It’s our annual post conference wrapup and we hit the latest in beer news, look at some new books and revisit some really old brews. And then in the lounge, Drew sits down with the iconic craft brew veteran, Alan Sprints of Hair of the Dog. We taste some beers and talk about his unqiue take on building beers. There’s even one beer that Drew thought should be a mess, but was amazingly sublime.
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The Weird Rise of Shandy, a Drink You Really Need to Give a Second Chance
I’m standing in line at the liquor store. In one hand, I have a six-pack of Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy. In the other, I have Short Pants Shandy from Bauhaus. The guy in front of me looks me up and down like a cartoon wolf.
He doesn’t seem to like what he sees.
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Live in Beervana
It’s HomeBrewCon Time (ok, it was HomeBrewCon time last week. We’re barely recovered!) In this special live episode we cover a lot of ground including AHA news with Gary Glass, New Zealand Brewing, sample beers from Chile, dig deep into hops with YCH, talk winning with Oregon Homebrewer of the Year, taco beer with Texas Brewing, drop lager results and revisit T-90/Cryo, Niko’s back, Brewcraft has a ton of great stuff on deck and we close talking to Charlie P on his retirement tour! Phew!
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Buzzed Cuts: Barbers Entice Customers by Offering Beer
If you ask Louisville, Ky.’s Melissa Gray about the burgeoning relationship between haircuts and beer from craft breweries, the third-generation barber who opened her own shop in 2016 will list nearly a dozen reasons why she thinks the two were made for one another. At the top of that list is the hyper-local aspect of beer, the fact that it allows people (specifically, men) to feel more comfortable being groomed, and that it eases potential wait time. But Gray is also quick to say she never wanted Beards and Beers to become a bar with a barbershop in it.
“My clients don’t want to get their hair cut in a rough redneck bar,†she says with a laugh.
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A Beer in the Park: Beer Gardens in Munich’s English Garden
Written by Franz Hofer for Tempest in a Tankard
It’s been said that residents of Munich know only three beer gardens: the one around the corner from where they live, the one down the street from their best friend, and the one near where they work or study. In a city with just shy of 1.5 million inhabitants, that makes for an awful lot of beer gardens dotting Munich’s neighbourhoods.
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What’s the Meaning of “IBU?”
Craft enthusiasts enjoy exploring the depths of pints uncharted, but they don’t sail without navigational equipment. One of the most ubiquitous and least comprehensible methods of navigating the heavy seas is the IBU scale.
The rate of bittering is an important influence on taste as the success in the marketplace of the Dogfish Head brand’s 60 Minute IPA and 90 Minute IPA has demonstrated. But an IBU scale is more accurate for measuring bitterness than any method based on the rate of hops addition.
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Episode 69 – Sunshine Hop Dreams and Disastrous Days
Two big things on today’s show as we get ready for HomeBrewCon! The first, we asked you for your Brewday disasters and boy did you deliver. So we’re going to run through some of our favorite stories of things gone horribly wrong.
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Florida craft beer guild: Big Beer is pushing us out of Publix
![Some craft beers from small Florida breweries are being replaced by national craft brands, several of which are owned by one of the industry's biggest players, Anheuser-Busch InBev.
[Photo illustration by Ron Borresen, Times]](https://i0.wp.com/www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20180615/ARTICLE/306159757/AR/0/AR-306159757.jpg?resize=525%2C467 "Some craft beers from small Florida breweries are being replaced by national craft brands, several of which are owned by one of the industry's biggest players, Anheuser-Busch InBev.
[Photo illustration by Ron Borresen, Times]")
The national battle between Big Beer and local craft breweries is playing out on the shelves of your neighborhood Publix — and some favorite Florida brewmakers are losing. The guild that represents Florida brewers says at least 12 small breweries have had merchandise reduced or completely taken off the shelves in some Publix stores across the state. What’s in its place? Craft brews from across the country — several of which are owned by one of beer’s biggest players, Anheuser-Busch InBev.
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Brew Files – Episode 38 – Going Off
The Brew is Out There!
Knowledge Show
When everything is going right, our fermentations run easily with a smooth transformation of sugar into ethanol and CO2. When things don’t go right, well, our beer pays the price. In this episode, we’ll look at the most common off-flavors we’ve encountered, what causes them and how to prevent/fix them. So, sit back, we’re going off the rails…
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Second Story Brewing
What happens when your pub chain wants a brewery but has no room? You make room! When Brian Herbertson joined the Simmzy’s group, that was his challenge. The answer – stick it on the second floor! Together we sit down and discuss just how you put a brewery on the second story, tackling supplying a whole chain with beer from one location and his spin on the summer’s new hit style – Brut IPA.
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