Anastacia shares some surprise beers with the gang for her 30th birthday, which is somewhat tinted by the loss of a legendary Starman. And Nicholas Cage also happens for some reason.

Allagash Fluxus
Russian River Beatification (2012)
Crooked Stave Mama Bear’s Sour Cherry Pie
Goose Island Bourbon County Backyard Rye
Champagne Marc Hebrart Brut

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Rubio’s getting over a cold, and his voice is too shot to host this show full of beer sent to us by listener Andy Richter. A Batman pajama-wearing Grant takes over, thinks go a little nuts, and Mike gets some respect.

Side Project Grisette (Blend 3)
Perennial Meriwether
Perennial Annuversaria
4 Hands Ca$h Mony
Excel Black Breath

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It’s a new year! Listener Tony Lowe sent us a box of Almanac beers, Rubio has a job, Anastacia buys a pillow, Grant loves Star Wars, Mike got the snipsies, and a labrador movie teaches us how to love.

Golden Gate Gose
Farmer’s Reserve Pluot
Farmer’s Reserve Blueberry
Citra Sour
Saison de Brettaville

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So what if it’s our 200th episode? A brand new year is around the corner! Rubio, Mike, and Anastacia each give their picks for two beers to take to a New Year’s Eve party! We also talk about poop and terrorists.

Rubio’s Picks:
Firestone Walker Pivo Pils
Saison Dupont

Anastacia’s Picks:
Ayinger Celebrator
Lindeman’s Cuvée René

Mike’s Picks:
Sierra Nevada Nooner
Quetsche Tilquin a l’ancienne

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12 beers, 3 from each beer Santa, served up blind in Christmas wrapping. Sounds nuts? Pfft. That’s how we holiday.

Click the “Read More” button to learn which beers we had- or you can not spoil it and find out along with us on the recording.

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Mike’s doing a big favor to humankind, so we decided to let him have a Tripel show. Because of that, we’re obviously drunk by beer two.

Westmalle Tripel
St. Bernardus Tripel
Tripel Karmeliet
Allagash Tripel
Save The World Princeps Pacis

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I’m not sure who thought it would be a good idea to taste five huge beers, or why we decided to start with three above 11%, but that might explain the hostility and murder talk.

Deschutes Black Butte XXVII
Sierra Nevada Barrel Aged Narwhal 2015
Stone Double Bastard in the Rye
Modern Times Universal Friend
Almanac Dogpatch Grand Cru (Red Wine Barrels)

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Anastacia and Mike dug some interesting Belgian-style brews from their cellars for this one. Follow us into Yumtown.

Westvleteren 12
Chimay Grand Reserve 2012
De Struise Black Albert
Cantillon Fou’ Foune 2012
La Trappe Quadrupel

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Three Beerists, Five beers, all with non-traditional, extra stuff in them like raspberries, carrots, salt, chocolate, coffee, and even something called oranj.

New Belgiun Salted Caramel Brownie
Stone 24 Carrot Golden Ale
Lakewood Raspberry Temptress
Southern Tier Choklat Oranj
Brooklyn Intensified Coffee Porter

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You take some hops and some malts and some hops and some malts, you’ve got a hop malt stack. A hop malt stack.

Apologies on this one- I had some minor audio issues which should be corrected next episode.

Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale
Hops & Grain A Pale Mosaic
Oskar Blues IPA
Ballast Point Calm Before the Storm
Founders Backwoods Bastard

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