Yeah, I know it's forty four degrees out in Chicago, but I'm talking
summer beers this week. This is Beer in Front, part of the Odd
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That's Beer in Front and it's coming up now. Welcome to the May
third edition of Beer in Front. I'm your host, Dave's allatorus in.
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getting warmer out there, so I'm going to have a few beers this week
that are for the summer season. In addition to the usual stuff that's part
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or better yet, a smiling emoji to make me feel good about myself.
Nothing yet on the Baseball Hall of Famer. I'm still playing email tag with
his representative. But I did receive some beer this week from Walnut River Brewing
in Kansas. They're going to come on in the near future and we're going
to talk about their brewery. I want to talk to you quickly about Jenny.
Jenny was a great dog. She was adopted by my ex wife and
I back in two thousand and nine, and even though like Moira, she
was a gangster, we loved her and she loved us until the end when
we separated. I tore my rotator cuff and still lived with both for a
bit. Jenny never played favorites. One night she would sleep with Gail.
The next night she would sleep with me in the second bedroom. Without fail.
Jenny knew where to go every night. After I moved out, we
had an arrangement where I would come over to play with Jenny and Walker a
couple times a week. Life happens, people move on, and I didn't
see Jenny for the last maybe five or six years, but I thought of
her daily. Last month, Gaale told me that Jenny wasn't doing so well,
and I went to say my goodbye to her. Jenny passed away last
week, but before she did, the VET made sure to give her some
Hershey kisses so she'd get to taste some chocolate before she died. Jenny,
you were a great girl. You helped me get through a lot of shit,
and I love you when I miss you. I'm not sure if all
squirrels go to Heaven two, but if they do, go fuck one up.
In beer News this week, Evil Genius Beer Company they're out of Philadelphia.
They've gone. They've had collaborations in the past with brands like Antie Ends,
Pretzels, White Castle in Sheets. Now they're hooking up with I guess.
It's a restaurant out there called Bake in Bacon and they have a new
ale that's called Tasty bacon. It's a five percent alcohol beer with smoked malt
for that bacon flavor. It's lightly hopped, and according to the release,
it says it has natural strawberry and chocolate flavors coming through. But they didn't
use bacon. So I don't know if I see this or if somebody in
Philadelphia finds this. I'm kind of interested to see what this taste like.
But if you're in the Pennsylvania area, look for tasty bacon from Evil Genius.
I'm telling you. People like to file lawsuits, but the federal judge
dismissed a class action suit that was put on the docket. People were alleging
that Topo Chico, they have a hard seltzer lined they call it the Margharita
hard Seltzer. The suit alleged that it's deceptive because it lacks tequila, but
it clearly states on the can, and I've seen the can that it's a
hard seltzer, and I now I did not know this, But the suit
was brought to New York State, and I guess the judge said that the
person should have known because they purchased it at a grocery store where I guess
in New York, you cannot sell in grocery stores cocktails containing hard liquor,
so Topo Chico margarite to hard Seltzer you could still buy and if you were
looking to join the class action suit, find another one. Stone Brewing and
Mova in the Ukraine. They're teaming up to support people that have been affected
by the war. They're brewing an IPA called by Side. It's going to
be available at Stone and at locations around the world. They're using old school
IPA hops and newer ones, and the proceeds from this are going to go
to help support the distribution partners in Kiev that work with Stone. So if
you see side by Side, pick that one up. Now. I was
reading an article on Wbez's website and Curious City, which is a big part
of Chicago. Now I'm reading this article and I did not know this,
but Chicago officially became a city at a tavern who knew Back in eighteen thirty
three, leaders got together at the Saganash tavern, had a couple of whiskeys,
and they voted to turn the village into a township. And then a
few years later they went back to the same tavern and voted to turn the
township into a city. So the city of Chicago became a city in a
bar that's only fitting. You know those Funco like dolls, their miniature dolls,
they have big heads. I always thought those were for children, but
what do I know. They have a new one coming out, which is
the Voodoo Ranger from New Belgium. So if you're looking for a Funco doll
with the Voodoo Ranger, head over to Funco dot com. Finally, in
the Great State of Illinois, there's a new bill out there, Senate Bill
eighty five. Now this is due for a hearing really soon, and I'm
kind of confused, Like I read this in Recycling Today dot com. They
have an online magazine, and the bill states that it According to this article,
it says it's for bottles, where you're going to have a refundable fee
of ten cents for containers holding twenty four ounces or less of beverages, and
fifteen cents if your container holds more than twenty one. Now, according to
the article, it says bottles, but it's also sponsored by the can Manufacturers
Institute. I went to the Illinois Senate bill website and was checking that out
and it's kind of vague. So if this passes, I don't know if
it's going to be just bottles or if it's going to include cans, because
according to the Illinois like the website for this bill, it says it's a
beverage container recycling program, So I don't know if that's going to include cans
or not. But if you're interested in this and you live in the great
state of Illinois, you could check out Illinois Senate Bill eighty five and let
your state senators know how you feel. If you listen to the show for
a while, you know, I don't talk about Founders, I don't drink
them. I don't care about them. I feel and it's my opinion they're
a shitty, racist company and I just don't drink them. Well low and
behold. On Monday, they permanently closed the Detroit tap room, just hours
after a worker filed a new racial discrimination suit against the company. Of course,
Founders has to blame it on COVID, but you know, where there's
smoke, there's fire with them, and it's not the first time it's happened.
It's probably not going to be the last, So you know, fuck
founders. I don't care about them. If you do, you know,
God bless you. You drank what you want to drink. But it just
seems to me my opinion only, and you know, what the hell do
I know? But they just seem like a pretty shitty company. Hey,
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podcasts. All right, the beer that's in front of me now is the
summer selection from Revolution. This is sun Crusher summer ale. This is thirty
five IBus five point three percent alcohol and you could only get it during the
warm weather seasons. This is really good. It's juicy and refreshing with radiant
citrus notes. So I'm going to open his can up and it's going to
radiate. Let's check it out. Some crusher is a really good, nice
color to it. I like it. It's a little darker of a golden
ale, nice foam, good carbonation here. Oh, it's radiating. It
is radiating a nice citrus aroma. Really good. I like the aroma here.
Not it's really good. I get the citrus notes here. It's very
light, it's refreshing. I think this would be perfect on a warm summer
day. Hopefully will get those here in Chicago because the weather it's been goofy
the past few weeks. But once it warms up, I'm killing some suncrusher.
This is really good. If you see it in the Chicago Land area,
I would definitely put it in the carts. You can get it everywhere
your grocery stores, liquor stores, or just head over to Revolution and get
it there. But now I'm a big fan of suncrusher. I think you'll
enjoy it. So check out Suncrusher from Revolution. All Right, the next
of the summer beers that I'm going to have is bells Oberon. This is
a wheat ale only comes out in the summertime. I like it's five point
eight percent as a really nice it's like the taste of summer. It's very
bright. They just use wheat, malt, hops, water, and their
signature house ale yeast. It's a bright orange color, citrusy, smooth and
refreshing. That's according to their website. I actually picked this up at Costco.
They had a full case of this there. So let's crack open bells
Oberon. Bell's Oberon is a nice orangey color, good carbonation good. I'd
say almost three fingers of foam here, very nice aroma. I get a
lot of citrus here. It smell it smells like summer. I think it
smells great. Get a little I'm not sure what hops they use that doesn't
list here on the website. I get a little almost like spiciness. I
think it's really good. I get a lot of like on the back end
of it, more like orange notes, like a like an orange wedge.
It's delicious. It's out every year. It's been around for years and years.
It's the summer ail. So if you see it from Bell's, definitely
put it in the carts. This is Oberon, all right. The last
of the summer beers is from Sierra Nevada. This is their summer Fest.
This is a summer lagger. This was around years and years ago. I
haven't seen this one in a while, so I'm looking forward to having this
again. It's a pilsner according to their website, five percent alcohol. This
says that it has spicy floral hops and hints of lemon zest. So let's
crack open Sierra Nevada's summer Fest. Summer Fest has a really nice light color,
like rays of sunshine on a hot summer day. Smell is good.
It has not old school lagger smell, but I really enjoy the smell all
of this. Yeah, that's really good. I do see where it says
it has hints of lemons zest. I do pick that up. In the
taste. I think this is outstanding. Yeah, that's good, nice dry
finish here. This is really good. I think you don't even have to
call this summer fest. You can make this a year round lagger and I
would drink this. If you see this, it's in a new purple can.
I don't think it was purple before, but it looks like your regular
can of Sierra Nevada, but the can is purple. Summer Fest. I
would definitely put a six pack, put a twelfth pack in the cart.
It's that good, refreshing summer beer. If you like Laggers, I think
you're going to enjoy this one, So pick up Sierra Nevada's Summer Fest.
Oh we got a little bonus for you on this episode of Beer in Front.
I'm gonna do a pop review today. I'm gonna have Harritos Tamarind.
This is I've never had. Like I'm fifty five. It took me till
I was fifty until I heard about Hartos. I led a sheltered white man
life where I never had this. Now that I've had this, I'm hooked.
This stuff is fantastic. They have a ton of flavors, pineapple,
orange, but the tamarind is my favorite. It's kind of like a murky
brown color. But let's crack it open. I will say the sound effect
on the Harritos is not good. It smells phenomenal. It just smells like
spicy tamarind. No, that's just so good, really nice flavor. If
you like tamarind, I think you'll If you like tamarin, then you've had
this and you don't need to listen to my show. But for those green
goes out there who are like me that never heard of this ship before,
you need to put Harritos in the cart. This stuff is delicious. Now.
This is used with real sugar. There's no high fructose corn syrup here.
The ingredients are carbonated water, sugar, natural flavor, citric acid,
color, and all of that. Really good. I'm a huge fan of
Harritos. If you see it, put it in the cart. I think
you're going to enjoy it. It's a really nice flavor. I really dig
the tamarind. Okay, that's gonna wrap things up for this week's episode of
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Hopefully next week it'll be warm and we could actually enjoy the summer beers I
talked about. Have a great week. I'll talk to you next week on
the podcast. And remember, sometimes the beer in front of you is the
best one yet.