1 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:07,320 This is Beer in Front, part of the Oddpods Media Network. Every week 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:12,240 i'll talk about a beer that maybe we've forgotten along the way while we get 3 00:00:12,279 --> 00:00:16,839 those check ins and badges. Some weeks, i'll talk about a new beer 4 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:22,679 that has potential to be a classic. Being the Chicago beer Guy, I'll 5 00:00:22,719 --> 00:00:28,199 also talk about great craft beer in craft beer news in the city of Chicago. 6 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:33,200 And remember sometimes the beer in front of you is the best one yet. 7 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:44,399 It's Beer in Front and it's coming up now. Welcome to episode one 8 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:50,640 hundred and sixty of Beer in Front. I'm your host, Dave's ELLATORUS and 9 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:56,840 Beer in Front is a proud member of the Oddpods Media Network. This episode 10 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:02,759 is coming out on May seventeenth. Happy anniversary to my beautiful wife Ruby. 11 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,680 I'm not sure what Emily Post has to say, but I think the fourth 12 00:01:07,719 --> 00:01:14,760 anniversary gift is podcast equipment and beer. On the show today, I'll be 13 00:01:14,799 --> 00:01:22,120 talking to Doug Wise. He's the director of Beveridge at Bottleneck Management. Bottleneck 14 00:01:22,239 --> 00:01:26,640 operates the Old Town Poorhouse, and we'll chat about a new beer school happening 15 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:33,719 at the Poorhouse starting next week. The beer I'll be having this week is 16 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:40,200 the newest gold medal winner of the American Style Logger category at the World Beer 17 00:01:40,239 --> 00:01:47,480 Cup. This is Bruski from Noonwhistle in Lombard, Illinois. As my friends 18 00:01:47,519 --> 00:01:52,280 at fuck it, I'm forty like to say, don't be a dick. 19 00:01:53,239 --> 00:01:57,760 The Craft Beer Conference was held last week in Nashville, and there were again 20 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:06,200 report of people who look like me not making everyone that doesn't look like me 21 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:13,120 feel welcome beer, and frankly, every industry should be for everyone. The 22 00:02:13,159 --> 00:02:19,159 more people that feel welcome will enjoy your product and buy it. I'm not 23 00:02:19,199 --> 00:02:23,439 an Ivy League graduate, I'm a Chicago Public High school clown. But you 24 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:29,879 jagoffs that refuse to embrace everyone, explain this to me like I'm five. 25 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:38,080 How is alienating women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ plus communities, 26 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:43,759 and deliberately pissing people off. How is that good for business? Everyone 27 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:47,800 I've ever met in beer has been cool. But now I start to wonder 28 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:52,840 how much of that is because I'm just a straight white guy with a beard. 29 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,879 In Beer News this week, I mentioned a few weeks ago that Guinness 30 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:12,960 is going to close one of their production facilities in Baltimore. Now I was 31 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:19,879 reading an article over on Brewbound. There's an official in Baltimore that wants to 32 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:28,400 invest five hundred thousand dollars so a local brewer can keep brewing the Baltimore Blond 33 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,919 from Guinness. So there's a few places that are thinking about doing it. 34 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,199 And I guess it's up to Guinness if they want to give up the recipe, 35 00:03:37,319 --> 00:03:40,439 and I'm sure there's going to be money exchange. But there's an official 36 00:03:40,479 --> 00:03:46,759 that wants to drop five hundred g to keep Baltimore Blond on tap in the 37 00:03:46,879 --> 00:03:53,080 city of Baltimore. Goose Island opened their doors thirty five years ago last week 38 00:03:53,360 --> 00:04:00,520 and they're having a month long celebration at their Clyborne location. So head over 39 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:05,159 to Goose Island's website to find out more details. The World Beer Cup was 40 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:11,520 last week and there were seven medalists from the Great State of Illinois. Also 41 00:04:11,759 --> 00:04:15,279 last week, the winners of the Crushy Awards were handed out. I had 42 00:04:15,399 --> 00:04:20,519 Jim mcunan we talked about the awards. I was a voting member again this 43 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:26,439 year. I voted on the Best of Beer Cans. That was hard. 44 00:04:26,879 --> 00:04:30,959 There's a lot of great work over there. I'm going to include the link 45 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:34,600 in the show notes so you could check out the winners of this year's Crushy 46 00:04:34,639 --> 00:04:43,160 Awards. Last week, Beer Advocate put something out over on Instagram and I'm 47 00:04:43,199 --> 00:04:49,480 not sure if this is bullshit or whatever, but allegedly Perdue, the chicken 48 00:04:49,639 --> 00:04:57,120 company, Perdue is gonna come out with a beer can chicken beer that's going 49 00:04:57,199 --> 00:05:02,199 to have some spices in it. And and according to this Instagram post, 50 00:05:02,519 --> 00:05:09,759 they're supposed to be a press in Bargo until the seventeenth, so this show's 51 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:13,759 coming out of the seventeen so look for that. I don't like I said, 52 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,439 I don't know if this is bullshit or not, but Purdue Chicken and 53 00:05:17,519 --> 00:05:21,439 a beer and beer canned chicken. I'm a big fan of beer canned chicken. 54 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:26,600 I don't know if I want a beer with spices in it, but 55 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:32,079 look for that. Finally, in Canada, I'm gonna tell you a story 56 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:42,680 about Ferguson Jenkins. Ferguson Jenkins was my favorite cub player growing up. Fergie 57 00:05:42,759 --> 00:05:48,360 Jenkins was the man great pitcher. I was a kid, a young pup, 58 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:53,319 a teenager out in the bleachers. I was out with my buddy Sean. 59 00:05:53,519 --> 00:05:56,439 We were out the front row of the bleachers. We'd get there early. 60 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:02,120 Actually, I remember that day out a batting practice home run off the 61 00:06:02,199 --> 00:06:06,959 bat of the great Keith Moorland, and I got a couple autographs on it. 62 00:06:08,439 --> 00:06:14,720 Ferguson Jenkins was one. I got Leon Durham's autograph on a baseball and 63 00:06:14,959 --> 00:06:19,439 Bump Wills, so I still have that baseball with all three. But Fergie 64 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:24,480 Jenkins, and I'm just a young, impressionable teenager. I'm like, Fergie, 65 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,040 when are you a pitching I'm trying to make small talk. I have 66 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,560 no game, but I'm just a young pup and I'm like, Fergie, 67 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:34,839 where you pitching next? Fergie looks up to me, young man. You 68 00:06:34,879 --> 00:06:40,279 ought to read the papers and signed my baseball, and that was good. 69 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:45,839 But Ferguson Jenkins, he has a new beer coming out from the Sons of 70 00:06:45,959 --> 00:06:49,800 Kent. This is only going to be available in Canada. The beer can 71 00:06:49,959 --> 00:06:56,519 looks phenomenal. This is a classic pilsner. I've already reached out to Rob 72 00:06:56,680 --> 00:07:01,120 from the Internet Talks Beer to see if he get this in Canada. But 73 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,959 if you're a Canadian listener and you find this, get a hold of me. 74 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:11,120 I'll definitely pay you to get a couple cans of the Ferguson Jenkins beer. 75 00:07:11,759 --> 00:07:17,879 My Way Budweiser is coming out with a new limited edition can featuring Harley 76 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:25,680 Davidson motorcycles. This one looks really cool, so we'll see if the anti 77 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:30,279 woke people will buy this one. Finally, locally here, I mentioned a 78 00:07:30,319 --> 00:07:39,319 few weeks ago that there's a Brewers Triangle. This includes Maplewood, Metropolitan and 79 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:44,680 Ravinia. They're having a block party this Saturday, May twentieth, and they're 80 00:07:44,759 --> 00:07:50,959 also having a special joint beer from the three breweries. It's called Brewers Triangle. 81 00:07:51,279 --> 00:07:57,199 It's a dry hopped Hellas. So definitely if you're in the Chicago area 82 00:07:57,439 --> 00:08:11,639 check out the Brewers Triangle block party this Saturday. Okay. The Old Town 83 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:18,480 Poorhouse is located at fourteen nineteen North Wells Street in Chicago. It's ranked as 84 00:08:18,519 --> 00:08:22,720 the top beer bar in Chicago in one of the best in the country. 85 00:08:22,959 --> 00:08:28,879 They have over one hundred and forty tap handles featuring ninety different beers, local 86 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:33,039 craft beer, as well as cider and non alcoholic beer for those who want 87 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:37,679 something different. It's not just a beer spot. They have a full liquor 88 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:43,559 bar and food menu that is second to none. Joining the show is Doug 89 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:50,039 Wise. He's the director of Beverage at Bottleneck Management. Bottleneck operates the Old 90 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:54,120 Town Poorhouse, amongst others, And today we're going to talk about a cool 91 00:08:54,279 --> 00:08:58,639 new series of beer classes they have coming up starting next week. Doug, 92 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:03,720 thanks were chatting today. How's everything going? Things are going great? Thanks 93 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,919 for having me. The Brew You Beer School kicks off next Wednesday, May 94 00:09:09,039 --> 00:09:16,159 twenty fourth and features some great local Chicago breweries as well as national ones. 95 00:09:16,279 --> 00:09:20,080 How did this come about? Well, We've been trying to think of in 96 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:26,080 person events that computer to our audience, and knowing how much knowledge we have 97 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:30,879 to share about beer and the breadth of beer that we have on tap, 98 00:09:31,159 --> 00:09:35,480 we figured this would be a fun and inexpensive night out for beer enthusiasts. 99 00:09:35,519 --> 00:09:41,039 You mentioned inexpensive. You can't beat the price event, that's correct. I 100 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:46,840 believe we set the price at one penny because I think we have to charge 101 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:52,200 for an event where we're giving out some free beer. But I think if 102 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:56,080 you go through event right, it ends up to around two dollars, a 103 00:09:56,080 --> 00:10:01,879 pretty good deal for what you're going to get at our school. Yeah, 104 00:10:01,039 --> 00:10:07,559 normally I work Wednesday evenings. But I'm off the week of May thirtieth for 105 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:11,840 my birthday, so I already bought tickets for May thirty first, so I'll 106 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:16,440 be seeing you with that one. Happy to have you should be a good 107 00:10:16,519 --> 00:10:20,679 night. That's our beer styles and character as six class, so going to 108 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:28,279 be going through a variety of styles and talking about JCP and whether breweries care 109 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,759 about that or not, and it should be a fun night. Now, 110 00:10:31,759 --> 00:10:35,720 what are some of the other classes that you have? So the first week 111 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:41,519 is tasting and evaluating beer. So when we were putting this together, something 112 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:45,759 I was really thinking about was how each class could build on the last class. 113 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,360 So of course there'll probably be a lot of guests who come just to 114 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:52,320 one night or two nights, but if you were to attend every night, 115 00:10:52,799 --> 00:10:58,399 we wanted this to be progressive. So we start out tasting and evaluating, 116 00:10:58,519 --> 00:11:01,519 just thinking about beer as you're drinking it, you know, appearance, a 117 00:11:01,639 --> 00:11:07,759 roma, taste, mouth feel. Second class we're talking about styles. That's 118 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:11,000 kind of the next thing you might dive into. And when you're thinking about 119 00:11:11,039 --> 00:11:16,720 the beer drinking. Then the third class we're talking about some world and US 120 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:22,639 regional styles as well as the brewing process. So that'll be a great class. 121 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:26,960 I believe we have half acre coming in to talk about that. And 122 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:31,240 then the final class we're going to talk a little bit more in depth about 123 00:11:31,279 --> 00:11:37,360 hops and also beer and food pairing, so that'll be an especially fun one. 124 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:41,600 We've got two beer and food pairings for each guest to try that night. 125 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,159 Yeah, all look good. I don't know. I'm gonna have to 126 00:11:45,159 --> 00:11:48,960 see if I could weasel another Wednesday off head to another one of those. 127 00:11:50,759 --> 00:11:56,320 The tap list that you have has something for everyone. Going over everything you 128 00:11:56,399 --> 00:12:00,720 have on tap, there's no way I could list it all. He or 129 00:12:00,759 --> 00:12:05,759 how challenging is it for you to make sure that you have something for everyone's 130 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:11,120 palette When you have ninety beers on draft or we have ninety plus beers on 131 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:16,759 draft, it's not that challenging. You know. We live in a time 132 00:12:16,799 --> 00:12:20,879 where craft beers in abundance all over the country and especially in Chicago Land, 133 00:12:22,039 --> 00:12:26,960 and so of course balance and styles and flavors is crucial to a great beer 134 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:31,320 list. But the brewers in Chicago Land are making things easy on us. 135 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:35,679 And you're right, we do have, you know, everything from laugers to 136 00:12:35,759 --> 00:12:43,159 stouts and IPAs and beers with adjuncts and classic German styles and really anything you'd 137 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:48,960 be looking for. How many of your tap handles are like local ones from 138 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:54,639 Illinois? So at any of our locations and including Old Town for our Chicago, 139 00:12:54,720 --> 00:13:00,720 we have over thirty tap handles dedicated to local beer. I believe there's 140 00:13:00,759 --> 00:13:05,279 even more at Old Town Poorhouse Chicago. There's likely forty to forty five. 141 00:13:05,399 --> 00:13:11,399 If I'm ballparking. If you ask me to list every beer on tap, 142 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:13,639 I might be able to do it, but it would take a long time. 143 00:13:13,759 --> 00:13:16,480 So yeah, the show's not that long. It would be like a 144 00:13:16,519 --> 00:13:22,879 four hour part two miniseries to list everything that you have. If you want 145 00:13:22,879 --> 00:13:24,519 me to put your listeners to sleep, you know, we could do that 146 00:13:24,639 --> 00:13:31,480 later. I'm not sure who the social media person is, but every week 147 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:35,559 they put out a picture of this French toast and I'm like, oh, 148 00:13:35,639 --> 00:13:41,679 I need this. So it's not just beer. You also have great food. 149 00:13:41,399 --> 00:13:45,679 What kind of stuff can people expect when they go to eat this Old 150 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:52,960 Town Yeah, so our food is classic American food with some chef driven twists. 151 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:58,080 The French toast you mentioned is stuffed with nutella. You know, we 152 00:13:58,159 --> 00:14:05,320 have a loaded baked potato flat bread, an ahi tuna blt or you know 153 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:09,000 my brunch favorite you brought up the French toast is we have a new chicken 154 00:14:09,279 --> 00:14:16,000 chicken and waffles dish, but we use our popcorn chicken and so kind of 155 00:14:16,039 --> 00:14:20,679 the classic bone in chicken breast. I find that makes it a lot easier 156 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:26,399 to eat personally. And we've you know, smothered with this hot honey maple 157 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:31,159 syrup, which is just unbelievable. I had brunch at Oldtown Borehouse on Sunday 158 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:37,159 and got to eat that and it lives up to the hype on for your 159 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,200 brunch now. I know, like last Sunday was Mother's Day, but on 160 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:45,240 a normal Sunday, do you need reservations for this? You can make reservations. 161 00:14:45,879 --> 00:14:48,759 That's probably the best way to do it to ensure that you get a 162 00:14:48,759 --> 00:14:52,639 spot. I made a reservation and it went really smoothly, so would I 163 00:14:52,679 --> 00:14:58,039 don't have any pull you had to make a reservation yourself. I'm just you 164 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:01,639 know, a lot of my job is trying make things easy on the restaurant, 165 00:15:01,679 --> 00:15:05,919 and that includes making a reservation when I want to come in. Besides 166 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,399 the beer school, do you have any other type of events like this. 167 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:16,960 I noticed on the website that you can rent that out for meetings, parties, 168 00:15:16,039 --> 00:15:20,240 things of that nature. Absolutely all of our restaurants do have space that 169 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:24,840 you can rent out for personal or private events. You know, businesses will 170 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:31,200 rent it out and individuals can do parties. We also are doing features for 171 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:37,600 American Craft Beer Week, where we've got a locally inspired dish in every market 172 00:15:37,039 --> 00:15:41,919 paired with a local beer. For Pride Month, we're partnering with New Belgium 173 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:48,279 and they're brewed for all initiatives, so we're donating two dollars for every New 174 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:52,399 Belgium beer. Soul to Glad, which is an organization that insures fair, 175 00:15:52,799 --> 00:16:03,120 accurate and inclusive representation that rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. At Oldtown Poorhouse, 176 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:07,960 Chicago, we host trivia every Tuesday at seven pm, and there are 177 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:11,840 theme trivias once a month, and then, as we already talked about, 178 00:16:11,919 --> 00:16:15,039 there's rock and roll Brunch every weekend. I think on the weekend of the 179 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:22,360 twenty seventh, we're going to be launching Mimosa towers for our rock and roll 180 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:26,960 brunch. So for groups that are looking for large format mimosas I know that's 181 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:30,600 popular. We've been testing them, so we have that coming and we're going 182 00:16:30,679 --> 00:16:33,759 to start doing a DJ at Oldtown Poorhouse for brunch as well. So we're 183 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:40,720 looking to kind of pick up the energy a little bit at our Oldtown Poorhouse 184 00:16:40,799 --> 00:16:45,799 Chicago Brunch. I'll definitely have to pop in one Sunday this summer and check 185 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:49,639 that out. Yeah, you mentioned you have other locations of Old Town. 186 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:53,879 There's obviously the City one, but there's also a location in oak Brook, 187 00:16:55,320 --> 00:17:00,799 Naperville as well as Maryland. Is are there different frings between the four or 188 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:07,880 is it just the same concept just maybe slightly different beer list. It's it's 189 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:12,039 largely the same concept with slightly different beer lists. And that's true for our 190 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:17,880 City Works brand as well. We have City Works and Schomberg and Wheeling and 191 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:25,160 Vernon Hills and then of course Pittsburgh and King of Pressure, Pennsylvania and Disney 192 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:30,119 Springs and Frisco and Fort Worth, Texas and Watertown, mass So there's a 193 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:33,119 lot of places in the country you can come in and get that rock and 194 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:38,559 roll brunch and taste you know, thirty plus local craft beers. Of the 195 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:44,880 other locations of like just say, the Poorhouse are you planning on doing like 196 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:49,559 a beer school type event or something similar at one of those two. Yeah, 197 00:17:48,799 --> 00:17:53,160 this beer school, we're really looking at at it as something that could 198 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:56,839 be a launching pad to go to our other locations. So if this goes 199 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:03,200 well, we've created, you know, some good bones for this event and 200 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:07,279 we're hoping it's something that our other restaurants could kind of pick up and execute 201 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:12,400 all over the country and especially at you know in Naborville and Oak. On 202 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:19,400 the website, this is limited to fifty guests per class. That is correct, 203 00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:23,079 Okay, so if you're looking to do this, well, there's only 204 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:27,319 forty eight left for the May thirty first. I think I was looking the 205 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:32,119 first one is sold out, so I'm going to include a link in the 206 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:37,079 show notes for the event bright link, so you could definitely click on that. 207 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:40,759 But I would get tickets as soon as possible before the rest of them 208 00:18:40,759 --> 00:18:45,240 sell out. Absolutely. I'm not sure if the first one is sold out 209 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:48,400 for sure, but we were getting close and getting close for all of them, 210 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:53,599 so if you're looking to come, hop on it. Yeah, like 211 00:18:53,599 --> 00:18:56,799 you said, I'll include the link in the show notes. I bought tickets 212 00:18:56,799 --> 00:19:02,680 for the thirty first I think Saturday night and I thought I saw the first 213 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:06,079 one sold out, but now no, I'm looking forward to going to the 214 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:12,079 thirty first. Now you're the director of beverage, what kind of trends do 215 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:18,039 you see happening in the beer or you know, beverage industry. Is there 216 00:19:18,079 --> 00:19:22,160 anything that kind of surprising you or you know, what do you see happening 217 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,960 down the road to the next year or so. So, I think one 218 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:30,119 big trend, you know, to talk beverage overall, this includes beer. 219 00:19:30,079 --> 00:19:34,359 There's a trend in health consciousness. I think, you know, coming out 220 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:40,920 of the pandemic, people were taking a look internally to see, you know, 221 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,759 what is it that we're doing here, and so you know, you 222 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:49,519 see more low ABV beers, sessionable beers doing really well. I know, 223 00:19:49,519 --> 00:19:55,640 when I personally go out, if I see a Metropolitan Crankscheff Coles or a 224 00:19:55,720 --> 00:20:00,920 dovetailed Vienna lager, I can drink that and not feel like I'm way down 225 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,000 and I feel like I'm getting drunk. I mean I'm getting old. So 226 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:08,039 yeah, I can drink less and less and so lowering that ABB helps me 227 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,359 stay in the game. And you know, along those same lines, you 228 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:17,480 know, We're seeing a lot of nonalcoholic beer pop up at all of our 229 00:20:17,559 --> 00:20:22,480 locations. We sell Athletic Brewing Company. They make some great any beers. 230 00:20:22,519 --> 00:20:27,640 We have run Wild Ipa and Upside Down Upside Down Building Nail. That's my 231 00:20:27,799 --> 00:20:32,440 personal favorite. Um. You know, those beers are great for people who 232 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:37,119 are sober, but I think we're finding more people that do also drink turning 233 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:44,160 towards nonalcoholic. Whether you're just spacing drinks out, or you're the designated driver, 234 00:20:44,559 --> 00:20:47,720 or you're you know, going to be out all day with your friends 235 00:20:47,839 --> 00:20:52,440 and you just want to hang out for longer, those are good options. 236 00:20:52,519 --> 00:20:56,480 And you see that on the on the cocktail side as well. We added 237 00:20:56,519 --> 00:21:03,359 mocktails to our cocktail menu last year. They've been going great sales are I 238 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:07,440 would call it a pleasant surprise, but they're definitely here to stay. So 239 00:21:07,799 --> 00:21:11,119 I mean that that's a big trend. And then on the just the beer 240 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:19,079 side, I'm seeing a ton of prominent breweries turning their flagship beer into its 241 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:23,079 own brand. So you see that with you know, New Belgium in their 242 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,960 Voodoo series, we have juicya'son tap. You know, they have a double 243 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:32,880 ipa available all the time Juice Force is out, and then they also have 244 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:36,839 a seasonal line of the Voodoos. Nineteen eighty five is coming out in June, 245 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:41,039 so that's big, and you know, even even more locally, three 246 00:21:41,079 --> 00:21:47,920 Floyd Zombie Dust has always been a giant in horror in our city, but 247 00:21:48,039 --> 00:21:52,400 now they have Zombie Ice. They've got a double Zombie Dust. Basically, 248 00:21:52,279 --> 00:22:00,440 Bell's too hearted now they do coal hearted and lighthearted and black hearted, and 249 00:22:00,519 --> 00:22:06,160 so, you know, I think breweries are seeing that people like to go 250 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:10,680 back to what they're comfortable with and that may be a brand and if they 251 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:15,119 can kind of give you a little bit of variety within that comfort, they're 252 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:19,759 finding success in that. Yeah, even like Sierra with their Hazy Little Thing 253 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:25,799 now it seems like one whole shelf is all the variants that they have of 254 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:30,240 that as well. Definitely, I like the I think it's called sour Little 255 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:33,880 Thing or tart little Thing. Yeah, I'm sorry to see her Nevada. 256 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,720 I didn't know immediately, but it's a good beer, so people should try 257 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:42,160 it. You were talking a few minutes ago about the non alcoholic beers. 258 00:22:42,519 --> 00:22:47,640 Are those available on draft or is it just like candis or bottles for those. 259 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:52,240 We have cans for those. I know some breweries have been thinking about 260 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:59,119 kegging their NA beers, and some may be doing that right now, but 261 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:03,279 right now we're just doing cans. I do think that down the line that 262 00:23:03,279 --> 00:23:07,680 will become more and more popular. We have a hard seltzerround taps, so 263 00:23:08,079 --> 00:23:15,240 okay, I know that there's space for you know, non traditional draft items 264 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:18,519 for sure. Yeah, I don't because I don't think I've ever seen an 265 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:23,799 NA beer on tap somewhere, and I'm interested to try and see. You 266 00:23:23,839 --> 00:23:27,000 know, I like draft beer better than something out of a can, so 267 00:23:27,039 --> 00:23:30,839 I'd like to see the difference if that even improves some of the n A 268 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:38,240 beers. Absolutely, I think the more that consumers continue to purchase and show 269 00:23:38,279 --> 00:23:42,000 support for NA beers, the more it'll make sense for the breweries to start 270 00:23:42,039 --> 00:23:47,519 thinking about tagging them exactly. Well, Doug, I really appreciate you coming 271 00:23:47,559 --> 00:23:53,400 on once again Old Town Poorhouse. It's fourteen nineteen North Welles in addition to 272 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:57,000 other ones. I'll include the link in the show notes, but you should 273 00:23:57,079 --> 00:24:02,960 definitely check out the through You Beer School, and if you're going on the 274 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:07,519 thirty first say hi to me because I'll be there with my wife Ruby. 275 00:24:07,519 --> 00:24:10,920 Oh, Doug, I really appreciate you coming on and talking about this. 276 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:15,039 This is a really cool school. I appreciate it, sir. Yeah, 277 00:24:15,039 --> 00:24:17,759 thank you, David. It was an honor. All right, we'll talk 278 00:24:17,759 --> 00:24:30,160 to you later. Take care. Once upon a time, boring. It 279 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,680 was the best of times. It was the worst. You got that right, 280 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:40,000 what's your problem? We want new stories. Hi, It's Frankie and 281 00:24:40,319 --> 00:24:44,799 Garrett and we host The Ever Trending Story, a weekly podcast where we bring 282 00:24:44,839 --> 00:24:48,960 to life a fictional story created by our own minds and some of the hottest, 283 00:24:48,079 --> 00:24:52,519 craziest trends from the Internet. Find us wherever you download podcast, and 284 00:24:52,559 --> 00:24:57,400 be sure to join the fun on social media at ever Trending Pot. Be 285 00:24:57,519 --> 00:25:03,759 sure to catch the latest from Ever Trending Story wherever you listen to podcasts. 286 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:08,839 All right, The beer in front of me today is the newest gold medal 287 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:15,160 winner of the American Style Amber lagger category of the World Beer Cup. This 288 00:25:15,279 --> 00:25:22,160 is from Noon Whistle. This is called Bruski. This is a traditional lagger 289 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:26,920 checks in at four point six percent and I'm looking forward to it. According 290 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:33,799 to their website, Bruski is a beautifully copper colored traditional lagger. The malt 291 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:41,640 makes this beer slightly sweet with toasted, bretty aromas and flavors that are balanced 292 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:45,759 with saz hops. This is a year round offering from Noon Whistle, So 293 00:25:45,839 --> 00:25:55,240 let's crack it open. That's a gold medal winning can open, sound right 294 00:25:55,279 --> 00:26:03,480 there? Really nice color here, beautiful amber color. This is a lot 295 00:26:03,519 --> 00:26:08,640 of foam here. I'd say a good three fingers of eggshell white foam. 296 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:15,920 Yeah. The aroma is good. It does smell slightly bretty. No, 297 00:26:15,079 --> 00:26:22,000 that's terrific. Wonderful flavors here, good balance of the hops to the malt. 298 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:26,359 I get some sweetness when I taste it with a little of the hops 299 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:33,440 at the end. This is really good. Yeah, if you're a fan 300 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:37,119 of loggers, traditional style aggers, I would definitely throw this in the cart 301 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:41,759 from Noonwhistle. Bruski is a winner. I'm really digging this. I gotta 302 00:26:41,759 --> 00:26:47,680 pour some more. If I had to nitpick, I would say it's a 303 00:26:47,799 --> 00:26:52,240 little too carbonated, but that could just be the can itself. I would 304 00:26:52,279 --> 00:26:56,720 definitely not like rate this down because of it. I think it's that good. 305 00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:02,119 Yeah, that's just a terrific or something. I think you could Crush 306 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,839 at four point six percent. You could have more of these on a nice 307 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:10,000 day sitting outside on the barbecue, you could have a couple of Bruskis, 308 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:14,319 and I think you're going to be in good shape if you're in the Illinois 309 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:18,359 area and you could pick this up. I would definitely grab Brusky from Noon 310 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:23,079 Whistle. I rated this high on the Beer in Front scale one to ten. 311 00:27:23,559 --> 00:27:29,440 I gave it an eight point nine when I scored everything. This is 312 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:42,319 terrific, So definitely grab yourself a Bruski. This week, I was chatting 313 00:27:42,319 --> 00:27:48,079 with Barry Hummel, who is one half along with Abigail of the Great Pops 314 00:27:48,079 --> 00:27:55,400 on Hops podcast. Barry is grabbing some South Florida beer getting that out to 315 00:27:55,480 --> 00:28:00,640 me. I'll be sending him some Chicago area stuff out for him and Abigail 316 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,160 soon, and we're going to join forces in the next month or so. 317 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:10,359 For an episode on each podcast, Pops on Hobbes talks about great albums with 318 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:17,359 beer. I mentioned Smithereens eleven, so look for that soon. The Smithereens 319 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:23,880 are probably the band I've seen the most, and their classic power pop style 320 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:30,279 still sounds fresh today. I've been listening to a lot of Smithereens the past 321 00:28:30,319 --> 00:28:33,880 few days. After talking with Barry over on Twitter, I'll include a link 322 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:48,200 in the show notes if you want to have a list in yourself. All 323 00:28:48,279 --> 00:28:52,240 Right, that's gonna wrap things up for the May seventeenth edition of Beer in 324 00:28:52,359 --> 00:28:56,480 Front. I thank you for listening. I want to thank Doug Wise over 325 00:28:56,559 --> 00:29:02,960 at Bottleneck Management to come on the show and talk about the brew you beer 326 00:29:03,079 --> 00:29:07,839 school. You could get the details in the show notes. I'll talk to 327 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,799 everyone next week on the show. Have a great week, and remember sometimes 328 00:29:12,279 --> 00:29:15,480 the beer in front of you is the best one yet