Hops. Hops. Hops. Hops for my mouth. Yum yum hops. I love hops. Apologies to Steve Miller.

Odell Loose Leaf
Stone Go-To IPA
Great Divide Lasso IPA
Real Ale Blakkr
Odell Tree Shaker

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Rubio brings in 5 beers for everyone else to taste blind. Mike, Anastacia, and John Harvey do their best to guess what’s what, while Rubio dances around like a stupid Batman villain.

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In recent months, Jester King has released a bevy of rare, wild, fruited sours. We taste 5 of these, and learn about tenderness and love, all in the absence of Mike Lambert.

Omniscience & Proselytism
Aurelian Lure
Nocturn Chrysalis
Montmorency vs. Balaton
Cerveza de Tempranillo

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In our second of our two show St Louis extravaganza (thanks to listener Andy Richter), we taste 5 beers from Perrenial, Side Project, and 4 Hands. Rubio comes up with a way to make money, Grant is unreliable, Mike is probably high, and Anastacia gets medical insurance.

Perennial La Boheme
Side Project Saison Du Ble
Perennial Abraxas
4 Hands Cuvee Ange
4 Hands Bona Fide

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We didn’t know what to do with this oddball mix of 5 beers, so we lumped them into one show. Plus, I have no memory of the ending. Shit got weird.

Spencer Trappist Ale
Modern Times Blazing World
Kern River Citra
Bird Song Puppies on Penguins
Brooklyn Wild Streak

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Listener Andy Richter sent us a giant box full of St Louis beers. We hack through hald of them this week with Certified Cicerone Tre Miner, and decend into belligerent drunkenness as Anastacia has a crisis of self.

Shlafly AIPA
Urban Chestnut Schnickelfritz
Urban Chestnut STLIPA
2nd Shift Art of Neurosis
2nd Shift I Am Become Death

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Cantillon is a small brewery in Brussels that has been keeping traditional lambic making alive since 1900. Our buddy Nic De La Rosa joins us to try 6 of them.

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio
Kriek 100% Lambic Bio
Rose de Gambrinus
Iris
Saint Lamvinus
Lou Pepe Framboise

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100 episodes. Fuck, guys. Let’s share some beers and talk about life.

Grant:
Keystone Light
Green Flash IPA

Ryan:
Harviestoun Old Engine Oil

Anastacia:
Smuttynose Brett & I
New Glarus Raspberry Tart

Mike:
Cantillon Fou’ Foune

Rubio:
Liefmans Goudenband

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Many a tale has been told of a tiny brewery in Alpine, California where beer after amazing beer is created. Thanks to the boys at Craft Beer Anonymous Podcast, we got to try 6, with our buddy Drew Eddy filling in for Mike.

Mandarin Nectar
Mcilhenney’s Irish Red
Nelson
Alpine Ale
Captain Stout
Pure Hoppiness

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Valentine’s Day is a complete sham, marketed to manipulate, shame, and guilt people into spending money. So we did. On chocolate beers.

Samuel Smith’s Organic Chocolate Stout
Young’s Double Chocolate Stout
Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence
Boulevard Chocolate Ale
Southern Tier Choklat

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