Glenn sits down at Midwest Ale Works in East Moline, IL with Frog Town Craft Beer Fest founder Josh Sherrod, Peaceful Palate founder Kyle Vershorre, and Midwest Ale Works co-owner/brewer Steve Sears leading up to the inagural Frog Town Craft Beer Fest.

What goes in to an event like this?
Steve is almost ready to brew at MAW. How did he get to this point?
The creative space of The Rust Belt
Kyle knows food and runs a killer non-profit
We're planning a cool collab together
Brewers suck at party planning
What goes into experimental brewing?
HE PUT CHEESECAKE IN IT
The running community is like the brewing community. Who knew?

Beers Consumed:
Three Peat - Geneseo Brewing
Jump In The Fire - Wake Brewing
Raspberry Stout - Midwest Ale Works

Glenn & Royce brew a beer together!
Shout out to Central Store in Moline for a fun collab and hooking up the Quad Cities with wonderful craft beer.
The Brewer's Association update the rules for the Independent Craft Beer Seal.
AB vs. Shiner in a "Craft Beer" Turf War?


Beer's Consumed:
Qutie Pie - Geneseo Brewing
Juicy Bits - Weldworks Brewing
Gooseberry Gose - Crane Brewing

The boys are buzzed. That's what happens when you record two episodes back to back I guess.

Word of the episode "stealthy"
3 ways create good beer
Pennsylvania's government ripped off tax payers in the name craft beer.
Glenn let's out his secret for cheap seats and cheap beer for St. Louis Cardinals fans.
Baseball and beer bro-pact.
Beachwood Brewing has a Kurt Vonnegut beer (prepare for a callback)
Shout out Central Store getting that FRESH AF Cali brewskis
Samples, flights, and short pours, oh my!


Brewskis consumed this episode:
Hayabusa Lager - Beachwood Brewing
Citraholic IPA - Beachwood Brewing
Amalgamator IPA - Beachwood Brewing

Brian Hampel of Derp Dog Brewing and Connor Crane of Sign of IV Brewing, award winning homebrewers out of Naperville, IL.

The story behind the "derp dog" name.
Bones & Brews Block Party
Homebrew Competitions 
Rauchbier
Carson King fans
Long Live The BDG
Good beers are brewed in shitty weather
Shout out to Rocky at Sheffield's
The boys get deep in brew terms
Look mom, I'm on a podcast
Glenn loves cucumber beers
Crucified by Drunk Monks
 

Beer Consumed:
Hop Surf - Energy City Brewing
Milkshake Alfresco - Energy City Brewing

Scott Kurtz sticks around to talk about the new St. Louis University Brewing Science & Operations program. Scott helped organize the Brew 1000 course and Glenn is currently enrolled as a student in the inaugural class.

Episode 1 of 2, back to back recordings with Scott Kurtz. Scot is a professional mead maker at Bluewood Brewing and a BJCP beer and mead judge which recently took him in Israel.

Topic's Discussed:
Brewmanati Homebrew Club shoutouts
St. Louis Area Homebrewers Guild
Foeder conditioned lager
Revisiting Hofbrauhaus
First Professional Mead Maker in St. Louis
Red Hot Riplet seasoning
BJCP beer and mead judging
How being a mead judge proctor took Scott to Israel
Glenn is still obsessed with Around The Bend's Pistachio Cream Ale
Master Beer Judge vs. Master Cicerone
We really love Paul Delong
 Bring Homebrew Con to STL

Beers Consumed:
Monty - Rockwell Brewing
Kiwi Berliner Weisse - Perennial Artisan Ales
Midwest Swing - Rockwell Brewing
Jammed Up: Coffee Variant (Mead) - Bluewood Brewing 

Glenn sits down with Cam and Grant from Bluewood Brewing during their opening weekend to talk about the long journey to opening this very unique brewery in the historic Cherokee District of St. Louis, Mo.

The guys talk:
Overcoming the government shutdown
Financing
Cam is in to meats
A love letter persuades Mac's Local Eats to open in Bluewood
Triple Crossing is a mysterious brewery
A brief history of the Lemp Brewery
There's a grocery store in this brewery...
Brewing beer over 20% ABV
Catharina Sours

Beer consumed:
Down The Line - Triple Crossing
Falcon Smash - Triple Crossing
Starprise Entership - Geneseo Brewing

Royce and Glenn get together at Endless Brews, a tap room and bottle shop in downtown Davenport, Iowa to try to wrap their heads around the concept of Commercial and "Gypsy" brewing while drinking examples from these types of breweries.

Beer Consumed:
Double Toasted Marshmallow DIPA - Decadent Ales
Corporation T-Shirt NEIPA - Fat Orange Cat
Even More Little Tiny Baby Jesus - Evil Twin Brewing

Glenn sits down with Clark Miljush, a lawyer who is opening his own brewery called Midwest Ale Works in East Moline, Illinois with his partner Steve Sears. They share their experiences while drinking three craft beers brewed outside of the U.S.

Topics Discussed:
Why We Both Chose This Industry
Red Tape
How to Plan
Contract Holes
Financing
Distribution Frustration
Spot Hop Market

Beer Consumed:
Tropical Gose - Way Beer
Apassionada - Edge Brewing
Polyamorie - Oedipus Brewing

Mark, the Operation's Manager from O'so Brewing, joins Glenn and Royce in their Chicago hotel after Kveik Fest to continue the drinking festivities.
I apologize for the audio quality, the poor editing, how long it took to put this out, and all the slurring but a lot of beer was consumed.

In this episode:
We recap Kveik Fest
Royce finds his fanny pack gang
Royce call Buried Acorn Brewing "Buried Nuts" several times
District Brew Yards is the Chuck E. Cheese for beer drinkers
Glenn's obsessed with Around The Bend's Pistachio Cream Ale
We tour Omega Yeast's lab - Shout out Nick!
Old Irving Brewing is making some killer beer
Untappd is actually BeerPoopShoot.com
You don't know Nate Van Wert? You should know Nate Van Wert
Mark gives us his opinion on the Oxford Comma, Cicerones, what a Brewmaster is, and what a Head Brewer is

Article Break Down:
"Here's What's Killing Craft Beer: Us"
Don't Drink Beer's reply
Vine Pair's defines brewing titles

Beer Drank:
All from Geneseo Brewing 
- Viking's Beard
- Yep Yep IPA
- Barrel-Fermented Belle Saison