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Merry Christmas from Beer Guys Radio! We hope you're having a good time with friends and family this weekend. We're also taking a break. Please enjoy this "best of" show with Second Self, Modern Hops, Eventide, Burnt Hickory and Monday Night. Next week, it's the BEST OF GEORGIA BEER show - keep on voting!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Thanks for listening to Beer Guys Radio! Your hosts are Tim Dennis and Brian Hewitt with producer Nate "Mo' Mic Nate" Ellingson and occasional appearances from Becky Smalls.Subscribe to Beer Guys Radio on your favorite app: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSSFollow Beer Guys Radio: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube If you enjoy the show we'd appreciate your support on Patreon. Patrons get cool perks like early, commercial-free episodes, swag, access to our exclusive Discord server, and more!

STATS has been a staple of downtown Atlanta for nearly a decade.  But they recently made a big change, becoming a brewpub.  Austin Edwards has worked tirelessly for months, and now there are six of STATS own brews on tap.  We talk to Austin about starting up a brewpub, recipe selection, and the downtown Atlanta "Tourist Triangle" area. Truck and Tap’s Beers of the Week: STATS beers, including:  Atlanta Brewnited Pale Ale Bushwood IPA Red Zone Amber Ale 300 Pilsner Shooter McGavin Wit Southpaw Saison Headlines: Steady Hand Opening Update New Brewpubs: Porter Pizza and Brewery, PorterQ Back Forty Beer Co. opening Birmingham brewery, restaurant in 2018 SweetWater Last Cast Bar & Grill coming to Atlanta airport Beyoncé Cease and Desist Over Beer Name Coming up next week, we'll be doing a best of show, highlighting some of our favorite interviews of the past year. Have a merry Christmas, and Cheers!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Thanks for listening to Beer Guys

In case you missed it, there was snow in Atlanta on Friday. Amidst the panic and general hullabaloo, the grocery stores emptied of bread and milk, the perpetual traffic jam, there's a good side to this weather. Winter beers. We talk about everything from Stouts to Barleywines to Scotch Ales, including sampling some of our favorites. Joining us in the studio was FishScales, one of the members of hip-hop group Nappy Roots. Scales is a friend of the show and a serious craft beer fan. In fact, Nappy Roots are so serious, they're starting their own brewery. We talk to him about the origins of Atlantucky Brewing.  For our new listeners on KLAY 1180 AM in Tacoma, WA you can catch Nappy Roots in Seattle at Nectar Lounge on January 9, 2018 He's also partnered with chef Lara Holland to turn spent brewing grain into dog treats. Check out Healthy Bark here. Truck and Tap's Beers of the Week:  Winter beers, of course! Including.... Red Brick Hype Whale 2017 Three Taverns Helm’s Deep (officially launch

What do you think of when Ginger Beer comes up?  A Dark and Stormy? Maybe you're mixing it up with Ginger Ale. Shane Kelly recently opened up a new type of brewery - Interstellar Ginger Beer and Exploration Company - in Alabaster, Alabama.  We talk to him about the science (!) of brewing ginger beer, and how Alabama is embracing craft beer, cider and ginger beer.  Truck and Tap's Beers of the Week:  Interstellar Beers - First Contact and Sunspot Creature Comforts Golden Door Red Brick Hype Whale Headlines:  Southbound Taphouse is now open in the Savannah/Hilton Head Intl Airport Halfway Crooks opening in Summerhill Redevelopment, Summer 2018  Oskar Blues Holding Company Changes Name To CANarchy, Creates Platform  Avery Sells Minority Stake to Spanish Beer Conglomerate Mahou San Miguel Inventor of “Cat Wine” Introduces Line of Dog Beers Budweiser Wants To Put Beer On Mars Henderson’s Black Star Line brewery hit with anti-gay, racist graffiti  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat

We celebrate Thanksgiving....and our 100th episode with two of our favorite spots. Creature Comforts was our first guest, so it was appropriate to invite them on. Jonathan Chinouth and Matt Stevens joins us to talk about a busy year for the Athens brewery, as well as plans for next year's Get Comfortable Campaign. We also talked to longtime sponsors Lisa and Morgan McLellan from Your Pie-Perimeter. They are about to have two new additions soon - a second location in Grant Park, and a baby girl! We talk to them, as well as sample their collaboration with Creature Comforts. Truck and Tap's Beers of the Week: Orange Crush, a Creature Comforts and Your Pie-Perimeter Collaboration | Creature Comforts Mutualism, Table Beer and Tropicalia | Schlafly Thank You Headlines: Superstition Meadery coming to GA | Georgia DOR Held Hearing On Online Alcohol Sales | Survey: Brewery Taprooms Category Growth Centers | Left Hand sues White Labs for contaminated yeastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Th

Now that SB85 is law, it's a lot more feasable for breweries to stake their claim in Georgia.  And one of the more impressive trends we've seen is breweries opening up in smaller communities.  LaGrange's Wild Leap Brewing is one of those. Rob Goldstein and Chris Elliott join us in studio this week to talk about the process.  Plus, we'll talk Thanksgiving beer pairings, and we'll have news of breweries opening...and closing.  Truck and Tap’s Beers of the Week: Wild Leap's Chance IPA, Local Gold Blonde Monday Night Brewing's Bourbon Barrel Drafty Kilt Modern Times Critical Band IPA Dark Sky Brewing Roasted and Toasted Headlines: Copper Creek Brewing Co. in Athens closing doors - Serda Brewing announces opening day  Truck and Tap Alpharetta grand opening Etowah Meadery grand opening AB InBev & Portland, Oregon vs. a Craft Brewery  Coming up next week, we'll celebrate our 100th episode! We will be live at Your Pie Perimeter, talking to our very first guest, Creat

Gwinnett County is metro Atlanta's second most populous county. However, until recently, it lacked one thing: Its own craft brewery. Lawrenceville's Slow Pour Brewing Company changed that earlier this year.  Located just off the Lawrenceville Square, Slow Pour took a dilapidated building and turned it into a gathering place.  One of Slow Pour's founders, John Reynolds and brewer Chase Medlin joins us on the show this week to talk about their journey...and their beers.   We also head to SweetWater Brewing to check out a collaboration with Relix Magazine and Kyle Hollingsworth of the String Cheese Incident.  Plus, we sample Southbound's newest version of Moonlight Drive....and compare it to a 2015 version Aaron found in the back of his fridge. Truck and Tap’s Beers of the Week: Slow pour Beers Southbound Moonlight Drive  Creature Comforts Galactic Space Circus Terrapin Mootella Headlines:  Line Creek Brewing Co. coming to Peachtree City Oconee Brewing - Beer. In. Spaaace.  Good People Bre

You know that we love craft beer. But sometimes, it’s good to take a little break. So in the studios with us are two co-founders of Treehorn Cider, Justin Pierce and Andrew Wheeler. Plus, we recap of a busy week in beer, including a Creature Comforts collaboration, a preview of Roswell’s newest brewpub, and homebrew talk with Gary Glass, the director of the American Homebrewer’s Association! Truck and Tap’s Beers of the Week: Treehorn Ciders Steady Hand Flower Business Cherry Street Half-a-Brain Pina Colada Shake IPA SweetWater Sinner’s Son (Today is Int’l Stout Day.) Headlines: Craft Buyouts are turning ABI into the Walmart of Beer  2017 Utopias is coming. We can’t get it in Georgia or Alabama. Tampa Bay pizza restaurant known for its craft beer selection bans kids. A World Series craft beer michelada costs $23.50 at Dodger Stadium Fort Lauderdale Craft Beer Sporting Games and Food Fest How Martin Luther changed our beer See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Thanks for listening to Bee

Phillip Barnes and Eric Levin were beer traders at first.  One day, they realized that the distribution system in Georgia was broken, and worked to find a better way to do it.  That idea is now Modern Hops. We talk to Philip, Eric and Michael Lowenberg about the craft beer scene in Georgia, what they are doing to change it, and what's been different since SB85. We also get a chance to talk to Jekyll Brewing's Josh Rachel about Southern Juicy Juice, and Field Hoperative Brian Hewitt reviews a revival of an old school cigar. Truck and Tap’s Beers of the Week: Allagash Little Sal Allagash Farm To Face Rising Tide Nikita Boothbay Brewing Thirsty Botanist Jekyll Southern Juicy Juice Headlines: Gordon Biersch Downtown to close after 18 years (Buckhead spot to remain open) Pontoon Brewing gets license, will start brewing in Sandy Springs  City of Atlanta looking to add license fees to $5k per license Will the last remaining exec at Stone Brewing turn out the lights? Citing regulatory and legislative

Georgia Senator Hunter Hill joined us on the show this week. He was instrumental in passing SB 63 - which led to this year's passage of SB 85. We talk small business, sensible laws, and why he's running for governor.  We also talk to Chris Morley, owner of Mason's Brewing in Brewer, Maine. He got an interesting letter from ABInbev's legal department. Truck and Tap’s Beers of the Week: Foolproof Shakolad Wild Heaven Mavis Mason’s Hipster Apocalypse DIPA (see news below) Sole Brewing Koji-Mon Headlines: Your Pie Grant Park gearing up for November opening. (Their FB page has a link to a post with more info.) Akademia Brewpub opens in Athens Good People purchases Avondale Brewing Cherry Street opening second location in Alpharetta Russian River Raises Money for California Wildfire Victims with Pliny the Younger Contest (CraftBeer.com, 10/13) 10 Barrel sends C&D to small Maine Brewery. Small Maine brewery fights back. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Thanks for lis

To some, making a BEER cocktail is a sin.  Jason Santamaria, one of the founders of Second Self Beer Co., started experimenting with beer cocktails in college as a way to make cheap beer taste better.  Today? You could call him a mixologist. He regularly crafts cocktails for friends and family, and they dabble a little bit in (non-alcoholic) mixers at Second Self's taproom.  We also talked about what's happening in the Atlanta brewery's world, including the new release of their ATAle cans to celebrate Pride week.  Skye Estroff from the Taste of Atlanta also stopped by to tell us about their beers at the event. Truck and Tap’s Beers of the Week: Wild Heaven Fortress of Sourtude Second Self AT-Ale Beer Cocktails (check beerguysradio.com for the recipies) Headlines GABF wrapup - Georgia winners, Alabama’s TrimTab also placed. Variant set to open soon in Roswell Reformation Brewery announces plans for second location in Downtown Woodstock Coming up next week, we're talking to craft beer

Chattabrewchee Southern Brewhouse is making history.  It's West Point (Georgia)'s first brewery It's the first brewery in the state to have self-serve taps It's the first brewery in the country to have a female, active duty military owner.  We talked to co-owner Mike Denehy and brewmaster Barry Stevens this week. With a grand opening, some delays from Irma, it's been an eventful first month of operation. But now they are stepping up production, ready to go and are dedicated on becoming a must-visit location for beer lovers.  Truck and Tap's Beers of the Week:  Chattabrewchee brews, including: 85 South Red Ale Backwater Blonde Crow Hop IPA Bridge Builder Brown Ale Pumpkin Oktoberfest  SweetWater Brewing's Fresh Sticky Nugs Brew Hub Keybilly Concrete Jungle LA Calling Headlines (Sponsored By Your Pie Perimeter):  GABF is this week and Macro-owned craft brewers not allowed to be sponsors this year.  What’s the best MLB ballpark for craft beer? One guy crunches numbers

For the Beer Guys, every season is beer drinking season.  But Oktoberfest is another level entirely.  Plates of sausages and spaetzle, liters of lager...it's a great celebration to mark fall.  Atlanta's Der Biergarten is the closest you can get to Munich. With an authentic experience, traditional German fare and a great German beer list, it's the home of Bayern Munich soccer fans, so there you go.  We talked to Jeff Sime, Director of Operations and Matt Yuhasz, Executive General Manager of Legacy Ventures. They own not only Der Biergarten, but also Max's Coal Oven Pizzeria, Twin Smokers BBQ and STATS. All four restaurants are located in the Atlanta "Tourist Triangle," so they can get quite busy.  Der Biergarten is holding a big Oktoberfest event on Oct. 14. Get your tickets now!  Truck and Tap’s Beers of the Week: Spaten Oktoberfest Wild Heaven Kalisto IPA Wild Heaven Mavis Oconee Brewing Kolsch Creature Comforts Duende Headlines - Brought to you by Your Pie Perimeter! Beer G

As it does so often, Geoffrey Williams' craft beer journey started with a Mr. Beer Kit.  As students at Georgia Southern, Williams and friends Haley and Nathan Cowan, they brewed beer and experimented with fermentation.  Fast forward, and Eventide Brewery is now Grant Park's brewery of choice.  With a core brand of "Drinking Beers" (Kolsch, Pale Ale, IPA) on bottle shop shelves and a rotating tap of seasonals and one-offs in the tap room, Eventide has become a gathering place for locals in the Atlanta neighborhood.  Speaking of gathering place, we broadcast on-location at Your Pie Perimeter. Not only are they one of our awesome sponsors, but they sling some great pie, with an amazing tap list. Thanks for their hospitality!  Truck and Tap Beers of The Week:  Eventide's The A IPA Eventide's newest seasonal, Red Headed Haley We also sampled beers from Sole and Tired Hands, thanks to our awesome friend Mac Maguire New cans from Arches - Queens Weiss (Hefeweizen) and Southern Bel (B

Green Bus doesn't distribute, rarely sells its beer outside its taproom, and they're OK with that.  When Jason Sledd named his homebrewery (Green Bus Brewing), many people joked that it was just a matter of time before he went "pro."  But to Jason, that sounded like a great way to turn his hobby into drudgery. Learn more about Huntsville's "first neighborhood brewery" this week!  Plus, we'll talk about how we survived Irma and Tim regales us with tales from his trip to Arkansas. Truck and Tap's Beers of the Week:  Terrapin Dave’s Not Here DIPA Bearded Iris Homestyle Bearded Iris Double Double Homestyle Bearded Iris Attention Please! Ozark Cream Stout Lost Forty Rockhound IPA Headlines (Sponsored by Your Pie Perimeter):  Gwinnett’s first brewery opens in Snellville Goat Island big winner at Alabama Craft Beer and State Championship How Sublime brought 40 oz Mexican lager to craft beer *Note: Due to the after-effects of Hurricane Irma, we were not able to get

Is there a more overused term than "farm to table"?   Probably not. But the meaning is still important - bringing fresh, local ingredients into a restaurant has been a big trend in dining.  Tim Stevens, owner of From the Earth Brewing Company, is bringing that to Roswell.  With an amazing menu, the veteran of fine dining establishments in Atlanta and Birmingham is bringing his love of beer along as well.  Truck and Tap’s Beers of the Week: From the Earth Stout and IPA Sweetwater Pit and Pendulum Southbound Picture of Nectar Three Taverns Blueberry Inceptus Wild Heaven Fortress of Sourtude Headlines - Sponsored by Your Pie Perimeter: Do most Americans care about independent craft beer? A month of milestones in Atlanta craft beer Lawsuit over Kona beer not being brewed in Hawaii allowed to proceed Craft Beer Bar coming to Lenox Mall Layoffs at The High End Coming up next week, we'll talk to another brand new brewery: Chattabrewchee! Let us know where you are and what you're drinking

A historic show this week.  Finally, direct sales are here. That's right, you can actually go into a Georgia brewery and actually buy their product! To celebrate, we talked to Nancy Palmer, Executive Director of the Georgia Craft Brewers Guild and Taylor Harper of Taylor, Feil, Harper, Lumsden & Hess (aka “The Georgia Craft Beer Lawyer”). They joined us in studio to talk about the fight to get to this point and what’s in store for the future. Truck and Tap's Beers of the week:  Some amazing brews, including:  Creature Comforts Athena Paradiso with Passionfruit and Guava Reformation Barrel-Aged Jude Red Brick Vanilla Gorilla Creature Comforts/Arizona Wildwerness/Boulevard Collaboration Red Brick Red Wine Barrel Aged Beard Envy Creature Comforts Existence Dogwood Brewing Company (Yes, THAT Dogwood) Winter Ale Headlines (sponsored by Your Pie Perimeter):  Hurricane Harvey affects Texas. Gainesville A-B facility cans water for relief effort. So does Oskar Blues. Houston brewers respond to the c

Take a trip down memory lane Sarah Belanger and Kamara Davis, authors of the brand new book "North Alabama Beer: An Intoxicating History" joined us this episode. The early residents of North Alabama had a love-hate relationship with alcohol over the years. We talked about:  The brothers who opened the first brewery in Alabama who had a "Badlun" of bad luck The city of Cullman, founded by German immigrants, became famous for its alcohol-free Ocktoberfest The time noted abolitionist Carrie Nation visited Huntsville Why water fountains were a key part of the abolitionist movement The Free the Hops movement playing a key role in shifting the Alabama laws. "What's wrong with the beer we got?"  If you want to get your hands on the book, be sure to head to Straight to Ale on Monday, 8/28 for the official launch! Truck and Tap's Beers of the week: Sarah brought a bevy of Alabama beers to the studio, and we were able to try.... Rocket Republic Coffee Vapor Trail Cream Ale Str

It's Shelton Fest week in Atlanta   And we took advantage of it! Michael Kiser, founder of Good Beer Hunting and writer Austin Louis Ray joined us in the studio. We had a great conversation about branding, what "selling out" really means and more!  Meanwhile, Brian Whitley from Macon's Piedmont Brewery and Kitchen also joined us in the studio. He brought a couple of samples, and we took advantage.  Have a great week. If you'll be at Shelton Fest, make sure to stop by our booth and say hi!  Truck and Tap’s Beers of the Week: Piedmont Brewing's Midnight Rider and Porch Song Southern Prohibition Selfie Destruct SweetWater Belgian Rose Wild Heaven Emmylou Headlines - Brought to you by Your Pie Perimeter! ECLIPSE! Craft beer options for viewing A local brewery gets into a little social media scuffle. Mercedes Benz Stadium will have lots of taps. Go hang with Governor Deal on Sept. 1 at LNB See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Thanks for listening to Beer Guys

What goes better with good beer than good food and good times?  How about some good people too. We welcomed Michael Goot from Ormsby's and Billy Streck from Hampton & Hudson to the studios this week.  We talked about the competitive Atlanta restaurant scene, the importance of staying loyal to local brewers, and how a great craft beer list can make or break your business these days.  Truck and Tap's Beers of the Week: A veritable smorgasbord of brews, including:  Orpheus Serpent Bite Bissell Brothers Lux Marshall Wharf Pemaquid Oyster Stout Little Cottage Love Letter from Space Southern Prohibition Humble Farmhouse Ale Brouwerij Bosteels DeuS Brut des Flanders Headlines (Sponsored by Your Pie Perimeter):  Bob Sandage keeping up search for the person (people) behind Dan Rosen’s killing Funky Buddha sells out to Constellation Brands What happens when a neural network comes up with beer names? Up next week, we're talking to the newest entry in Macon's craft beer scene. Brian Whitley