We are back with a fresh episode of GBNTB! Thanks for listening, thanks for writing reviews and thanks for telling a friend! We've upgraded ya'll!! As you'll hear right at the start of the episode, I have finally upgraded our podcasting equipment, which includes a pair of headphones for Andrew so he can hear when he is talking off mic, a new mixer with sound effect buttons that I'm sure everyone will be sick of hearing immediately, and new microphones that are on the way and will be here for the March episode. We dive right in to a Look Back at January 2021 in the world of Dancing Gnome. January brought the start of the Garden Tool series and the artist reimagining of core brand label series, as well as the start of statewide distribution for Pennsylvania! Next we take a Look Ahead into February and beyond where Andrew announces that DG is going to start opening on Tuesdays (!!) starting March 15th, which is also going to be the start of kolsch service! Then, we are joined by our guest, Matt Buchholz of Alternate Histories. Matt tells us about his love of 1950s era Sci-Fi movies and how that influenced the work he is doing with Alternate Histories. Matt and Andrew get really into some film school talk and we discuss George A. Romero movies, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and much more before talking more about the Dancing Gnome 2022 artist series. We finish up the show with Andrew picking the winning review and answering a few listener questions.

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Happy New Year to all of our listeners! Thank you for joining us for another episode of Good, but not the best... A Dancing Gnome Podcast. We kick off this episode by discussing my recent trip to Charlotte, the breweries I visited while there, the ACC championship game, the "fake slide", Kenny Pickett, and some #PittTwitter personalities. Then, Andrew and I share some of the holiday traditions that our families used to have when we were growing up as well as some "holiday beer" traditions that we have or used to have. Next, we take a look back at December 2021 in the world of Dancing Gnome before taking a look ahead to January 2022 and beyond. Andrew shares with us some of his "plans" for the upcoming year, which includes an "Artist Series" where local artists will reimagine the can labels for 12 Dancing Gnome core brands. We are then joined by our guest Hart Johnson to hear about his wife's and his new catering/meal delivery/weekend pop-up business, Mindy's Take & Bake. We also go down the rabbit hole of Sharpsburg dive bars, the Southside Burger King, and other Pittsburgh eccentricities. We finish out the show with a holiday version of "Watch/Listen/Learn"!

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Happy Holidays and thanks for joining us for the December episode of Good, but not the best... a Dancing Gnome podcast! We start out the episode by discussing our Thanksgiving breaks before summarizing some new reviews. Andrew fills us in on an acronym (BATRISH) that we could not decipher from the last episode and we also discuss a few craft beer adjacent news stories that I was curious about since our last recording. Then, we take a look back at November 2021 in the world of Dancing Gnome, with the biggest event being the opening of the new tap room at 1025 Main, before looking ahead into December 2021 and even a little further beyond with Andrew filling us in on the upcoming 2022 monthly series at Dancing Gnome.  Next, we are joined by our guest, Aaron Dahl of Golden Age Beer Company! Aaron tells us all about Golden Age, his path to Pittsburgh from Chicago, the beers he likes to brew, and much more! Aaron sticks around for the last segment which we close out with a round of "Take It or Leave It!" 

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It's hard to believe but it's time for the November episode of Good but not the best... a Dancing Gnome Podcast. To kick things off we take a look back and recap Dancing Gnome's anniversary, Three Rivers Craft Beer Week, and a few other things from October. Then we spend some time taking a look ahead into November and mostly talking about the opening of the new space at 1025 Main! Next, we are joined by our guest, Tom Marshall of PA Libations. Tom tells us about his role with PA Libations, their locations across the state, some of their relationships with Pennsylvania alcohol producers, and much more. We finish out this episode with another round of Watch, Listen, Learn. Thanks for Listening!

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It's time for another episode of Good, but not the best... a Dancing Gnome podcast! If you're listening to this immediately after release, don't forget to make a trip to the brewery and help celebrate Dancing Gnome's 5th anniversary!! Andrew tells us about the anniversary beers that will be released and how they will celebrate throughout the weekend, after we first read 2 new reviews, both with acronyms. Later in the episode, we are joined by Brian Eaton of Grist House and the PGH Brewers Guild. Brian tells us about the new construction at their Millvale location as well as a quick update on their new spot in Collier. We then talk about the upcoming "Three Rivers Beer Week", the kickoff event happening October 5th, some other events you can look forward to, and much more! We finish the episode by answering some listener questions and rolling through a quick round of Watch, Listen, Learn.

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Thanks for joining us for another episode of Good, but not the best... A Dancing Gnome podcast! Mike Dunlay sits in with us again on this episode as we start off with reading some new reviews. Next we take a look back at the month of August in the world of Dancing Gnome before looking ahead to the month of September. Then, we are joined by Katie Heldstab of Leona's who tells us a little about their process and where you can find their ice cream, followed by more ice cream talk than you could ever want. Finally, we give the people what they want by finishing the episode with another round of "Daddy Likes!"

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The heat... my God, the heat. We're in the dog days now and we are coming through with the August episode of GBNTB. We kick the episode off with some discussion of previously mentioned heat (Andrew loves it - I do not) before revisiting some listener questions that were submitted last month after we had stopped recording. We also read through 5 new listener reviews (thanks everyone!), including one acronym and one "desert island beers"-esque question. Next, we take a look back into the month of July in the world of Dancing Gnome, which included the reopening of the taproom at 925 Main and the start of production at 1025 Main, before looking ahead at what is coming in August. Then, we are joined by our guest, Wes Shonk who tells us all about Goodlander Cocktail Brewery, how he came up with the idea, his path to opening, some of the cocktails they are producing and much more. We finish up the episode with Watch, Listen, Learn plus announcing which one of the new reviews is going to receive the "free stuff" that Andrew promised last month.

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Thanks for checking out the latest episode of Good, but not the best! This month we are joined by Lauren Hughes of Necromancer Brewing. Lauren tells us about her path to Necromancer, foregoing multiple degrees in music to work in craft beer, the latest with the PGH Brewery Diversity Council, having a cool dad that played Latin jazz in Miami, and much more. Before we get to Lauren's segment, Andrew and I spend about 40 minutes talking about the last month at Dancing Gnome, including Lustra Day, a few updates on the new spot, dogs at breweries and people that give bad reviews if they can't bring them, and a bunch of other stuff. We end the episode by answering some listener/follower questions that were sent to us via Twitter while we were recording.

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It's getting steamy outside and it's time for another episode of Good but not the best... a Dancing Gnome podcast. Just me and Andrew this episode as we have a lot Dancing Gnome news/changes to cover. Before we get to the news, I give a very important correction from the last episode regarding the length of my middle toe and we give our thoughts on another Pittsburgh tradition, the pierogi. Next, we dive into the Dancing Gnome news, starting with the rebrand, what has changed, why it was time for a change and more. Then, Andrew gives us some updates on the new location and the hopeful timeline for production and taproom opening. Throughout this segment we also are answering listener questions submitted on Twitter. We finish out with a rambling third segment that kind of resembles Watch, Listen, Learn. 

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It's time for another episode of GBNTB! We're rolling along with the May 2021 episode and this month we are joined by Mike Dunlay of Dancing Gnome. We start off with some sweet flip flop/sandal talk before reading the newest review on Apple Podcasts. We then continue on with our Pittsburgh tradition discussion, this month tackling Primanti Bros / fries on sandwiches.  Next we take a look back at April 2021 in the world of Dancing Gnome and a look ahead into May. After a quick break we come back to play a round of "Daddy Likes", before finishing up with a roundtable discussion version of "Watch/Listen/Learn."

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