This episode has it all! Five beer reviews! Freestyle rapping! Bowties! Freezing temperatures! Industry talk! Gecko competitions! And more! Well, except for Anastacia, who’s out with a migraine.

Alesmith Orange X
Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing IPA
North High Stardust to Stardust
Boulevard Collaboration 7
Save the World Gladius

The Beerists are: John Rubio, Grant Davis, and Mike Lambert.

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Beer geeks everywhere depend on beer ratings on platforms like Untappd, Beer Advocate, and Rate Beer to stay informed on the best beers around. Rubio breaks down a few reasons why that’s probably not the best idea.

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Listener Toby FitzSimons surprised us with a box full of crowlers from Saint Paul’s 12welve Eyes! Also, the return of conversation starters, tons of Harry Potter talk, and the possibility that we’re a bit “off” this episode.

Mighty Axe Single Hop: Zeus
Winter Brown Ale
Coconut Milk Stout
Mosaic Wheat IPA
Legacy Chocolate Stout

The Beerists are: John Rubio, Grant Davis, Anastacia Kelly, and Mike Lambert.

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Anastacia returns to the studio after her holiday excursion! We taste and review a variety 5 beers, and talk about alternative names, Rubio discovering Snapchat, and the bold, commanding tones of Dan Carlin.

Jackie O’s Berliner Style Weisse (Raspberry)
Upland Hopsynth
Gigantic Solid!
Urban Family The Flowers Are Sleeping
Great Raft Creature of Habit

The Beerists are: John Rubio, Grant Davis, Anastacia Kelly, and Mike Lambert.

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This one’s for the chili heads! To switch things up, we taste and review 5 hot sauces this time around, and find out what happens when we bathe Grant’s little baby taste buds with pure, blunt and relentless hellfire.

Secret Aardvark Habanero Sauce
Yellowbird Habanero Condiment
Lucky Dog Extra Hot Fire-Roasted Pepper Sauce (Black Label)
High River Rogue
Mad Dog 357

The Beerists are: John Rubio, Grant Davis, and Mike Lambert.

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Listener Rich Murphy sent us a show’s worth of beer from Two Brothers! We also talk about Rubio’s recent weird experience in a movie theater, the politics of naming a brewery after family, and the differences between mediocre, average, and safe.

Domaine Dupage
Wobble IPA
Pahoehoe
Twenty-Plus
Cane and Ebel

The Beerists are: John Rubio, Grant Davis, and Mike Lambert.

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We got 5 beers off the shelves to help slicked up these rails we’re about to fly off of. Rubio talks about an old prank, Mike tells last night’s drunk story, and we get trapped in a weird Groundhog Day style time loop with German leather daddies.

Bell’s Winter White Ale
Live Oak Primus
Victory Mighty Things
Great Raft Oceans Between Us
Epic Big Bad Baptista

The Beerists are: John Rubio, Grant Davis, and Mike Lambert.

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Host John Rubio points a critical eye at the new Beer Advocate article by Andy Crouch entitled, “Hazy Days and Brighter Futures: Are New England IPAs More Than a Passing Fad?”

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Grant went to Tahoe and brought back several area beers for us to try, along with an interesting story which might signal the unceremonious end of a certain personal quest.

Alibi Ale Works Farmhouse Reserve
Moylans Kilt-Lifter
Sudwerk Rye of the Lager
Tahoe Mountain Provisions
Calicraft Oaktown

The Beerists are: John Rubio, Grant Davis, and Mike Lambert.

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It’s Grant’s birthday, so we put together a special lineup of barrel aged beer to celebrate. Turns out he’s not as into barrels as he’s into racially insensitive songs and poop.

Lagunitas Eroica Ale
De Proef/New Glarus Abtsolution
Bell’s Black Note
Founders CBS
Tombstone Strong Scotch Ale

The Beerists are: John Rubio, Grant Davis, and Mike Lambert.

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