1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:05,960 This is Beer in Front, part of the Odd Pods media network. Every 2 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:10,679 week, i'll talk about a beer that maybe we've forgotten along the way while 3 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:15,720 we get those check ins and badgers. Some weeks, i'll talk about a 4 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:21,440 new beer that has potential to be a classic. Being the Chicago beer Guy, 5 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:27,679 I'll also talk about great craft beer and craft beer news in the city 6 00:00:27,839 --> 00:00:33,479 of Chicago. Remember, sometimes the beer in front of you is the best 7 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:39,280 one. Yes, that's Beer in Front and it's coming up now. Hey 8 00:00:39,359 --> 00:00:43,520 babe, do I have to wear pants for this? Oh? Hi there, 9 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:49,039 Welcome to the April nineteenth edition of Beer in Front. I'm your host, 10 00:00:49,359 --> 00:00:54,359 Dave's Allatorus and Beer in Front is a proud member of the Odd Pods 11 00:00:54,479 --> 00:01:00,079 media Network. This week, I'm going to have the classic Mexican lager Victoria 12 00:01:00,399 --> 00:01:06,840 is the Beer in Front, and I'll also have Hot Butcher's Pickle Spear. 13 00:01:07,239 --> 00:01:11,599 I want to give a big thank you to those that support the show over 14 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,239 on Patreon. If you'd like to support the show, head over to patreon 15 00:01:15,439 --> 00:01:22,879 dot com slash beer in Front for more information. If you're a regular listener 16 00:01:22,879 --> 00:01:27,840 of the podcast, you could head over to YouTube and watch the podcast This 17 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:34,400 week. If you're watching this over on YouTube, I have an audio version 18 00:01:34,439 --> 00:01:40,719 of the podcast and you could listen to one hundred and fifty five prior shows 19 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:46,879 over there. You could head over to your favorite podcast apparatus search for Beer 20 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:53,959 in Front. I mentioned on last week show that the one before when I 21 00:01:53,040 --> 00:02:00,359 had the Trevor over from South O'brewing, had a ton of people that at 22 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:05,359 caught the show over on YouTube. Now last week's show, and it could 23 00:02:05,359 --> 00:02:09,680 just be because the title was trendy with bud Light, I had over four 24 00:02:09,759 --> 00:02:15,439 hundred people that either listened, watched, or what have you in three days, 25 00:02:15,599 --> 00:02:20,039 So I figure I'm gonna give this a try. I'm not going to 26 00:02:20,159 --> 00:02:23,439 do this every week because it's a lot more work, but I'm going to 27 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:28,599 see how this works out. If it seems to be successful, then I'll 28 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,879 do I'll still have the audio show, but i'll have video up on YouTube 29 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:37,960 for these solo shows. I don't think I'm gonna do this for the interview 30 00:02:38,039 --> 00:02:42,080 shows, but I'll have these out from time to time. If it's successful, 31 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,840 the next time I do this, hopefully there won't be the giant ZiT 32 00:02:47,479 --> 00:02:53,199 on my forehead. I'm fifty five years old and the week I wanted to 33 00:02:53,199 --> 00:02:59,719 do a video podcast. I get this, what the fuck, but I'm 34 00:02:59,759 --> 00:03:02,240 going through it any I'm a trooper. This is what I do for the 35 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:07,240 beer in front viewers. If this is your first time here, welcome. 36 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:14,159 My name is Dave. I'm just a regular guy, as Chicago beer guy. 37 00:03:14,759 --> 00:03:19,879 I started the podcast about three years ago because frankly, I was just 38 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:25,280 getting tired of myself and other people that were just chasing new beers every week, 39 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:31,840 whether it was the latest barrelage stout, they're the latest hazy IPA, 40 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:38,199 and I forgot people forget that there's great beers out there that have stood the 41 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:44,680 test of time. Whether they're Macros or craft, they're still great beers. 42 00:03:44,719 --> 00:03:49,439 They were great beers twenty thirty fourty years ago, they're still great now. 43 00:03:49,759 --> 00:03:54,680 So what I've tried to do with this podcast is reintroduced myself and to you 44 00:03:55,319 --> 00:04:00,120 some older beers that, as you heard from the intro, maybe we've forgotten 45 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,800 along the way. Blah blah blah blah blah. So I'm just a regular 46 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:08,639 guy. I don't work for any brewery, I don't work for any bar 47 00:04:09,039 --> 00:04:15,360 or tavern. I'm just a regular Chicago beer guy, and I like talking 48 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:20,079 about beer and hopefully you enjoy listening to me talk about it. So welcome. 49 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:24,680 I'm glad you're tuned in, and let's kick this show off, shall 50 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:36,959 we. In beer news this week, residents of and I'm gonna read this, 51 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:44,600 Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Utah, and Washington will soon be able 52 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:49,319 to get Bells Beer. You could get that now since they've merged with New 53 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:55,639 Belgium part of their distribution, So residents of those states you could look for 54 00:04:55,800 --> 00:05:01,759 Bells Amber and all great Bells Beer. Coming up soon, Heineken is coming 55 00:05:01,759 --> 00:05:09,160 out with a new canned cocktail line that's rum based and they're going to use 56 00:05:09,319 --> 00:05:19,920 the Red Stripe beer line to introduce this, So hello RTD Cocktails. And 57 00:05:20,199 --> 00:05:25,360 finally, last week, if you watched or listen to the show, you 58 00:05:25,439 --> 00:05:30,079 heard me talk about bud Light. That's been all the news in beer. 59 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:40,879 Conservative people are up just in an uproar over bud Light and some jamoke I 60 00:05:40,879 --> 00:05:46,519 don't know who he's from, but he wants to call himself some ultra maga 61 00:05:46,639 --> 00:05:50,839 guy and he wants to come up with one hundred percent woke free beer. 62 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:59,040 And it's like ultra maga or whatever you want to call it. There's a 63 00:05:59,079 --> 00:06:02,839 lot of things that are wrong with this. There's one now according to his 64 00:06:03,319 --> 00:06:09,399 YouTube video and website, and one on the YouTube video, he's trying to 65 00:06:09,399 --> 00:06:15,079 be macho man playing baseball. He's not good. His pitching motion is horrible, 66 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:16,839 and he has to tee up a can. If dude, if you 67 00:06:16,879 --> 00:06:19,680 could play ball, you don't need to put a can of beer on a 68 00:06:19,759 --> 00:06:24,839 tea have someone pitch it to you. So I don't think you're quite the 69 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:30,319 ultra mega man that you think you are. But now he says that this 70 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:34,040 beer is going to be brewed in northern Illinois. So there's a few places 71 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:40,120 that people are talking about. I don't know for sure, but if you 72 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:44,519 heard the show a few weeks ago, we don't have laws that you could 73 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:48,800 distribute beer from the great state of Illinois yet. So how is this person 74 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:55,399 going to get this beer to the grifters that are spending and get this twenty 75 00:06:55,439 --> 00:07:01,720 dollars on a six pack of golden Ale? That's four percent. I'm sorry, 76 00:07:01,759 --> 00:07:08,879 but I take a leak stronger than four percent after I record this show. 77 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:14,199 That beer doesn't cost a lot to make. It's four percent, So 78 00:07:14,959 --> 00:07:19,279 he's grifting, can't distribute the beer to people yet, Also, on the 79 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:24,600 can that he has put out, this can has not been approved by any 80 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:29,879 agencies yet it has the word Ultra on there. You know who else makes 81 00:07:29,879 --> 00:07:34,399 a beer called ultra? Let me think about it, it's an Heiser Bush. 82 00:07:34,759 --> 00:07:40,759 You think they're gonna let this ass clown put out a beer with ultra 83 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:45,480 on the can? I don't think so. So if you're giving this dude 84 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:51,199 twenty bucks plus fifteen dollars to ship you this beer thirty five dollars for a 85 00:07:51,319 --> 00:07:57,360 six pack of four percent urine, If you're going to spend that money to 86 00:07:57,439 --> 00:08:01,000 this dude, give me somebody. Go to patreon dot com slash beer in 87 00:08:01,079 --> 00:08:07,480 front, and I will give you better beer than this clown. But this 88 00:08:07,519 --> 00:08:13,839 guy's just a douche canoe, and watch out for him. He's a scammer. 89 00:08:24,399 --> 00:08:26,879 Hi. I'm Tina how Tomeo and I'm Hilary Dougherty, and we host 90 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:31,680 The Muck Podcast, where we discussed the dark and sometimes weird true stories in 91 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:35,240 American politics. E. Tina, did you know that Elvis crashed the Nixon 92 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:39,080 White House for the sole purpose of getting a DA badge? And it worked, 93 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:46,799 Or how a gun control advocate senator out of California engaged in gun trafficking 94 00:08:46,799 --> 00:08:50,279 with Notoria's gang leader, shrimp boy Boy. I remember him, okay, 95 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:54,840 So you know. We cover all of that and more from Malady's Madness, 96 00:08:54,879 --> 00:08:58,399 mishif and murder in US politics, and we also host a bi weekly interview 97 00:08:58,399 --> 00:09:03,000 segment called Bill Muck. We interview politicians, journalists, activists, and others 98 00:09:03,039 --> 00:09:07,039 who share their experiences in politics. Find The Muck Podcast wherever you listen to 99 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:13,120 podcasts, and check us out on social media at the Muck Podcast. The 100 00:09:13,159 --> 00:09:16,879 beer in front of me today is the oldest beer in Mexico. This is 101 00:09:18,039 --> 00:09:24,679 Victoria. Victoria has been around since eighteen sixty five. This qualifies as an 102 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:31,240 old school classic. This is a v Ennis styleaguer, which if you've listened 103 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:35,120 to the show, you know I love Vienna styleaguers. This clocks in at 104 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:52,519 four percent. Let's crack it open. Victoria is a really good color, 105 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:58,240 as you could see, good carbonation here. I really like the color of 106 00:09:58,279 --> 00:10:07,399 this. I like the aroma. I'm getting a lot of malt here, 107 00:10:07,519 --> 00:10:22,840 almost some like biscuity type notes to this. Really nice aroma here. That's 108 00:10:22,039 --> 00:10:26,879 really good. Only four percent, so it's not a strong beer at all, 109 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,919 but you get a lot of flavor here. I get a lot of 110 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:37,360 the malt. It's not it's a Vienna style lager, so it's definitely not 111 00:10:37,519 --> 00:10:43,159 as strong as your traditional Vienna laggers. It's a lot lighter. But there's 112 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:52,879 a lot of flavor here in this four percent. It's just really good. 113 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:58,759 Now. Their website says, oh, you get notes of tangy apple butter 114 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,639 and star fruit. No, if you do, let me know. I 115 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:07,559 don't get tangy apple butter with this. I just get a really good beer. 116 00:11:11,639 --> 00:11:16,559 I could definitely see knocking over a few of these. Hot summer day, 117 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,320 you're sitting outside, you're on the grill, you're having some people over 118 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:24,799 four percent, So you're not gonna get hammered on this. You want to 119 00:11:24,879 --> 00:11:30,519 drink something that's refreshing and delicious. I think this checks all the boxes for 120 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:35,600 a four percent beer. This is really good. I haven't had Victoria and 121 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:39,039 I couldn't tell you the last time, but I won't make that mistake again. 122 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:45,279 This is going to be a regular in the beer in front cabinet that's 123 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:50,159 right over there. You could pick this up in regular twelve ounce bottles like 124 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:54,440 I have here. You could grab it in big thirty two wounds bottles at 125 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:58,720 some of your grocery stores or liquor stores. I think Victoria is a good 126 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:05,399 one of the better mass produced macro beers I've had in a while. So 127 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,200 if you haven't had Victoria, or you haven't had it in a while, 128 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:13,080 please pick yourself up of Victoria. I don't think you're going to be disappointed 129 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:26,080 with this one, all right. The beer in front of me is going 130 00:12:26,159 --> 00:12:31,679 to be from Hot Butcher. This is Pickle Spear. This is an American 131 00:12:31,759 --> 00:12:39,039 pale ale brewed with Simco hops six percent alcohol. This was only canned a 132 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:43,679 couple of weeks ago, so this is fresh. So let's crack open the 133 00:12:43,759 --> 00:13:00,159 pickle spear. Trying to get this. In between the camera and the microphone, 134 00:13:01,279 --> 00:13:05,200 you could see pickle spear as a really nice color in the Hot Butcher 135 00:13:05,279 --> 00:13:15,000 glass, really nice solid aroma. Here. I get a lot of like 136 00:13:15,159 --> 00:13:20,120 grapefruit and pine. Simco says if you look at the hop description that it 137 00:13:20,279 --> 00:13:26,399 has like mixed berries. Pretty much everything that I've had with Simco, I 138 00:13:26,519 --> 00:13:30,639 get a lot of citrus and pine. That's what I get from the aroma 139 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:41,240 here. That's really really good. Hot Butcher is known for their New England 140 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:48,200 hazy IPAs, but everything that I've had from them that is not whether it's 141 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:52,000 a palaa like this, some of their stouts, other collabs they've done with 142 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:58,320 Revolution, everything they've put out has been great. This is no exception. 143 00:13:58,399 --> 00:14:09,120 Pickle Spear is really good. Yeah, I get a lot, I'm getting 144 00:14:09,159 --> 00:14:15,200 more pine and then some grapefruit here with the taste, but it's really good, 145 00:14:15,759 --> 00:14:18,559 nice bitterness at the back end of your tongue. Good flavor here. 146 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:24,559 I'm a big fan of pickle Spear. If you see it in the Chicago 147 00:14:24,639 --> 00:14:26,960 area, it's fresh. Like I said, it was canned on the twenty 148 00:14:28,039 --> 00:14:31,039 ninth of March, so it's fresh. So it's around. It's your bottle 149 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:35,799 shops, your binnies, or you could just go to Hot Butcher on Lincoln 150 00:14:35,799 --> 00:14:39,000 Avenue and pick them up. But if you see it, put it in 151 00:14:39,039 --> 00:14:52,840 the cart, grab you some pickle Spear. If you're new to the podcast 152 00:14:52,039 --> 00:14:58,159 or the video stream, I talk about beer once a week every now and 153 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:03,519 then I'll put out a special edition show. I've had shows on music on 154 00:15:03,919 --> 00:15:13,879 nineteen seventy one on Pizza on Stax Records, but generally I talk about beer. 155 00:15:13,679 --> 00:15:18,120 I do have an award show. If you look under YouTube, if 156 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:20,679 you go under the live setting, you'll see I had a show out in 157 00:15:20,799 --> 00:15:28,159 December for the Beer in Front Awards, celebrating the best in old school craft 158 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:33,200 beer and macro beer. I'm going to do it again this year. I'll 159 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:37,879 have it out in December, and I'm going to start getting the word out 160 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,519 in the next couple of weeks with the beers that are going to be judged. 161 00:15:41,879 --> 00:15:46,320 If you think you would like to judge, please get a hold of 162 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:50,320 me at Dave Act Beer in Front. I'd love to have you on, 163 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:54,320 or just even if you just want to score it. I'll send you a 164 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:58,080 scoreesheet you could rate all these different beers. I'm going to do this year 165 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,080 beer that's older than twenty one years old, and I'm also going to have 166 00:16:03,679 --> 00:16:10,879 best imported beers. So I talked about Victoria today that will be on the 167 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:17,399 list, as well as other great imported beers to the United States that have 168 00:16:17,639 --> 00:16:22,360 been around for longer than twenty one years, so please check those out. 169 00:16:22,759 --> 00:16:37,720 I thank you for watching this episode. That's going to wrap things up for 170 00:16:37,799 --> 00:16:42,240 this week's edition of Beer in Front. I thank you for listening and watching. 171 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,240 If you need to get a hold of me, you can email me 172 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:51,320 day that beer infront dot com, or you can leave a voice message on 173 00:16:51,399 --> 00:16:57,919 the pod inbox dot com voicemail system. Head over to pot inbox dot com 174 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:03,160 slash beer in Front for more details. We'll see how this goes. We'll 175 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:08,160 see how many viewers and listeners I get. I might continue to do these 176 00:17:08,799 --> 00:17:15,359 video podcasts if the numbers warrant it. I'll probably just do it for the 177 00:17:15,519 --> 00:17:19,759 solo shows, not for the interview ones, but you never know. We'll 178 00:17:19,759 --> 00:17:23,400 see how things happen, So take care of yourself. Thanks for watching and 179 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:27,039 listening, and I'll talk to you next week on Beer in Front.