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Our world tour month continues; first we took you to Canada, then we blasted down to Denver, now we're bringing you a night with Highland Park Brewery! This amazing brewery is exactly 118 miles from my front door but it will seem like mere inches thanks to the miracle of the interwebs. We have Bub Kunz and Blanca Quintero on to discuss all things Highland Park and we will get to feature the following beers on The Show: Timbo Pils - West Coast Pilsner Beeper Hazy pale ale Jetski Backflipzzz - Hazy TIPA collab with Alvarado St We has a blast hanging out with these instant beer friends and encourage you to support them when you get the chance - please enjoy this audio version of the live show. The livestream is below, just in case you want to relive that.  https://youtu.be/ri4BkBBUVCs  Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We are beyond excited to bring you an evening with Bierstadt Lagerhaus from Denver Colorado. We will have Ashleigh, Bierstadt’s co-founder and head brewer, on The Show. We'll dive into why they have made the decision to focus on Reinheitsgebot-approved German lagers, the possibility that they may be more known outside of Denver than in their own town, and anything else you want to ask this brewer that reminds us to #lagerhard . We will be featuring the following beers: The Slow Pour Pils - your favorite brewer's favorite beer Dunkel - Dark, flavors of bread crusts and chocolate. Franconian classic The Slow Pour Pils - yes, we will drink and revel in this beer's greatness twice! This is a great episode focusing on the dedication to lagers; it's always refreshing to talk to a brewery that has been able to scratch out an existence doing their own thing and forging a unique path for themselves. Have a listen or relive the live stream below!   https://youtu.be/I1AMQ5CX9fg Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

That's right, it's time for a full on collaboration show. We'll be joined by our friends from Pacific Beer Chat; you heard us correctly, Canada will be in the house! We had a blast hanging out and joking with our friends, even if they are way, way North of us.  We will be featuring some classic San Diego beers that are available in their area: Arrogant Bastard from Stone Brewing - stove pipes if you want to match us perfectly Sculpin from Ballast Point - 12 oz bottle Speedway Stout from AleSmith - 16 oz can - The only member of the Sore Eye Cup Hall of Fame! Please enjoy this audio version of the show or you can go back in time and relive the live extravaganza below!https://youtu.be/C8LCphCN-74 Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we have a unique brewery for you, Hopnonymous Brewing Company. What makes them unique you ask? Well, they are a private-label beer producer. What does that mean you ask? It means they make beers for bars and restaurants that want to offer their own products but don't have brewing facilities. We will be featuring the following beers on this episode: Remission Possible - sour DIPA with raspberry, pink guava and Citra - collab with Mujeres Brew House Return of the MAC - dry hopped pilsner with Motueka and Citra Slammin' San Diego - hybrid IPA with Cashmere, Strata and Enigma We hope you enjoy this audio version of this episode and remember toj oin us every Thursday at 6:30pm on YouTube of Facebook for funtertainment! Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we have a brewery that has just celebrated their grand opening and is starting things off with a bang! WestBrew's modern, coastal tasting room is open, airy and inviting. Better still, there are multiple locations currently being built, this is no timid entry into #SDBeer . We are joined by Joshua Schreer, Owner, and Jay Jones, Head of Sales. Their main location is at 1061 La Mirada Court, Vista, California 92081 and they just opened the Del Mar location we talk about, located at 1435 Camino Del Mar, Del Mar, California 92014 We feature the following beers on the show: WestBrew Pils : 5.2% featuring Amarillo, Tettnang, and Hallertau Blanc Hazy by the Sea: 7% featuring Citra, Motueka and Rakau Mosaic Surfer Pale: 6% with Mosaic Righteous Coast: 7% WIPA We hope you enjoy this audio version of the episode and just in case you want to relive the livestream, that's below as well! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-UfW7Nvk44 Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We have another special evening planned for you! We're joined by brewers Rodg Little and Geoff Scott from Oak Park Beer Co. and Theodore (Ted) Mack II to talk about his father's legacy and partnership that lead to this special beer. Peoples Beer is brewed to honor the legacy of Theodore Mack Sr., the first African American brewery owner. In 1970, he purchased Peoples Brewing Co. to provide employment opportunities in minority communities and brew beer for the people – Peoples Beer. We will feature the following beers on the show: Catch Me Coastin' from Pariah Brewing Co. - WCIPA featuring Mosaic, Simcoe, Citra and Amarillo Clever Kiwi from Burgeon Beer Co. -Nelson hopped pilsner Peoples Beer from Oak Park Brewing Co. - American lager featuring Cluster We want to take a moment to extend tremendous gratitude to Ted Mack II; his presence made this a truly immersive episode and we are so glad to share this episode with you. Original video is below is case you want to relive the live stream. https://youtu.be/PuSLJRXMonU  Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the first episode of Season #3 of The Indie Beer Show we bring you the awesome people behind California Wild Ales! Bill and Zack will join us to breakdown their process, love of Comic Con, and all things local, small batch, sour beer production. We will be featuring the following beers: Peach on Peach:We took a ton of peaches… almost 2 pounds per gallon and rested them on our barrel-aged golden base for 2 months. We then took 120 gallons of that beer and racked it onto another 200 pounds of peaches for an additional 2 months. The result is an explosion of fuzzy peach flavor.500ml | 16.9oz | 5% ABV Mead Berry with Vanilla:Made with berries from Lost Cause Meadery, this Wild Ale Collaboration contains hundreds of pounds of blackberries and raspberries that previously rested in finished mead.Exploding with bright raspberry and a blackberry-jam finish, the tart berries and golden ale is perfectly balanced by a beautiful sweetness from the honey. We took a portion of the mead berries and rested it on Bourbon-Soaked Madagascar Vanilla Beans. Adding the vanilla created a sweet berry pie flavor and is one of our best pastry sours to date.500ml | 16.9oz | 5% ABV Darth Citrius:Darth Citrius is made with the best Bearss Limes, Meyer Lemons, and Satsuma Mandarines we could get our hands-on. All this citrus was picked fresh off the trees at our friends Summer’s place in Escondido, CA.500ml | 16.9oz | 4.7% ABV Black is Beautiful:The Black is Beautiful initiative, created by Weathered Souls Brewing Co., is a collaborative effort amongst the brewing community and its customers, in an attempt to bring awareness to the injustices that many people of color face daily.One hundred percent of this beer’s proceeds will go to support Color of Change. Color of Change leads campaigns that build real power for Black communities. They challenge injustice, hold corporate and political leaders accountable, commission game-changing research on systems of inequality, and advance solutions for racial justice that can transform our world. Made in collaboration with our friend Samantha Olsen, we chose a grain bill extremely reminiscent of an Imperial Stout. Coming in around 9% abv, it has a light pleasant roasted character with deep notes of plum and a malty sweetness to compliment the acidity for an extremely well balanced sour stout/dark sour. This beer has been aged in bourbon barrels for 10 months and bottle conditioned for an additional 6 weeks.500ml | 16.9oz | 9% ABV Enjoy this audio version of a great episode and relive the video at the link below!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gm-g212OhA Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Yep, we made it through the second season of The Indie Beer Show! This year was not what anyone had planned but we feel really good about how we morphed The Show to remote live streaming to keep everyone safe. It had the added benefit of being able to broadcast live to our fans and have breweries on that may not have been able to join us in person. For our Second Anniversary Show we focused on giving back to those that got us here, the best people on Earth, the TIBS! fans and Patrons! We talk about some of our favorite moments in The Indie Beer Show history, cover some show stats, and giveaway several prizes to patrons and participants alike. We also covered that Mug Club Members will receive an actual mug this year (and one for last year if you were a member already). Thank you so much to everyone that has listened, watched, liked, commented, rated, participated, drank along with, high fived (when we could do that), shared, and supported us in any way! We couldn't do The Indie Beer Show without you! Here's to Season 3! Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we'll be joined by Edgar Preciado from Beer Thug Life and Morgan Keller (possibly more) from Indie Brewing Co. We have always wanted to get the indie on indie show going and what better way than to include the great people at Beer Thug Life?! We will be featuring the following beers (Shout out to Dan Diego's for being the first place in SD that stocks Indie Brewing Co products and they provided the beer (through Beer Thug Life) for this episode): Eastside Pale Ale - New England Pale - 100% Simcoe Nuestra Ciudad - Collaboration with Beer Thug Life and Cerveceria Mundial - DDH Hazy - 100% Mosaic Find That Juicy Double - DDH Hazy Haze twins - Collaboration with Beer Thug Life, Beer Zombies, and Cerveceria Mundial - Citra and Mosaic There is going to be a bunch of fun as we taste through this haze parade from the far off land, north of Camp Pendleton. We're live at exactly 6:30 PM PT, every Thursday on our Facebook page and YouTube channel; we hope you enjoy this audio version but just in case the live stream is also below! https://youtu.be/h80RcS-EC5A    Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Beer Zombies and Mason Ale Works have teamed up to bring the world Beer Zombies Brewing Co. and we'll be able to dig deep into this new partnership that spans from here all the way to Vegas! We'll be featuring the following beers on the show:Wizards and Zombies - Beer Zombies - Hazy Oat Cream IPA The Human Rain Delay - Mason - Gueuze style beer for the Urge 10th Anniversary, collab with Steve Wagner Cafe Cohiba - Mason - Rum barrel aged imperial milk stout with cuban roast Mostra coffee, vanilla and cacao Ball Don't Lie - Mason - West Coast IPA You're sure to enjoy this audio version of our livestream but just in case the video is below as well! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1548LN81h_I Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join us for a great evening catching up with Kilowatt Brewing. We will find out how they are handling the current restrictions, how you can support them at each location, and take a deep dive into their Black is Beautiful beer, which is a collaboration featuring Ballast Point, Hear Us Here (the benefactor of this release) and two of our hosts, Esthela with Mujeres Beer House and Brandon with San Diego Beer News.We will be featuring the following beers on The Show:OB Bubble Dubbel- 2019 GABF Bronze Belgian Dubbel winnerChocolate Macadamia Stout -2018 GABF Bronze Chocolate Beer winnerSnappy Cat Hazy IPABlack Is Beautiful Chicory Coffee Milk Stout (released on 8/27 at both Kilowatt and Ballast Point, presale now!)We are also joined by the founders of Hear Us Here to give us the background of their launch and intent to spark dialogue, reflection, and action towards building a more equal and equitable America.Have listen to the audio version of this great show or relive 1he live stream further below. Remember, we'll be live on YouTube and Facebook promptly at 6:30pm, every Thursday - don't be late!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inLEtL8Ss54&t=2s Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We've got another new member of the #SDBeer world to get to know this week, Three Frogs Beer Co.! We will have Andy Lloyd, Trevor Anderson and Jerren Zeferjahn on, that's right, all the Frogs at once! We will be featuring the following beers; we hope you have the chance to pick them up and drink along during the show: Frog's Dirty Blonde - 4.8%Hibiscus Wheat - Hibiscus infused wheat ale 6.5%Bravo! - Single hop lawnmower beer 4.8%Just Need a Double IPA - Citra/Mosaic/Amarillo 8.5% Join us for an evening of information, #indiebeer appreciation, and friendship! Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Are you ready to hear how Five Suits Brewing was able to open their new brewery in the middle of a worldwide pandemic? We sure are! We will be joined by Nick Corona, former Homebrewer of The Year, to discuss everything we can cram into 100 minutes or so about his award winning home brewing career, how they ended up in their current location, and uniting his family top open a brewery.We will be featuring the following beers; we hope you have the chance to support this new member of #SDBeer and pick these up to drink along with us on Thursday :Pit BOS HefeweizenFollow Suit WC IPAVigorish Vienna LagerCover Your Snout StoutIf I were a betting man, I'd place a large wager that this episode will bring a cavalcade of information, terrific #Indiebeer, and most importantly, a healthy dose of good old laughter. Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To say this show is special is doing it a disservice, our own Brandon Hernandez just launched SanDiegoBeer.News ! This is your new digital destination, encompassing everything in and around the #SDBeer industry and community. The manifestation of this publication in the podcast format brings us several amazing moments with friends that we're sure you'll enjoy!Speaking of friends, Brandon brought a bunch of his SD Beer News cohorts with him to join in our usual TIBS! fun! Brewing legend, Pat Mcilhenney, bacon legend Tyson Blake, Danielle from 91X Beer for Breakfast ABV and from Pink Boots, Pink Boots Society, Amy Spackman and Lexi-Russell-Martin! Yep, it's a big Show this week, we featured : June Gloom from Gravity HeightsBona Fide Meal IPA from LatchkeyBlack is Beautiful imperial stout from Urban RootsSan Diego Brewers United, a double IPA from Stone Brewing brewed with friends from AleSmith Brewing, Modern Times-Beer, Mother Earth Brewing, Pizza Port, Port Brewing and Thorn BrewingHit that play button!  Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

That is correct, we will have the San Diego lager wizard, Douglas Hasker on to talk about his new gig as the brewmaster of Puesto Cerveceria, located inside the brand new Puesto Mission Valley brew pub! We will be featuring the following beers from them and hope you'll have a chance to purchase and drink along with us: Lager ClaraLager AmberNegra Dark Mexican LagerPale Ale We are very pumped up to get to try and talk about the first beers from the next chapter of one of #SDBeer 's most respected brewers of all time. Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We are extremely happy to be able to bring you this episode!We will begin The Show with Marcus J. Baskerville from Weathered Souls Brewing Co. in San Antonio where the Black is Beautiful movement began!We will then be joined by William Samuel Izor from AleSmith Brewing Company, Montgomery Brandon from Black Beer Travelers, and Pierrie Dowles from Belching Beaver to discuss the BIB Mega Collaboration Edition that was brewed at AleSmith and involved 20+ breweries!The beers we'll be featuring on The Show:Black is Beautiful Mega Collaboration Edition(Abnormal Beer Company, AleSmith Brewing, Automatic Brewing, Bagby Beer, Belching Beaver Brewery, Burgeon Beer Company, Fall Brewing Company, Hartland Brewing Co., Helia Brewing Co., Horus Aged Ales, Marea Coffee, Mason Ale Works, Modern Times Beer Co. North Park Beer Co., The Original 40 Brewing Company, Pure Project Brewing, Resident Brewing, Second Chance Beer Company, SouthNorte Beer Co., Stave & Nail Brewing, TapRoom Beer Co. North Park) (Still a small amount available, grab now!)Diego Antonio (AleSmith & Weathered Soul) - West Coast-style IPA clocking in at 7.7 percent ABV that was brewed with Citra and Nelson SauvinHawaiian Retreat (Are you an Order of the Anvil member?)AleSmith IPA - this classic West Coaster returns for the 25th Anniversary!There's a lot to unpack in this episode, it was a special evening, hit that play button! Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We had a wonderful evening discussing beer, yeast, and all things White Labs with Erik Fowler!We specifically brought him on The Show to discuss the first packaged beer from the lords of yeast. It true White Labs spirit, they zigged when most would zag; for their first offering, Tabberer, they released a mixed pack, not of different beers, but the same beer fermented with two different yeasts. Each 4 pack includes two beers fermented with WLP008 East Coast Ale Yeast and two beers finished with the strain that started it all, WLP001 California Ale Yeast.We hope you enjoy this audio version of the live stream show, and take this as a reminder that you can join us, every Thursday at 6:30, on Facebook or YouTube, for some entertainment, knowledge and fun! Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We had the one and only Ryan Brooks on to discuss the multi-national brewery South Norte Beer Co.! We're also joined by their new VP of Sales and Marketing, Breanne Heal.This unique brewery has a lot to offer those on both sides of our border to the south and is currently in the middle of big internal changes. We'll get all the information straight from the founder, Ryan. We had a few struggles during this episode, but that's the fun of doing it live, right?!Here are the beers we featured on The Show:Sea Senor Mexican Style Lager - GABF gold medal winner!Agavemente Agave Lager - GABF Silver medal winner!No Guey! Mango IPAGo grab these excellent beers to drink along with us and join in on the fun! We hope you enjoy this audio version of the live show and want to remind you to join us every Thursday night @ 6:30pm on Facebook or YouTube if you want to drink along with us and watch it all happen! Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We can't overstate how rewarding doing our show in this new format has been. We're finding the combination of live video with the interaction from the public provide a more powerful experience for all involved. That being said, here's the audio version of our Show for those that still want their podcasts that way!This week's guests are Timothy Parker and James Hodges from Chula Vista Brewery and we're excited to welcome them to The Show for what will be a terrific evening. Here are the beers we'll be featuring:Guerita Blonde AleAmberillo Red AleLol J/K IPAIf you have a chance go visit these fine people and grab these beers to drink along with us!If you would like your favorite beer podcast on a mask, they're $10, including shipping. Stay safe out there!And in you would prefer to watch it, click here! Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Yes, you read that right!Yes, the sale of Ballast Point Brewing Company to Constellation Brands is when our friends over at Beer Night in San Diego coined using #IndieBeer instead of craft. Yes, the initial blow back on social media from that was insane for those of us that adopted the effort right away. Yes, eventually, everyone came around. Yes, that's what lead to the Brewers Association making a symbol to help consumers understand which beers are produced by independent breweries. Yes, it is why we're called The Indie Beer Show; we wanted to be extremely clear in what we support!We're stoked this Mt. Rushmore of #SDBeer is once again a member of the indie beer family and we're welcoming them back the safest way we can, with a live stream show for all of you!The beers we'll be featuring in this show:HougoumontKings & Convicts Brewing Co. - Pilsner - German - 4.8% ABV - 23 IBUs - Full of character, this lightly hopped Pilsner has notes of citrus, squeezed Kiwifruit and nectar fruits.Swingin' Friar AleBallast Point Brewing Company - Pale Ale - American - 5.5% ABV -Manta RayBallast Point Brewing Company - IPA - Imperial / Double - 8.5% ABV - 70 IBUs - This new IPA rises above the rest. We’ve developed many IPA recipes in our R&D program, but right from the tank, our Manta Ray Double IPA was a winner. Aromas of fresh, citrusy tangerine, melon and light pine leap from the beer and linger over a smooth finish. Like its namesake, this brew can sneak up on you – a big beer without a bite.High West Barrel Aged 2017 Victory at SeaBallast Point Brewing Company - Porter - Imperial / Double Coffee - 12% ABV - 35 IBUs - High West Bourbon/Rye Blend aged for 7 months. Layers of complexity emerge with notes of soft caramel and smoky oak over a dark chocolate and roasted almond bodyWe hope you enjoy this audio version of the live stream and want to remind you to join us every Thursday night at 6:30 on our Facebook or YouTube channels to watch it all (and drink along with us)! Get your shows early by becoming a Patron today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.