and Revolution and half Acre 116 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:41,200 they made the list. And of the big giant breweries that are out there, 117 00:11:41,639 --> 00:11:48,039 Sierra Nevada was the top of the large breweries and well deserved. Everyone 118 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:52,320 that won is well deserved. They put out some great beers. So head 119 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:56,759 to your local newsstand and you could pick up the latest craft beer in Brewing 120 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:09,759 magazine and read about this for yourself. We interrupt this program to bring you 121 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:16,759 a newsplash Michael Jackson's ghost scene at a Yankees game. Cinnamon toast Crunch now 122 00:12:16,799 --> 00:12:22,559 with a shrimp in every bite. Lil uzi Vert's head Diamond has been sold 123 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:26,440 on the dark Web. Stories like this and more can be found at the 124 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:31,360 ever Trending Story, a podcast where we peruse the news and write a fun 125 00:12:31,399 --> 00:12:35,279 fictional story for you. Find us wherever you download podcasts and follow us on 126 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:41,480 the socials at ever Trending Pod and we are proud members of the Odd Pods 127 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:50,000 media network. All right, the beer in front is from Ravinia. This 128 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:54,519 is Taco Fest. This is a Mexican style lagger four and a half percent 129 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:58,240 alcohol. They use sas hops on this. I am a big fan. 130 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:03,240 I have had this before and I do enjoy it. So let's bust open. 131 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:18,840 The Taco Fest is. You could tell it has a really nice light 132 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:24,679 color, good foam on. This smells really good. It just smells like 133 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:31,519 a classic lagger, a light lagger that you could drink more than one of. 134 00:13:37,879 --> 00:13:43,360 Really good, very clean, very crisp, refreshing. I think it 135 00:13:43,399 --> 00:13:52,399 tastes great. I get those little bit of size hops at the end. 136 00:13:54,440 --> 00:14:00,279 It's really just a great crushable beer that you should have more of. Whether 137 00:14:00,279 --> 00:14:05,679 you're gonna have one of these on a patch of grass somewhere or just in 138 00:14:07,399 --> 00:14:11,360 your own the comforts of your own home. Say you want to listen to 139 00:14:11,639 --> 00:14:20,120 some Tony Bennett or classical music. I think this would be the perfect beer 140 00:14:20,679 --> 00:14:24,960 that you could have for those type of situations. But no, you definitely 141 00:14:26,159 --> 00:14:28,919 when you see Taco Fest, you got to put it in the cart. 142 00:14:28,159 --> 00:14:33,200 It's a great beer from Ravinia. Please support them right now. I think 143 00:14:33,279 --> 00:14:39,039 it's a great Chicago Land brewery. They have two locations, one in Highland 144 00:14:39,039 --> 00:14:43,679 Park, one in Chicago and the Logan Square area, But no Taco Fest. 145 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:48,000 You know, I've been kidding around a lot this episode, but in 146 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:52,240 all seriousness, it's a really solid beer. All of the beers that I've 147 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,960 had from Ravinia have been really great. So if you see it, you 148 00:14:56,039 --> 00:15:09,440 got to put it in the cart, all right. I'm not gonna try 149 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:15,960 a beer right now. I'm gonna have this to Pace Sasson Now. To 150 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:22,480 Pace is a Mexican as tech for men to drink. This is pineapple. 151 00:15:22,879 --> 00:15:28,840 Now this has alcohol in it. It's seven percent. But I've had this 152 00:15:28,919 --> 00:15:35,080 before in Mexico City and I really enjoyed it. You can make this yourself, 153 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:39,000 which now I'm thinking I might have to try. But for now, 154 00:15:39,039 --> 00:15:41,840 I just bought this bottle, picked it up at my Binnies, so I 155 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:56,679 wanted to give it a try. Let's crack it open for the show. 156 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:02,320 Oh, this depace has a really good color. If you can see on 157 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:07,120 the video here, it's a nice color. Really smells good. I get 158 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:18,000 that nice fresh pineapple aroma. I think it smells delicious. That's really good. 159 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:26,840 You get the sweetness and a little tartness from the pineapple. The pineapple 160 00:16:26,919 --> 00:16:37,240 doesn't taste fake at all. It has that nice natural pineapple flavoring. No, 161 00:16:37,399 --> 00:16:42,200 that's really good. Like I would definitely drink this again. And now, 162 00:16:42,279 --> 00:16:45,600 like I said, I might just have to try to make this myself. 163 00:16:45,679 --> 00:16:49,840 That I have my homebrewing equipment, I might have to just go go 164 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:55,720 to Costco and buy a ton of pineapples and ferment this, but I think 165 00:16:55,759 --> 00:17:00,600 it's really delicious. If you want to try something different, a little change 166 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:07,640 of pace, I would definitely go pick up this tipatcha. Try to put 167 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:11,559 it on the camera. Here, this depatcha says on it's really good. 168 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:22,559 Put it in the cart. That's gonna wrap things up for this edition of 169 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:26,440 Beer in Front. I thank you for listening once again. If you need 170 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:32,200 to get a hold of me, feel free to email me Dave atbeerinfront dot 171 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:37,079 com or find me on all the social media channels at Beer in Front. 172 00:17:37,559 --> 00:17:41,960 Have a great week. I'll talk to you next week, and remember sometimes 173 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:45,319 the beer in front of you is the best one yet. All right, 174 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:48,400 I'll talk to you all next week on Beer in Front.