1 00:00:06,879 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: This is Beer in Front, part of the Odd Pods 2 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:16,160 Media Network and the Beer Media Group. Sometimes the Beer 3 00:00:16,199 --> 00:00:19,440 in front of you is the best one yet. I'll 4 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,800 talk to people around the beer world and get their 5 00:00:22,839 --> 00:00:28,280 stories all about beer. That's Beer in Front and it's 6 00:00:28,359 --> 00:00:35,880 coming up now. Welcome to episode two hundred and twenty 7 00:00:36,079 --> 00:00:41,280 six of Beer in Front. I'm your host, Dave's Alatorus 8 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,600 and Beer in Front is a proud odd Pods Media 9 00:00:44,679 --> 00:00:48,320 Network member and charter member of the Beer Media Group. 10 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:53,640 Solo show. Today, I'm cleaning out the beer fridge. I 11 00:00:53,799 --> 00:00:57,520 have some stuff that friends have sent me from Grandpa 12 00:00:57,679 --> 00:01:01,359 Beer Brian over at three to one poor, so I'm 13 00:01:01,439 --> 00:01:03,719 having some of that. I've got some other ones that 14 00:01:04,439 --> 00:01:07,400 I'm looking through. I'm like, I forgot I had this. 15 00:01:07,519 --> 00:01:11,519 So I'm cleaning the beer fridge out. Today's gonna be 16 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,280 a lot of beer reviews. I'll have news a little 17 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:18,200 bit later in the show, so stay tuned for all 18 00:01:18,239 --> 00:01:21,680 of that. If you missed last week, because I put 19 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,359 it out later, I didn't come out on my usual 20 00:01:25,079 --> 00:01:28,879 Monday time. Check that out. I talked to Tyler from 21 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,760 Reduce a halic that was really good. We talked about 22 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:35,319 the any beer industry. So if you were wondering what 23 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,760 happened last Monday, it's out there. It came out I 24 00:01:38,799 --> 00:01:42,079 think Wednesday night, so you can go back and check 25 00:01:42,159 --> 00:01:45,319 that out. Starting in a couple of weeks, I'm going 26 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,640 to be on a new schedule at work where I'm 27 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,040 going to be off now in the middle of the week, 28 00:01:51,359 --> 00:01:55,519 so that might change the release date of the podcast 29 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,959 that might come out. Now I think Thursday, but I'm 30 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,840 kind of see how everything plays out with the work schedule. 31 00:02:02,959 --> 00:02:06,200 But next month, I think the date's going to change 32 00:02:06,239 --> 00:02:07,799 it to come out. It's still going to come out 33 00:02:07,879 --> 00:02:10,560 for the most part every week, but you know, the 34 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,520 date may change. It might not be on Mondays anymore. 35 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:18,240 I keep mentioning the beer media group websites up there. 36 00:02:18,319 --> 00:02:20,800 Right now, I've got a few people that are on there. 37 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,360 I'm waiting for others to send me details. What this 38 00:02:24,599 --> 00:02:28,599 is kind of your go to place if you're looking 39 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:33,599 for somebody that does work in beer. And we're all 40 00:02:33,599 --> 00:02:37,800 individual people. We're not you know, company people, but like myself, 41 00:02:37,879 --> 00:02:40,960 I have a podcast. Rod Jay is on there. You've 42 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,439 heard him on the show a couple times. He has 43 00:02:43,479 --> 00:02:46,319 a weekly live stream. I want to get people that 44 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,840 are writers, people that are bloggers, people that just do 45 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,759 video or photography. So I want to make a clearing 46 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:57,280 house for everyone. If you are if this interests you, 47 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,319 I know I have people that are beer geeks like me. 48 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,879 If you think this is for you, send me an email. 49 00:03:04,319 --> 00:03:08,120 I'll definitely add you to the site. Or if you 50 00:03:08,319 --> 00:03:12,159 are you know somebody that works in beer and you 51 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,120 want to talk to somebody, or you want to have 52 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:18,639 somebody help get the word out on your product, Beermediagroup 53 00:03:18,719 --> 00:03:22,039 dot com is the place to go. As soon as 54 00:03:22,039 --> 00:03:24,759 people start sending me their details, I'm going to update. 55 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,960 Everyone will have their own individual page. So right now 56 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,240 it's still in its infancy, but it's up. If you 57 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:41,719 want to check out Beermediagroup dot com. In Beer and 58 00:03:41,759 --> 00:03:46,280 Beverage News. If you're a fan of Voodoo Ranger, you 59 00:03:46,319 --> 00:03:51,280 can vote to select the next ipa flavor over at 60 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:55,319 Voodoo Ranger dot com. There will be choices in a 61 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:59,199 variety pack that's available now for you to pick your winner. 62 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:05,199 Mar's Brewing in Chicago is celebrating its tenth birthday on 63 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,599 September twenty eighth. They'll have food, music, and guest taps. 64 00:04:10,039 --> 00:04:14,039 Check out Marsbrewing dot com for more details. And that's 65 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:19,079 Mars with the Z. Great Lakes is updating the look 66 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:23,240 of their iconic dortmunder Gold. I saw some pictures of 67 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:27,879 the new design and it looks sharp. There were more 68 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:32,759 people out watching Week one of the NFL season at bars, 69 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:38,079 draft beer volumes were up over eight percent from opening 70 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:42,360 week twenty twenty three. Do you have close to eight 71 00:04:42,399 --> 00:04:46,759 million dollars in your checking account? You can buy craft 72 00:04:46,759 --> 00:04:52,360 beer pioneer Anderson Valley Brewing Company out of Mendocino, California. 73 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:56,680 The original owner is retiring, so you got eight mil. 74 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,959 You could buy the facility and the twenty nine acre 75 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:05,160 of land it sits on Modern Times in San Diego. 76 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:10,240 They're going to be shifting their production over to Alesmith now. 77 00:05:10,319 --> 00:05:13,800 Maui Brewing acquired Modern Times a couple of years back. 78 00:05:14,319 --> 00:05:17,519 Both tap rooms for Modern Times are going to remain open, 79 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,120 and they're both great. I've been to both and I 80 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:24,399 love both of their tap rooms. However, with their production 81 00:05:24,519 --> 00:05:28,279 facility shutting down, there's going to be fifty seven jobs lost, 82 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:32,639 so that's not cool. Firestone Walker is coming out with 83 00:05:32,759 --> 00:05:36,959 a non alcoholic version of their eight oh five Blonde 84 00:05:36,959 --> 00:05:40,639 Ale look for eight zero five that's going to be 85 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:44,319 out West soon and hopefully it gets a wider release 86 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:49,279 if everything goes well with it. Stone Brewing is celebrating 87 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:54,720 their twenty eighth birthday with an anniversary double IPA that 88 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,759 should be out soon wherever you pick up Stone's beer. 89 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:04,240 Life Now, this is a non alcoholic ready to drink 90 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:08,000 cocktail that I guess is number one out in Australia. 91 00:06:08,439 --> 00:06:12,399 They're gonna partner with Molsen Cores to bring Naked Life 92 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,639 to the States starting next year in twenty twenty five. 93 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,680 Some of the pictures I saw they have a non 94 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:23,959 alcoholic gin and tonic, a margarita, and a negroni, amongst others. 95 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,279 So I'm looking forward to giving this a whirl when 96 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:31,800 it comes out next year to Shoots and Patagonia. Now, 97 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,079 they're teaming up for a couple new beers. One is 98 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:38,480 called Kernsa Lagger, and then they're gonna have a non 99 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:42,000 alcoholic it's a Golden Brew. So I'm not sure if 100 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,720 this is gonna be an ale or what have you, 101 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:49,480 but they're gonna have the non alcoholic Kernza Golden Brew. 102 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,160 So if you're out about you're an outdoorsy person, check 103 00:06:53,199 --> 00:06:59,279 out the new collaboration between Patagonia and to Shoots. And finally, 104 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:04,279 here in Chicago, if you're around this Saturday, September twenty first, 105 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:10,560 Hot Butcher is having Chicago Fest. They're gonna have beer, sausage, 106 00:07:10,639 --> 00:07:17,199 sour kraut, Fretzel, Chicago Sauce from Big Fork, guest beers 107 00:07:17,199 --> 00:07:22,600 from Goldfinger, Maplewood Pipeworks in Old Irving. So if you're 108 00:07:22,639 --> 00:07:25,680 in the neighborhood this Saturday, you got to check it 109 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:29,360 out at Hot Butcher for the World on Lincoln Avenue. 110 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:33,879 In late breaking beer news, Weathered Souls out of San Antonio. 111 00:07:34,199 --> 00:07:37,560 They've announced they're going to shut down on the twenty 112 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:42,839 second of September. According to somebody from Weathered Souls, they 113 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:47,360 said that the financial pressure just became too difficult. They 114 00:07:47,399 --> 00:07:51,720 cited rising costs of the ingredients, a noticeable decline and 115 00:07:51,959 --> 00:07:55,600 consumption of alcohol. So that's too bad. Weather Souls did 116 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,439 a lot of good stuff. They were the brewery behind 117 00:07:58,519 --> 00:08:01,920 Black Is Beautiful and twenty So it's really sad to 118 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:11,959 see whether Souls close down. All Right, I'm gonna have 119 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,800 another beer that Bill brought over from Las Vegas when 120 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:18,079 he was in town a few weeks ago with his 121 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,759 wife Sharon. This is another one from craft House Brewery 122 00:08:22,079 --> 00:08:26,519 in Las Vegas. This is called Hop Vegas. It's a 123 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:33,840 West Coast IBA that seventy eight IBus. I'm liking this already. 124 00:08:33,879 --> 00:08:36,639 I haven't even opened it up. Great look in artwork 125 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:40,200 on the can. I love the design here they use 126 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:46,399 on this one. Cascade, Continental, Columbus and Mosaic hops. So 127 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,639 I'm liking this already. I should just say it's good 128 00:08:49,639 --> 00:08:53,000 and not open the can because it has everything I like. 129 00:08:53,240 --> 00:09:08,399 But let's try Hop Vegas from craft House. Looks good, 130 00:09:08,519 --> 00:09:11,480 nice light color, a lot of foam here on this. 131 00:09:13,519 --> 00:09:16,960 But man, is that smell good. Wow? All those hop 132 00:09:17,039 --> 00:09:25,240 notes hit you right up front. Just smells outstanding. Oh yeah, 133 00:09:25,639 --> 00:09:28,559 that's really good, well balanced. You get a lot of 134 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,240 malt in here, a lot of sweetness from the malt, 135 00:09:31,519 --> 00:09:34,240 but then all those hops hit you in the middle 136 00:09:34,279 --> 00:09:36,840 and then you get that good bitterness at the back. 137 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:41,720 This is a really good, old school hoppy West Coast IPA. 138 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:47,639 I think this is really good. Yeah, that's just terrific. 139 00:09:48,279 --> 00:09:53,279 Seven percent alcohol on this really good. It almost tastes 140 00:09:53,279 --> 00:09:56,679 a little heavier than a seven percent, But I'm just 141 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,200 digging it. It's been a while since I've had something 142 00:09:59,639 --> 00:10:03,360 with this many IBus. I'm going back in the day. 143 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:07,360 I mean, I'm liking this one a lot. Now. This 144 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:09,399 is really good. Once again, thank you to Bill and 145 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:12,039 Sharon for dropping off a couple of great beers from 146 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,000 Las Vegas. If you're in that area and you want 147 00:10:15,039 --> 00:10:18,720 to try a good brewery, definitely hit up craft House 148 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:24,240 and get Hop Vegas. Put it in the cart. I'm 149 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:26,759 going to add one. It's not a beer, it's a cider. Now. 150 00:10:26,799 --> 00:10:31,000 This is from Mojave Brewing. They're out of Henderson, Nevada. 151 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:35,919 This is punk lemonade. This is a hard sider, gluten 152 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,279 free eight percent. I'm looking forward to this. I'm a 153 00:10:39,279 --> 00:10:43,039 big fan of cider. I've talked about cider before on 154 00:10:43,159 --> 00:10:47,360 the show. I do enjoy a nice hardsider, so I'm 155 00:10:47,399 --> 00:11:02,960 looking forward to this punk lemonade. Nice pinkish color here 156 00:11:03,279 --> 00:11:08,320 looks really good. Good foam smells excellent like you do 157 00:11:08,519 --> 00:11:12,879 get like you get some apple. But the predominant like 158 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,360 notes that I'm getting out of the aroma is like 159 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:23,559 pink lemonade. So it smells really awesome. Oh, Yeah, that's 160 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:28,600 really good. Like it does taste like like a pink lemonade, 161 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,240 but you know, the apple notes are in the back, 162 00:11:31,279 --> 00:11:34,320 but you do get like the lemon and I'm trying 163 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:36,519 to look at the can and see if they what 164 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:39,480 they put in here. I'm assuming it's like a strawberry 165 00:11:40,159 --> 00:11:42,720 or something like that to give it this pinkish hue. 166 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:48,759 But I think it tastes phenomenal. Yeah, that's good eight percent. 167 00:11:48,759 --> 00:11:50,519 I don't know if i'd kill a lot of these 168 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:53,960 in one sitting, but definitely for a change of pace, 169 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:56,519 I think this is great. It's got a lot of 170 00:11:56,559 --> 00:12:01,120 good flavors going on here. It's X so. I know 171 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,759 Bill before is giving me some stuff from Mohave. I 172 00:12:04,799 --> 00:12:07,960 think they're really good. All the stuff I've had from them, 173 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,120 which you know it's not a lot, but the stuff 174 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,960 that I've had from Bill has been great. So if 175 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,240 you're in the Vegas area, you're in Henderson, you're looking 176 00:12:16,279 --> 00:12:18,600 for a spot to go to it, definitely head over 177 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:22,279 to Mohave. Try yourself the punk lemonade. I think they're 178 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:30,399 gonna like it all right. The beer that's in front 179 00:12:30,399 --> 00:12:33,240 of me now is from New Belgium. This is part 180 00:12:33,279 --> 00:12:36,960 of their Voodoo Ranger series. And this can go south 181 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:41,639 in a hurry. This is atomic pumpkin. I've heard from 182 00:12:41,759 --> 00:12:45,360 other people that they enjoy this. I'm not a big 183 00:12:45,519 --> 00:12:49,639 pumpkin beer person. When they came out twenty some years ago, yes, 184 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,159 I was all in. I think the first one I 185 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:54,440 had it might have been Blue Moon, of all things. 186 00:12:54,879 --> 00:12:58,080 But after a couple of years everyone had a pumpkin 187 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:02,840 beer and I got off the pumpkin beer train. But 188 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:06,000 people talk about this, so I grabbed that. Now I'm 189 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:11,320 looking at the can and it's spicy atomic pumpkin. So 190 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:16,919 according to the can, it's brewed with pumpkin, cinnamon and chilis. 191 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,799 Like I said, this could go south in a hurry, 192 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:34,200 But let's crack the coping. The atomic pumpkin spicy. I 193 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,519 mean it looks a little darker than your typical ale. 194 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:41,919 It's clear. I do get the cinnamon a lot in 195 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:46,960 the aroma. All right, here goes nothing sweet. I'm kind 196 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:48,759 of waiting for the spice to hit me. At No, 197 00:13:48,879 --> 00:13:52,799 there it is. Hello there, not super spicy. It's not 198 00:13:52,879 --> 00:13:55,919 like you're eating the hot one's wing. But it's definitely 199 00:13:56,039 --> 00:13:59,919 there's a little bit there at the end, which I 200 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,320 don't know if it's needed. It might be a little 201 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:06,600 too much. But let's try this again. Yeah, upfront, you 202 00:14:06,639 --> 00:14:09,840 get all like the cinnamon and the pumpkin flavors that 203 00:14:09,919 --> 00:14:12,399 hit you up front, and then it just like has 204 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:17,039 this chili pepper linger. It's lingering on the back of 205 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,279 my tongue and throat. I don't know if I'm a fan. 206 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:25,799 I picked up the wrong cant. But if you like 207 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:28,159 pumpkin beers and you like something a little spicy, I 208 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:32,440 think maybe give it a try. It's not my thing, 209 00:14:32,559 --> 00:14:35,919 but you know, if it's yours, enjoy it. You could 210 00:14:35,919 --> 00:14:39,360 pick it up all over. You know, Voodoo Rangers available everywhere, 211 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:41,639 so wherever you pick up your Voodoo Ranger, if you 212 00:14:41,679 --> 00:14:44,600 want to try something for the autumnal season, you could 213 00:14:44,639 --> 00:14:50,320 pick up the Atomic Pumpkin Spicy Release. All right. The 214 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:52,840 beer that's in front of me now is a classic 215 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:57,240 from Victory Brewing. They've been around since nineteen ninety six. 216 00:14:57,759 --> 00:15:01,720 This is their sour Monkey. This is tart nine and 217 00:15:01,759 --> 00:15:05,600 a half percent. They use Pilsner malt and tetanang hops. 218 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,519 Victory has got a lot of monkeys in their series. 219 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:16,799 They have their golden. They're berry. They had another one, 220 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:19,399 but I know I'm not sure, but this is the 221 00:15:19,519 --> 00:15:23,559 sour Monkey. This is in a nineteen ounce can, and 222 00:15:24,159 --> 00:15:25,799 I don't think I've had a victory in a while, 223 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:40,399 So let's crack it open. Look's really good. It's a 224 00:15:40,519 --> 00:15:48,279 nice crisp, clear beer. Good foam on here. Yeah, you smell, 225 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,799 or at least I do. I get like the tartness 226 00:15:52,519 --> 00:15:56,000 out of the aroma, and I'm also getting like the 227 00:15:56,039 --> 00:15:59,120 Belgian yeast that they use out of this, So I 228 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:04,240 think the smell is really good. Yeah, that is really good. 229 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:12,000 Like the tartness overwhelms the Belgian yeast where that like 230 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:13,960 for me, you kind of get that kind of at 231 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:17,559 the back, but it's there. But the first thing that 232 00:16:17,639 --> 00:16:22,320 hits me is the tartness from this. I think this 233 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:29,720 is really good. Yeah, it's almost like a citrus lemon 234 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:35,279 tartness to it. I think this is outstanding. This is excellent. 235 00:16:35,639 --> 00:16:38,240 I would pick this up again. And you know, I 236 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,039 say it a million times on ear when I have 237 00:16:40,159 --> 00:16:41,919 like an older beer than I have in ad in 238 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,279 a while, it's like, I don't know why I stop 239 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:48,120 drinking this, But this one's really good. So you could 240 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,679 pick it up everywhere, I believe. I saw this one 241 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:55,799 actually at my Jewel grocery store, so it's available all around. 242 00:16:55,919 --> 00:17:00,559 But the Sour Monkey from Victory definitely about that one 243 00:17:00,559 --> 00:17:02,960 of the carts. I think this is excellent if you 244 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:06,759 like hartness, if you like sour beers, I think this 245 00:17:06,799 --> 00:17:17,960 one will be right up your alley. All right, I'm 246 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:22,200 going to have one now from Shortleaf Brewing. They're out 247 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,799 of Missouri. Brian over at three to one Poor sent 248 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,920 over some beers from the Saint Louis area in the 249 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,440 last week, and I want to have a couple of those, 250 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:33,799 so I want to do one right now from shortlyaf. 251 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:38,559 This is a goza with line, beautiful artwork on the can. 252 00:17:38,599 --> 00:17:44,880 I love the artwork here. Shortleaf is based in Camden Town, Missouri, 253 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:49,319 so I love gozas. What's not to like. Let's open 254 00:17:49,359 --> 00:18:03,079 this one up. One of these days I'm gonna have 255 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:07,440 to clean my windscreen over the mic because this has 256 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,400 because I open the beer right next to the microphone, 257 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,720 so it's covered with like beer. So one of these 258 00:18:13,799 --> 00:18:17,400 days I should clean it. But this from Shortly looks 259 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:21,200 really good, nice foam, good color to this. I really 260 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:30,079 get that lime aroma here. It smells fantastic. Wow, that's phenomenal. 261 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:34,960 Really big lime flavor like that hits you right up 262 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,960 front and almost like you know, like when you have 263 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:41,079 something really tart, like a lemonhead or something like that 264 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:46,759 really just makes your mouth pucker really tart. In addition 265 00:18:46,839 --> 00:18:50,799 to like the goza style with the salt man, this 266 00:18:51,039 --> 00:18:57,240 is just fantastic. That's outstanding. Only four point one percent. 267 00:18:57,799 --> 00:19:02,079 You could crush these. This is absolutely spectacular. I mean, 268 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:03,880 some of the other ones that I've had that Brian 269 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,880 sent over from Second Shift and other breweries there have 270 00:19:08,319 --> 00:19:11,759 just been but I need to change my thing to 271 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:18,599 drink Missouri beer. But holy shit, this is absolutely outstanding. 272 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:22,319 One of the best goeses I've had in a long time. 273 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:27,039 I love the fresh wine flavor that you get from this. 274 00:19:27,559 --> 00:19:31,839 Sometimes with line flavored stuff you get like that fake 275 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:36,359 taste or like a key line. This is just fresh 276 00:19:36,559 --> 00:19:40,160 line flavor that I'm getting here. I think this is 277 00:19:40,519 --> 00:19:44,920 just spectacular. I need to thank Brian once again from 278 00:19:45,039 --> 00:19:48,759 three to one poor in Saint Louis for sending this 279 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,319 my way. I need to find more stuff from Short 280 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:56,359 Leaf because if if what else they put out is 281 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,720 as good as this, It's gonna be great. But if 282 00:19:59,759 --> 00:20:02,680 you're you're in the Saint Louis area and you see 283 00:20:02,839 --> 00:20:07,839 mexicale a Goza with line, you definitely need to put 284 00:20:07,839 --> 00:20:10,839 this one in the cart, grab all of it. Just 285 00:20:11,279 --> 00:20:16,000 put cases of this shit in the cart. It's that good. 286 00:20:16,519 --> 00:20:20,440 If you like gozas, you're gonna really love this one. 287 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,920 This one is just spectacular. Thank you again to Brian, 288 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:27,559 and thank you to Short Leaf Brewing for putting this 289 00:20:27,599 --> 00:20:31,880 one out. All right, I'm gonna have one in my 290 00:20:32,039 --> 00:20:38,480 Drink Illinois Beer series from Mill Pond Brewing. They're in Milstad, Illinois. 291 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:41,920 They are close to Saint Louis on the Illinois side 292 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,319 of the border. So I need to thank my friend 293 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,559 Brian three to one pour for hooking me up with 294 00:20:47,599 --> 00:20:50,759 this and some other ones from the Saint the Greater 295 00:20:51,079 --> 00:20:55,119 Saint Louis area. So thank you, Brian. This is Old 296 00:20:55,279 --> 00:20:59,880 Millstead Light Lagger. This is four point five percent alcohol. 297 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,880 I love the artwork on the can. This just screams 298 00:21:04,039 --> 00:21:08,640 old school, great looking artwork on the can. I'm looking 299 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:21,000 forward to this. So let's crack open the Old Millstad. Oh, 300 00:21:21,039 --> 00:21:25,920 it's a nice, beautiful color, nice golden color, good foam here, 301 00:21:26,839 --> 00:21:30,599 smells good, just smells like a classic lagger that we 302 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:36,200 grew up drinking. It smells fantastic. That's really good. I 303 00:21:36,319 --> 00:21:39,319 like it a lot. There's some sweetness there. I don't 304 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:42,400 know if they use any adjunction here. I don't think so. 305 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,599 This tastes like malt to me, all malt. It doesn't 306 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:48,200 taste like there's any corn, but I could be wrong. 307 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,480 It doesn't say so on the can. But I love 308 00:21:50,519 --> 00:21:52,799 the flavor here. I love the malt sweetness that I'm 309 00:21:52,799 --> 00:21:58,119 getting from this great crushable beer. Good tasting. Like I mentioned, 310 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:01,079 it's four point five percent alcohol, so you could have 311 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:04,440 a couple of these really good flavor on this. Brian, 312 00:22:04,519 --> 00:22:07,759 thank you again for hooking me up with old Millstad. 313 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:11,279 I'm gonna have to find my way down to Millpond 314 00:22:11,319 --> 00:22:14,160 Brewing and check out what other stuff they had because 315 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:27,200 this is really good. All right. That's going to wrap 316 00:22:27,279 --> 00:22:29,960 things up for this edition of Beer in Front. I 317 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:32,559 thank you very much for listening. If you need to 318 00:22:32,559 --> 00:22:34,960 get a hold of me, you could email me Dave. 319 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:39,200 That's Beerinfront dot com. If you'd like to support the show, 320 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:42,640 you could head over to patreon dot com slash beer 321 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:45,240 in front and you could help out there. Once again, 322 00:22:45,279 --> 00:22:47,839 I want to thank Brian and Bill for sending me 323 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,200 some great beer from the Saint Louis and the Vegas area. 324 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:55,480 Always nice getting beer mail and trying beers from other 325 00:22:55,559 --> 00:22:58,079 parts that I can't get here, So thank you to 326 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:01,039 those fine gentlemen. Have a great everyone. I will talk 327 00:23:01,079 --> 00:23:04,160 to you in a week, and remember sometimes the beer 328 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,680 in front of you is the best one yet.