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The beer community says goodbye to one its true OGs. Dan and Tom dig into a dusty boy as they talk about the end of Anchor Brewing. Anchor Brewing may be going away but despite what an article might suggest, beerfests are not. Scott of Lorenzo the Beer Cat fame joins to discuss the future of beerfests in the craft beer industry. Tom talks about one of the collabs that he is most excited about - shocker: it's an English barleywine. Chase from Top Beer Drops gives us the lowdown on the hottest beers in the country and of course we discuss some cool local releases and anniversaries.

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Our shortest episode to date. With Tom off this week, Dan talks about the Fourth of July holiday, the progress made by NJ lawmakers, and the USA Today Best New Brewery list which has a lot of local breweries represented. Dan goes through all the exciting collabs released in the past week as well as other notable local releases. Finally Dan and Chase from Top Beer Drops discuss the best new beers in the country according to UnTappd, including one with a monster score.

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Tom and Dan talk to Mike from Drowned Lands about their beer and facility and why it's a great spot to visit in the summer. They also discuss Second Sin Brewing in Pennsylvania testing whether ChatGPT can produce a better beer IPA recipe than it's own brewer. Tons of local releases are covered. Chase from Top Beer Drops talks about the top national releases of the past week and we look ahead to the top beers of the upcoming week. Also - adjuncts in barleywine - lots of breweries are doing it...but should they?

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This week's episode is about celebration. Tom and Dan go to Twin Elephant to celebrate their 7 year anniversary and Dan heads up to Chester, NY to celebrate Tin Barn's third anniversary. It's also an anniversary for the podcast as we hit three years since our first episode was posted. We celebrate that moment with a great saison from Mindful Ales. 

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In this week's episode, Dan and Jon of AryaBarks on Instagram go to Middletown, New York and talk to Michelle from Equilibrium about their upcoming Canniversary and how the brewery got to where they are today. Tom and Dan discuss exciting news on an upcoming brewery opening and 3-way collab that they are dying to try. Chase from Top Beer Drops stops by to talk about the highest rated new beers in the country and of course, Tom and Dan talk about some of the newest local beers to hit the area.

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In this week's episode Tom and Dan look ahead to the historic vote in NJ Assembly on brewery restrictions. They speak to New Jersey State Senator Vin Gopal - the sponsor of the legislation - on why he put the bill forward, what it hopes to achieve, and whether or not he thinks the laws of the state can change in favor of the craft beer community. Also - health. Lots of concerning news in the craft beer community this week. Tom and Dan talk about that and what we all need to do to try for ourselves. Of course local and national releases round things out. It's an episode we hope you listen to before this bill (hopefully) passes.

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Tom and Dan talk about the great relationship between beer and hiking. Besides talking about some favorite hikes near local breweries, they interview Carey Kish, author of the new book "Beer Hiking New England". The hosts also give an update on the Brew Jersey Project and talk about some big brewery anniversaries. Later, they talk to Chase of Top Beer Drops about what breweries they should keep their eyes on. The weather's nice, get out on the trails, put in your earbuds and enjoy this week's episode of America the Brewtiful!

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With Tom off this week, Jon of AryaBarks IG fame co-hosts with the Adjunct Professor. With topics ranging from old dusties being sold ahead of the UK coronation, climate change, the state of the craft beer world, and metal legends releasing a stout - this episode has more topics than an Other Half/Omnipollo beer has adjuncts. Chase of Top Beer Drops talks about the top ten beers of the past week and we try to guess what will appear on next week's list and of course we cover some of the cooler local releases as well. This was a fun episode, hope you enjoy. Cheers! 

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Wait a second...what are these guys talking about?  Great question.  We'll give you a hint.  It rhymes with Alt-Right.  If you want to hear what a couple of middle aged white guys think about gender diversity now is your chance!

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Damn wasn't this a long time ago?  Alright sorry for the delay but it's only been two weeks since Dan and Tom went to Two Hot For The Gram at Imprint.  Here is part two with some very good friends including a hot new brewery and first time guest to the show.  I know the suspense is killing you so just give a listen to find out who these folks are.