1 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:12,519 This is Beer in Front, part of the Odd Pods Media Network. Sometimes 2 00:00:12,679 --> 00:00:16,280 the beer in front of you is the best one yet. I'll talk about 3 00:00:16,359 --> 00:00:20,480 some great beer, and I'll also talk to various people in and around the 4 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:25,839 beer industry to get their stories all about beer. That's Beer in Front, 5 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:35,439 and it's coming up now. Welcome to the special fourth anniversary episode one hundred 6 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:40,359 and ninety nine of Beer in Front. I'm your host, Dave's Alato. 7 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,560 I say that shit every week, but I'm the only one doing this show, 8 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,000 so I don't know. But I'm your host, Dave Selaturus, and 9 00:00:48,119 --> 00:00:53,560 Beer in Front is a proud Odd Pods Media Network member. Later on in 10 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:59,280 the show, I'll have the annual Samuel Adams Boston Lagger, the first craft 11 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:03,159 beer I ever had and the first one I talked about four years ago. 12 00:01:03,719 --> 00:01:10,280 I'll also sample some from breweries in Illinois that I don't always talk about, 13 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:15,599 and it's not that I don't want to, it's just there are so many 14 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,359 great breweries in the state that it's hard to get to them all. I 15 00:01:19,439 --> 00:01:25,519 plan to change that this year. I want to have a beer from a 16 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:32,280 brewery in Chicago or Illinois for each episode. I'm putting together a spreadsheet so 17 00:01:33,239 --> 00:01:37,879 i'll know which ones I still need to get to. Four years ago, 18 00:01:38,239 --> 00:01:42,439 for whatever reason, I decided to start a podcast. Up till end, 19 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,400 I never listened to them. Ruby does, and she tried to get me 20 00:01:46,439 --> 00:01:48,359 to listen to Hi. I'm like, no, I don't want to listen 21 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,959 to podcasts. But then I had a bug up my ass. Oh maybe 22 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:56,159 I should have a podcast and talk about beer. Now. This was a 23 00:01:56,200 --> 00:02:01,560 couple weeks before the pandemic hit, so you can't say I did this instead 24 00:02:01,599 --> 00:02:07,120 of making a sour dough starter like many did in twenty twenty. But it's 25 00:02:07,159 --> 00:02:15,240 funny. Maybe podcasts started around that time, and I noticed that a lot 26 00:02:15,319 --> 00:02:20,039 have quit since that, And to be honest, I'm frankly surprised I've lasted 27 00:02:20,039 --> 00:02:25,439 this long. Sometimes the weekly grind gets a little overwhelming, but this is 28 00:02:25,479 --> 00:02:30,759 almost like therapy to me. I've shared things here and stories that I've only 29 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:36,360 told a couple people. Now, don't be a jag offen send me a 30 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:46,599 bill for listening. I'm going to talk about some beers in a bit, 31 00:02:46,039 --> 00:02:52,360 but I wanted to give you some show and personal updates. I'm making some 32 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:58,360 more hot water and it won't explode the soda stream bottle this time. Longtime 33 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:02,800 friend of the show, Dan said jested making like a hop extract and adding 34 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:07,479 that to the carbonated water. Now as I'm recording this, I'm making this 35 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:13,639 extra act right now, i bought some hops from Billy Goat Hop Farm and 36 00:03:13,719 --> 00:03:17,319 I'm soaking them in vodka and then I'm gonna strain it out and thanks Mom 37 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:23,560 for the vodka. I'll use drops in their already carbonated water like I've done 38 00:03:23,599 --> 00:03:29,080 with other products. So we'll see how this goes, and I'll have videos 39 00:03:29,199 --> 00:03:32,520 up on that now. Because this is soaking in vodka, there's gonna be 40 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:38,639 a little alcohol in it, but considering it's only a draw couple drops in 41 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:42,520 a twelve or sixteen ounce glass of water, it's gonna be minuscule. So 42 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,159 keep an eye out for that. I'll post videos on how that hop water 43 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:50,439 comes out. Also later on, I'm gonna chat with the folks at Billy 44 00:03:50,479 --> 00:03:53,879 Goat Hop Farm, probably later on in the month, and we're gonna talk 45 00:03:53,879 --> 00:03:59,800 about the hop industry, So keep an ear out for that. Pinter makes 46 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:05,680 a homebrewing apparatus. Now I'm going to receive one from them to make beer. 47 00:04:05,719 --> 00:04:11,199 It looks pretty cool, almost like a I don't know, like a 48 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:15,000 carrig if you will, for making beer. It's like an all in one 49 00:04:15,599 --> 00:04:20,040 apparatus. So they're sending me one later on this week. I'm going to 50 00:04:20,079 --> 00:04:24,680 brew the beer and share the beer with some friends of mine at the end 51 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,279 of the month, and I'll have updates on the podcast, and I'm sure 52 00:04:28,519 --> 00:04:33,240 i'll be posting videos on how the process is and to get people's reactions to 53 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:36,040 the beer, because I mean, the beer has to be good or else 54 00:04:36,079 --> 00:04:40,439 why would you buy it. But keep an eye out for that from Pinter. 55 00:04:41,959 --> 00:04:46,879 My back is still messed up. Now. The doctor doesn't feel that 56 00:04:46,079 --> 00:04:50,920 surgery is needed, but now I'm pushing six months of this and I'm at 57 00:04:50,959 --> 00:04:55,120 the end of my rope. He is now going to give me an injection 58 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:01,120 into the affected discs to see if that helps get this. Instead of just 59 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:05,120 sticking the needle in my back, He's got to go through my ass cheek. 60 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:11,920 He's explaining this, and while I pulling his fingers apart to tell me 61 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,040 it's a big needle. Dude, all you gotta do is tell me are 62 00:05:15,079 --> 00:05:17,360 you putting me under for this? That's all I need to know if you're 63 00:05:17,399 --> 00:05:20,959 putting me under. Don't tell me how big the needle is because I don't 64 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:25,839 want to know. But it's a big needle. It's going through my ass 65 00:05:25,959 --> 00:05:30,480 cheek and they're gonna put me under. So I'll see. Maybe Ruby can 66 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:42,040 lie stream this. In Beer and Beverage News, the Teamsters and ab in 67 00:05:42,079 --> 00:05:46,759 Bev have a tentative agreement ending the strike. Now. This contract's going to 68 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:51,759 be for all five thousand Teamster members working for ab in Bev. Snoop and 69 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:57,079 Dre have come out with Gin and Juice. I'm actually having one of these 70 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,680 right now as we speak. This is ready to drink cocked and it has 71 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,959 gin, juice, honey and other flavorings. I picked up an eight pack 72 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:09,879 variety the other day. I had the Apricot. That was good. I'm 73 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:14,000 drinking the citrus right now and it's really good. I put a video up 74 00:06:14,319 --> 00:06:17,720 on social media of the Apricot. But this is really good. So if 75 00:06:17,759 --> 00:06:24,199 you're looking for something a little different, check out Gin and Juice. Legendary 76 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:30,959 frontman Roger Daltrey of the Who turned eighty last week. In Lakedown Brewing in 77 00:06:30,079 --> 00:06:35,439 East Sussex, they put out Roger's Pale Ale. Now Roger and his son 78 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:41,399 own the brewery and the beer is not for sale. It's just for Roger. 79 00:06:41,639 --> 00:06:45,439 So I guess if you're a Roger Daltrey, you could have your own 80 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:51,560 beer. But happy eighty after Roger Daltrey. Goose Island is bringing back Honkers 81 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:57,199 Ale in cans. This was the beer that started it all for Goose. 82 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,720 This is gonna be a four point three percent beer going to be brewed here 83 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:06,279 in Chicago. The release date is unknown, but Honkers was always a great 84 00:07:06,399 --> 00:07:11,199 choice. I'll be picking this up again when it comes out in cans. 85 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:15,959 I remember when they still had the Clyboard location before they moved to the Salt 86 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,519 Shed. They still brewed it there and you could pick up a growler I'm 87 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:24,480 sorry, like a crowler or growler of it. And it was always a 88 00:07:24,519 --> 00:07:29,120 good beer. So I'm looking forward to having Honkers again. Goose is also 89 00:07:29,199 --> 00:07:32,759 teaming up with the New York Yankees. It's going to be called Legendary Ale 90 00:07:33,399 --> 00:07:39,040 and it's going to be the twenty five ounce cans. So I'm assuming this 91 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:42,600 is just going to be sold to Yankee games, But I don't want to 92 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,519 know what a twenty five ounce beer is going to cost you a Yankee game. 93 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:51,439 On March fifteenth, Cruz Blanca and Hop Butcher they're teaming up for Royal 94 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:57,959 Palm. This is a variation of Cruz Blanco's Terrific Palm shade, so look 95 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:07,240 for that on the fifteenth. Hey, this is Grabbing the Brisket podcast. 96 00:08:07,319 --> 00:08:11,199 Join us every Monday where we talk about the latest trends in barbecue, interviews 97 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:16,319 with world top petmasters, celebrity cooks ooh like we Man from Jackass, and 98 00:08:16,439 --> 00:08:18,959 musicians like rich Osool. So check us out. We do beer reviews, 99 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,720 barbecue fails, so many fires do a lot of people just burn their houses 100 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,839 down for no reason. We also talk about cocaine, hippos versus Besgators, 101 00:08:26,959 --> 00:08:30,639 learn how to make some tailgate gravy, altercations with Texas Rangers, people throw 102 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,879 on recents, peanut butter cups. Yeah. So check out grab the Brisket 103 00:08:33,919 --> 00:08:37,000 dot com for podcast info, viral social media post and so much more. 104 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:43,759 All right, So it's the Fourth Anniverse, three hundred and ninety ninth episode. 105 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:48,639 I have to have the beer that started it all off. Samuel Adams, 106 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:52,679 Boston Logger. I think it's my annual Samuel Adams on the Show. 107 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:58,159 If you listen to the show before, this was the first craft beer I 108 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:03,840 ever had been back in nineteen eighty nine. Still, like you go to 109 00:09:03,879 --> 00:09:07,679 an airport, there's nothing better than a Boston Logger that's on tap. You 110 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:13,879 don't find it everywhere else. It's usually like airport bars, or like Chilis 111 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:18,960 or Benegans if they were still around. But sam Adams on tap is still 112 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:26,559 a great beer. They rechanged the recipe last year to a more cleaner formula, 113 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,759 and I had it last year and it wasn't that fond of it. 114 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:35,720 But let's try this one again. The Boston Lagger looks great. Nice color 115 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:43,799 here, good foam. It does smell good. I'll give it that now. 116 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:46,080 The date on this say is best by June, so I'm assuming this 117 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:52,559 is fairly fresh and not last year's. That's still a good beer. But 118 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:58,360 and this just could be me in my mind playing tricks. I mean, 119 00:09:58,399 --> 00:10:03,919 I do think that I liked the older one better, that wasn't as crisp 120 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:07,080 and clean, But since I haven't had that in a couple of years, 121 00:10:07,399 --> 00:10:11,399 you know, woos to say that's true or not. But I think the 122 00:10:11,519 --> 00:10:16,360 other one had a little bit more character to it, if that makes any 123 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:22,000 sense. I mean this is still solid, yeah, I mean it's still 124 00:10:22,399 --> 00:10:26,720 Boston Lagger is still you know, a really good beer. I'll never say 125 00:10:26,759 --> 00:10:31,360 no to a Boston Lager. But since we don't have any like chilies or 126 00:10:31,399 --> 00:10:35,480 anything like that in Chicago, I'm going to have to like go to Rosemont 127 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:41,279 and find the Chilies or one of those type of restaurants where I could have 128 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:46,039 a Sam Adams on tap. Again. But if you see it, put 129 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,559 it in the cart. I mean, you don't find Boston Lager as much. 130 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:54,399 It seems like they're pushing more of the variety packs and things of that 131 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:58,759 nature. But I did have to dig deep for this one, but I'm 132 00:10:58,759 --> 00:11:01,919 glad I found it a great beer, So Damn Adams, thanks for starting 133 00:11:01,919 --> 00:11:05,600 me on this craft beer journey. And if you see the Boston Lagger, 134 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:15,440 you still got to put it in the cart, all right. Next up 135 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:22,639 is Energy City Brewing. Now they contract brew in a Tasca and they're known 136 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:26,159 for their fruited beers. I'm not sure I've ever talked about them on the 137 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:33,080 show, so I wanted to include them. Now, this is a Berliner 138 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:39,320 that's called Bestrow banana split. It's got a lot going on here. I'm 139 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:43,120 going to have to read it six and a half percent. This is they 140 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:48,840 have bananas, pineapples, strawberries, chocolate, cherries, and natural flavors. 141 00:11:48,879 --> 00:11:52,519 So I don't know. It doesn't say lactose, so that's good. So 142 00:11:52,639 --> 00:12:01,799 it's eckopen the Bistro banana split from Energy City. It's really hazy, nice 143 00:12:01,879 --> 00:12:07,840 foam at aroma. It does smell like a banana split. There's so much 144 00:12:07,879 --> 00:12:13,360 going on here with the aroma. I get chocolate up front, but I 145 00:12:13,399 --> 00:12:18,960 get everything that I read off it's right there. But chocolate is the first 146 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:26,080 thing that hits my nose with the aroma. Wow, Yeah, that's that's 147 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:31,120 a banana split. I get banana tastes, I get. I get everything 148 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:37,440 here. It's pretty good, really sweet tasting. I don't know, to 149 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:41,639 be honest with you, that I could drink more than like one of these 150 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:46,840 in a sitting, because it's a lot, but it's good. I mean, 151 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:50,559 I definitely get everything here. Let me have some more of this. 152 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:56,360 I definitely the chocolate and the cherries hit me right up front with the flavor. 153 00:12:56,799 --> 00:13:03,159 But I do get the pineapple the banana. The I get everything here, 154 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:09,639 so it's good. So they do make a lot of like fruit sours 155 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:15,080 per liners. So if you see something from Energy City, you got to 156 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:24,600 put it in the car. Get yourself a banana split, all right. 157 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:28,200 One of the ones I want to talk about is from Plainfield, Illinois, 158 00:13:28,759 --> 00:13:37,240 Workforce Brewing Company. This is their Ultra Premium super Galactic India Pale Ale seven 159 00:13:37,279 --> 00:13:41,799 point two percent alcohol. They use pale malt, red x Munich and red 160 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:50,360 caramel malt with Citra Galaxy, Cascade, Mosaic, Centennial and Columbus hops. 161 00:13:50,639 --> 00:13:54,399 They use Chico Ao yeast. So I'm guessing this is going to be West 162 00:13:54,440 --> 00:14:01,799 Coast. But let's crack open the Ultra Premium super Galactic. Oh yeah, 163 00:14:01,799 --> 00:14:07,919 that's a beautiful color. Nice foam here, good three fingers of khaki pants 164 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:16,159 looking foam, looks really good, smells great. It just smells like this 165 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:24,759 huge big West Coast IPA huge flavors out of the aroma that's outstanding, really 166 00:14:24,799 --> 00:14:31,480 good, big flavor of the malt in the hops, little bitterness at the 167 00:14:31,519 --> 00:14:33,919 back, which I like. This is fantastic. It's one of the best 168 00:14:33,919 --> 00:14:37,720 IPAs I've had in a long time. I don't think I've had much from 169 00:14:37,759 --> 00:14:41,679 Workforce. I know I haven't talked about them on the show, so when 170 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:46,559 I was doing this, I wanted to grab some beers from places I haven't 171 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:50,039 really talked about in Illinois. But I'm gonna be grabbing more from Workforce, 172 00:14:50,159 --> 00:14:56,559 that's for sure. It's W E RK Force. They're in Plainfield, Illinois, 173 00:14:56,759 --> 00:15:01,240 and if you see the ultra Premium super Galactic, you gotta throw this 174 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:05,799 one in the cart or get a four pack. Don't just mix and max. 175 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:15,639 Get a four pack and throw this one in the cart. The next 176 00:15:15,679 --> 00:15:20,639 local beer I'm gonna have is from horse steef Hollow. They have looks like 177 00:15:20,679 --> 00:15:24,360 on the can, two locations, one in the city and one in Beverly. 178 00:15:24,799 --> 00:15:30,200 This is annexation. This is a West Coast Ipa they use on this 179 00:15:30,399 --> 00:15:35,960 Centennial Cascade and Simcoe Hops big fan of West Coast Ipa, so I'm looking 180 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:41,919 forward to this. I don't think I've had anything from horse steep Hollow yet 181 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:46,519 on the show, so I'm correcting that. Now. Beautiful artwork on the 182 00:15:46,559 --> 00:15:50,360 can. I love the artwork here. I'm a big fan of West Coast 183 00:15:50,399 --> 00:15:54,960 Ipa, so this should be good. Let's crack this one open. Oh, 184 00:15:54,000 --> 00:16:00,960 Annexation looks great, nice good color. Here, good foam. Oh 185 00:16:00,039 --> 00:16:06,919 yeah, that's just smells like a good West Coast ipa. You really get 186 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:11,759 those citrusy piny notes in the aroma. Smells great. Oh yeah, that's 187 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:15,960 really good. Trying to see I McCann if it has an ABV listed. 188 00:16:18,399 --> 00:16:22,679 But it's delicious. This is really good. It's one of the best West 189 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:26,080 Coast beers I've had in a while. I like this. I'm gonna have 190 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:30,519 to try to pick up some more stuff from horse Thief Hollow. Yeah, 191 00:16:30,519 --> 00:16:36,519 that's really good. If you're a fan of old school West Coast IPAs and 192 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:41,519 you're in the Chicago area, definitely pick up Annexation. This is a West 193 00:16:41,559 --> 00:16:45,039 Coast once again from horse Thief Hollow. I highly recommend this one. Put 194 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:56,799 this one in the cart, all right. And finally on my beers from 195 00:16:56,799 --> 00:17:02,240 Illinois to have, I'm gonna have from Haymar. This is called The Defender. 196 00:17:02,679 --> 00:17:07,559 I'm assuming this is named after the legendary black newspaper The Defender. This 197 00:17:07,599 --> 00:17:12,240 is an American style stout seven percent alcohol. I'm a big fan of Haymarket, 198 00:17:12,279 --> 00:17:18,599 So let's crack this one open. Really nice foam here, good three 199 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:23,960 fingers of foam, smells good. I get that nice roasty smell to the 200 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:30,480 aroma. I like it. No, that's good. That's really good. 201 00:17:32,759 --> 00:17:38,519 Get all those nice roasty notes with the flavor here. I think this is 202 00:17:38,559 --> 00:17:44,000 really good. Now in fairness, like Haymarket, this is Brooded Michigan, 203 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:48,200 but their bar is in Chicago, so I don't know if this is an 204 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,839 Illinois beer, but I'm gonna count it. But let's get back to the 205 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:56,759 beer itself. This Defender is excellent. Yeah, definitely put this one in 206 00:17:56,799 --> 00:18:00,920 the cart. I don't know if this is gonna be like a year round 207 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:06,359 release, but I think this is really good. Nice price point here, 208 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:10,480 It's not going to break the bank like some of your bearrell age scouts are. 209 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:15,000 Haymarket does have a good beer age program. I think they had I 210 00:18:15,039 --> 00:18:18,519 forget the name of it now, but this Raspberry one they put out a 211 00:18:18,559 --> 00:18:22,799 couple of years ago that was good. So Haymarket does do a great stout. 212 00:18:22,279 --> 00:18:36,359 If you see the Defender, put it in the cart, all right. 213 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:41,839 That's gonna wrap things up for this fourth anniversary Episode one hundred and ninety 214 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:45,440 nine of Beer in Front I thank you very much for listening. Whether it's 215 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:51,039 your first time listening or you've listened to one hundred and ninety eight other shows, 216 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:55,240 I thank you very much. It means a lot. If you want 217 00:18:55,279 --> 00:18:59,119 to get a hold of me, you could email me Dave AT's a beerinfront 218 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:03,559 dot com, or you could find me on all the social media channels at 219 00:19:03,759 --> 00:19:06,960 Beer in Front. You have a great week. I'll talk to you next 220 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:11,200 week on Beer in Front. And remember, sometimes the beer in front of 221 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:12,000 you is the best one yet.