It's our last episode before we go on break for the summer. Jeremy and Tyler do a deep dive into the style they love to hate. We do a blind taste test of some hazy IPAs from across the spectrum and discuss not only what annoys us about the style but also the grudging respect we have for how it changed craft beer.

PLUS: Anchor does away with its Christmas beer

and Sam Adams wants to give you an excuse to do anything but drink beer this summer.

Remember the good ol' days when beer came in a plain can that just said 'Beer' on it? Jeremy and Tyler explore the surprisingly rich and deep history of generic beer.

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Handcrafted hate signs, stock advice, and a new King of Beer. The latest in the Bud Light debacle.

And the history of the best beer in Baker City

In the span of a week, two brewery founders buy their breweries back from their corporate masters. Tyler and Jeremy get way off in the weeds about mid-century German immigration and come back to discuss what constitutes a 'trend'.

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The Brewers Association challenges the TTB to enforce their own laws. How your local grocery beer aisle is the next battlefield for craft beer.

And Revenge of the Monks. Trappist breweries sue over illegal beer sales.

The right-wing in the United States loses its shit over yet another beer ad. Jeremy and Tyler pull on the waders and step into the fetid sewer of America's culture wars to find lessons on how corporations can deal with the hate farmers.

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This might be the worst time to be running a brewery. So why are so many still starting up? Two weird trends in the world of craft beer.

Perdue designs a beer just for beer can chicken.

and a list of states where you can legally drink in a public park.

Washington breweries win a strange legal battle in Oregon. Jeremy and Tyler pull up their vast (read nonexistent) legal knowledge to decipher what happened.

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A shout out to local winners of the World Beer Cup!

Two companies hoping to let you 'print' your next beverage at home

And the future of Trappist breweries.

Founds sued for racial discrimination... again! Jeremy and Tyler look into the latest allegations of the beleaguered brewery and how they managed to screw the pooch again.

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Bud Light's problems started long before #BoycottBudLight. A deeper look into how the changing beer market pushed ABInbev to try something new.

Australia makes some big moves in the hop market

And a new entry into one of the weirdest places to own a brewery.

Welp, the shit storm keeps pouring, so it's time to put on the waders and see if there's any dry land left. Jeremy and Tyler strategize, consider the options, take the temperature, and all of the other things Bud Light utterly failed to do. And Jeremy tries his hand at PR.

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Belgian IPA, Black IPA, Bavarian IPA? When has it all gone too far?

Belgium destroys the Champaign of beers

And the robots are taking over... fermentation.

Which Breweries have had the most influence in the industry up to this point? Jeremy and Tyler pontificate about the past present and future of craft beer and the breweries that brought us here.

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Brewdog posed the question, would you try a cricket burger?

Mahou USA acquires another American craft beer brand

And Deschutes goes big on beer without booze

Did the MLB just make a rule that will mean the sell less beer? Jeremy and Tyler weigh in on how the new pitch timer will affect America's actual favorite past time, namely getting plowed.

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Big Tech wants to make beer... apparently. Two major beer releases coming from one of the most unsual places.

Craft beer has a recycling problem. What it is and how to fix it.

and Tyler gets totally taken in by a April Fools joke.

And More!

No Beer in Boise on St Paddys?! In the closest thing they have done to actual reporting, Jeremy and Tyler discuss the rumblings from within the industry behind the strangest protest in recent memory.

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Do you want Montucky fans the world over to see your face on their can? We have the details to make that happen.

A plea from Bart Watson to stop being such freaking beer snobs.

And more!