The weather change this time of year brings with it a shift from hops to roasted malt. Stouts like Founders CBS and Westbrook Mexican Cake start dropping to warm our insides. The depth of these beers requires a lot of ingredients. While many pan Prairie for $30 to $40 four packs, it is Toppling Goliath's $100 twelve ounce bottles that are catching shade this year.

We cover optimal serving temps, Jason's favorite characters of a stout, and what makes a pastry stout.

This one is deep, dark, and delicious. Enjoy.

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In this episode we sip on:

My Own Private Idaho - Fat Orange Cat
Candy Bar Junkie, Heist Brewing
Prairie Bomb, Praire Artisan Ales

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In this one we discuss collaboration brews. Why to breweries collaborate and what do they get out of it? How does it benefit craft beer consumers? Jason breaks down the rules of the collab road. We list a few of our favorites as well. Finally, it's been a long time coming, we drop an extended after party and get into some of the big feels starting at minute 27.

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In this episode we sip on:

 - Golden Rope - Bearded Iris Brewing
 - Juice Lab: Passionfruit, Blood Orange, Raspberry - Ology Brewing Co
 - Pitchin' Tents - Cherry Street Brewing + Atlanta Brewing Co

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Navigating concerts, shows, festivals, sports events, and restaurants can be a challenge. They all provide "craft" beer service to varying degrees. We cover a few tips and tricks.

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In this episode we sip on:

- Neighborhood Watch, Monday Night Brewing/RedBrick Brewing collaboration
- Pink Guava Funk, Prairie
- Walking Distance, The Variant Brewing/Gate City Brewing collaboration
- Julius, Treehouse Brewing
- Serpent Bite, Orpheus Brewing

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Beer consumed while editing this episode:
- Blueberry Boyfriend, Prairie Artisan Ales

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Apologies for the open room sound on this one. Wayne forgot a key piece of equipment for on-location recording so it's a little rough.

This month we sit down with three craft beer consumers to discuss several topics. The goal was to get a pulse on consumer interaction with the various points of sale.

Our guests are Sarah Keifer, Walter Munn, and Kyle Lourie. They all have different perspectives so this one is super dense.

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In this episode we sip on:

- Full Earth, Old Nation
- Goseanna, Red Brick Brewing
- Fresh America, Civil Society
- Curiosity Forty-Six, Tree House Brewing
- Curiosity Forty-Seven, Tree House Brewing
- Baby Steps Hazy IPA, Cherry Street Brewing
- Sweet Leilani, Cherry Street Brewing
- So Icy, Barrel Culture
- Two Phone, Other Half/The Vail collaboration
- Raspberry Green Tea Milkshake IPA, Tired Hands
- Strawberry Whips, Other Half/Green Cheek collaboration
- Doppelganger, Tree House Brewing
- Bourbon Barrel Aged Good S'morning, The Variant
- With A Baseball Bat, Misbehavin' Meads
- Year Two Red Wheat Wine, Moon Underwater Brewing

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Beer consumed while editing this episode:
- Tritonia, Creature Comforts
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Wayne has a bone to pick after reading a tweet that said “I missed the memo about how independence means a brewer makes better beer.” How is quality measured anyway?

Jason expands on his feelings on NEIPA fatigue. With NEIPA's and fruit slurry sour beers exploding, it's about time we have label warnings for can conditioned beers that are not shelf stable.

Now that Thomas Creek Brewing is for sale we're asking if this is a pattern. Assuming we're in a craft beer bubble, Jason feels as though the bubble has begun to burst.

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In this episode we sip on:

Buckwheat Blossom Honey, Whitehorse Brewing

Permutation Series #38: IPA with Citra | Trillium Brewing

Tiki Time, Creature Comforts collaboration with Bearded Iris, Pinthouse Pizza, and YCH Hops

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Beer consumed while editing this episode:

Homemade Cold Brew Coffee

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Welcome to summer! Summer beers are trending towards session IPA, Berliner Weisse, Glitter IPA's and light fruited sours. Discussing those rapidly enters us into a debate on whether or not the trending thick fruited milkshake sours and pales are summer beers.

But let's face it, Pilsner is the classic, go-to, summer beer. If you include the macro brews, the pilsner style lager is by far the best selling style in the USA and around the world. American craft beer is finally diving in and doing a good job with the style.

Jason tries a Pilsner...and likes it.

Paste Magazine published an article on the top Pilsners from an exhaustive blind taste test.
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/05/134-of-the-best-pilsners-blind-tasted-and-ranked.html

The discussion turns to taprooms. We briefly talk about kids in taprooms but move into the more prickly subject of appropriate behavior. An incident at Wild Heaven Brewing hit close to home and we just needed to work through it.

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In this episode we sip on:

Snozzberries Taste Like Snozzberries, Pontoon Brewing
Hans' Pils, Real Ale Brewing Company
Bibo, Creature Comforts
Double Homestyle, Bearded Iris Brewing

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Beer consumed while editing this episode:

No Jacket Required Pilsner, Savannah River Brewing
Bibo, Creature Comforts

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