1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:08,919 Hey, wait, where's the guests. This is Beer in Front, part 2 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:13,279 of the Odd Pods Media network. Sometimes the beer in front of you is 3 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:18,199 the best one yet. I'll talk about some old school beers that maybe you've 4 00:00:18,199 --> 00:00:22,679 forgotten about, some new beers that have the potential to be a classic. 5 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:28,480 I'll also talk to various people around the beer world and get their stories all 6 00:00:28,559 --> 00:00:38,399 about beer. That's Beer in Front and it's coming up now. Welcome to 7 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:44,119 the August twenty second edition of Beer in Front. I'm your host, Dave's 8 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:49,679 Alatoris and Beer in Front is a proud member of the Odd Pods Media Network. 9 00:00:50,079 --> 00:00:53,719 This week is a quick show, no guest, no nothing. You 10 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:58,240 just have to listen to me. I want to thank you for listening, 11 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:03,399 and I want to thank those that support the show over on patreon dot com. 12 00:01:03,479 --> 00:01:07,400 If you'd like to help the show out, you could go to patreon 13 00:01:07,599 --> 00:01:12,280 dot com slash beer in Front for more information. You could subscribe for as 14 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:17,760 little as a dollar a month, and I do appreciate it. I do 15 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:22,560 have a question and I'd like some feedback from you, the listener. I 16 00:01:22,599 --> 00:01:29,359 was thinking the other day that is the national craft beer brand. It's not 17 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:34,000 dead, but it's dying, and I was thinking about that with Anchor Steam 18 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:40,760 going and I mean twenty years ago you had your bigger national brands out there 19 00:01:40,799 --> 00:01:46,519 like Anchor Steam, Sierra Nevada, Sam Adams, and a couple of others. 20 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:53,760 And Sam Adams is now selling more truly than they are and twisted tea 21 00:01:55,439 --> 00:02:00,040 than they are. Beer and Sierra Nevada is still going strong, but it 22 00:02:00,079 --> 00:02:05,319 looks like they're putting all of their eggs in the hazy little thing basket. 23 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:10,240 You have New Belgium that had to reduce fat tire, but the Voodoo Ranger 24 00:02:10,319 --> 00:02:16,240 and all of their variants are definitely keeping the lights on over at New Belgium. 25 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:23,159 So I wonder about your drinking habits and your purchasing habits. For me, 26 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:28,599 mostly when I'm not grabbing an old school beer for the show, I 27 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:37,479 mostly gravitate towards local or regional craft beers. And I'm wondering if the national 28 00:02:38,479 --> 00:02:40,879 brand is dead or dying. So if you have any opinions on that, 29 00:02:42,039 --> 00:02:45,199 please get a hold of me. I'd like to come up with the show 30 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:50,120 about that in the near future. If you're interested in a beer in Front 31 00:02:50,199 --> 00:02:53,919 T shirt, I have some new designs. I have a merch store over 32 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:59,560 on the usual tea Public Tea Spring, but I've come up with my own 33 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:05,199 design and i found a way to make them a little cheaper and ballpark figure. 34 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,879 It's going to be about twenty bucks including shipping. That'll be the shirt 35 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:14,719 decals that I'm putting on them and shipping. So if you're interested in a 36 00:03:14,759 --> 00:03:17,719 beer in Front T shirt, please let me know and we could work something 37 00:03:17,759 --> 00:03:23,240 out. I've had some test runs done for shirts that I've worn myself and 38 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:28,360 then I've given away to a few people and no complaints yet. The details 39 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,199 last good. I picked them up from a company called Ninja Transferred and put 40 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:38,120 them on myself and they look great. They wear nice, they don't come 41 00:03:38,159 --> 00:03:40,879 apart and wash, So once again, if you're interested, please get a 42 00:03:40,919 --> 00:03:49,680 hold of me. In beer news this week, big news from the Illinois 43 00:03:49,719 --> 00:03:55,719 Craft Brewers Guild. They announced the return of North America's largest barrel aged beer 44 00:03:55,840 --> 00:04:01,639 festival. This is the Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer, otherwise known 45 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:06,240 as Faux Bab. This is going to be November third and fourth at the 46 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:12,800 UC Credit Union One Arena on the West side of Chicago. You could pick 47 00:04:12,879 --> 00:04:17,879 up tickets starting this Friday, so pick it up. It's a good time, 48 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:23,879 a lot of great barrel aged beers. I'm going to be there this 49 00:04:23,959 --> 00:04:30,920 year, so please this Friday grab you some tickets for Faux Bab. Speaking 50 00:04:30,959 --> 00:04:34,600 of beer festivals, the Great American Beer Festival is next month in Denver, 51 00:04:35,079 --> 00:04:42,959 and I'm going to have a special correspondent that's going Dt from Space Castle Podcast. 52 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,600 He's going to be there. I'm going to talk to him once he 53 00:04:46,639 --> 00:04:51,519 gets back and we'll recap the Great American Beer Festival. There's a new gallop 54 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:58,079 pole that asks what is America's drink of choice? And beer is still number 55 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:02,399 one. That was thirty seven percent of people that responded, compared to thirty 56 00:05:02,399 --> 00:05:08,639 one percent for liquor and twenty nine percent for wine. The hop harvest in 57 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:14,199 the Pacific Northwest, the crop for this year is expected to decline by as 58 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:17,199 much as eleven percent in Oregon. So I don't know if we're going to 59 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:24,720 see as many hoppy beers fresh hop beers, but the Oregon crop harvest has 60 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,199 declined by eleven percent. And you're saying to yourself, Dave, it's not 61 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:32,560 pronounced Oregon. But if you've ever watched The Scent of a Woman. I 62 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:39,439 could only say Oregon like that. There was a good article over on The 63 00:05:39,519 --> 00:05:46,240 Guardian's website and they're talking about there's over one hundred breweries in the UK that 64 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:50,560 have gone under and there's a lot of factors COVID, but Brexit was a 65 00:05:50,639 --> 00:05:56,720 big factor in this. Check Out that article over on the Guardian. Stone 66 00:05:56,759 --> 00:06:01,560 Brewing in the University of Southern California. They're collaborating for a new PALEAO called 67 00:06:01,759 --> 00:06:08,279 Stones Fight On. You could pick this up in Southern California only or at 68 00:06:08,399 --> 00:06:12,920 usc football games. And finally, over on brew Bound, I read that 69 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:18,360 Sierra Nevada is planning to go big on their Imperial Hazy IPAs as well as 70 00:06:18,399 --> 00:06:24,639 a non alcoholic line in the year twenty twenty four. They're gonna have new 71 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:30,279 Hazy IPAs in their little thing series, like a Cosmic Double IPA. They've 72 00:06:30,319 --> 00:06:38,199 got some Hazy mixed packs. They also have a non alcoholic Trail Pass line 73 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:43,240 that's going to be in an IPA and a Golden Beer. And also they're 74 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:49,160 gonna have their Hop Bullets coming back, a Hop Splash Hop Water. And 75 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:56,360 finally, they're having a thing called Strange beast. It's a they call it 76 00:06:56,439 --> 00:07:00,839 a day drink, and this is a white sangria. So this is going 77 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:05,120 to be interesting like a mosa maybe, So look for that next year From 78 00:07:05,199 --> 00:07:16,600 Sierra Nevada. Hi, I'm Tina Hodmo and I'm Hilary Dougherty and we host 79 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:20,399 The Muck Podcast where we discussed the dark and sometimes we are true stories in 80 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:26,519 American politics. Tina, did you know that Elvis crashed the Nixon White House 81 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:31,279 for the sole purpose of getting a DA badge and it worked? Or how 82 00:07:31,319 --> 00:07:36,600 a gun control advocate senator out of California engaged in gun trafficking with Notoria's gang 83 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:41,759 leader, shrimp Boy Boy I remember him, Okay, So you know we 84 00:07:41,879 --> 00:07:45,920 cover all of that and more from Malady's madness, mischief and murder in US 85 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:50,079 politics, and we also host a biweekly interview segment called Little Muck. We 86 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:55,560 interview politicians, journalists, activists, and others who share their experiences in politics. 87 00:07:55,879 --> 00:07:59,000 Find The Muck Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts, and check us out 88 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:03,519 on social media at the Muck Podcast. All Right, the beer that's in 89 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:11,199 front of me this week is Breckinridge Breweries Vanilla Porter Breckinridge has been around since 90 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:16,199 nineteen ninety. In two thousand and sixteen, they were bought out by Anheuser 91 00:08:16,319 --> 00:08:22,160 Busch INBEB, so they're now part of the AB family. But Vanilla Porter 92 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:26,639 has been around for a long time. I know, I've seen this out 93 00:08:26,639 --> 00:08:31,680 and about got to be at least ten years now. I haven't had this 94 00:08:31,759 --> 00:08:35,879 in a long time. The Vanilla Porter is five point four percent alcohol. 95 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:43,360 It has notes of vanilla with roasted malts according to the label here. So 96 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:58,000 let's crack this bottle open and have a little Breckinridge Vanilla Porter. The Vanilla 97 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:03,399 Porter pours very nice, good. It's a little lighter. I was expecting 98 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:07,679 something a little darker. I mean it's dark, but you hold it up 99 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:13,759 to the light, you get that nice ruby red color shining through really nice 100 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,720 foam. Here, I get a combination of both. I get the malt 101 00:09:18,159 --> 00:09:22,360 and the vanilla coming from the aroma. It smells very nice. No, 102 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:26,759 that's good. I get the vanilla more upfront, but the notes of the 103 00:09:26,799 --> 00:09:33,240 malt are there. Finishes a little thin for me. Maybe I'm so used 104 00:09:33,279 --> 00:09:37,159 to drinking barrel aged stouts that this kind of like set me back a little 105 00:09:37,159 --> 00:09:39,639 bit, but no, it's a tasty beer. Yeah, there's a little 106 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:45,519 bitterness on the end that I'm not sure if that's hot bitterness or like bitterness 107 00:09:45,639 --> 00:09:50,639 from the malt. It's got a kind of an odd after taste. It's 108 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:54,320 not bad, but it's something that I just wasn't expecting. Right now, 109 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:58,399 let me have another sip of this. No, that's a pretty decent beer. 110 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,559 They have a couple of very and said come out. They have one 111 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:05,759 that's aged in rum barrels, and then they also have a nitro. It's 112 00:10:05,799 --> 00:10:11,000 in a can with the widgets like you see with Guinness and other type of 113 00:10:11,039 --> 00:10:15,240 beers like that. But this one I picked up in a mixed pack over 114 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:18,360 at the grocery store. I'm like, I haven't had that in year. 115 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:24,799 So the old school beer of the week is Breckinridge Brewery's Vanilla Porter. If 116 00:10:24,799 --> 00:10:26,159 you haven't had it in a while, put it in the cart, give 117 00:10:26,159 --> 00:10:33,519 it a try. The Chicago area beer in front this week I've talked about 118 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:39,200 before. This is from Pipe Works in JP. Grazianod great sandwich company. 119 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:45,279 Here. This is Allah's Salute. This is an Italian style pillsner five percent 120 00:10:45,399 --> 00:10:50,840 alcohol. Huge fan of this big fan of the Italian pilsner style. If 121 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:56,759 you're not familiar with this style, it's a regular pillsner, but they're dry 122 00:10:56,919 --> 00:11:03,480 hopped with your traditional noble hops that gives it more of a hop aroma. 123 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:09,759 I'm a big fan of Italian pills nerves and this is one of my favorite 124 00:11:09,759 --> 00:11:22,919 local ones. So let's crack open. Alah salute, Ala salute. I 125 00:11:22,919 --> 00:11:26,960 don't even have this close to my nose and I get this huge whiff of 126 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:33,159 hops. It smells great. It's a nice light color, good foam. 127 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:37,879 Couple fingers of foam here. Yeah, that just smells so good. I 128 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:41,960 get mostly hops. I get a little malt from the aroma, but it 129 00:11:43,039 --> 00:11:48,639 smells phenomenal. Yeah, that's outstanding. Big hop flavors here. That kind 130 00:11:48,639 --> 00:11:54,000 of overpowers for me the malt that comes in kind of at the back. 131 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:58,039 But this is just so good. I'm a big fan. Whenever this comes 132 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:01,200 out. I think it came out was it last year or two years ago? 133 00:12:01,799 --> 00:12:05,039 So it's not a year round offering. So when I see it, 134 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:11,519 I definitely have to grab some because I feel it's that good. If you're 135 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:16,320 a fan of pills nurse, I definitely suggest you seek out some Italian style 136 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:20,600 pills nerves, and if you're in the Chicago area, by all means you 137 00:12:20,639 --> 00:12:24,000 need to go to Pipeworks that you could pick it up there at the brewery, 138 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:28,480 or it's distributed all around. I picked this up at a bottle shop, 139 00:12:28,919 --> 00:12:33,600 so I'm assuming you could get it at all the places you can get 140 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:37,679 Pipeworks beer. Ala Salute is definitely a winner. If you see it, 141 00:12:39,039 --> 00:12:48,519 put it in the cart. Coming up on YouTube in the next couple of 142 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:52,360 weeks. I do have a lot of good beers that are in the fridge 143 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:56,519 that I'm gonna have, so please follow me over on YouTube. I usually 144 00:12:56,519 --> 00:13:03,000 put some of the shorter episodes or the short video clips up on Instagram and 145 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:07,399 TikTok as well. If you could do me a favor follow me over there. 146 00:13:07,799 --> 00:13:11,600 The more follows and likes you get that helps the show out. So 147 00:13:13,279 --> 00:13:16,720 if you want more weekly beer stuff and you want to just hear my opinions 148 00:13:16,799 --> 00:13:22,799 on various beers, please follow me over on YouTube and TikTok and Instagram and 149 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:28,240 all of that. I do appreciate it. When I did the pizza episode 150 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:33,159 back in March, I did some clips on various pizzas, and I've kind 151 00:13:33,159 --> 00:13:39,240 of stopped doing that and incorporated some food stuff into a little series I have 152 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:46,519 called Chicago Eating, and that's gonna spotlight different restaurants here. But I also 153 00:13:46,799 --> 00:13:50,559 when I went to the store today to pick up the breck and Ridge, 154 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:54,840 and I didn't know what I was going to have. I had, like 155 00:13:54,159 --> 00:13:58,200 I drew a blank. So I'm like, I gotta run to the store 156 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:03,279 and find an old school beer to talk about. I saw Jack's Frozen Pizza. 157 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:09,720 I grew up on Tombstone and Jack's, like I'm assuming many people did 158 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:15,240 when they were young and poor. So I have a Jacks. During the 159 00:14:15,279 --> 00:14:20,759 week, I'm going to shoot a video and have the Jack's Pizza. So 160 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:24,919 follow me over on YouTube look for that, and I'm gonna go back to 161 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:28,960 when I was like sixteen or seventeen years old and had no money and was 162 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:35,559 eating Jack's pizza. I do have some Chicago spots. I have a list 163 00:14:35,639 --> 00:14:39,200 of places that I want to go over the next few months and try out 164 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:46,000 for this Chicago Eating segment, and some of the places like Lems Barbecue is 165 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:52,399 super highly rated. I definitely need to get to Lems. I want to 166 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:58,759 go back to Rico Benny's. Their steak sandwich is absolutely killer, and I 167 00:14:58,919 --> 00:15:05,039 hear they have pizza with this breaded steak. So that's a place that's on 168 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:09,919 my list. If you have an idea in the Chicago area of a restaurant 169 00:15:11,159 --> 00:15:15,720 or food itself you want me to try, by all means, get a 170 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,759 hold of me. You know me. I like to eat, so I'm 171 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,600 on it. So if you think of a place you know locally here in 172 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:26,559 the Chicago area, please let me know. I'd love to feature that place 173 00:15:26,639 --> 00:15:31,440 on Chicago Eating. I also have my new tooth. So if you have 174 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:37,279 been watching the videos over on YouTube the past couple of weeks and you're like 175 00:15:37,799 --> 00:15:41,720 two, you look like a clown. I now have my new tooth, 176 00:15:41,159 --> 00:15:46,879 so future episodes I will look normal. I have shocked. Maybe I think 177 00:15:46,919 --> 00:15:50,200 I have four or five more videos to put out that I did record, 178 00:15:50,759 --> 00:15:56,000 so there will be some mixed together. But fear not, I have my 179 00:15:56,120 --> 00:16:03,759 new tooth, and I look like a million dollars. I know many of 180 00:16:03,799 --> 00:16:08,639 you don't listen to podcasts as much in the summertime, people, especially in 181 00:16:08,679 --> 00:16:12,799 the Midwest. We're out, We're enjoying the few months of nice weather. 182 00:16:12,879 --> 00:16:18,120 We have in what is poor planning on my part. This summer, Beer 183 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:23,000 in Front has really hitted stride with some great interviews. If you didn't get 184 00:16:23,039 --> 00:16:27,240 a chance to listen over the summer, check out some past shows. I 185 00:16:27,399 --> 00:16:33,879 had guests on from great breweries like Monucky Cold Snacks, Crooked Hammock, Second 186 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:40,240 City Metery, Great Lakes Brewing, Go Brewing, and others. Plus I 187 00:16:40,279 --> 00:16:45,279 had talks with folks over at the Cisterne program, Fresh Air Friendship, and 188 00:16:45,399 --> 00:16:52,039 other people in the podcasting world. There has been also plenty of quick video 189 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:56,159 reviews over on YouTube. That's going to wrap things up for this edition of 190 00:16:56,279 --> 00:17:00,039 Beer in Front. I thank you for listening. If you want to get 191 00:17:00,039 --> 00:17:06,119 a hold of me, you could email me Dave at beer infront dot com 192 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:11,279 or on all the social media channels at beer in Front. Next week I'll 193 00:17:11,279 --> 00:17:15,440 be doing the Shower Beer again for twenty twenty three, so look for that. 194 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:21,079 Have a great week, and remember sometimes the beer in front of you 195 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:22,839 is the best one yet.