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On their one-year anniversary episode, Nick and Jay catch up on their weekends, follow up on Apple's battery replacement program, and ponder the importance of "craft" vs. "independent". After last week's episode on resolutions, the guys talk about what they're looking forward to in 2018.

On the after show, Nick vents about a recent beer trade gone bad and Jay confesses he doesn't know how to use Reddit.

This week's show beer is Fruitoleptic Cartographer, a collaboration between Tired Hands Brewing and Monkish Brewing.

Links:

• Apple's $29 Battery Replacement Program Could Lead to 16M Fewer iPhones Sold in 2018 - Mac Rumors
• "Craft" Beer Is Dead in 2018. So What Is "Independent" Beer Worth to You?
• Fruitoleptic Cartographer - Tired Hands Brewing Company - Untappd
• KGI: Apple to Launch 6.5-Inch 'iPhone X Plus' and Lower-Priced 6.1-Inch Full-Screen LCD Model Next Year | MacRumors
• Apple Is Working on 2018 iPad Redesign With Facial Recognition | Bloomberg
• God of War | PS4
• IBU Theme by Broken Pixels

On this first episode of 2018, Jay and Nick share their New Year's Eve stories and the beers they enjoyed. Some follow up on Apple's battery controversy and Nick becomes internet famous. As they boys think about the new year, they share with the listeners their tech resolutions for 2018.

This week's show beer is Graven Image Sour DIPA from Hudson Valley Brewery.

Links:

• Apple Responds to Controversy on iPhone Batteries and Performance | Daring Fireball
• A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance | Apple
• Belkin Halts Sales of 'InvisiGlass Ultra' Screen Protector for iPhone X Following Widespread Customer Complaints | MacRumors
• Graven Image by Hudson Valley Brewing | Untappd
• Our 12 Favorite New Breweries of 2017 | HopCulture
• Craft Brewers Predict the Biggest Beer Trends for 2018
• Day One by Bloom Built, Inc.
• Goodreads
• IBU Theme by Broken Pixels

For their double dry-hopped 50th episode the boys share their top beers and tech items of 2017.

This week's show beer is Imperial Russian Stout (2012 Release) from Stone Brewing.

Special thanks to @brendonritz for this week’s show beer.

Links:

• Stone Imperial Russian Stout (2012) | Untappd
• Jay's Top IPA of 2017
• Nick's Top IPA of 2017
• Jay's Top DIPA of 2017
• Nick's Top DIPA of 2017
• Jay's Favorite Brewery of 2017
• Nick's Favorite Brewery of 2017
• Jay's Best Overall Beer of 2017
• Nick's Best Overall Beer of 2017
• Nick's Top Hardware of 2017
• Jay's Top Hardware of 2017
• Nick's Top Software of 2017
• Jay's Top Software of 2017
• Nick's Top Controversy of 2017
• Jay's Top Controversy of 2017
• IBU Theme by Broken Pixels

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On this special (Lloyd) Christmas episode Jay visits his hometown, Nick visits Fieldwork, and the guys share the best holiday tech tips this side of Aspen, Colorado.

This week's show beer is Lloyd Christmas from Alvarado Street Brewery.

On the after show, Nick and Jay catch the end of the Warriors-Lakers game.

Links:

• Turbidity by Abnormal Beer Co. | Untappd
• Pulp Light by Fieldwork Brewing Co. | Untappd
• Why Anheuser-Busch's New PR Initiative Might Actually be Good for Beer Drinkers | The Takeout
• Forecast: Podcast MP3 encoder with chapters by Marco Arment
• Lloyd Christmas by Alvarado Street Brewery | Untappd
• iCloud storage plans and pricing
• Google Photos
• IBU Theme by Broken Pixels

On episode 48, the guys catch up on their weekends. Jay’s kid got pneumonia, Jay got Molotov Heavy’d, and Nick made the trek from Mikkeller SF to Cellarmaker. As we head into the holiday season, Nick and Jay share some podcast recommendations.

This week’s show beer is Juice Bag from Humble Sea.

Links:

• Avery Brewing Sells 30 Percent Stake to Mahou San Miguel | Brewbound.com
• The 10 Best Breweries of 2017 | Paste
• Juice Bag by Humble Sea Brewing | Untappd
• Upgrade | Relay FM
• Connected | Relay FM
• Dad Jokes
• Dads Being Dads
• Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard
• Dissect
• Dirty John
• Nerds on Draft
• IBU Theme by Broken Pixels

On this week’s episode the boys present two firsts: a vertical tasting of a huge release from two of the country’s premier breweries and a holiday gift guide!

This week’s show beers are the four variations of the Other Half and Trillium Triangle Test DIPA collaboration.

Links:

• Modist releases 'Dilly Dilly' double IPA, is immediately hit with hilarious cease and desist from Anheuser-Busch | City Pages
• Apple's Had a Shockingly Bad Week of Software Problems
• Triangle Test (w/ T-90 Citra Hop Pellets) | Other Half Brewing Company
• Triangle Test (w/ T-45 Citra Hop Pellets) | Other Half Brewing Company
• Triangle Test (w/ Citra Lupulin Powder) | Other Half Brewing Company
• Triangle Test (w/ T-90, T-45, and Lupulin Powder) | Other Half Brewing Company
• Amazon Kindle Paperwhite
• Apple Watch Series 3
• Amazon Fire Stick
• Buy AirPods - Apple
• iPad (5th Gen, 2017)
• Spiegelau 4991382 IPA Craft Beer Glasses (Set of 4), Clear: Beer Glasses
• Hopsy - San Francisco
• IBU Theme by Broken Pixels

On this post-Thanksgiving episode, Nick and Jay revisit their home screens after getting their new iPhones. The boys share what they did over Thanksgiving weekend and Nick visits Moonraker and New Glory. In an unprecedented move, Jay gives a surprising rating.

This week's show beer is Give Thanks from Alvarado Street Brewery.

On the after show, they guys analyze Norman Rockwell’s classic piece, Freedom from Want.

Links:

• Give Thanks | Alvarado Street Brewery
• Nick's Old Homescreen
• Nick's New Homescreen
• Pocket Casts | Shifty Jelly
• Paper by Dropbox
• Calcbot for iOS | Tapbots
• Apollo for Reddit
• Jay's Old Homescreen
• Jay's New Homescreen
• Things 3 for iPhone | Cultured Code
• CARROT Weather for iOS | Grailr
• IBU Theme by Broken Pixels

On this Thanksgiving week episode, Jay tells us about his wife's birthday weekend in The City and Nick updates us on can releases from Fieldwork and ASB. Nick shares news on Arrogant Brewing, Forbes’ Top 15 Craft Breweries in America, and Apple's new iPad Pro commercial. This week's tech topic is home mesh networks.

This week's show beer was graciously provided by listener Jeff Guillen.

Links:

• Hitachino Beer & Wagyu
• Arrogant Bastard Wants Your T-Shirts from Sold-Out Craft Breweries
• The Roadmap to the Top 15 Craft Breweries
• What’s a computer - Apple
• Creature From the Murk Lagoon - Noble Ale Works | Untappd
• Google Wifi
• Broken Pixels | YouTube

In this special episode of the IBU Podcast, the boys welcome their very first guest - John Voorhees, a contributor to Macstories.net and the creator of the Blink iOS app. John talks about leaving his day job and going indie, his day to day working on Macstories and his two podcasts, as well as his thoughts on iPhone X and the upcoming HomePod.

This week’s show beer is Socrates Philosophies & Hypotheses by Monkish Brewing.

Special Guest: John Voorhees.

Links:

• Socrates' Philosophies And Hypotheses - Monkish Brewing Co. - Untappd
• Spiegelau IPA Craft Beer Glasses [Amazon link]
• Wu-Tang Clan – Triumph Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
• Zombie Dust | 3 Floyds Brewing Co. | BeerAdvocate
• My App Story by John Voorhees – MacStories
• Blink: Better Affiliate Links on the App Store
• Club MacStories
• AppStories – A weekly exploration of the world of apps
• Accidental Tech Podcast: 243: Knew About the Dollar Signs — Where Casey talks about his $17 Apple Watch LTE bill.
• Apple Community Envisions Better Ways to Activate Control Center on iPhone X - Mac Rumors
• IBU Them by Equivalent Exchange

On this edition of the IBU Podcast, Nick and Jay give their first impressions on the new iPhone X.

This week's show beer is High Fashion; a collaboration between Trillium Brewing Company and Cloudwater Brew Co. out of Manchester, England.

Links:

• High Fashion - Trillium Brewing Company - Untappd
• Can a craft brewery solve gang violence? | WilmingtonBiz
• Thieves stole more than 300 iPhone X units from a UPS truck in San Francisco – BGR
• iPhone X Is King of OLED Screens: See for Yourself
• Belkin InvisiGlass Ultra Screen Protection for iPhone X - Apple
• Amazon.com: Spigen Liquid Air Armor iPhone X Case with Durable Flex and Easy Grip Design for Apple iPhone X (2017) - Matte Black: Electronics
• iPhone X — A Guided Tour — Apple - YouTube
• IBU Theme by Equivalent Exchange