1 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:12,519 This is Beer in Front, part of the Odd Pods Media Network. Sometimes 2 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:16,320 the beer in front of you is the best one yet. I'll talk about 3 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:20,440 some great beer, and I'll also talk to various people in and around the 4 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:26,359 beer industry to get their stories all about beer. That's Beer in Front and 5 00:00:26,399 --> 00:00:34,880 it's coming up now. Welcome to episode two hundred and ten of Beer in 6 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,840 Front. I'm your host, Dave Xalatoris, and Beer in Front is a 7 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:45,600 proud Odd Pods Media Network member. I'm also a member of the Beer Media 8 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:52,679 Group. Two thousand and seven was the last time we had cicadas here. 9 00:00:53,359 --> 00:00:56,359 I'm waiting. The show was a couple days late. I was waiting for 10 00:00:56,439 --> 00:01:00,840 the cicadas to come out, and you could hear the of the cicadas in 11 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:07,040 the background. But they haven't reached the North Center neighborhood yet, so any 12 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:11,280 day now. But I am going to have another episode out in a couple 13 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,799 of days. I talked with John Over at Nation Beer. He's a non 14 00:01:15,879 --> 00:01:22,200 alcoholic brewery Officionado has a website as a podcast, So that'll come out in 15 00:01:22,239 --> 00:01:26,599 a couple of days. Hopefully by then the cicadas will be here. The 16 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:30,640 last time they were here two thousand and seven. I'm going to talk about 17 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:34,760 some beers that were popular back then. Some of them are no longer with 18 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:40,120 us. Unfortunately, a lot of things have happened in seventeen years. You 19 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:44,000 couldn't have listened to this on your iPhone because it wasn't around yet. It 20 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:49,480 didn't come out until later in two thousand and seven, so if you were 21 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:52,599 to take a picture of a cicada on your cell phone, you were whipping 22 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:57,439 out your motorola razor to take a picture of the cicadas. But stay tuned 23 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:01,159 for I'm going to talk more about two thousand and seven and have an Illinois 24 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:13,680 beer that was around back then. All coming up next on Beer in Front 25 00:02:14,599 --> 00:02:16,599 in a couple of days, I'm going to have a special, an extra, 26 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:21,599 a bonus podcast, if you will. I'm going to talk to John 27 00:02:21,719 --> 00:02:28,120 Over at Nation Beer about the non alcoholic market. He has a national website 28 00:02:28,159 --> 00:02:31,800 and podcast, so check out Nation Beer. I'm gonna be on his show 29 00:02:32,159 --> 00:02:37,039 that'll come out probably next week, so you could get a double dose of 30 00:02:37,159 --> 00:02:42,879 Dave and John from Nation Beer. Also last week I spoke to the great 31 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:49,360 guys over at Pop Culture Yearbook. We did a two part podcast about my 32 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,360 favorite band, Ram so on their podcast, which will come out a couple 33 00:02:53,439 --> 00:02:59,759 days before mine, we talked about the earlier days of ram up into the 34 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:04,439 Out of Time record, and on my show we did everything from out of 35 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,199 Time on. So both shows are great. It was a lot of fun 36 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:13,080 talking about Arim talking to those gentlemen, meeting them so you know, we 37 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:16,599 did it virtually via zoom and Skype, So look for that coming up in 38 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,560 a couple of weeks. But that was a lot of fun. If you 39 00:03:20,719 --> 00:03:24,879 like Arim, I think you'll enjoy listening to both of those shows if you're 40 00:03:24,879 --> 00:03:30,479 around in the city of Chicago. On Friday, June seventh, that's the 41 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:36,599 first of the Chicago Friday Night Flights. That's a great beer festival. They're 42 00:03:36,639 --> 00:03:39,240 going to have them all over the city throughout the summer, but it's going 43 00:03:39,319 --> 00:03:45,919 to kick off in Wrigleyville at Gallagher Way, right outside of Wrigley Field. 44 00:03:46,719 --> 00:03:49,199 I went to the one last year. It was a lot of fun. 45 00:03:49,759 --> 00:03:53,439 You get over thirty local area breweries. The price is great. It's better 46 00:03:53,479 --> 00:03:59,280 than what you're going to spend for most, you know, neighborhood festivals. 47 00:03:59,439 --> 00:04:02,400 Neighborhood beer festivals. I mean so, but no, if you're around check 48 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:06,280 out Friday night flights. I will be there. Look for me. Say 49 00:04:06,319 --> 00:04:18,399 hello, but Friday night flight to something that I highly recommend. The beer 50 00:04:18,439 --> 00:04:24,519 world was a lot different back in two thousand and seven. Going over some 51 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:29,959 of the medal winners at the Great American Beer Festival, there were winners from 52 00:04:30,079 --> 00:04:35,480 breweries that aren't even around anymore. Like Mikelobe won an award for a mars 53 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:39,959 in. I'm like, when was the last time you saw a Michelob outside 54 00:04:39,959 --> 00:04:48,600 of the Michelob Ultra. But even beers like Hams and Old Style and Mickey's 55 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:55,639 Big Mouth took home medals that year for you know their offerings. Some local 56 00:04:55,720 --> 00:05:00,399 beers that won piece out of Chicago, they took home three medals. And 57 00:05:00,879 --> 00:05:04,439 you know, Peace is a great spot, so I know they still make 58 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:09,279 one of the beers at one. So if you're around Peace, you could 59 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:15,879 check out a seventeen year old medal winner when you go there. Two Brothers 60 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:21,399 medaled back then. Emmetts from the Suburbs took home of medal three Floyd's and 61 00:05:21,519 --> 00:05:29,560 New Glaris medaled from our greater airy here. But it's just weird looking at 62 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:34,759 you know some of these beers that took home Sculpin, which was a great 63 00:05:34,879 --> 00:05:39,959 beer. I guess it still is if you could ever find it, that 64 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:44,720 took home a medal back then, but that was in a pro amateur competition, 65 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:49,879 so I guess they weren't even full blown brewery at that point. Other 66 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:56,000 great winners from two thousand and seven Edmund Fitzgerald one that I've talked about many 67 00:05:56,040 --> 00:06:01,160 times from Great Lakes that took home as silver in the robust porder category. 68 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:06,079 You could go to the Great American Beer Festival's website and you could filter the 69 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:12,199 winners per year. So every now and then I go down a rabbit hole 70 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,319 to see, like what was popular at a certain time. But it was 71 00:06:15,399 --> 00:06:19,319 just weird looking at some of these beers. There was a beer from a 72 00:06:19,319 --> 00:06:23,639 place called the Chicago Brewing Company. I'm like, well, I never heard 73 00:06:23,639 --> 00:06:27,199 of them, but they're in Vegas, of all places, so I don't 74 00:06:27,199 --> 00:06:30,720 want to count them in my Drink Illinois Beer series. The RAM, they 75 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:36,319 were big here and all over their Indianapolis location took home of metal. I 76 00:06:36,399 --> 00:06:41,759 remember going to the Ram a lot that was a great spot back in the 77 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:46,279 day before you could get a beer on every corner. It's weird because going 78 00:06:46,319 --> 00:06:51,240 through the list, like now we're pushing ten thousand breweries in the United States. 79 00:06:51,759 --> 00:06:58,160 Back then it was under two thousand. 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In beer and beverage news, 97 00:08:28,639 --> 00:08:33,120 the Museum of Beer and Brewing, they had a soft open last week in 98 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:37,720 Milwaukee. You could visit now to check it out ahead of its official grand 99 00:08:37,759 --> 00:08:41,440 opening later on in the summer. But that looks really cool. I'm going 100 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:45,159 to need to do a road trip and you know, maybe hit the broad 101 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:50,759 stop along the way to check out the Museum of Beer and Brewing. Wine 102 00:08:50,799 --> 00:08:56,720 producer Gallo. They're investing in Montucky Cold Snacks. This will probably help with 103 00:08:58,159 --> 00:09:05,399 more of a nationwide distribution for them. Wisconsin Brewing, they're collaborating with Hartley 104 00:09:05,519 --> 00:09:11,440 Davidson to make road King. This will be a non alcoholic pilsner and it's 105 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:16,039 going to be available in Wisconsin for now and they have plans to expand in 106 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:20,840 the future. But if you're in Wisconsin, check out road King. Bell's 107 00:09:20,879 --> 00:09:26,320 Oberon is expanding their brand with a new mixed pack of Shandy's. They're going 108 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:31,600 to have a lemon, a tropical and cherry limade. And finally, I 109 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:35,480 talked about it a couple of weeks ago, but Daisy Cutter from half Acre 110 00:09:37,639 --> 00:09:46,080 it turned fifteen. They released a collaboration double Daisy Cutter with Sierra Nevada. 111 00:09:46,399 --> 00:09:50,679 It's available now at the tap room at half Acre. I think it's going 112 00:09:50,759 --> 00:09:56,240 to be distributed around the city or Chicagoland area next week. I picked it 113 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:58,559 up and I'll have a review of that later. But how do you go 114 00:09:58,639 --> 00:10:09,200 wrong with Sierra Nevada and half Acre team it up? All right? The 115 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:13,200 beer that's in front of me right now is from Two Brothers Brewing. They're 116 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:18,399 an Illinois brewery. This is Prairie Path. It's a Golden Ale and it's 117 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:22,600 crafted to remove gluten. Now, I know this beer has been around a 118 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:26,360 while, and I don't recall if it was ever brewed this way. I 119 00:10:26,399 --> 00:10:31,039 always thought it was a regular beer, but maybe I'm mistaken. Two Brothers 120 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:35,919 been around since the late nineties. They won a Great American Beer Festival Award 121 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:41,039 back in two thousand and seven for Domain du Page, which I was going 122 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:45,840 to pick up, but you can't find that anymore. So this was the 123 00:10:45,879 --> 00:10:50,279 only two brothers offering they had at my grocery store. I checked the couple 124 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:56,240 out, So we're gonna have the prairie path here. They've been around for 125 00:10:56,279 --> 00:11:01,200 a long time. They have a couple locations now. They they opened up. 126 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:05,159 They took over the Roundhouse in Aurora that used to be owned by the 127 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:09,879 late Great Walter Peyton. That was really good. I've been there a couple 128 00:11:09,919 --> 00:11:13,519 times years ago. I thought that was good. You don't see a lot 129 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:18,480 of their beers anymore. From two brothers. I know they're into coffee and 130 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:22,399 distilling, So I mean the beers are out there according to their website, 131 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:28,480 but you just don't see them as much out in the wild as you used 132 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:33,799 to seventeen years ago. But let's crack open this prairie path. This is 133 00:11:35,399 --> 00:11:41,720 a golden Ale. They use traditional European hops like Golding and sas. It 134 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:46,240 has five point one percent alcohol. So let's bust open this prairie path. 135 00:11:50,519 --> 00:11:54,840 Looks really good, nice color, good foam here, good couple fingers at 136 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,799 foam. I mean to be honest, I get nothing from the Aroma. 137 00:11:56,799 --> 00:12:01,360 I get like nothing here it's like I'm sniffing air. Pretty decent. I 138 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:07,919 mean, it's got twenty five ivus. You get that nice European hops there 139 00:12:07,279 --> 00:12:11,960 that has a good flavor to it. To be honest, like I would 140 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:18,480 not know that this was crafted to remove gluten. Some beers that are made 141 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:20,919 like this, to be frank, I just don't care for them. This 142 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:26,440 one is not that bad. I had to look on the can because, 143 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,559 like I mentioned, you know, you can't find this stuff anywhere. But 144 00:12:28,639 --> 00:12:33,600 this was actually can just like two weeks ago. So this is really fresh. 145 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:37,440 I wish you were I wish I can get more out of the roma, 146 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:41,000 like there's really it's like one of the few beers like I get nothing 147 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:48,159 out of this, but the taste is decent. I get trying to think 148 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:52,679 the aftertaste that I'm getting here, A little bit of sweetness, not a 149 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:58,279 lot. I'm getting a lot of that, like the hop characteristics out of 150 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:01,639 the taste and the aftertaste. Almost the aftertaste is kind of odd. U 151 00:13:03,639 --> 00:13:07,639 Maybe it's because there's hardly any gluten in there. It's not a bad beer. 152 00:13:09,039 --> 00:13:11,399 I mean, I wouldn't say this one is my favorite, Like I 153 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:16,639 know, like they had canan Abel, which was a red rye. I 154 00:13:16,639 --> 00:13:20,519 don't know if they still make that anymore. That was always my favorite, 155 00:13:20,519 --> 00:13:26,000 and I remember, you know, seventeen years ago you would find that and 156 00:13:26,039 --> 00:13:30,320 back then it was like fifteen bucks a six pack, but you bought it 157 00:13:30,399 --> 00:13:35,120 because it was that good. And I even remember like they would carry Two 158 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:39,360 Brothers at the local costcos and when that came out, it was like a 159 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:45,720 variety mixed pack. People would bust open the cases to take out the Cane 160 00:13:45,759 --> 00:13:50,120 and Abel and then leave everybody with domain to page. So but no, 161 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:54,840 the can and Abel's really good. I haven't seen that one in forever either, 162 00:13:54,879 --> 00:13:58,399 but that was always a good beer. This wouldn't be like the first 163 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:03,440 one I have, but I don't think it's a bad beer. Especially if 164 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:07,679 you have dietary issues where you have issues with the gluten, then I would 165 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:11,559 give this one a try because it's not a bad beer. It just wouldn't 166 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:16,120 be my go to. But if you see Two Brothers Prairie Path, you 167 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:28,759 can pick it up fresh over at Mariano's. All right, daed, it's 168 00:14:28,759 --> 00:14:31,799 gonna wrap things up for this edition of Beer in Front. I thank you 169 00:14:31,919 --> 00:14:35,759 very much for listening. If you need to get a hold of me, 170 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:41,200 you can email me day that's Beerinfront dot com. I'm gonna have another episode 171 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:46,039 out in a couple days with John Over at Nation Beer, so be on 172 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:48,799 the lookout for that. I'm taken next week off. It's the holiday week, 173 00:14:48,879 --> 00:14:54,799 it's my birthday week, so there won't be a podcast until first couple 174 00:14:54,919 --> 00:14:58,360 days of June. So have a great week, have a great holiday weekend 175 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:03,799 everyone, and remember sometimes the beer in front of you is the best one yet