1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:06,960 Wait, this is audio only. I put on makeup for nothing. This 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:12,119 is Beer in Front, part of the Oddpods media network. Every week i'll 3 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:17,399 talk about a beer that maybe we've forgotten along the way while we get those 4 00:00:17,519 --> 00:00:22,079 check ins and badges. Some weeks, i'll talk about a new beer that 5 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:27,559 has potential to be a classic. Being the Chicago beer Guy, I'll also 6 00:00:27,679 --> 00:00:32,880 talk about great craft beer and craft beer news in the city of Chicago. 7 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:38,640 Sometimes the beer in front of you is the best one yet. That's Beer 8 00:00:38,759 --> 00:00:49,960 in Front and it's coming up now. Welcome to the April twenty sixth edition 9 00:00:50,079 --> 00:00:55,479 of Beer in Front. I'm your host, Dave's Allatorus and Beer in Front 10 00:00:55,560 --> 00:01:00,240 is a proud member of the Oddpods media network. This week, I'm going 11 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:04,799 to have a few beers from Japan Karen and Sapporo is the Beer in Front. 12 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:12,920 I'll also have a fantastic sour from Prairie called Rainbow Sherbet. The YouTube 13 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:19,560 experiment last week I think went well. The episode had better numbers there than 14 00:01:19,599 --> 00:01:25,120 the audio version did, so I think in the future, from time to 15 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:32,079 time, i'll do more of the video podcasts with a complimentary audio version up 16 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:38,359 on your usual podcast listening devices. I'm recording this on the weekend of April 17 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:44,840 twenty second. I'm supposed to have jury duty on this Tuesday, so I 18 00:01:44,879 --> 00:01:47,799 don't know what my schedule is going to be like for the next week or 19 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:52,760 so. If I wind up on some lengthy trial, I might have to 20 00:01:52,799 --> 00:01:57,640 take next week off, but I'll let you know over on social media. 21 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaking of jury duty here in Cook County, Illinois, I've been summoned I 22 00:02:04,239 --> 00:02:08,159 think five times now. Earlier in my twenties, when I lived in the 23 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:14,120 city, I had to go to Skokie. When I lived in Glenview, 24 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,800 which is right next door to Skokie, I had to go to the city 25 00:02:19,319 --> 00:02:23,080 or Rolling Meadows. Now that I'm back in the city, I have to 26 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:30,039 go to Rolling Meadows, which isn't convenient. Can there be some algorithm make 27 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:36,000 it easier for folks to go to a courthouse closer to where they actually live 28 00:02:36,719 --> 00:02:42,439 between construction and rush hour traffic. I'm going to be listening to a lot 29 00:02:42,479 --> 00:02:47,000 of podcasts this week. I'm keeping my fingers crossed the next few weeks. 30 00:02:47,039 --> 00:02:51,240 I have some upcoming shows that I think are going to be really good. 31 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:57,400 I'm working on a local hard kombucha company to come on and talk about their 32 00:02:57,479 --> 00:03:02,039 product and get this. I still don't leave this. A representative of a 33 00:03:02,159 --> 00:03:07,840 Baseball Hall of Fame player emailed me asking if I'd like him to come on 34 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:14,879 Beer in Front to chat. Yeah. I hope our schedules line up and 35 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:19,240 that could come out soon. I want to thank all the folks that support 36 00:03:19,319 --> 00:03:23,360 the show over on Patreon, and I want to thank you for listening or 37 00:03:23,479 --> 00:03:29,120 watching every week. The fact that you take time out of your schedule to 38 00:03:29,199 --> 00:03:38,879 catch this show means a lot, So thank you very much. In Beer 39 00:03:38,919 --> 00:03:44,840 News this week, major League Baseball instituted new rules this season, which is 40 00:03:44,879 --> 00:03:51,080 cut off about thirty minutes of dead time each and every game. Most teams 41 00:03:51,199 --> 00:03:55,759 prior to twenty twenty three had a cutoff of the seventh inning so you could 42 00:03:55,759 --> 00:04:00,319 purchase your overpriced beer, so you had until the seventh to make your beer 43 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:06,479 purchases. Some teams have now stretched that to the eighth inning to further line 44 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:15,000 their pockets. I've seen some articles saying that teams will lose between four hundred 45 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:19,120 and eight hundred thousand dollars this year if they don't do this. I'm sorry, 46 00:04:19,199 --> 00:04:26,240 I'm calling bullshit. There's not one team that's going to lose money on 47 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:31,439 beer sales because beer prices are so inflated at stadiums anyway. At Wrigley Field, 48 00:04:31,519 --> 00:04:36,279 which is the closest ballpark to me, prices are on average, I 49 00:04:36,399 --> 00:04:42,000 think eleven bucks a beer. I could buy a six pack of tall Boy 50 00:04:42,639 --> 00:04:49,199 Macrobers retail for about five bucks. Teams aren't paying retail, so charging sixty 51 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:56,000 six dollars for a six pack makes them a tremendous profit. Don't insult my 52 00:04:56,079 --> 00:05:00,720 intelligence by saying the teams are losing money. Cher for the Philadelphia Phillies. 53 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,560 Matt Strahan, he makes a good point. Now, this is a quote 54 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:09,800 from him. The reason we stopped at the seventh before was to give our 55 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:14,720 fans time to sober up and drive home safe. Correct. He said this 56 00:05:14,879 --> 00:05:18,480 on a Baseball Is Boring podcast. So, now, with a faster paced 57 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:24,000 game and me being a man of common sense, if the game that's gonna 58 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:28,600 finish quicker, would we not move the beer sales back to the sixth inning 59 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:32,319 to give our fans time to sober up and drive home. Instead, we're 60 00:05:32,319 --> 00:05:36,720 going to the eighth and now you're putting our fans and our family at risk 61 00:05:36,879 --> 00:05:43,040 driving home with people who have just drank beers twenty two minutes ago. Mister 62 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:47,160 Straham, I think that's a good point. Coca Cola and Mulson Coors, 63 00:05:47,199 --> 00:05:53,959 they're coming out with an alcoholic version of Peace iced tea. Look for that. 64 00:05:54,079 --> 00:06:00,399 In September, the Washington Commander's football team is being sold. The owner, 65 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,920 Dan Snyder, who has been called the worst owner ever an old Ox 66 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:11,639 brewery out of Virginia, released a beer called by Dan. It sold out 67 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:19,759 in seventy five minutes. Aldi came out with eleven new private label alcoholic beverages 68 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:27,040 last week for the summer season. They'll have a new hard iced tea and 69 00:06:27,319 --> 00:06:31,199 a pineapple colch, So look for those that you're Aldi. The colch is 70 00:06:31,199 --> 00:06:38,120 going to have a price point of seven ninety nine a six pack. France 71 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:44,519 is not fucking around when it comes to Champagne. The trade body asked for 72 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:51,199 the destruction of over two thousand cans on the grounds that the century old motto 73 00:06:51,480 --> 00:07:01,879 used by Miller Highlife the Champagne of beers it infringes on Champagne's designation. This 74 00:07:02,439 --> 00:07:09,040 beer was intercepted in Antwerp. It sounds like a James Bond movie. The 75 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:15,279 beer was intercepted in Antwerp. If you're being intercepted in Antwerp, nothing good 76 00:07:15,399 --> 00:07:21,480 is going to happen. But this beer was intercepted in February and was destroyed 77 00:07:23,839 --> 00:07:26,800 France. I think you made your point, but I'm still going to have 78 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:31,600 a Miller High Life and it's the Champagne of beers. Sierra Nevada is releasing 79 00:07:31,639 --> 00:07:38,439 its Summertime Lagger, which should be available as we speak. That was always 80 00:07:38,439 --> 00:07:42,000 a good beer. I haven't seen that in a while, so I'm looking 81 00:07:42,079 --> 00:07:48,079 forward to trying Summertime again from Sierra Nevada. Finally, in Chicago, on 82 00:07:48,319 --> 00:07:58,560 May twentieth, Maplewood, Ravinia and Metropolitan they're having a Brewer's Triangle block party. 83 00:07:58,639 --> 00:08:01,319 That should be good, so look for that in the city of Chicago. 84 00:08:09,959 --> 00:08:13,160 Hi, I'm Sam, Hi'm Ritchie. I'm a little Matt. And 85 00:08:13,279 --> 00:08:16,720 here in the five hundred section lounge, we are three dads who host a 86 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,959 family friendly weekly podcast. Yep, we laugh. We'd go on Tangents and 87 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:24,680 we talk to great guests. Tangents. I don't know what you're talking about 88 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:26,120 with that. You know, they're gases leaking, all right, All right, 89 00:08:26,199 --> 00:08:31,159 Okay, Yeah, we have legendary conversations from sports to history and everything 90 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:35,600 in between. So be on the lookout for what we do next, and 91 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:41,720 always be there too. Grab a list be sure to catch the latest from 92 00:08:41,759 --> 00:08:48,039 the five hundred section lounge. The beer in front of me this week is 93 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:54,919 Kiran Ichiban. This is their premium beer. It's a Japanese lager. According 94 00:08:54,960 --> 00:09:00,240 to them, they are the only company or only major brewery that use is 95 00:09:00,279 --> 00:09:05,799 the first press of the malt. According to the can, they use only 96 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:13,879 the most flavorful portion of the finest ingredients. Karen's been around for a long 97 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,840 time. I don't know if I've ever had this, to be honest with 98 00:09:16,919 --> 00:09:20,559 you, but I saw this. I'm like, well, let's have a 99 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:26,360 Karen I purchased in a twenty five ounce can. So this is a big 100 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:33,840 boy here. In Looking at the can, I'm confused. They are not 101 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:39,039 owned by them, But I was expecting this to be a Japanese beer. 102 00:09:39,519 --> 00:09:46,840 But according to the can, this is brewed under Karen's strict supervision by ann 103 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:52,639 Heiser Busch in la or Williamsburg, Virginia. So this is not brewed in 104 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:58,080 Japan. This is brewed in the United States, but let's check it out. 105 00:10:03,279 --> 00:10:09,919 Karen has a nice golden color, a little darker than most Macro's, 106 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:18,000 nice carbonation, good foam here, smells very clean. I get a very 107 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:22,960 faint hop aroma here, but it has a really nice a roma. It's 108 00:10:24,039 --> 00:10:30,559 nice, crisp, clean smelling. It's an interesting taste. I get a 109 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:33,559 lot of sweetness here, but I'm not sure if it's all from the malt. 110 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:39,440 Karen doesn't use adjuncts. This is one hundred percent malt beer. But 111 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:46,720 it's an interesting sweetness that I'm getting from this, nice clean aftertaste, very 112 00:10:46,879 --> 00:10:54,559 subtle hop flavor. They use German Noble hops in Karen. It's not a 113 00:10:54,600 --> 00:11:01,039 bad beer at all. Yeah, it has a nice clean fin I don't 114 00:11:01,039 --> 00:11:05,080 think you would get bloated drinking a lot of the ease like you would with 115 00:11:05,159 --> 00:11:09,440 other Macro beers. You kind of get that bloated feeling. This has a 116 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:16,799 good, clean finish to it. It's a pretty solid, mass produced Macro 117 00:11:18,039 --> 00:11:22,840 type beer that you could find everywhere. So if you see Karen around you, 118 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:26,360 I would definitely put it in the carts, give it a try. 119 00:11:26,799 --> 00:11:31,200 It's a solid beer. Pick up a Kieren the beer that I'm going to 120 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:37,519 have right now is Sapporo Premium beer. This is in the big twenty two 121 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:43,639 ounce can. Now, this is made in Vietnam. Sapporo has five breweries 122 00:11:43,639 --> 00:11:46,279 in Japan, they have one in Canada, and they also do a lot 123 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:52,519 of brewing over in Lacrosse, Wisconsin. It's city brewing. But the twenty 124 00:11:52,519 --> 00:11:58,799 two ounce can that I'm going to have was actually brewed in Vietnam. Like 125 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:05,559 Karen, it's a big name when you think of Japanese beer as you think 126 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:09,559 of Sapporo and Karen. So I'm going to crack open the Supporto Premium right 127 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:26,720 now. Sapporo has a really nice light gold color, a lot of foam, 128 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:33,759 good carbonation, I'd say a good three fingers of like eggshell white foam. 129 00:12:35,759 --> 00:12:41,200 I'm not really digging the aroma here. I get some like metallic like 130 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:46,320 almost like the metal from the canon the aroma. So I'm not digging this 131 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:50,000 right now, but let's try it. No, I don't get that in 132 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:54,840 the taste at all. Actually, it's got how kind of a weird taste? 133 00:12:54,919 --> 00:12:58,360 Like how old is this? It doesn't say how old the can is. 134 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:05,080 I can't say I'm a big fan of Sapporo right now. It's very 135 00:13:05,639 --> 00:13:11,240 light. Yeah, it's got a weird taste and a weird aftertaste of this. 136 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:16,440 I cannot say I'm a fan of Sapporo, and I actually think I'm 137 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:22,320 going to be dumping this between the off aroma and the taste that I'm just 138 00:13:22,399 --> 00:13:24,120 not digging now. It just could be me. I could have had a 139 00:13:24,159 --> 00:13:28,960 bad can. There's no date on this, so who knows how long it's 140 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,519 been sitting in the grocery store. It could be old as well. But 141 00:13:33,639 --> 00:13:37,440 let me just try one more sit before I chuck this. Yeah, no, 142 00:13:37,519 --> 00:13:41,399 I can't say I'm a fan of this at all. You know, 143 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:46,679 if you like Sapporo and you think I'm missing something, or maybe I should 144 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:48,600 try one of the ones that was brewed in Wisconsin, maybe it'd be a 145 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,600 little fresher. Like if I buy just a twelve ounce bottle as opposed to 146 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:56,759 this twenty two ounces can, maybe that tastes a little bit better. But 147 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:03,120 this one that's brute in Vietnam six hundred and fifty million leader can, I'd 148 00:14:03,159 --> 00:14:07,240 have to take a pass on. This will not be put back in my 149 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:16,360 cart, all right. The beer in front of me right now is from 150 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:22,600 Prairie Artists and Ales. This is Rainbow Sherbet. I've had this before. 151 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:26,480 I loved it, and I picked this up. I saw it this afternoon 152 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:31,080 over at Bottles and Cans on Lincoln Avenue, so I had to pick this 153 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:37,279 up. Everything that I've had from Prairie has been outstanding. I've had this 154 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:41,440 before a couple others, and actually they were kind enough to send over a 155 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:45,559 few beers a couple of months ago, and I really really enjoyed them. 156 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:50,200 So I wanted to have Rainbow sherbet again. This is in the big ass 157 00:14:50,559 --> 00:14:54,919 nineteen point two ounce can, and I remember it being delicious, so I'm 158 00:14:54,960 --> 00:15:03,200 looking forward to having it again. Really looks nice, good carbonation here, 159 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:09,159 good foam. Yeah, that smells like you just went to the grocery store 160 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:15,480 back in the seventies radies and bought you that big tub of rainbow sherbet. 161 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:22,720 That's what I get from this aroma. That's really good. Wow. I 162 00:15:22,919 --> 00:15:28,159 get all the flavors there, like what is rainbow? It's the line the 163 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:33,759 orange. I don't know, I'm getting like a cherry, but it's a 164 00:15:33,799 --> 00:15:39,879 big fruit explosion in your mouth with a nice tartness there. So it's well 165 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:45,879 balanced. I really like this one a lot. Everything from Prairies top shelf. 166 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,840 If you see Rainbow Sherbet by all means, put it in the cart. 167 00:15:48,879 --> 00:15:54,000 I can get this here in Chicago. I know they are based. 168 00:15:54,039 --> 00:15:58,039 I'm not sure what their distribution footprint is, but I think you could get 169 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:03,120 them at many places around the country. So if you see this or anything 170 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:07,159 from Prairie artisan Ales, throw it in the cart. I think you're going 171 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:15,960 to enjoy it. If you like sours, then you like Rainbow Sherbert in 172 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:19,919 late Breaking News. I don't have jury duty, so I'm good to go. 173 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:30,120 I will see everyone next week here on Beer in Front. All right, 174 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:34,639 that's going to wrap things up for this week's edition of Beer in Front. 175 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:38,799 I thank you very much for listening. If you need to get a 176 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:45,120 hold of me, you could email me day at beer infront dot com, 177 00:16:45,279 --> 00:16:51,440 or you could find me on most social media platforms at Beer in Front. 178 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:55,919 I hope everyone has a great week. I'll let you know on Instagram or 179 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,799 something if I have jury duty and can't make the show next week, but 180 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,200 have a great week everyone. I'll see you hopefully next week. And remember, 181 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:07,359 sometimes the Beer in Front of You is the best one yet