1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:07,120 This is Beer in Front, part of the Odd Pods Media Network. Sometimes 2 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:11,119 the beer in front of you is the best one yet. I'll talk about 3 00:00:11,199 --> 00:00:16,199 some old school beers that maybe you've forgotten about, some new beers that have 4 00:00:16,359 --> 00:00:21,960 the potential to be a classic. I'll also talk to various people around the 5 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:27,960 beer world and get their stories all about beer. That's Beer in Front and 6 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:36,479 it's coming up now. Welcome to episode one hundred and eighty two, the 7 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:43,240 October sixteenth edition of Beer in Front. I'm your host, Dave Zatlatoris, 8 00:00:43,679 --> 00:00:48,719 and Beer in Front is a proud Odd Pods Media Network member. On this 9 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:55,079 episode, I talked to Mark Strong from the Syracuse area about the breweries in 10 00:00:55,119 --> 00:01:00,399 that region, and we also had a fantastic pilsner from Uarez Family Brewery. 11 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:06,680 Mark sent over a few more of their pilsners and I'll have those later on 12 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:11,799 in the show. With Octoberfest winding down and Christmas beers already coming out, 13 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:19,319 I'll have the Octoberfest from Firestone Walker as well. If there is a brewery 14 00:01:19,439 --> 00:01:23,000 from your region you would like more people to talk about, send me an 15 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:30,120 email. Dave atspeerinfront dot com and I'd love to hear about them. There's 16 00:01:30,159 --> 00:01:34,599 going to be two shows this week, not one, but two. On 17 00:01:34,719 --> 00:01:40,640 Friday, I'm going to have a special Sober October episode and I'll review some 18 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:46,560 different hopwaters, a hop tea, and a non alcoholic beer as well. 19 00:01:46,879 --> 00:01:52,680 If you're participating in Sober October. If you didn't catch last week's homebrewing episode 20 00:01:53,159 --> 00:01:59,040 with Julia Hers from the American Homebrewers Association, have a listen. The pale 21 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:04,439 ale I brew will be bottled sometime this week, and I'll review my beer 22 00:02:04,799 --> 00:02:14,719 along with some other pale als once that one's ready. In Beer News this 23 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:21,639 week, Molts and Cores is buying back two billion dollars in stock, effective 24 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,000 immediately, and this is going to be executed over the next five years. 25 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:31,039 Don't get me started on stock buybacks. Don't just don't get me started. 26 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:38,560 Hockey season started last week in Jackalobe Brewing out of Nashville is coming out with 27 00:02:38,719 --> 00:02:45,879 a Cult in celebration of the Nashville Predators twenty fifth anniversary. Revolution will be 28 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:51,560 releasing three beers from their deep Wood series on Friday, the twentieth. You 29 00:02:51,599 --> 00:02:57,840 could pre order on their website starting Tuesday, the seventeenth, The Ramova Theater 30 00:02:58,039 --> 00:03:04,000 will open in Chicago in November, along with the Brewery tap room featuring beer 31 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:08,479 from New York's Other Half Brewing. I'm really excited about that. And the 32 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:15,400 owner of the building that houses the brand new Guinness facility in Chicago just opened 33 00:03:15,479 --> 00:03:19,759 up brand new. The owner of the building is selling it. So if 34 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:24,240 you've got to spare twenty million bucks in your sofa cushions, you could be 35 00:03:24,319 --> 00:03:35,560 the landlord of Guinness. Okay, welcome back. I'm happy to have on 36 00:03:35,639 --> 00:03:39,280 my friend from the Syracuse area, Mark Strong. We're going to have a 37 00:03:39,319 --> 00:03:45,599 beer from Suarez Family Brewery and talk about beer out in Syracuse. Mark, 38 00:03:45,639 --> 00:03:47,759 what's going on today, sir, Hey, good to see again. It's 39 00:03:47,759 --> 00:03:51,080 been it's been a while. Yeah, I been a fit once. I 40 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,159 think what December? Yeah yeah, yeah, one of those one of those 41 00:03:54,199 --> 00:03:59,280 we're just fall days out here. So it's perfect, perfect data, have 42 00:03:59,319 --> 00:04:01,439 a have a Deli pilsner and talk about beer. So it's great. Yeah. 43 00:04:01,479 --> 00:04:06,039 The weather's beautiful here too, that perfect like late summer day where you 44 00:04:06,039 --> 00:04:11,199 could still wear shorts. Yeah, yeah, it's it makes it makes a 45 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:16,600 huge difference. What started you off into being beer person you are? Yeah, 46 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,240 I mean it's I think, like a lot of people, it's my 47 00:04:19,319 --> 00:04:25,439 dad. My dad was got into Canadian beers, which living in upstate New 48 00:04:25,519 --> 00:04:28,720 York is not weird, but you know, I grew up in the shadow 49 00:04:28,759 --> 00:04:32,879 of Genesee Brewing Company and that's what everyone drank. And my dad got into, 50 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,279 you know, fancy Canadian beers, and by fancy, you know, 51 00:04:35,319 --> 00:04:39,439 it was Molson and the Bat and yeah moo said and stuff like that, 52 00:04:39,519 --> 00:04:43,199 but it was it was different. And so my dad was always adventurous. 53 00:04:43,639 --> 00:04:46,680 And then when I went I went to Germany when the year I turned sixteen, 54 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,120 and that was that was kind of it. My dad was, you 55 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:53,160 know, let the let me off the leash and let me enjoy beer over 56 00:04:53,199 --> 00:04:55,279 there. I was like, oh, okay, this is this is the 57 00:04:55,319 --> 00:04:58,759 thing I'm going to you know, get into and really have never never looked 58 00:04:58,759 --> 00:05:00,720 back. Yeah, think, Yeah, once you've been there, especially it's 59 00:05:00,759 --> 00:05:04,519 such a young impressionable age. Yeah, you're not going to have a jenny 60 00:05:04,639 --> 00:05:09,480 unless you know there's really nothing else to have. Yep. Yeah, and 61 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:13,240 I've had my share, but yeah, you definitely always go looking for something 62 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,639 else once you once you've kind of experienced that and gone, beer can be 63 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,600 really different. And really interesting, and you know, you drink a half 64 00:05:19,639 --> 00:05:23,480 of ice inting or something like that over there and go, this is this 65 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:26,120 is not anything I'm used to it. Yeah, it just definitely set me 66 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,639 off on this path. And you know, here I am a lot of 67 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:30,759 years later and still on it. Mark and I would talk, and you 68 00:05:30,759 --> 00:05:35,360 know, a couple of weeks ago when Off Color put their wattle out with 69 00:05:35,439 --> 00:05:40,240 the glass and we're going back and forth. Then I sent him an Off 70 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:45,920 Color and then a sour for more, and Mark graciously sent me over a 71 00:05:45,959 --> 00:05:51,160 couple from Suarez Family Brewery and we're going to crack open the palatine pills now 72 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:55,360 from here and you talk about this, I'm really looking forward to it. 73 00:05:55,759 --> 00:05:58,839 Yeah, it's you know, they're they're there. Pills anders are are really 74 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,319 they're second to none in the US in my opinion. They're just you know, 75 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:08,439 and you know, they're just they're they're perfect. I mean, and 76 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,759 there's other perfect ones out there, don't get me wrong, but you know, 77 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:15,120 just from from everything they do, the color of the head's always great. 78 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,560 They're just beautiful beers. Yeah, I mean it looks great because I 79 00:06:18,639 --> 00:06:21,560 was pouring it. The aroma hit you, right, up front. You 80 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:29,319 just had that nice clean malt smelled smelled great. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 81 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,800 and this is one of four or five pilsners. Oh yeah, that's 82 00:06:32,959 --> 00:06:38,560 really good. Yeah, that's just like the perfect beer. It's I mean, 83 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,480 you get a little bitterness on there, not a lot, but like 84 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:46,560 enough to know that it's there. It's just well balanced, super clean. 85 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,839 God, this is fantastic. Yeah, and it's you know some of the 86 00:06:49,879 --> 00:06:55,079 others I sent you, so, I sent you the Peloton, Qualify, 87 00:06:55,600 --> 00:07:00,000 Cabana, and I forget what the fourth one was, but Peloton and Qualify 88 00:07:00,079 --> 00:07:03,759 were kind of the first two. They they really got known for. And 89 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:08,519 at least around here where it's it's it's a couple hours away, but at 90 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,600 least around here where we get it pretty regularly. You know, you're either 91 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:15,000 you know, your your Team Palatine or Team Qualify. For the most part, 92 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:17,720 I bounce, I bounce back and forth a little bit. It just 93 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:23,399 depends in the day, depends on where my palette is. But I think 94 00:07:23,439 --> 00:07:26,959 overall, Peloton is probably probably my favorite of the main ones they have. 95 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:30,519 Yeah, like this, I could drink this every day, I get I 96 00:07:30,519 --> 00:07:32,720 would have this since they have a permanent spot on my beer fridge. This 97 00:07:32,879 --> 00:07:36,279 is just excellent. Yeah, yeah, and that's uh, you know, 98 00:07:36,399 --> 00:07:39,680 I think you'll find with rest of them. I mean, you won't find 99 00:07:39,839 --> 00:07:44,399 an off flavor anywhere. They're they're all great, and you know, I 100 00:07:44,439 --> 00:07:47,199 think one of the things that's impressive is if you were to drink another one, 101 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:49,879 uh, you know, and kind of do them side by side or 102 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:53,199 do a few of them, you go like, yeah, this is also 103 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:57,000 a really great pilsner. Different different flavor, different level of malt, different 104 00:07:57,079 --> 00:08:00,360 level of bitter. But they're all that, you know, really clean, 105 00:08:00,519 --> 00:08:03,240 really you know, just well balanced and you know exactly what you want in 106 00:08:03,279 --> 00:08:05,680 the pilsner. Well, I'm not going to drink all four of them tonight 107 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,519 because I have to go put my wife up from the airport. But after 108 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,800 we disconnect, you know, before I put this show out, I'm going 109 00:08:13,879 --> 00:08:16,480 to have the other three you sent, so I'll have like a more in 110 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,199 depth review of the other three, because if they're half as good as this, 111 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,120 I'm gonna like them. Yeah, No, I I i'd be. 112 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:28,079 I haven't met anyone who likes pillsers that doesn't like them, So yeah, 113 00:08:28,079 --> 00:08:31,680 I think you'll let you be in good shape it's they've been. They've been 114 00:08:31,759 --> 00:08:35,279 kind of one of my one of my go to like heads. I want 115 00:08:35,279 --> 00:08:37,840 to go drink some beer this weekend, or I'm going to take half a 116 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:41,159 day off from work and go enjoy a nice day and drink beer. And 117 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,840 they're they're in that you know, just touch over two hours range, and 118 00:08:43,919 --> 00:08:48,720 so it's it's the perfect let's take an afternoon, go go drink some beer. 119 00:08:48,799 --> 00:08:50,639 Bring some stuff back because you know friends are always going to want it. 120 00:08:52,159 --> 00:08:54,039 You say you're heading to Suarez, and you circuit in texts of like, 121 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:56,919 hey, can you get me you know some of this and some of 122 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:00,200 this, and you knows as it works in the beer world, so it's 123 00:09:00,799 --> 00:09:03,039 a regular stop. Now. From their website, it looks like it's a 124 00:09:03,039 --> 00:09:07,519 pretty small operation, Mom and pop. Do they distribute at all that you're 125 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:11,720 pretty much you have to go there to get it. Uh, yeah, 126 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:13,360 no, no distribution at all. I mean you will see it, you'll 127 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:18,519 see drops occasionally, and you'll see some bars in the area that we'll have 128 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:22,279 it on draft. But yeah, I mean it's it's pretty much only only 129 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:26,519 from the brewery, which is why you know, we've got a regular rotation 130 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:30,200 of you know five or six friends that are out there, so there's always 131 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:35,519 some of the fridge or they're they're wilds and sours are are fantastic. So 132 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:39,440 my uh my, my shelf has a has a whole lot of Suarez beers 133 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:43,080 that sitting around for a while. How have they been around? It's I 134 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:48,440 mean it's at least ten years at this point, because I know I've so 135 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:50,360 yeah, they've been around for for a while. And you know it said 136 00:09:50,639 --> 00:09:56,919 Dan Suarez and his wife you know, started it and run it and they've 137 00:09:56,919 --> 00:10:00,879 got a pretty small staff. But Dan actually, you know, came up 138 00:10:01,039 --> 00:10:05,120 from Hill Farmstead. So Dan worked worked with John Hill at Hill Farmstead and 139 00:10:05,399 --> 00:10:09,960 struck out in his own and you know, this was this was his first 140 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:13,320 stop to do his own thing. And he's really just he's nailed everything I've 141 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:18,279 ever had from him. It's been been a past life. My in laws 142 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:24,840 lived kind of in a Neeburg Goshen area. Yeah, and I remember, 143 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:31,120 like this was fifteen twenty years ago. The only craft beer you could get, 144 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:35,120 like Sara Nac was all over the place and I think, what was 145 00:10:35,639 --> 00:10:39,279 it a flower Power made a flower Power Oh yeah, yep. It's still 146 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:45,840 around Okay, it hasn't actually changed much. It's still had I had one 147 00:10:45,879 --> 00:10:46,519 not that long ago. It was like, all right, this is still 148 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:50,960 you know an early you know, two thousands i PA, you know, 149 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:56,279 kind of when the IBus were working off and yeah they're still around. Yeah, 150 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:01,919 that area has has gone crazy with some some great beers. Uh. 151 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:05,559 So you've got Suarez. You've got Plan B, which is not too far 152 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:11,120 away, which is all all wild, all open fermentation, mostly regional stuff, 153 00:11:11,159 --> 00:11:15,639 so they do great fruit beers. So between those two you can get 154 00:11:15,639 --> 00:11:18,039 all the you know, all the all the wilds and sours and and different 155 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:24,039 different fruit beers you can want. Sloop has its has its roots, so 156 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:28,240 you know, Sloop juice Bomb gets pretty regular distribution. They have their roots 157 00:11:28,879 --> 00:11:33,240 that they were originally just a few miles from Suarez. They've since moved down 158 00:11:33,759 --> 00:11:39,200 a little further south, closer to Equilibrium, but you could you could really 159 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:46,000 make a make a day of Suarez Plan B, Sloop and Equilibrium and uh, 160 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:50,200 you know have just pretty amazing selection across some great I p A s 161 00:11:50,399 --> 00:11:56,200 uh you know, pretty pretty early hazy stuff with with Equilibrium and Sloop and 162 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:01,080 then hit all the wilds and sours and the clean beers. That's yeah. 163 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:05,440 I think Equilibrium is the only one that distributes here to Chicago, So I 164 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:09,519 know that one I've had before and is pretty good like the ones you mentioned. 165 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:13,960 Are there any others, like if somebody were to, you know, 166 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,559 come into town, any others that you would recommend people trying to hit up 167 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:22,279 the other one that's making really big waves, and again it's a little further 168 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:26,279 north of Suarez, but it has been just a huge reputation if you like, 169 00:12:26,919 --> 00:12:33,159 If you like I pas is Fiding's okay, and they're just they used 170 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:37,759 to have a line around the around the block when they when they did when 171 00:12:37,759 --> 00:12:41,240 they dropped a beer. They've gotten their production up a little since then, 172 00:12:41,279 --> 00:12:45,159 so you can actually go in and get beers. But uh, if you 173 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:48,200 like, you know the I pass as they stand right now, which I 174 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:50,840 do at times, but it's not what I drink a ton of anymore. 175 00:12:50,919 --> 00:12:54,320 But every one of them has been delicious, Like they haven't had a miss 176 00:12:54,399 --> 00:12:58,519 yet of the eight or ten I've tried. So, you know, up 177 00:12:58,519 --> 00:13:03,200 and down that Hudson Valley, you've really got a pretty good run of styles 178 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:09,159 and selections. Is would you say, like the Hazy still probably the most 179 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:15,440 popular one in the area. Oh yeah, yeah, I mean it's uh 180 00:13:16,039 --> 00:13:18,759 and the other one different part of the state, but still you know, 181 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:26,159 same region is we have we have Mortalus which is out towards Rochester and there 182 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,519 on the other end of it there see this nicely because it's not a style 183 00:13:28,519 --> 00:13:33,559 they care for, but they do the fruit slushies like the real heavy, 184 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:37,039 you know, fruit thick beers that I don't love, but their stuff moves 185 00:13:37,039 --> 00:13:41,759 like crazy when people go nuts for it. And I long ago moved into 186 00:13:41,799 --> 00:13:46,000 the don't yu someone's young camp and try not to say anything bad about someone's 187 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:50,679 choice, but not my thing. But they're just a huge presence one of 188 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:54,120 the ones that I set you Mark, did you get a chance to try 189 00:13:54,559 --> 00:14:00,480 that mango sour for more? Not yet? So I have a regular Thursday 190 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:05,159 night beer share with a group of you know, two to five folks that 191 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:11,639 come over. So I'm seeing that to share it with multiple people because that's 192 00:14:11,759 --> 00:14:13,879 you know, one of the things we love about Sharon beer is, Hey, 193 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,679 here's the thing you're never gonna have again. So let's let's spread this 194 00:14:16,759 --> 00:14:20,200 out. So I will I will crack that one on Thursday. Yeah, 195 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:24,399 because I'm kind of the same way, like the four fifties of the world. 196 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:26,279 Hey, if you want to drink it, you know, God bless 197 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:31,360 you, but not my thing. But No More puts out a lot of 198 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:35,600 good stuff, and I'm like, mango and chili like a tahem, all 199 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:37,960 right, yeah I try that. And the place I go to the bottle 200 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:43,039 shop, you could buy singles so you don't have to commit to a four 201 00:14:43,159 --> 00:14:46,279 packer whatever. So I grabbed a couple and I'm like, oh, yeah, 202 00:14:46,279 --> 00:14:50,080 this is pretty good. You get that nice like chili powder at the 203 00:14:50,159 --> 00:14:52,480 end. It's not strong. I don't think it's something I could have four 204 00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:56,000 or five watching a football game, but one every now and then. It's 205 00:14:56,000 --> 00:15:00,600 not bad. Yeah, I'm looking forward to trying, and I like, 206 00:15:00,759 --> 00:15:03,799 uh, I like to I like to explore. You know, you can't 207 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:05,799 be can't be afraid of new stuff because you know, I mean, heck, 208 00:15:07,279 --> 00:15:09,759 eighteen years ago I was I was afraid of anything with fruit. Yeah, 209 00:15:09,799 --> 00:15:11,639 if you put a fruit beer in front of me, I wasn't going 210 00:15:11,679 --> 00:15:16,120 to touch it. And now you know some of the wild you know, 211 00:15:16,159 --> 00:15:18,480 wilds that have fruit and things like that are some of my favorites and stuff 212 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:22,960 I really look forward to. So uh yeah, you gotta you gotta try 213 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,720 it to know if you like it or not. Yeah. I remember the 214 00:15:24,799 --> 00:15:30,440 same thing back during you know, the Ibu Wars, probably eight ten years 215 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,120 ago. Yeah, I met some people and they were talking about Gozas and 216 00:15:33,159 --> 00:15:35,559 stuff like that. I'm like, no, no, you know, let 217 00:15:35,559 --> 00:15:39,919 me have this hundred Ibu palette wrecker you know. Oh yeah, now, 218 00:15:41,039 --> 00:15:43,159 yeah, give me all the go gos now, yeah, oh yeah, 219 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:46,559 it's it. Goes is one of those styles that especially summertime and we've got 220 00:15:46,559 --> 00:15:50,519 to pool out in the backyard, like sitting by the pool on a hot 221 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:54,080 day, and they're just they're they're perfect. And you know, I can't 222 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:56,240 do the Shandies they run a little too sweet for me. But the Goozas 223 00:15:56,279 --> 00:16:00,200 have all the you know, all that turt citrus that I love and they're 224 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:03,159 super refreshing. So yeah, I'm all in on those. Yeah, And 225 00:16:03,159 --> 00:16:06,840 they're lowering alcohol. So you could sit outside by the pool or you know, 226 00:16:06,879 --> 00:16:08,399 out on the grill or whatever and have a couple of them and not 227 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:11,840 be hammered, right, yeah, which which you can't do with most of 228 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:18,440 the ips out there now. As much as my tastes have changed, you 229 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,360 know, and you know, I definitely seek out like I'm looking at labels 230 00:16:21,399 --> 00:16:23,320 like if it's you know, five or below, I'm probably gonna give it 231 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:26,360 a whirl because that's what I'm that's what I'm after now. So I shot 232 00:16:26,399 --> 00:16:30,840 by by ABV, you know, opposite of a lot of people like I 233 00:16:30,279 --> 00:16:37,240 shot for low EV. And you were to make a mixed path and beers 234 00:16:37,399 --> 00:16:44,120 to send somebody from your area, what would be in your mixed packs? 235 00:16:45,679 --> 00:16:48,600 Obviously, yeah, I mean as far as would be for sure. There's 236 00:16:48,639 --> 00:16:56,639 a sorry, my dog just went bonkers. So there's a local brewery here 237 00:16:56,039 --> 00:17:00,480 h called Barried Acorn that's a favorite of mine, and I was, I 238 00:17:00,559 --> 00:17:06,000 was really pretty happy. They actually got a really nice mentioned at the Great 239 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:10,480 American Beer Festival, uh day one it was uh, I forget I think 240 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:12,599 it was porchs drinking that put them in there is like a you know, 241 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:15,759 a pleasant surprise, you know, one they hadn't heard of. So they're 242 00:17:15,759 --> 00:17:19,440 doing some really really good stuff they do. They do a grisette, which 243 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:23,039 I love. That's you know, three point two percent, that's you know, 244 00:17:23,079 --> 00:17:26,000 but it's a it's a barrel age grisette, so it's it's really nice 245 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:30,519 and wow. So I put that out almost anyone I can put it in 246 00:17:30,559 --> 00:17:34,000 their hands. So uh, they're they're they're a big part of it. 247 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:40,759 Plan B that I mentioned their their bass beer, their barn beer is just 248 00:17:40,799 --> 00:17:45,039 this beautiful, uh you know, wild with some some good funk to it 249 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,839 that that I'd probably put, you know, putting in anyone's hands and go, 250 00:17:49,039 --> 00:17:52,119 this is you know, if you want to know what I'm drinking, 251 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:56,279 this is this is it. And then you know, there's there's some some 252 00:17:56,319 --> 00:17:59,319 of the good ones, syracuses, you know, it's it's an okay beer 253 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:03,559 scene. But I would i'd actually uh, you know, there's some uh, 254 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:07,359 there's some uh there's a place in Rochester not too far down the road 255 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:15,480 called Strange Bird that is doing some some really great stuff and they've done a 256 00:18:15,559 --> 00:18:18,759 couple of different season variations that I absolutely adore, So I'd probably throw one 257 00:18:18,799 --> 00:18:25,279 of theirs in there. They did a pink Peppercorn Seyson right when they opened, 258 00:18:25,319 --> 00:18:29,279 and it was just delightful that pink Peppercorn played with the flavors and Seyson 259 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:32,519 that I love so well. I probably probably rounded out with one of theirs. 260 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:34,680 Is I'm trying to think. I think the last time I was up 261 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,480 there was probably right around this time of year, maybe closer to the World 262 00:18:38,559 --> 00:18:45,000 Series, and we did the whole Cuperts Sound experience, which was a great 263 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:48,799 drive, especially in the ball when all the lee's returning. It was spectacular. 264 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:52,200 What was Oh my god, are they still going strong out there? 265 00:18:52,799 --> 00:18:56,559 Yeah? Yeah, they they're still doing really well. They've had some some 266 00:18:56,559 --> 00:19:00,480 personnel changes, so some of their stuff is has dropped off a little bit 267 00:19:00,559 --> 00:19:06,200 in my estimation, but it's funny you mentioned them. They just released a 268 00:19:04,799 --> 00:19:10,920 a a Nitro, Three Philosophers and a can and Three Philosophers is one of 269 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:14,920 the one of the Belgian beers that obviously not from Belgium, but one of 270 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:18,440 those that style that I grew to love early on, and so I'm actively 271 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:22,680 in the hunt for for some of that that Nitra or Three Philosophers because I 272 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:25,880 still love it as a beer. So yeah, they're still doing really well. 273 00:19:26,039 --> 00:19:30,640 They make a Creek that that I absolutely love, so they've gotta they're 274 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:36,480 super creek that they that they release that's that's just delicious. So yeah, 275 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:40,400 they're still doing really well. Like everyone else, they had the had to 276 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:44,000 branch into an I p a that it's fine, but you know, you 277 00:19:44,079 --> 00:19:47,000 got to have one for people to show up. So uh. But yeah, 278 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,279 they're still doing really well. Yeah man, you got you gotta pay 279 00:19:49,279 --> 00:19:52,720 the bill, so you know, do whatever you can to keep the lights 280 00:19:52,799 --> 00:19:57,079 on. Yeah, and they they actually have a really nice amphitheater, so 281 00:19:57,079 --> 00:20:00,680 they get some pretty good concerts, so you can go out and you know, 282 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,279 tour the area during the day and then catch a show at night. 283 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:07,519 They have a campground attached to it, so if you want, you can, 284 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:11,200 yeah, set up a tent and have as much have as much beard 285 00:20:11,279 --> 00:20:14,279 during the show as you want and crashing and do it again the next day. 286 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:18,119 I mean, that would probably be I don't know if that would be 287 00:20:18,279 --> 00:20:23,640 right up there. And New Glarus of you Knowery tours being the one you've 288 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:27,119 been with them all, but those two I think for me have stood out 289 00:20:27,279 --> 00:20:30,799 like these are ones I would definitely do again because I thought the Brewery tour 290 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,480 there was killer. It was such a great time. Yeah. Yeah, 291 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,599 and I've done both. I would agree with you. The other the other 292 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:41,079 sneaky one, that's a really good tour that they're out there and get you 293 00:20:41,079 --> 00:20:44,400 know, further away from here then then you want to get to in a 294 00:20:44,519 --> 00:20:49,200 day necessarily is is Trogus so down in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Just a great 295 00:20:49,279 --> 00:20:53,839 tour, beautiful facility. You know, I've been twice, which says a 296 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:57,680 lot. Uh uh. You know, the people are really knowledgeable. So 297 00:20:57,759 --> 00:21:03,680 Troges is another sea, good speaking, good tour and a surprisingly good brewery 298 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:07,960 with way more stuff than people. See. Yeah, we can't get a 299 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:14,440 lot out here. I know the Beard Era, the beard Al podcast Laura 300 00:21:14,519 --> 00:21:18,720 and she's from that area, so she's sent me before some bad Santa stuff 301 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:22,480 that you know, we can't get here. And it's everything I've had from 302 00:21:22,519 --> 00:21:25,839 them has been fantastic as well. Yeah, yeah, they do a really 303 00:21:25,839 --> 00:21:30,000 good job. And and we you see some of their even here, we 304 00:21:30,039 --> 00:21:32,759 see, you know, some of the same four or five beers. You 305 00:21:32,759 --> 00:21:34,599 get down to the brewery and there's a dozen that you've never heard of, 306 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:38,279 and they've all been good. So it's it's a great stop in the in 307 00:21:38,319 --> 00:21:42,160 the general area. Now, well, Mark, I can't thank you enough 308 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:47,480 for this. This is so good from Suarez family. I'm looking forward to 309 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:52,759 I'm attempted to tell my wife to take an uber home. Have the other 310 00:21:52,839 --> 00:21:56,400 three tonight, but I'll wait a couple of days and kill off the other 311 00:21:56,480 --> 00:22:00,920 three. But this is just such a great, great pills there. No, 312 00:22:00,079 --> 00:22:03,319 I'm glad, glad you like it. And yeah, you know, 313 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:07,680 if if you feel otherwise about the other three, I'd be really surprised. 314 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:11,119 They're just they're good and so well made. And you know, if you 315 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:12,079 think, if they can do one like this, the rest of them are 316 00:22:12,079 --> 00:22:15,279 going to be good. And they are so I'm looking forward to hearing hearing 317 00:22:15,319 --> 00:22:18,279 the rest of them. Yeah, absolutely, all right, Well take you 318 00:22:18,319 --> 00:22:22,400 against her. I will talk to you later. I'm sure we'll see each 319 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:27,000 other on social media and send some little beer mail out. Yeah sounds good. 320 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:41,079 Hey you there, We've got a question for you. Are you tired 321 00:22:41,079 --> 00:22:45,799 of clickbait stories and the loudest voices driving discussions and culture and entertainment. If 322 00:22:45,839 --> 00:22:49,000 so, I'm Dylan, I'm Kendall, and I'm Corey, and we host 323 00:22:49,039 --> 00:22:53,200 the podcast From the Middle. We're middle class guys living in the middle of 324 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:57,240 America. In the middle chapters of our lives with points of view Somewhere in 325 00:22:57,279 --> 00:23:02,480 the middle. 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The next 334 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:51,759 one up from Suarez Family Brewery. This is Cabana Pills. I know nothing 335 00:23:51,799 --> 00:23:55,440 about it. It says nothing on the can, but Mark says it's good, 336 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:59,799 and I believe him. After the first couple I've had from Suarez, 337 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:11,319 crack open Cabana pills. Oh, this looks really nice as well, good, 338 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:17,960 very pale, color, looks very nice, good foam. Yeah, 339 00:24:18,079 --> 00:24:22,279 roma's good, rock solid aroma here. I really like this. Yeah, 340 00:24:22,279 --> 00:24:29,079 that's another one. Very It's just a great pills nerd, very crisp, 341 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:33,319 refreshing. Like the others. I get a little bitterness at the end from 342 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:37,400 the hops, which I like. I think this is just killer. Like 343 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:41,079 I would drink these. This would be in my fridge every day, or 344 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:45,319 at least one of the pills from them if I live nearby. I think 345 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,759 this is really good. Yeah, it's weird. I don't know what hops 346 00:24:48,799 --> 00:24:52,920 they use. Maybe a little bit at the end. I almost get like 347 00:24:52,559 --> 00:24:56,559 maybe a little lemon grass. It's got like a little citrusy at the end, 348 00:24:56,599 --> 00:25:00,160 and that could just be you know me, But I think everything about 349 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:04,000 this is a winner as well. So if you're in that area, you 350 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:11,799 need to go pick you up a Cabana pills from Suarez Family Brewery. All 351 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:18,599 right, the last of the beers from Suarez Family Brewery is Qualify pills. 352 00:25:19,039 --> 00:25:22,400 If it's half as good as the other ones, I'm gonna be happy. 353 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:38,880 So it's busted open. Another just another great color, really light pale color, 354 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:47,319 good foam. Yeah, that just has that classic Pilsner aroma. Smells 355 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:52,720 great. God, that's really good as well. But I need to move. 356 00:25:52,839 --> 00:25:56,319 I gotta go out of state New York. I need to like move. 357 00:25:56,559 --> 00:26:02,640 So I don't know if anyone lives out there and you wants a rootmate 358 00:26:02,759 --> 00:26:04,960 or something. You can get three of us, you'll have myself, Ruby 359 00:26:06,039 --> 00:26:10,960 the Dog. But I'd be drinking these every day if I could. This 360 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:15,880 is just really good, nice flavor, very crisp good. Not a lot 361 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,000 of hops, but you know that they're there when you're drinking it. It 362 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:26,160 just tastes delicious. Yeah, that's outstanding. I would definitely this would definitely 363 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:33,920 either any of the four beers that Mark sent over, I would have in 364 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:37,359 the fridge every day if I was able to get this and lived out there. 365 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:42,799 So if you're anywhere in their area and you could pick up something from 366 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:48,519 Suarez Family Brewery, I would definitely put them in the cart. It's that 367 00:26:48,759 --> 00:26:52,519 good. If you like Pilsner's, if you're tired of being on the hop 368 00:26:52,599 --> 00:26:56,759 train and you want something different and you're out there in New York, you 369 00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,559 gotta go to Suarez. They're great. And thank you once again Mark for 370 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:10,200 sending these over my way. All right, the beer I want to talk 371 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:15,759 about this week is from Firestone Walker. This is their Oktoberfest. This is 372 00:27:15,839 --> 00:27:22,519 an oak Age Lagger five point two percent alcohol, twenty IBus. I'm looking 373 00:27:22,519 --> 00:27:27,720 forward to this. I like everything Firestone Walker puts out. Octoberfest is winding 374 00:27:27,799 --> 00:27:32,240 down, so I figured I'll have one more for the road here, So 375 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:48,359 let's bust open the Oktoberfest. Oh, the Oktoberfest is a nice color. 376 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:55,039 It's almost color wise in between the Fest beer and the Mars. And it's 377 00:27:55,079 --> 00:27:59,519 a little darker than a Fest it's a little lighter than the marsin but good 378 00:27:59,559 --> 00:28:04,759 color, good foam, smells really nice. I get all those nice Octoberfest 379 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,839 malts, a little bit of the wood, not a lot, but it 380 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:15,400 smells delicious. Oh yeah, it tastes more of a Mars and like very 381 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:21,039 nice, very smooth. I do get a little bit of that oak at 382 00:28:21,079 --> 00:28:23,799 the end. It's a nice touch to the Octoberfest style. I think it's 383 00:28:23,839 --> 00:28:30,480 delicious. Good malt flavor here. It's a very I don't want to say 384 00:28:30,559 --> 00:28:34,000 robust, but it's like a richer tasting beer. I think this is very 385 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:37,880 good. I wish I would have saw this when it came out earlier. 386 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,839 I would have grabbed some more of these. So if you're around and you 387 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:45,759 still see some firestone walkers Oktoberfest around, definitely put this one in the cart. 388 00:28:45,799 --> 00:28:56,720 I think it's a really good octoberfestyle beer, well worth drinking. All 389 00:28:56,799 --> 00:29:00,319 right, that's gonna wrap things up for this edition of Beer in Front. 390 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:06,160 I want to thank my friend Mark Strong for coming on from the Syracuse area 391 00:29:06,519 --> 00:29:11,440 and also for sending over those great beers from Suarez Family Brewery. Don't forget 392 00:29:11,839 --> 00:29:17,440 Friday. I'm going to have another episode out this week, a Sober October 393 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:22,359 episode, and I'm going to have a lot of different non alcoholic beverages, 394 00:29:22,799 --> 00:29:26,799 mostly hop waters, but I'm going to have a beer and a hop tea 395 00:29:26,839 --> 00:29:30,440 as well, So stay tuned for that on Friday. If you'd like to 396 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:36,240 get a hold of me, you could email me Dave Asberinfront dot com. 397 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:41,799 If you want to support the show, head over to Patreon dot com slash 398 00:29:41,839 --> 00:29:45,519 beer in Front. I thank you very much for listening. Have a good 399 00:29:45,839 --> 00:29:49,200 couple days. I'll talk to you in a couple days on Beer in Front. 400 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:55,240 And remember sometimes the beer in front of you is the best one yet.