1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,200 Well, I'm not getting in the pit and loving someone. This week. 2 00:00:05,639 --> 00:00:10,599 This is Beer in Front, part of the Odd Pods Media Network. Every 3 00:00:10,599 --> 00:00:15,279 week i'll talk about a beer that maybe we've forgotten along the way while we're 4 00:00:15,359 --> 00:00:20,120 getting those checkens and badges. Some weeks, i'll have a new beer that 5 00:00:20,199 --> 00:00:25,519 has potential to be a classic. Being the Chicago beer guy, I'll also 6 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:31,280 talk about great craft beer in craft Beer News in the City of Chicago. 7 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:36,479 Remember, sometimes the beer in front of you is the best one yet. 8 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:47,079 That's Beer in Front and it's coming up. Naw. Welcome to the April 9 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:52,880 twelfth edition of Beer in Front. I'm your host, Dave's allatorus and Beer 10 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:57,640 in Front is a proud member of the Odd Pods Media Network. This is 11 00:00:57,679 --> 00:01:00,640 going to be a quick show this week. I've been trying to stay non 12 00:01:00,679 --> 00:01:07,480 political for about a year now, but I'm wound up over this phony outrage 13 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:12,560 over a promotional can of bud Light that's not available for the public. One 14 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:19,920 chuckle nuts with plastic surgery and another who has excessive use of a hair straightener. 15 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:25,159 They're trying to make the news about this, trying to make themselves trend. 16 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:27,640 That's not the way God made you now, is it? In addition 17 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:32,760 to bud Light, I'm gonna have dreadnought from three Floyd's on the show. 18 00:01:33,239 --> 00:01:37,239 In the last month, I've had people that have listened to this show from 19 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:42,760 Iceland and the Maldives. Thank you. Last week I put out some videos 20 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,519 over on YouTube. You could check those out if you have some time. 21 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaking of YouTube, I post the podcast there because there's a few of you 22 00:01:52,879 --> 00:01:59,519 that listen to podcasts on YouTube. Usually I don't get that many people, 23 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:07,200 but last week I had more people that listen to the show on YouTube than 24 00:02:07,879 --> 00:02:13,000 the usual audio channels like you know, Apple podcasts, Good Pods, etc. 25 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,120 So I'm kind of kicking around the idea should I do a video podcast 26 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:21,360 from time to time? Let me know what you think. You could email 27 00:02:21,439 --> 00:02:25,680 me Dave at beer infront dot com if you'd be interested in at format. 28 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,800 Like to give a big shout out to those that support the show over on 29 00:02:30,039 --> 00:02:37,000 Patreon, you could head over to Patreon dot com slash beer in front for 30 00:02:37,159 --> 00:02:51,520 more details. In beer news, this week, April twenty second is Beer 31 00:02:51,719 --> 00:02:55,360 Clean Glass Day. Now. You may think your beer glass is clean, 32 00:02:55,960 --> 00:03:00,199 but is it beer clean? A beer that looks good in a beer clean 33 00:03:00,319 --> 00:03:07,199 glass will always taste better. Head over to Cicerone dot org for more details. 34 00:03:07,719 --> 00:03:13,960 Jennifer Lopez is coming out with a ready to drink cocktail line later this 35 00:03:14,039 --> 00:03:19,560 year called the Lola. Prices will be twenty three bucks for a seven hundred 36 00:03:19,599 --> 00:03:23,680 and fifty milliliter bottle and about twelve dollars for three hundred and seventy five. 37 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:30,759 April twenty ninth is Alagash Sezon Day, and here in Chicago, Off Color 38 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:38,039 will be hosting the best in Sayson's and Farmhouse ales Hop. Culture magazine had 39 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:44,639 a feature on best breweries near Major League Baseball stadiums, and Dovetail and Mars 40 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:50,719 were chosen as the best near Wrigley and guaranteed rate here in Chicago. I 41 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:57,639 read over at Porch Drinking that Sarah Flora is starting Flora Brewing over at Pilot 42 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:02,080 Project later this month, and I'm really looking forward to trying that. The 43 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:06,800 new issue of Craft Beer and Brewing arrived in my mailbox this week and is 44 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:12,599 always a great reed. This month it's all about IPAs and it's worth your 45 00:04:12,599 --> 00:04:26,720 time if you enjoy IPAs. The beer in front of me today his bud 46 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:31,480 light. Let me say this right now. I have never in fifty five 47 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:38,240 years of existence, I've never purchased a bud Light before today. However, 48 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:45,240 I did have one of the original cans when it came out in nineteen eighty 49 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:49,879 two. Friend of mine at the time worked for Budweiser as a truck driver 50 00:04:50,439 --> 00:04:55,959 and they were given cans that were completely sealed. But it was from the 51 00:04:56,040 --> 00:05:00,519 first day of pressing and I had I held on to that can for eight 52 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:05,759 or nine years, and somehow during a move it got punctured. So I 53 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,560 don't even know what it would be worth today. I wish I still had 54 00:05:09,639 --> 00:05:15,480 it, but I've never purchased a bud Light before today. Now. Last 55 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:24,680 week, a social media influencer, Dylan mulvaney, she posted on Instagram bud 56 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:30,759 Light Center a commemorative can. This can's not for sale. It's a can 57 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:38,000 that they gave her with her picture on it, celebrating three hundred and sixty 58 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:45,759 five days of her transition. Everyone's in an uproar. Travis Tritt is this 59 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:50,040 is the best part. Travis trittz all upset, and he's saying that he 60 00:05:50,199 --> 00:05:57,240 will not allow any Anheuser Busch products to be in his tour writer. Okay, 61 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:00,279 Travis, So you're saying you're not going to accept free beer. You're 62 00:06:00,319 --> 00:06:06,800 an idiot. You dress in Robin's egg blue leather jumpsuits with fringe, and 63 00:06:06,959 --> 00:06:14,959 you're pissed at Dylan mulvaney. The other ass clown, Robert Ritchie, he's 64 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,000 sitting out there buying, well, he's not buying. I'm sure one of 65 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:21,720 his lackeys is buying him cases of bud Light so he could go shoot it. 66 00:06:21,879 --> 00:06:26,920 You're asking yourself who's Robert Ritchie. He's a fifty two year old guy 67 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,879 with the hair straightener that wants to be known as kid rock. So that's 68 00:06:30,879 --> 00:06:34,519 okay. You could be known as something that you aren't born with, but 69 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:40,600 God forbid. Dylan mulvaney is happy. So you're all a bunch of fucking 70 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:46,600 jagoffs, and you've made me purchase something I've never purchased before, and today 71 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:59,360 I'm gonna have a bud Light as the beer in front. Bud Light has 72 00:06:59,399 --> 00:07:04,600 a really nice clear color, very light, golden, good foam, good 73 00:07:04,639 --> 00:07:13,879 carbonation on your just smells like an old school macro. Smells good. Not 74 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,920 my thing, but it's not horrible. It's not a drain pourt. It's 75 00:07:17,959 --> 00:07:24,399 just I'm not personally a big fan of light beers. I like something with 76 00:07:24,439 --> 00:07:30,120 a little more body to them, a little more oomph. I would prefer 77 00:07:30,279 --> 00:07:38,839 regular Budweiser than this, But it's not horrible. Now bud Light uses barley 78 00:07:38,959 --> 00:07:44,160 hops and rice in here trying to look at the canna see what the ABV 79 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,480 is. It can't be high. It doesn't say on here, but it 80 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:51,399 can't be high. It's bud Light. Let me have another sip of this. 81 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:58,079 Yeah, definitely not my thing, but you know, don't let that 82 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:03,160 stop you from buying it. It's one of the top probably five beers sold 83 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:07,560 in the country, so anyone that wants to pu it would love to have 84 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:11,959 the revenue that comes in from bud Light every year. So go get you 85 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:18,079 a bud Light. Congratulations to Dylan mulvaney on one year of transitioning and go 86 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:22,360 grab you a bud Light. Fuck you kid. Rocket. This didn't score 87 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:28,480 well and the Beer in Front judging scale I only gave it a four point 88 00:08:28,639 --> 00:08:33,639 nine on the one to ten scale, but still I wasn't expecting much out 89 00:08:33,639 --> 00:08:48,759 of this, but it's still it's not horrible. Hey you there, we've 90 00:08:48,759 --> 00:08:52,480 got a question for you. Are you tired of clickbait stories and the loudest 91 00:08:52,519 --> 00:08:56,440 voices driving discussions and culture and entertainment. If so, I'm Dylan, I'm 92 00:08:56,519 --> 00:09:01,440 Kendall, and I'm Cory, and we host the podcast From the Middle. 93 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,600 We're middle class guys living in the middle of America. In the middle chapters 94 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,360 of our lives with points of view Somewhere in the middle. We take a 95 00:09:09,399 --> 00:09:13,480 more reasonable and centrist approach, and our discussions covering genres like comedy, culture, 96 00:09:13,919 --> 00:09:20,440 entertainment, and interviews with really interesting folks like business owners, comic creators, 97 00:09:20,519 --> 00:09:24,360 doctors, news anchors, New York Times best selling illustrators, professional stand 98 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:31,080 up comics, and more. We really value a relaxed and conversational podcast, 99 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:35,720 one that we hope is so fun and laid back you'll forget you're not actually 100 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:39,399 hanging out with us. So search at From the midpod just like it sounds, 101 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:46,879 or check us out everywhere you can find podcasts. When you're done listening 102 00:09:46,879 --> 00:09:52,600 to this show, head over to From the Middle and check them out. 103 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:56,679 Always a great show. The craft beer in front that I'm going to have 104 00:09:56,759 --> 00:10:01,759 this week comes from Three Floyds. This is their Dreadnaught. This is an 105 00:10:01,799 --> 00:10:07,960 Imperial IPA. And actually I found this at my cost Go. They were 106 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:13,879 selling four packs of this there, so this clocks in at nine point four 107 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:20,240 percent according to the can This is an Imperial India pale Ale with an intense 108 00:10:20,799 --> 00:10:28,480 citrus hop aroma, a huge malt body, and a crisp finish. They 109 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:39,120 sold me, so let's crack it open. Dreadnaught has a really nice almost 110 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:46,360 Vienna lager like color. It's really amber. Looks fantastic. I get a 111 00:10:46,399 --> 00:10:52,840 lot going on with the aroma here. I get huge pine from the hops. 112 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,399 I get some malt here in the aroma, but the aroma is really 113 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:03,360 solid. Wow, that's really good. Kind of just like a good old 114 00:11:03,399 --> 00:11:09,960 school Imperial ipa which three Floyd's excels at. This is really good good foam 115 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:15,559 on this as well. It has a nice like creamy finish to it. 116 00:11:15,879 --> 00:11:20,399 You get some good hot bitterness at the back end of the tongue. This 117 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:26,080 is definitely an old school Imperial IPA. Now I'm a big fan of this. 118 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:30,240 If you're around, if you're in the Midwest and you see it at 119 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,759 Costco, I would definitely pick it up and put it in the cart along 120 00:11:33,759 --> 00:11:37,600 with your toilet paper and everything else you're getting at Costco. But now three 121 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:46,159 Floyd's Dreadnought Imperial IPA is a winner. Highly recommended. I scored this really 122 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:50,080 high on the Beer in Front scale. On a one to ten scale, 123 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:56,799 this checked in at nine point one five. And I've been lax in recording 124 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:03,600 my beers, so I'm trying to do better. But I've been logging every 125 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:07,519 new beer that I have. I have a little excel sheet at home and 126 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:09,000 I've been doing it now for a couple of weeks. So I'm trying to 127 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:13,840 be better at recording and scoring beers to talk about on the show. But 128 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,919 this was a nine point one five excellent beer. Once again, if you 129 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:33,200 see Dreadnought, pick it up the rabbit hole I went down for the earworm. 130 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:37,360 This week was started by the last episode of ted Lasso. The show 131 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:43,000 closed with a cover of Bob Dylan's Don't Think Twice. That's one of my 132 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:48,519 favorite songs of his. Don't Think Twice was released sixty one years ago and 133 00:12:48,759 --> 00:12:54,120 was the b side of Blowing in the Wind. Don't Think Twice has been 134 00:12:54,159 --> 00:13:00,559 featured in countless films and TV shows. It's been covered by artists. Is 135 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:05,080 Diverse is Peter, Paul and Mary all the way to Kesha, Lana del 136 00:13:05,159 --> 00:13:09,559 Rey, and Post Malone. The version I want to talk about is from 137 00:13:09,639 --> 00:13:16,720 Mike Ness's solo record from nineteen ninety nine called Cheating Its Solitaire. Ness is 138 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:22,639 the leader of Social Distortion, and his solo records had more of a gruff 139 00:13:24,399 --> 00:13:30,440 like a country rockabilly junkie guitar player vibe. Going on that really, in 140 00:13:30,519 --> 00:13:35,799 my opinion, brought extra life to old classics and new material as well. 141 00:13:37,399 --> 00:13:43,279 Both Cheating Its Solitaire and Under the Influences are great records if you like that 142 00:13:43,399 --> 00:13:48,399 style. If you're a fan of social d put those two records in your 143 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:54,039 queue to play next. He has a great cover of Don't Thing Twice that's 144 00:13:54,159 --> 00:14:00,600 on the wonderful record Cheating Its Solitaire. Check that out. It's great, 145 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:16,039 great cover. That's gonna wrap things up for this week's episode of Beer in 146 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:20,159 Front. I thank you very much for listening. If you need to get 147 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:24,440 hold of me, you can email me day that Beer infront dot com. 148 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:30,000 You can find me on all the social media platforms if you just search for 149 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:33,960 Beer in Front. Have a great week. I'll see you next week on 150 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:39,240 the podcast. Then remember sometimes the beer in front of you is the best 151 00:14:39,279 --> 00:14:41,080 one yet. All Right, everyone, take care. We will talk to 152 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:41,960 you next week.