1 00:00:06,879 --> 00:00:12,199 This is Beer in Front, part of the Odd Pods Media Network. Sometimes 2 00:00:12,359 --> 00:00:16,039 the beer in front of you is the best one yet. I'll talk about 3 00:00:16,039 --> 00:00:20,160 some great beer, and I'll also talk to various people in and around the 4 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:26,079 beer industry to get their stories all about beer. That's Beer in Front and 5 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:33,960 it's coming up now. Welcome to episode two hundred and three, the April 6 00:00:34,119 --> 00:00:39,880 Fools Day edition of Beer in Front. I'm your host, Dave Zalatoris, 7 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:46,479 and Beer in Front is a proud Odd Pods Media Network member quick episode. 8 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:52,560 This week, I'm going to have London Fried from Fuller's as the Beer in 9 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:58,320 Front. I'll also have one from Penrose as part of my Drink Illinois beer 10 00:00:58,399 --> 00:01:02,600 series. Speaking of that, I'll include the link in the show notes. 11 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:07,799 But I have some new merch available with the Drink Illinois beer logo. If 12 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:14,599 you get the Tied Die shirt, we can be twins. Eas Chicago's newest 13 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:19,480 craft brewery, Demo Brewing open last Friday. I got there right as they 14 00:01:19,519 --> 00:01:25,519 opened it for and there was already a line out the door because they were 15 00:01:25,599 --> 00:01:30,439 at capacity. I had one of their Brute IPAs and that was really good, 16 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,920 Like I wish that style would have taken off because I do like a 17 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:40,560 good brute ipa. There were people around me doing a flight and they all 18 00:01:40,599 --> 00:01:44,680 said that everyone they had was enjoyable. So I'm looking forward to heading back 19 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:49,879 the demo once the opening rush is over with and trying some more of their 20 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,560 stuff because I thought it was really good. And also the other day, 21 00:01:53,239 --> 00:01:59,359 I just wanted a beer and I didn't feel like getting out the tripod and 22 00:01:59,439 --> 00:02:04,359 camera or a microphone. I just wanted a beer. So I had Modern 23 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:12,719 Ipa from Modern Dune and that was spectacular. They used Helio gaser yeast from 24 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:17,759 Omega and that just gave it a wonderful aroma, and flavors had a fruitiness 25 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:23,680 to it, like a Sovin Young Blanc Beel to it. That was really 26 00:02:23,719 --> 00:02:36,240 good from Modern Dune. In Beer and Beverage News, Circuit Court judges ruled 27 00:02:36,479 --> 00:02:43,240 that Constellation Brands did not violate their license with ab in Bev when they produced 28 00:02:43,319 --> 00:02:49,879 Corona hard Seltzer back in twenty twenty one. Ab in Bev purchased the Corona, 29 00:02:50,199 --> 00:02:55,120 Modello and Pacifical brands back in twenty twelve for twenty billion dollars. They 30 00:02:55,199 --> 00:03:02,000 then sold the US rights to Constellation for four point seventy five billion in twenty 31 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:07,240 twelve. No one heard a hard Seltzer, so the wording on the contract 32 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:12,199 was vague according to the judges, and constellation is for now in the clear. 33 00:03:12,719 --> 00:03:15,599 I don't even know if they still make this. I don't think the 34 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:22,879 Corona Hard Seltzer was received well when it came out. Speaking of Seltzer's White 35 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:28,599 Claws coming out with the tequila smash line, this will be available at Kroger, 36 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:35,560 Target, and seven elevens. Stone is releasing nationwide. There's sublimely self 37 00:03:35,719 --> 00:03:42,800 righteous black ipa, so look for that out everywhere. That's a good one. 38 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:46,800 Have you seen and it's usually like in my grocery stores on the end 39 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:53,879 caps at the liquor department, buzzballs. They look like boozy versions of those 40 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:59,520 sugar drinks we had as kids in the seventies and eighties in little plastic containers. 41 00:04:00,199 --> 00:04:02,000 I always thought it was a gag, but lo and behold, they're 42 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:08,759 in the top ten in spirit sales, right behind Jim Bean. They were 43 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:14,919 just sold for an undisclosed sum, but it was some big money. Mars 44 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,600 Brewing in Chicago updated the look to their Gin and Tonic Ready to drink can 45 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:25,439 cocktail. This looks sharp, has a good like fifties vibe to the can, 46 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:30,959 so pick that up wherever you get Mars queue up the Limp Biscuit. 47 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:39,680 Seven to eleven is coming out with the hot dog flavored Seltzer. My God, 48 00:04:39,959 --> 00:04:45,879 if that wasn't bad enough, If just a hot dog flavored sparkling water 49 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:51,519 wasn't bad enough. It has mustard and ketchup flavors in it as well. 50 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:57,639 One you don't put ketchup on a hot dog. Two you don't put it 51 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:04,600 in Seltzer water. Boulevard Brewing is teaming up with the Negro Baseball League Museum 52 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:11,040 to release Salute to the Monarchs for the one hundredth anniversary of the Negro League 53 00:05:11,079 --> 00:05:15,600 World Series. This will be a Belgian style triple and we'll check in at 54 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:23,879 nine percent. Legendary San Diego breweries Carls Strauss and Society are teaming up to 55 00:05:23,959 --> 00:05:29,000 release The Godfather. This is an Italian pilsner and I need to get my 56 00:05:29,199 --> 00:05:33,399 dirty hands on this one. God Brewing is coming out with a new hop 57 00:05:33,439 --> 00:05:39,879 water with centennial ops. Look for that where you pick up Go And Finally, 58 00:05:39,959 --> 00:05:45,240 Hakeen Family Cider based out of Colorado will be available in the Chicago market. 59 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,480 As you're listening to this. On Wednesday, the third of April, 60 00:05:48,759 --> 00:05:55,000 hop Leaf will have an evening with Hagen Family Cider with five different courses to 61 00:05:55,079 --> 00:06:00,360 go along with the cider. Check out Hopleafbar dot com for more infration. 62 00:06:00,959 --> 00:06:04,759 There's gonna be other events around town this week, so check out Haken Family 63 00:06:04,879 --> 00:06:15,079 Cider on Instagram for the details. Hey, I'm pantsl Saran. This is 64 00:06:15,079 --> 00:06:19,959 Stevie and I'm Aggie and we are bfytw podcast all about playing games and having 65 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:24,319 fun. Our games are usually based on British panel shows and game shows, 66 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:29,240 but we'll play anything that captures our attention and imagination. Why it's right there 67 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:32,439 in the title. You'll never guess what the F stands for. The beard 68 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:39,040 that's in front of me tonight is an old school classic. This is Fuller 69 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:45,920 is London Pride. Fuller's has been around since eighteen forty five, and London 70 00:06:45,959 --> 00:06:49,920 Pride has been around since nineteen the fifties, it says, so their website 71 00:06:49,959 --> 00:06:55,040 was pretty vague, but it says it's been around since the fifties. It's 72 00:06:55,360 --> 00:07:02,720 unmistakably London's beer. It's an amber Ale been around forever. I remember back 73 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:09,879 like before there was a craft brewery on every corner. You'd go to your 74 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:14,319 liquor store, and I mean you'd have your Anchor Steams, your Sierras, 75 00:07:14,639 --> 00:07:18,600 your Goose Islands, but you'd reach for a Fuller's a lot like the Fullers 76 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:26,120 esb London Pride, because it was a great beer, and I haven't I 77 00:07:26,399 --> 00:07:31,959 probably haven't had a London Pride. It's been well over ten years so, 78 00:07:32,439 --> 00:07:36,079 but I've always liked the beer of Fullers have put out. But now everybody 79 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:41,199 drinks local and drinks fresh, so you kind of forget about it. But 80 00:07:41,279 --> 00:07:44,199 I happened to see it and I'm like, oh shit, i haven't had 81 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,720 a Fullers in a long time, so I'm going to crack open this London 82 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:54,959 Pride once again. It's an amber Ale four point seven percent alcohol. London 83 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:59,759 Pride is a beautiful color. It looks a little darker than a hamber like, 84 00:08:00,439 --> 00:08:07,000 almost like a Vienna lagger. It's a beautiful color, almost get like 85 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:13,160 like hair notes with the enrollments smelt good. It's fantastic for a lighter beer. 86 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:18,480 At four point seven you get a lot of flavor, a lot of 87 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,120 malt character here whenever that pair note is, I'm getting a little of that 88 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:26,879 with the taste as well, little bit of bitterness on the back. This 89 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:33,440 is just a solid, solid beer. I mean I've had a lot worse 90 00:08:33,919 --> 00:08:37,200 than London Pride. This is a good beer and it says on the bottle 91 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:45,000 outstanding. So who am I to argue what a brewery that's been around for 92 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,559 one hundred and fifty some years. So if you see London Pride, if 93 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:52,039 you haven't had anything from Fuller's in a while, They've always put out really 94 00:08:52,039 --> 00:08:56,799 good beers. I need to go back and get some of their other stuff. 95 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:58,639 You know, you just don't see a lot of it here in the 96 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:03,039 state, or at least you know, in my area. But if you 97 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:07,960 see Fuller's London Pride, you need to put that one in your cart and 98 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:18,240 drink it. Next up in my Drink Illinois Beer series, I'm heading over 99 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:24,399 to Geneva, Illinois to have Spooky Boots. This is from Penrose. This 100 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:30,279 is a hazy ipa with phantasm hops and they also use citra and mosaic. 101 00:09:30,639 --> 00:09:35,039 This checks in at seven point seven percent alcohol. I like this stuff from 102 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:39,120 Penrose. I'd been there a couple times. It's been years and years ago, 103 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,279 but it was always a cool spot and they always have some good beers. 104 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:46,279 So let's crack open spooky Boots. Oh it's got a really good color 105 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:54,039 here, nice light to golden color, good foam, smells really good. 106 00:09:54,120 --> 00:10:00,559 You get that nice big hazy New England style ipa aroma really hit you good? 107 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:05,639 Yeah, no, it's good. Got I do like with some azy 108 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:09,720 IPAs, you really get mostly hops, but with this, I had like 109 00:10:09,799 --> 00:10:15,080 some of the maultoneer right up front along with the hops, So I think 110 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:20,120 this is really good. Yeah, it has a nice sweetness to this doesn't 111 00:10:20,159 --> 00:10:22,840 really taste like a seven point seven, tastes a little lighter than that, 112 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:28,320 So this could sneak up on you. But I said everything from Penrose is 113 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,799 good. The artwork on this is really cool. I like the artwork that 114 00:10:31,879 --> 00:10:39,120 they have almost kind of looks like a holiday beer, which it could be. 115 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:43,360 And maybe that's why it was in the mixed pack section because this was 116 00:10:43,519 --> 00:10:46,919 canned. You look at the can here in October, so maybe this is 117 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:54,279 a an autumn Halloween one. But it was in my you know, build 118 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:58,200 your own mixed pack section, so I grabbed it I'm like, oh, 119 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:01,360 okay, I haven't had this from Penrose let met you riot, so it 120 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:05,240 might have been better in October when it was canned, but I still think 121 00:11:05,279 --> 00:11:09,440 this is really good. Yeah, no, that's good. So a lesson 122 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:13,440 for all you youngsters out there, when you're going to the build your own 123 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,399 six pack or mixed pack section, you should always look at the date because 124 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:24,080 some stores will put their old shit in there to get rid of it. 125 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:28,960 And that was my fault for not looking at the cancel. This was probably 126 00:11:28,039 --> 00:11:35,080 even better than I'm having it now, so I don't think you can find 127 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:39,159 Spooky Boots until it comes out again next fall or this fall. But it's 128 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:43,360 really good. So if you see it, check the date. If it's 129 00:11:43,399 --> 00:11:58,279 fresh, pick up a Spooky Boots from Penrose Brewing. All right, that's 130 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:01,519 going to wrap things up for this April full day edition of Beer in Front. 131 00:12:01,879 --> 00:12:05,240 I thank you very much for listening. If you'd like to support the 132 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:11,720 show, head over to patreon dot com slash Beer in Front you could buy 133 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:15,519 merch. I'll include the link there. And also if you just need to 134 00:12:15,519 --> 00:12:18,919 get hold of me, if there's an Illinois brewery or beer you want me 135 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,960 to try, and you know I haven't talked about. Email me Dave AT's 136 00:12:22,279 --> 00:12:26,840 beerinfront dot com and have a great week. I will talk to you next 137 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:31,960 week. And remember sometimes the beer in front of you is the best one yet