1 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:07,200 This is Beer in Front, part of the Odd Pods Media Network. Sometimes 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,000 the beer in front of you is the best one yet. I'll talk about 3 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:15,160 some great beer, and I'll also talk to various people in and around the 4 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:20,640 beer industry to get their stories all about beer. That's Beer in Front, 5 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:29,519 and it's coming up. Now. Welcome to episode two hundred of Beer in 6 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:34,439 Front. I'm your host, Dave Zalatorus, and Beer in Front is a 7 00:00:34,439 --> 00:00:42,240 proud odd Pods Media Network member. I mentioned on the anniversary show that came 8 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:48,240 out last Monday that I want to talk more about beer from the state of 9 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:54,079 Illinois. Well, on Tuesday, I decided to go all in. I'm 10 00:00:54,119 --> 00:00:59,600 calling it Drink Illinois Beer. I came up with a logo design. I 11 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:04,079 put that out social media. I posted the first video with a beer from 12 00:01:04,159 --> 00:01:11,359 Beguile as well. I went to the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild website. I 13 00:01:11,519 --> 00:01:17,239 added all the breweries I could find there to an excel file. I added 14 00:01:17,239 --> 00:01:22,840 some that I didn't see listed there. I even bought the domain to drink 15 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:30,640 illinoisbeer dot com for future plants. Now there's over two hundred breweries all over 16 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:36,959 the state. From the giant breweries in Chicago to some in towns I've never 17 00:01:37,079 --> 00:01:42,519 heard of, like Assumption. I don't want to assume anything, but I'm 18 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:48,400 going to assume that Assumption is a good town. It's smacked abb in the 19 00:01:48,439 --> 00:01:52,840 middle of the state, and it's home to nineteen oh five Brewing Company in 20 00:01:53,000 --> 00:02:00,120 Cyprus Grove, and I'm going to get to YouTube down the road. I'm 21 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:04,920 not going to put a timeframe on this to be completed. Breweries open and 22 00:02:04,959 --> 00:02:07,960 close all the time, so the list is always going to be changing. 23 00:02:08,719 --> 00:02:15,039 Beers that are distributed are obviously going to be easier for me to purchase and 24 00:02:15,159 --> 00:02:20,960 talk about. Some breweries are nano breweries and they only serve beer in their 25 00:02:21,039 --> 00:02:25,159 tap room or a growler. I've already had one friend offered a help with 26 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:30,879 beers from the Illinois side of Saint Louis, and I have a few other 27 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:34,479 people in mind that I'm going to hit up in the next couple of weeks. 28 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,680 If you if you know of a great brewery in the state and I'm 29 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:44,599 unable to get their beer myself, maybe we could do a swap, or 30 00:02:44,759 --> 00:02:51,039 if you'd like to do a quick audio or video about that brewery for drink 31 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,680 Illinois Beer by all means let me know. Send me an email, Dave. 32 00:02:54,719 --> 00:03:01,719 That'sberinfront dot com. The format of this podcast, it's not gonna change 33 00:03:01,719 --> 00:03:06,919 that. I'm not gonna forget everything else just to talk about beer from Illinois. 34 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,199 But I am going to try to have one on the show every week 35 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:15,439 in addition of videos. But consider it an added bonus for those interested in 36 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:21,080 beer from the Prairie state. In the next couple of weeks, I'll be 37 00:03:21,159 --> 00:03:28,800 speaking with Billy go Top Farm and also the senior brand manager from Elhimidor and 38 00:03:29,439 --> 00:03:32,719 I have more things to follow, so the show's not changing. I'm just 39 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:46,240 gonna feature Illinois beers a little more often. The hop water I made with 40 00:03:46,439 --> 00:03:52,199 Magnum hops steepedon vodka came out pretty good now. To be fair, I 41 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:57,319 think I liked the batch I made with the citric acid and the gypsum, 42 00:03:57,599 --> 00:04:00,960 but this is still good. I have a batch going on right now that 43 00:04:00,039 --> 00:04:04,879 I'm making with Cascade hoops. Once that's done, I'll do a side by 44 00:04:05,039 --> 00:04:13,879 side video of them both. I talked last week about Pinter while the package 45 00:04:13,919 --> 00:04:18,079 is delivered. I guess I'm an influencer. I can't influence my dog but 46 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:24,079 I guess I'm an influencer, so I'm brewing beer right now. It's pretty 47 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:28,480 easy. Actually, the proof is going to be how it tastes. Obviously, 48 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:32,040 that should be in another couple of weeks. I'm doing a long form 49 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:38,319 video about that, so you could follow me on YouTube or TikTok if you 50 00:04:38,399 --> 00:04:47,639 want to check that out. In Beer and Beverage News, the Governor of 51 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:55,160 Wyoming, Mark Gordon, signed SF zero zero seven to nine into law. 52 00:04:55,720 --> 00:05:00,360 This will allow breweries that produced less than twenty five thousand bear per year in 53 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:05,199 Wyoming or who do business there, they they're now going to be able to 54 00:05:05,319 --> 00:05:14,480 terminate their distributor contract without cause. This will remove long drawn litigation and after 55 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:18,000 forty five days, if the brewery and distributor can't come to an agreement, 56 00:05:18,759 --> 00:05:24,319 it's going to be decided by binding arbitration. I think this is good. 57 00:05:24,399 --> 00:05:27,959 I feel for the small breweries there. It's good now. Sam DeWitt, 58 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:32,360 who is the state Government Affairs director of the Brewers Association, and he said 59 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:39,120 that bills like SF seventy nine will help level the playing field and give small 60 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:45,160 brewers a voice in how their beer is bought and sold. Speaking of bills. 61 00:05:45,519 --> 00:05:49,680 There is a bill in Wisconsin, HB four nine four five. This 62 00:05:49,759 --> 00:05:57,279 is called the Drink Wisconsin Ble Law that it's going to lower, if passed, 63 00:05:57,759 --> 00:06:01,720 the drinking age in Wisconsin from twenty twenty one to eighteen. If you're 64 00:06:01,759 --> 00:06:10,199 accompanied by a parent, they're legal guardian. Do you remember Jones Soda years 65 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:15,279 ago? They made some goofy flavored soda pops like Brussels sprouts. I remembered, 66 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:20,600 and I think they had one. It was like turkey and stuffing flavored 67 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:26,959 for Thanksgiving. Well, guess what they're coming out with a hard line of 68 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:31,040 craft soda. They're gonna have a mixed twelve pack that will be eight point 69 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:38,240 four percent alcohol, or also you could get single stovepipe nineteen point two ounce 70 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:46,600 cans it's six point nine percent alcohol. Sapporo in Stone is discontinuing their hard 71 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:53,600 Seltzer and Margherita line while amping up its production of Ciporo at the California and 72 00:06:53,720 --> 00:07:00,399 Virginia facilities. Victory Brewing out of Pennsylvania is coming out with a Fretzel beer. 73 00:07:01,079 --> 00:07:05,399 This is going to be part of a small bench series and it's a 74 00:07:05,519 --> 00:07:14,839 toasted ale with sea salt alm intreat in time for March Madness. Prairie artisan 75 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,160 Ales is coming out with Buzzer Beater. This is going to be a sour 76 00:07:18,319 --> 00:07:24,439 with electrolytes, and everything I've had from Prairie has been good, so if 77 00:07:24,439 --> 00:07:30,839 I see that, I gotta have it. Chicago's famous malt Row is going 78 00:07:30,879 --> 00:07:34,439 to have a new edition Hamp the end of this month. Demo Brewing Company 79 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:39,959 will open the weekend of March twenty ninth. They're going to be located at 80 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:46,160 seventeen sixty three West Bertso Avenue on the corner of Ravenswood. If you're familiar 81 00:07:46,279 --> 00:07:50,879 with Dove Tailor and Beguile, walk about a block north and you'll be there 82 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:56,279 at Demo Right now. On their website, they're showing nine different beers, 83 00:07:56,759 --> 00:08:01,680 two selters that's going to be available, as well as wine and some guest 84 00:08:01,759 --> 00:08:05,920 non alcoholic offerings. Block Club had a nice piece on them last week, 85 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:11,600 so check out block Club for more info. I'm playing and on walking over 86 00:08:11,639 --> 00:08:22,240 there opening weekend and I'll let you know more. Inter up this program to 87 00:08:22,279 --> 00:08:28,439 bring you a newsplash Michael Jackson's ghost scene at a Yankees game. Cinnamon does 88 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:33,840 crunch now with a shrimp in every bite. Lil uzi Vert's Head Diamond has 89 00:08:33,879 --> 00:08:39,000 been sold on the dark Web. Stories like this and more can be found 90 00:08:39,039 --> 00:08:41,720 at the ever Trending Story, a podcast where we peruse the news and write 91 00:08:41,759 --> 00:08:46,799 a fun fictional story for you. Find us wherever you download podcasts and follow 92 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:52,480 us on the socials at ever Trending Pod and we are proud members of the 93 00:08:52,519 --> 00:09:03,039 Odd Pods media network. The Illinois Beer Front is from Off Color. This 94 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:09,399 is their crispy beer for Pizza. They make so many great beers in the 95 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:16,000 beer for line that beer for pizza is good, but the crispy Beer for 96 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:22,159 Pizza is an Italian style lagger. They use pills in Munich, Bault select 97 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:28,600 in chinook hops, whole cone hops they use here. I'm not gonna lie. 98 00:09:28,799 --> 00:09:33,399 I had this before I picked them up when it came out, and 99 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:39,240 it's really really good. The artwork, like everything else that Off Color does, 100 00:09:39,639 --> 00:09:43,399 is spectacular. It has the pizza oven on there, it has the 101 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:50,279 mice making the nice Chicago style crispy tavern pizza. It's great. So let's 102 00:09:50,279 --> 00:10:00,799 crack open crispy beer for pizza. It is a beautiful, nice color, 103 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:07,000 good foam on this. Oh yeah, it just smells so good. I 104 00:10:07,039 --> 00:10:13,519 mean, you get the nice hops hare, Oh, it just smells fantastic. 105 00:10:15,799 --> 00:10:18,879 That's phenomenal. You know, I've said a million times how much I 106 00:10:18,919 --> 00:10:24,720 love Italian PILs Nerves, one of my favorite styles. Off Color just knock 107 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:31,519 this one right out of the park. It is absolutely fantastic, got everything 108 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:35,720 going on there. You get the malt right up front, The hops are 109 00:10:35,759 --> 00:10:39,879 great. Little bitterness on the end, not a lot, but you definitely 110 00:10:39,879 --> 00:10:45,279 know it's there. It's just a fantastic beer. If you like Laggers, 111 00:10:45,519 --> 00:10:50,240 then you definitely have to get you crispy beer for pizza from Off Color. 112 00:10:52,120 --> 00:11:03,159 And don't forget to drink Illinois beer. The last beer I want to talk 113 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:09,320 about is actually the last beer I have in my cabinet for Metropolitan. You've 114 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:13,240 heard they closed in December. Before they closed, I picked up a couple 115 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:18,200 six packs. I sent some stuff out to some friends of mine, and 116 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:22,159 I kept a couple around. So figure as I'm talking about drink Illinois beer, 117 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:30,440 I should have one from the late great Metropolitan Brewery. The generator Dappelebach 118 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:37,240 was a great beer, huge fan of this, So let's crack this open. 119 00:11:37,279 --> 00:11:41,120 I'm a little weepy right now, But let's crack open the generator. 120 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:50,840 Dappeleboch, this smells really good. You really get the nice malt or roll 121 00:11:50,919 --> 00:11:58,799 me here. It looks great, a nice ruby red colored dark brown tinges 122 00:11:58,799 --> 00:12:03,559 of red in their looks and smells phenomenal good. Poam good. Two fingers 123 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:09,600 of foam here. Wow. Wow, that was such a great beer. 124 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:15,480 And you know I've talked about it before on the show. I'm sure you've 125 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:20,679 all read and seen it about Metropolitan. It's really a shame, but hopefully 126 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:28,679 somewhere down the line their recipes can continue because their beers were just so flipping 127 00:12:28,799 --> 00:12:33,159 good. And I can't tell you to put it in the cart right now 128 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:39,279 because there's nothing to get. This is my last one, so Metropolitan, 129 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:50,559 you were surely missed in the great state of Illinois. That's going to wrap 130 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:56,200 things up for a episode two hundred of Beer in Front. I thank you 131 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:58,080 very much for listening. If you get a chance, please do me a 132 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:05,200 favor. Follow me over on Instagram TikTok. If you see videos there, 133 00:13:05,279 --> 00:13:09,799 please like them. That helps get more people to see the videos and listen 134 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:13,759 to this. If you need to get a hold of me or If you 135 00:13:13,799 --> 00:13:20,519 have any ideas about drink Illinois beer, you can email me Dave antberinfront dot 136 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:24,960 com. I'll talk to you next week. And remember sometimes the beer in 137 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,200 front of you is the best one yet. All right, take care, 138 00:13:28,279 --> 00:13:28,320 we'll talk to you next week.