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Some scruffy looking nerf herders celebrated both upcoming holiday a bit early, and we are not mad about it. We start the party with Evil Twin Brewing's ETNYC Proudly Presents the Real Mexican Cake, a spicy, bold Imperial Stout. Next up, we blued ourselves with Magnify Brewing's Blue Milk, a fruited sour with an electric blue color.

As always, shout out...

On this American Beer Review LIVE! review, we put a bow on Dune references and pickle beer (for now). Today Alec and Chad will attempt to transmute Best Maid Sour Pickle Beer from Martin House Brewing. On the other side of the table Brian will be giving his thoughts on Fat Orange Cat Brew Co.'s Walkabout Sour Ale. 

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On this episode of ABR LIVE!, we are celebrating everyone's favorite pre-funk for Earth Day - 4/20. We get off to a blazing start with Hoosier Brewing Company's Purple (Kush) Punch fruited sour and lament not having any more peanut butter stout to go with it. After a little NASCAR break, we get a little Giggle Juice in our systems from The Unknown Brewing Company.

Hoosier Brewing Company
Purple Punch (Roll t...

On this American Beer Review LIVE! review, we are tapping into some nostalgia of our younger beer drinking days. As expected from the beer experts at the The Mens Room and Black Raven Brewing - Mens Room IPA is a classic easy drinking (dare we say crushable?) IPA that will hit perfectly when it's 5 o'clock somewhere. We don't forget to raise a glass to the charitable side of this beer, which supports local Fisher Hou...

On this episode of ABR LIVE! (3.0), preambles are back baby! Today we  (Alec and Chad mainly) are celebrating the success of Dune 2, with a couple of water themed beers. First up from Source Brewing we have Ocean Water, an ice-style sour ale with a unique color that would've been perfect for last month's St. Pat's special. We then round out the episode with Schmoojee Squid Ink from Imprint Beer Co., a heavily fruited...

On this American Beer Review LIVE! review, Brian does not realize that this is a pre-apology from Chad and Alec for some future pickle beer. But we also sit down and try a fantastic peanut butter stout from Narrow Gauge Brewing Co, and Chad plays with fire. Today's beer and how we managed to find it is below.

Narrow Gauge Brewing Co.
Peanut Butter & Stout - Imperial Stout
16 oz - Tavour Crate
10.5% ABV

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On this year's St. Patrick's Day Special of ABR LIVE!, we start off, as one would, by talking Legos and NASCAR. We rambled on a bit on this one folks, we do talk about the beer-soaked holiday eventually. Today's beers and how we managed to find them are below.

Hoosier Brewing Company
The Swamp Creature - Fruit Fusion Fruited Sour
16 oz - Tavour Crate
5.5% ABV

Prison City Brewing
Riot...

On today's American Beer Review LIVE! review, Brian's feeling strong enough to tackle some wild beer. For this week's review we bust out the wine opener and pour ourselves some old school beer - Jester King Brewery's SPON. Three Year Wild Ale.

Jester King Brewery & DOOM METAL GOAT YOGA
2023 SPON. Three Year Blend
- 500ml Bottle, Tavour Crate
- 5% ABV 

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On this episode of ABR LIVE!, Brian is back and still mostly alive. Today we are diving into Moneybeer - Alec, Brian, and Chad each put together a dream 6-pack for our next Tavour crate. But just like your favorite penny-pinching MLB front office, we are working with a limited budget. On top of that we are limited to the beers that have landed at ABR LIVE! HQ via Tavour. While we reveal our crates we weigh in on a couple of heavywe...

On today's American Beer Review LIVE! review, Alec and Chad are holding things down still - Brian is scheduled to return next week. For this week's review we bust out the bottle opener and pour ourselves some old school beer - Boundary Bay Brewery's NW Original IPA.

Boundary Bay Brewery
NW (Northwest) Original IPA
- 22oz Bottle, Grocery Store
- 7.5% ABV 

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On this episode of ABR LIVE!, Brian is mostly alive and it's down to Alec and Chad to attempt to sound like beer aficionados. The probability of this occurring on episode 42 was 8,767,128 to 1 against, yes this is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Reference Spectacular. While Alec and Chad nerd out they enjoyed a delightful dunkel from Evil Twin Brewing and a stunning sour from Prairie Artisan Ales.

Evil Twin ...

On today's episode of American Beer Review LIVE!, we buckled our seatbelts and headed east towards Ellensburg, Washington - home to Iron Horse Brewery (the folks who make tasty, tasty Irish Death). Joins us while we wrap up our most excellent brewery tour (check our You Tube), with a hand selected flight from Head Brewer Jake Fleming and Community Manager Christina Miller.

Iron Horse Brewery
Tap Room Info
Iro...

On today's American Beer Review LIVE! review, we are back to IPAs and the hops went straight to our heads - get ready for a fun one. Today we are gushing about Kettlehead Brewing's Pulpy New England (Hazy) IPA - there's a juice box on the can for a reason, a very tasty reason.

Kettlehead Brewing Company
Pulpy IPA
- 16oz Can, Tavour Crate
- 7% ABV 

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Only one more ABR LIVE! episode to go before Chad starts Tavour-ing IPAs again. This week we celebrating the return of 5pm sunsets, and manage to lose track of the time discussing some amazing dark beers. First up today is Barrique Brewing and Blending's Melange Fonce Dark Farmhouse Ale and a discussion on how best to spend your time in Nashville. We then dig into Indelible Czech Dark Lager from Threes Brewing and talk about U...

On today's American Beer Review LIVE! review, we finally completed the questline "Hey, we should totally review next year's version!" with Black Raven Brewing Co.'s Festivus Infused Pale Ale.

Black Raven Brewing Co.
Festivus Infused Pale Ale 
16oz 4-Pack
7.3% ABV

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On this episode of American Beer Review LIVE!, Brian dropped his first sci fi reference in the group chat, time to celebrate. We are digging into a couple brews from two brewies we didn't have to do any research on - Reuben's Brew's Crush the Slopes Hazy IPA and Drekker Brewing's PRRRTs These Days (Sour Patch Kids) Smoothie Sour. 

Reuben's Brew's
Crush the Slopes
16oz 4-Pack
7.0%...

On this ABR LIVE! Review, we're taking a little detour on our less hops January with Barebottle Brew Co.'s Rainbow Road Shortcut Hazy Pale Ale (say that 5-times fast). We also give give you a little A-Few-Weeks-Late Monday Morning QB and talk about the end of a couple local home brewing careers.

Bare Bottle Brew Co.
Rainbow Road Shortcut Hazy Pale Ale
- 16oz Can, Tavour Drop
- 5.8% ABV

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On today's episode of American Beer Review LIVE!, Chad struggles with how to describe non-IPA beers. Starting off 2024, the crew digs into Brian's Too Many Hops Theory, running down some experiments ran over the holiday season.

We crack our first pod-beer of the year, The Ale Apothecary's Little Star Saison, a shining example of the wonderful blending of flavors that wild/farmhouse style ales can achieve. W...

For our final ABR LIVE! Review of 2023, we are celebrating the passing of another winter solstice with Holy Mountain Brewing's Brumalia Ale. Join us while we thoroughly enjoy this reminder of brighter, warmer, Summer days ahead. Chad and Alec share some of the tricks they've been employing in their continuing battle against self-diagnosed S.A.D.., Brian thinks Brumalia is the answer. Thank you for tuning in this year duri...