This is Beer in Front, part of the Oddpods media network. Sometimes the
beer in front of you is the best one yet. I'll talk about some
old school beers that maybe you've forgotten about, some new beers that have the
potential to be a classic. I'll also talk to various people around the beer
world and get their stories all about beer. That's Beer in Front, and
it's coming up now Sober October. I'm not sure how long this has been
around. I first heard of it this year, and I know people that
are participating this month. I'm cutting down my beer consumption for a couple reasons.
One, with the meds for my back issues, excessive alcohol is frowned
upon. And two, I need to manage my weight a little better.
So outside of the beer I have for the podcast, I'll be drinking more
water instead. Hop flavored water has zero calories or carbs, is non alcoholic,
so these could be what I'll be buying more of down the road.
It seems that more breweries and companies are coming out with hop flavored water lately.
The first one I can recall was Hoppy Refresher from Laganitis a couple of
years ago. There's quite a few out there now, and some local breweries
are also producing these. In this episode, I'll be sampling some national and
regional brands from Illinois. I'll also try a non alcoholic beer from Go Brewing
in Naperville. I had Joe and James on from Go a few months ago,
and i also picked up a sour from them that I'm gonna try later
on on the podcast. Now the hop water is out there, They're not
cheap. Change between eight to twelve bucks for a six pack, and the
twelve packs go around anywhere between seventeen and twenty