1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:05,120 The only thing I could think of for an intro is singing God Smacks Voodoo 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:08,519 for my Voodoo Ranger episode, and I'm not going to do that, So 3 00:00:08,599 --> 00:00:15,960 let's just get on with the show. This is Beer in Front, part 4 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,320 of the Odd Pods Media Network. Sometimes the beer in front of you is 5 00:00:20,359 --> 00:00:25,239 the best one yet. I'll talk about some old school beers that maybe you've 6 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:29,719 forgotten about, some new beers that have the potential to be a classic. 7 00:00:30,039 --> 00:00:35,520 I'll also talk to various people around the beer world and get their stories all 8 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:44,840 about beer. That's Beer in Front and it's coming up now. Welcome to 9 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:51,159 the September eighteenth edition of Beer in Front. I'm your host, Dave's Alatoris 10 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:55,840 and Beer in Front is a proud member of the Odd Pods Media Network. 11 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:02,399 This week, I'm going to be talking about Voodoo Ranger and how that has 12 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:07,920 taken over the shelves and any grocery store, liquor store, gas station you 13 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:11,239 go to. You can't go into one of those places without seeing a ton 14 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,480 of Voodoo Ranger. So I'm going to talk about that later on in the 15 00:01:15,519 --> 00:01:21,799 show, and I'm going to have a couple different variants of Voodoo Ranger If 16 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:25,439 you listen to the show a couple of weeks ago, you'll know I was 17 00:01:25,519 --> 00:01:30,959 on Pops on Hops. You're gonna have to go check their podcast out because 18 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:36,159 they released the addition that I was on and we were talking about the great 19 00:01:36,239 --> 00:01:42,079 album smithereens eleven. So I'll include their link in the show notes, but 20 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:49,239 definitely check out Barry and Abigail over it Pops on Hops. Octoberfest is in 21 00:01:49,439 --> 00:01:53,000 full swing right now in Munich, and I know I have a couple of 22 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:57,920 people listening in Germany. So if you're one of those people and you went 23 00:01:57,959 --> 00:02:01,879 to Octoberfest, get hold of me. I want to hear all about it. 24 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaking big beer fests, this weekend coming up is the Great American Beer 25 00:02:08,479 --> 00:02:14,319 Festival, and I have a correspondent. I'm going to have my friend DT 26 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:19,759 over at Space Castle. He's going and I'll get together with him, you 27 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,639 know, maybe sometime next week and we'll record a segment on the Great American 28 00:02:23,759 --> 00:02:30,280 Beer Festival. Grandpa Beer sent me a suggestion on the Beer in Front email 29 00:02:30,439 --> 00:02:36,560 hotline. You can too if you want to email me Dave at beer infront 30 00:02:36,599 --> 00:02:39,280 dot com. You could also find me on all the social media channels. 31 00:02:39,319 --> 00:02:45,400 At Beer in Front. I have a discord server too. If you're interested, 32 00:02:45,879 --> 00:02:47,520 let me know. I'll hook you up with the link. I'm all 33 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:53,319 over the place, but seriously, if you have any show ideas, feel 34 00:02:53,319 --> 00:02:55,319 free to reach out. And I'm curious, you know, let me know 35 00:02:55,360 --> 00:03:00,680 if there's a beer you want me to try or whatever. Also, if 36 00:03:00,719 --> 00:03:07,120 you could let me know where are you listening to this podcast? Because the 37 00:03:07,199 --> 00:03:10,759 last couple of weeks, the shows have been good. The numbers have been 38 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:19,039 solid, but I'm having fewer listens on your traditional podcast platforms, but I've 39 00:03:19,039 --> 00:03:23,479 been getting more on YouTube. So are you listening to the show on YouTube? 40 00:03:23,479 --> 00:03:27,879 Because the numbers are pretty much the same. You know, here and 41 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:31,639 there, there's spikes, there's dips, but overall it's the same. But 42 00:03:31,759 --> 00:03:37,080 more people are now listening to the show on YouTube. So if that's you, 43 00:03:37,879 --> 00:03:42,159 it's a pretty boring thing. It's just a static image. But if 44 00:03:42,159 --> 00:03:45,400 you are one of those people that listen to the show on YouTube, let 45 00:03:45,439 --> 00:03:47,439 me know if you have any ideas and how I could make that better and 46 00:03:47,520 --> 00:04:00,240 make it more enjoyable for you. In Beer News this week, if you 47 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,000 listen to the show for a long time, and thank you but you'll know 48 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:10,960 I'm a huge baseball fan, and earlier this year, Showhyotani of the Los 49 00:04:11,039 --> 00:04:16,040 Angeles the California Angels. I'm an old school guy. They'll always be the 50 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:23,959 California Angels to me. But Showhyotani hit this ball and it was fouled by 51 00:04:24,079 --> 00:04:31,240 just like a tick, but busted up a video board and Core's Light had 52 00:04:31,319 --> 00:04:38,920 a commemorative can and it was like all pixelated with like where the ball would 53 00:04:38,959 --> 00:04:43,160 have hit the video board. It knocked out and it looks really cool. 54 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,680 They sold this as a one off for seventeen bucks a can and it sold 55 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:54,120 out the same day, So that was pretty cool from Coors Light sticking with 56 00:04:54,319 --> 00:05:02,720 Core's Light thanks to Bud lights demise this year Coors Light and Miller Light they're 57 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:11,800 all owned by Moulson Cores. Their last quarter was, according to their representative, 58 00:05:12,319 --> 00:05:16,920 the single best quarter in the company's history, So both Miller Light and 59 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:23,399 Cores Light are picking up the slack from people that are no longer for whatever 60 00:05:23,439 --> 00:05:30,120 reason drinking Bud Light. Big news out of Michigan where Bells is going to 61 00:05:30,199 --> 00:05:38,519 come out with a new fall winter edition of their Oberon. Oberon is classic 62 00:05:38,639 --> 00:05:42,759 summer beer. They've been putting out for years and years, so now they're 63 00:05:42,759 --> 00:05:48,000 coming out with oberon Eclipse. This is going to be a little stronger and 64 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:54,519 a little darker than the usual one. It's still a wheat beer that's going 65 00:05:54,600 --> 00:06:00,560 to have some cinnamon and citrus feel with coriander. So look that I think 66 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,240 that's coming out next week. I had the guys on from Go Brewing about 67 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:09,560 a month ago, and I was just reading an article on Fox Business that 68 00:06:10,199 --> 00:06:15,360 non alcoholic beer, and I guess they're non alcoholic wine and spirits. I 69 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:20,040 don't know about that, but I guess they're out there, and sales of 70 00:06:20,079 --> 00:06:26,480 these alcohol free options, whether it's beer, spirits, wine, they're up 71 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:31,319 thirty one percent over a year ago. Now I'm a proud gen xer, 72 00:06:31,759 --> 00:06:40,879 but I just saw a report from Statista. I guess they're a statistic company 73 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:47,639 that's out there. But gen Z is a far more sober generation than the 74 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:51,720 rest of us. Now, Millennials, you're picking up the slack, you're 75 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:59,160 doing a lot of drinking. But gen Z is even lower than Baby Boomers 76 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:02,879 and Gen X and pretty much we're all dead. So gen Z is really 77 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:10,120 the more sober generation. They're not drinking as much alcohol as the rest of 78 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:15,839 us. There's a watchmaker out there called Original Grain. They've come up with 79 00:07:15,879 --> 00:07:24,959 a new watch series in collaboration with Stone, and I guess like the watches 80 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:30,000 are made with some wood from wood barrels or bourbon barrels that they've aged their 81 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:33,600 beers in. The watches do look kind of cool. They're a little on 82 00:07:33,639 --> 00:07:38,560 the pricey side, but they do look sharp if you want to look over 83 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:46,000 at Original Grains website. Last year, I believe it was Hams came out 84 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:54,399 with this cool retro packaging for their beer that had the look of I think 85 00:07:54,439 --> 00:07:58,319 it was maybe the sixties, but it was a really cool look, and 86 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:03,360 that's now going to be I guess they're going back to that permanently, where 87 00:08:03,399 --> 00:08:07,519 I think the sales for that was better than the regular can. So if 88 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:13,920 you were a fan of the retro Hams can, you'll find that all the 89 00:08:13,959 --> 00:08:20,639 time. Now. Read an article over on Brewbound that Blue Moon is going 90 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:30,000 to revamp their appearance and their strategy to try to gain more sales. I 91 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,480 did not know this, but Blue Moon is still considered the number one in 92 00:08:33,279 --> 00:08:39,240 craft beer. But yeah, they're going to redo their whole visuals and strategy 93 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:43,000 to try to get some more people to drink them. They're going to try 94 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:50,919 to attract more younger people that I mentioned earlier on this that you know, 95 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:56,799 more gen Z people aren't drinking as much alcohol, so they have a non 96 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:01,039 alcoholic blue moon, so they're going to be focused sing on that as well. 97 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:05,840 A b in Bev's Goose Island is coming out with a new ipa called 98 00:09:07,039 --> 00:09:13,080 Lost Palette. This is gonna have mango in cinnamon. I'm not sure I 99 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,480 think that that has potential to be really good. I mean, I like 100 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:22,480 both flavors, so I'm sure I'm gonna try it. But yeah, look 101 00:09:22,519 --> 00:09:28,759 for the new Lost Palette Hazy ipa from Goose Island. And finally, door 102 00:09:28,879 --> 00:09:35,440 Dash and Aldi are joining forces and if you want alcohol delivered from Aldy, 103 00:09:35,039 --> 00:09:41,840 door Dash will hook you up. Aldi has a lot of private label beers 104 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:48,440 and seltzers. I think they have wind as well, so if you're you're 105 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:58,240 in the mood for some Aldy beer, you could get it via door Dash. 106 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:05,000 There is Escaping Voodoo Ranger when you run out looking for beer. My 107 00:10:05,159 --> 00:10:13,000 local grocery store sells five different variants, a variety mixed twelve pack in three 108 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:18,240 different nineteen point two ounces of those stove pipe solo cans, and I'm sure 109 00:10:18,279 --> 00:10:24,360 you could find it in any convenience store or gas station that carries craft beer. 110 00:10:26,759 --> 00:10:31,679 Voodoo Ranger came out from New Belgium back in two thousand and seventeen and 111 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:37,240 it was a revamp of their Ranger IPA line that lasted a couple of years. 112 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:41,120 I don't remember it ever doing well. I think it came out in 113 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:46,120 like two thousand and nine, two thousand and ten. Voodoo Ranger. It's 114 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:52,279 such a popular brand that it has its own website outside of the parent New 115 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:56,480 Belgium one. If you look at the website, Voodoo Ranger has nine different 116 00:10:56,600 --> 00:11:03,360 variants, including a hard tea. In twenty twenty two, New Belgium was 117 00:11:03,399 --> 00:11:09,120 the top selling craft beer according to bev industry dot com. It had four 118 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:13,360 hundred and twenty nine million dollars in sales, a twenty three percent increase from 119 00:11:13,399 --> 00:11:18,960 twenty twenty one. Voodoo Ranger was a considerable part of that. How did 120 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:24,480 Voodoo Ranger take over the beer aisle? They have five of the top thirty 121 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:31,200 craft beer slots. According to Sircana, New Belgium also acquired earlier this year 122 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:37,480 to focus on Voodoo Ranger, the production facility from Constellation Brands built in Virginia 123 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:45,679 for Ballast Point back in twenty seventeen. The Voodoo Ranger character on every can, 124 00:11:46,159 --> 00:11:50,080 I guess appeals to a younger social media audience that helps to create a 125 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:56,240 buzz. New Belgium is also distributed nationwide, so I think that helps too. 126 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:03,480 And we all know IPAs and Hazy IPAs have paid the light bill for 127 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:07,279 many breweries, so I guess to having a line that's exclusive to that is 128 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:13,399 a huge help. The price point here locally in Chicago is between ten and 129 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:16,720 eleven bucks a six pack, so it's a little less, if not the 130 00:12:16,759 --> 00:12:22,720 same as say a comparable local one. For me would be like Revolution Anti 131 00:12:22,759 --> 00:12:26,960 Hero here. I've noticed that the grocery store and the main liquor store chain 132 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:33,279 usually have promos on a twelve pack, so the price is lower than say 133 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:39,840 a comparable local craft ipa. If someone's just looking at the cost per beer, 134 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:46,679 remember rebel Ipa from Boston Beer. It came out and think twenty fourteen. 135 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:52,519 They tried different variants. I know they had a grapefruit and a session. 136 00:12:52,639 --> 00:12:58,200 They wound up having to change the original recipe and faded away. There's 137 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:01,360 not even any you can't even find it on the Sam Adams website anymore. 138 00:13:01,519 --> 00:13:07,600 Boston Beer, they threw a shit ton of money into that line, with 139 00:13:07,799 --> 00:13:13,320 ads everywhere. I remember radio commercials, TV commercial type being. They threw 140 00:13:13,399 --> 00:13:20,440 a ton of money into Rebel IPA and it only came out three years before 141 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:26,279 Voodoo Ranger. I wonder if Rebel would have had success today if they played 142 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:31,360 the long game with it. It's been a while since I've been at a 143 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:37,639 regular bar or restaurant with many tap handles. I'm usually at a tap room 144 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:41,519 that just focuses on you know that brewery stuff, But I don't recall ever 145 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:48,120 seeing Voodoo Ranger on tap. I'm guessing the majority of sales are in the 146 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:52,440 retail market, But how does the beer taste? That's the most important part. 147 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:58,480 I grabbed a mixed case at Costco featuring four different ones, the regular 148 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:05,960 Voodoo Ranger IPA, the Haze Glare, the Ranger Kashmere, and the Experimental 149 00:14:05,039 --> 00:14:09,960 IPA. I'm gonna have each of them on the show and I'll give a 150 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:58,120 review later. All right, now, I'm gonna have the original Voodoo Ranger. 151 00:14:58,639 --> 00:15:07,480 This as an IPA as seven percent ABV fifty IBus and I'm guessing this 152 00:15:07,559 --> 00:15:09,840 is more old school West Coast. I haven't cracked it open yet. They 153 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:18,279 use Amarillo, Cascade, Mosaic, Chinook, HBC strata and citr hops here, 154 00:15:18,799 --> 00:15:30,519 So let's crack open the original Voodoo Ranger IPA. Oh yeah, that's 155 00:15:30,559 --> 00:15:35,879 definitely a West Coast style. Beautiful color, good foam here. The aroma 156 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:39,279 is really nice. I get a lot of like the citric here, so 157 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:46,600 I get more of your like New England style hops than I do like a 158 00:15:46,639 --> 00:15:50,120 West Coast in the aroma. But the aroma does smell good. I'll give 159 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:54,320 it that pretty solid beer. I like it. I like the flavor here. 160 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,600 I get all of those hops. Little bit of bitterness at the end, 161 00:15:58,639 --> 00:16:03,200 not I was expecting a little more bitterness from a fifty ibu beer. 162 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,480 That's a decent beer. Like if I was at the gas station and you 163 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,720 know they're going to sell this compared to some of the other stuff they had, 164 00:16:10,799 --> 00:16:14,480 Like if I was looking for an IPA, I would probably grab this 165 00:16:14,519 --> 00:16:17,639 one. This one's pretty decent. Yeah, it's not a great beer, 166 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:22,440 but it's a really good solid everyday IPA. So if you're looking for an 167 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:26,879 IPA, you're not out at a bottle shop or liquor store a tap room, 168 00:16:27,399 --> 00:16:32,159 you could just grab a Voodoo Ranger and you'll get your you'll satisfy that 169 00:16:32,559 --> 00:16:37,919 pop itch you have, all right. Next up on my tour of Voodoo 170 00:16:37,039 --> 00:16:42,279 Ranger, this is Hazel Glare IPA. This is one you could vote on 171 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:48,559 to see if you want to make this part of the rotation. It's geared 172 00:16:48,639 --> 00:16:56,919 towards gamers. The can has this Ranger dude and a hoodie backpack and a 173 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:00,039 hat on, so I guess that is what gamers look like. I don't 174 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,599 know. When I play MLB the show, I don't dress like this. 175 00:17:03,799 --> 00:17:08,279 But I'm also a fifty six year old guys, so what do I know? 176 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:15,440 This checks in. It's seven point seven alcohol and has twenty six IBus. 177 00:17:15,039 --> 00:17:18,319 The website doesn't tell you a lot about this, so let's just crack 178 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:30,119 it open and try it. Hay's Glare. It's very light in color, 179 00:17:30,519 --> 00:17:37,839 good foam, decent aroma. The aroma is very fruit forward from the hops. 180 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:42,279 That's not bad, it's nothing. It's overpowering here with the aroma and 181 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:48,240 the taste but it's a decent beer. I think the taste is pretty good. 182 00:17:49,039 --> 00:17:55,440 I get a lot going on here with the hops I even get and 183 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:59,359 it might just be my taste buds like the back, maybe even like a 184 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:03,759 little bit now Na flavor. But I get the tropical fruit notes and for 185 00:18:03,839 --> 00:18:07,200 me, a little banana at the end. It's not a bad beer at 186 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:11,640 all. It's like I said, it's seven percent alcohol. Not a bad 187 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:15,200 beer at all. So I don't know if I'm going to vote for this 188 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,359 one. I'm gonna have to compare my notes with all the rest of them 189 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:22,799 to see which one I'm going to vote for. But Hazel Glare ipa. 190 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:27,480 Now, this is only available in the mix pack, So if you have 191 00:18:27,519 --> 00:18:32,599 a cost Go or a Sam's by you, or you know, maybe your 192 00:18:32,599 --> 00:18:36,440 grocery or liquor store sells this in like a variety twelve pack, keep an 193 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:41,119 eye out for it if you want to try Haze Glare ipa for yourself. 194 00:18:41,759 --> 00:18:47,720 All right, The next one up in the Voodoo Ranger series is Kashmere Eyes 195 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:52,559 IPA. This is another one you could vote on and see if you want 196 00:18:52,599 --> 00:18:59,160 it in the rotation. I'm going to assume that this has Kashmere hops in 197 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:03,680 it, because why else would you call it Cashmere Eyes IPA the label. 198 00:19:04,279 --> 00:19:11,480 It's got that same voodoo guy with like a nice smoking jacket on, got 199 00:19:11,519 --> 00:19:18,240 like a fake Louis Vatan like shirt underneath some nice sunglasses. I don't know, 200 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:25,920 but it's seven point five percent and twenty six IBus. So let's crack 201 00:19:26,039 --> 00:19:41,880 open Cashmere Eyes. Cashmere Eyes had a nice can open there, pretty light 202 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:48,359 in color, very light. Actually definitely a hazy I pa good foam, 203 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:55,200 good two fingers of foam here. Smells nice, nothing overpowering with the aroma, 204 00:19:55,279 --> 00:20:03,519 but you definitely get some fruit notes with the aroma. Big like melan 205 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:07,000 type taste that I'm getting from here. I get some like honey dew, 206 00:20:07,279 --> 00:20:17,720 cantaloupe type flavors from this. It's another one like like the other hazy one 207 00:20:17,759 --> 00:20:23,319 I had from them. It's not a bad beer. It's not great. 208 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,240 I mean, it's there. I don't know if I would vote for either 209 00:20:27,319 --> 00:20:33,279 of these or would go back to buying it. I mean, there's nothing 210 00:20:34,319 --> 00:20:38,400 I said. It's not a drain poor, but there's nothing about this that 211 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:42,920 makes me say, oh, I gotta keep an eye out for this next 212 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:48,480 time. I head over to you know, the grocery store or the cost 213 00:20:48,559 --> 00:20:53,240 go or anything. It's just there. So I don't know. I think 214 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:57,799 you could do better for a hazy I PA, but you know you have 215 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:03,680 it for yourself. Let me know what you think of the Kashmere Eyes IPA 216 00:21:03,759 --> 00:21:10,440 from New Belgium. All Right, The next and last of the Voodoo Rangers 217 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:15,480 I'm gonna have is the Experimental IPA. Now I was looking to see, 218 00:21:15,599 --> 00:21:22,039 like what's experimental about this? I don't know. They only use Citra hop, 219 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:30,160 so that's not very experimental. Six point six percent alcohol thirty two IBus 220 00:21:30,319 --> 00:21:33,960 on this. According to the website, they only use citra and they use 221 00:21:34,039 --> 00:21:38,440 for malt pale malt, honey malt, and Pilsner malt. So let's crack 222 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:55,039 open the Experimental IPA. The experimental is very clear, so it's definitely not 223 00:21:55,759 --> 00:22:00,400 a hazy or New England style. Nice poem on here, good color. 224 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:06,920 It does have that really good Citra aroma. So if you're a fan of 225 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:11,359 Citra hops from the aroma, I think you're gonna like that. But it's 226 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:17,480 really weird. Like looking on their website and I'm looking at this can and 227 00:22:17,559 --> 00:22:22,119 it says that it's a hazy ipa brewed with Citra Hops. I'm looking at 228 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:29,039 the beer and it's crystal clear, So I don't know what they're trying to 229 00:22:29,079 --> 00:22:34,880 accomplish here, but let's taste it. That one's not bad. I think 230 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:41,279 of the four that I've had, I might like this one the most. 231 00:22:41,519 --> 00:22:45,839 I think it has a really nice flavor. Not a lot of IBus, 232 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:49,599 but I mean it's there. You get a little bit of bitterness. It's 233 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,759 mostly the aroma and flavor that I'm getting, But I think the taste is 234 00:22:53,839 --> 00:23:02,599 really good here. Yeah, that's a solid decent beer if you're a fan 235 00:23:03,039 --> 00:23:10,240 of Three Floyds and Zombie Dust, the other big Citra Hop. Now, 236 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:15,559 I think Zombie Dust is a lot better than this, but I guess if 237 00:23:15,559 --> 00:23:19,519 you couldn't find Zombie Dust, this might be an acceptable substitute if you're a 238 00:23:19,519 --> 00:23:25,880 fan of that Citra Hop aroma and taste. I still can't get over how 239 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,839 they call this a hazy I'm gonna have to take a picture of this and 240 00:23:30,599 --> 00:23:33,839 post it on social media and you let me know if this is hazy, 241 00:23:33,839 --> 00:23:38,680 because this is crystal ff and clear. But of the four, like I 242 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:42,759 said, this one I think is the one I like the most out of 243 00:23:42,759 --> 00:23:48,279 the four. But and don't take this the wrong way. If you're a 244 00:23:48,279 --> 00:23:52,559 fan of Voodoo Ranger, I want to know who's buying this. Maybe it's 245 00:23:52,599 --> 00:23:59,480 because I'm in a large beer market that there's plenty of options out there, 246 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:07,319 especially in the IPA category. I can't recall ever seeing anyone go to the 247 00:24:07,319 --> 00:24:10,720 grocery store, go to the liquor store, what have you, and pick 248 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:17,759 this up. So who's buying this? And, like I said, if 249 00:24:17,759 --> 00:24:21,240 this is you, if you're a fan of Voodoo Ranger, I'm not saying 250 00:24:21,279 --> 00:24:26,680 you're wrong. I'm not poo pooing your decision whatsoever. If this is your 251 00:24:26,759 --> 00:24:30,000 jam, God bless you. Enjoy the beer that's in front of you. 252 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:37,400 But I'm still very curious how Voodoo Ranger has taken over the beer aisle. 253 00:24:45,319 --> 00:24:49,720 All right, that's gonna wrap things up for this week's edition of Beer in 254 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:55,319 Front. I think you very much for listening. If you want to get 255 00:24:55,359 --> 00:25:00,000 a hold of me, you can email me Dave AT's beer Infront dot com. 256 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,240 If you'd like to support the show, I have a Petreon page. 257 00:25:03,599 --> 00:25:08,359 You could head over to Petreon dot com slash beer in Front for more information, 258 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:14,519 I will talk to you next week on the show. And remember sometimes 259 00:25:14,519 --> 00:25:17,079 the beer in front of you is the best one yet