September 5, 2025 • 32 mins
Join us as we return from our summer break with Episode 216 of the DC Beer Show! We're live from Casa de Brandy, diving into the world of craft beer with a special focus on Oktoberfest and the inspiring women in the brewing community.
Highlights:
Beer Tasting: Jake, Brandy, and the team share their current favorites, including a double dry hop pilsner and a Vienna lager.
Spotlight on Women: Celebrating gender equity in brewing, with a shoutout to Jasmine Dill of Liquid Intrusion and her ongoing health journey.
Upcoming Events: Get ready for a packed September with Oktoberfest celebrations, MegaFest, and the DC Rape Crisis Center fundraiser.
Special Guests: Lauren Carey from Women's Brew Culture Club joins us to discuss the Pink Boots Society's relaunch.
Sneak Peek: A preview of our next episode featuring Greg Engert, the mastermind behind Snallygaster.
Support Jasmine Dill by purchasing a "Genetically Unapologetic" shirt through our social media links. Join us at upcoming events and stay tuned for more exciting episodes!
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(00:06):
Welcome, everyone. We are DC beer,
and it's the DC beer show back from us on our vacation.
Like stein. What's in your stein? Well, first of all, welcome
to show number two sixteen, Jake. We made it.
I am having a, through all eternity, a
(00:27):
lost generation check pale lager
with zaatops. It's wonderful. It's so delightful. We're
here in person. In the flesh, we're live at Casa De
Brandy. Seated to my left is Jordan.
Jordan, what's in your glass this evening? Well, hello, everyone. We've missed
you all. Hopefully, you guys have missed us as well. But, what's in my Yeti
(00:49):
is something I don't think you're ready for. It's actually a
double dry hopped pilsner, and, shout out to Dynasty and the
whole, Virginia beer scene. But I also have a day without
sirens. Third Hill Brewing Company, Helleslawyer got that queued up,
because if you stay ready, you don't have to get ready. But Brandy, what is
in your handy? Right now, my phone's in my hand because I'm
(01:11):
taking a video. But I am so
excited, a, to be here because papa beer is here. This is our
first podcast that we have, done in a
while now, so I'm super jazzed. What has been in my
beer? Stein got here early. So we had we
had a common no. We what do we have? Oh my gosh. I forgot.
(01:33):
We we did not have a Burial. We had Burial, the Vienna
Lager. We had, we had a beautiful side
project, pride project grisette, which was lovely. And
then I am about to crack open this Kushwa West Coast
style double IPA, which might be a little rough, but I'm jazzed
about it. Oh, I was gonna ask you what you're drinking,
(01:55):
but you're not on the podcast tonight. Richard is drinking.
Richard, what? Papa beer, birthday month boy. What are you drinking
tonight? Rules of civility. The
whale's pale ale from dynasty and lost loggers.
That's right. He's got a Scottish style pale
ale. Whale's pale ale. Rules of civility, 99.
(02:17):
We oh, okay. Is it is it Welsh
or Scottish? It's Scottish because
the barley used the malt used in it is Scottish malt, and
then the yeast strain is Scottish yeast.
No Scottish hops, so English hops, but it tastes kinda
dank. But it's Wales
(02:39):
because of Andrew Wales. Right.
Right. Brewer. One of the first brewers
in the DMV way back when. Damn. Scoops
dropping the knowledge. True. That's facts.
The the more you know. Thank you for our resident beer historian for keeping us
well educated and, for for Brandy, for your hospitality and keeping us well
(03:02):
hydrated. Oh, man. The ingredients you have here. The the guys
are you know, all the guys have been to my house before, and
so I don't think anyone has been here without a lot of other humans
here for a party. And everyone's like, oh my god, Brandy, you have so much
alcohol in the house. And then I opened the shrank or the shrunk, German shrunk.
If you guys know what it's talking about, then cool nerd people.
(03:24):
So much alcohol, but mostly beer we drink. So
we have a special audience guest
tonight. And I'm gonna shout her out because we love
Lauren. Lauren Carey, women's brew culture club,
pink boots. Hi, Lauren. Just say hi real quick.
Hey, everybody. Lauren, what are you
(03:47):
drinking? I honestly don't know what I'm drinking. I
got it. It was delicious. I'm sure. Okay. Thanks, Lauren. I love you.
Richard's gonna get mad at us, so let's get back on podcast. Con brand.
We're super pumped for the women's root culture club. I
have to say, we are now in episode two sixteen. This
is, I believe our dozen, the twelfth
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episode of 2025, and we're starting out this show the
way we started 2025 out, which is a pod with
the five of us. Your DC Beer Ownership Team
here, and and I actually did the math. You know,
out of the 12 shows this is show 12, so Snally out of the
11 shows, we've had a strong woman as our
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guest of honor on six out of the 11 shows.
You know, we've had Anne from Lost Generation. We've
had, Emily Emily Brown. We've had,
Tasha from Ardent. We've had,
a wonderful gender equity in our guests, and I just wanted to
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share that. You know, being the son of a sociologist, I had to go to
the mat and say, we've had 11 episodes. Six strong women on on six out
of 11. We are we are crushing it in terms of gender equity.
But moving along into things we're excited about, what are we looking forward
to as we get into this very, very busy September?
Well, while while we're on the topic of strong women, before we get
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into our, events and what we're we're what we're
excited about, I want to talk about Jasmine
Dill. She is the cofounder slash co owner of
Liquid Intrusion. And for those of you who have been
following Liquid Intrusion's story, their social
media, their platform, you know that Jasmine
(05:37):
has been going through a lot of health
concerns. She has been recently
diagnosed with, a disease that causes tumors throughout her
body, and she just recently had, brain
tumor removal surgery, and it was a lot. And,
they have a huge support, lot of family, lot of
(05:59):
friends, everyone supporting them. But I
wanted to send all of our love to Jasmine. We all love
you. And if you'd like to show your support for Jasmine and liquid
intrusion, please go to our,
Instagram or social media and find the bonfire
fundraiser page. Link should be in our bio. And we are
(06:22):
we are raising funds for, Jasmine's
hospital visits and her surgeries because I can't imagine how
expensive those are. So you're gonna get a shirt. So
buy go buy a shirt. It says genetically unapologetic, which is
an homage to the their beer that they brewed specifically for this.
They dropped at, they dropped at,
(06:44):
barrel flow. Thank you. And, so go support.
It might say the campaign is has ended, but buy another shirt. There's
endless campaigns. So, do it for Jasmine. Hashtag do it
for Jasmine. If you have any questions, reach out to us, and we can steer
you in the right direction. So what are we excited about? May the liquid always
prevail. Definitely, thoughts and prayers and, cheers to
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Jasmine and and Drew and the whole liquid intrusion family. So shout out to
them. But in terms of things I'm excited about, I would say I mean,
the weather is starting to break a bit, folks. You know, it's, it's no
longer 90 and humid. It's starting to get kinda 70 and cool.
Therefore, Oktoberfest is around the corner. So I'm excited for
all the Marzins and, the Oktoberfest beers that'll be dropping. The Fest beers that'll be
(07:29):
dropping throughout the month of September, at your local brewery. So drink local. I'm
sure everyone will have an offering, so definitely support your local breweries. And
I think there are a number of events on the horizon for you to attend.
And, maybe, Mike and and and Jake have some of those they've been
looking forward to. Yeah. We're we're gonna see a ton
of events coming down the pike. Saturday,
(07:51):
MegaFest at the Anthem. The Sunday after that,
October ForestFest, way down south of us in
Powhatan, Virginia. That's Josh Chapman,
Upweller Beer Company's Festival, and that's just to start
September off. At the end of the month, I'm skipping ahead.
We're gonna see the Bear branch, Maryland's Craft
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Maltster have a tap takeover at Max's Tap House on
September 30, and I just talked to Jeff Hancock at Franklin's.
He's got a 100% Vienna malt, Vienna lager
coming out of the tanks. That's a 100% Bear Branch
Vienna malt. Speaking of malt, Mike,
(08:33):
what is happening in September around malt? I'm so
glad you asked, Jake. September is craft malt month.
You know, it started as a day, then it was a week, and now we're
in the second annual craft malt month
of the twenty first century. So Bear Branch has really
been, cranking out, you know, the barley, turning it into malt, and
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there's gonna be, I think, 16, drafts at
Max's Taphouse at the end of the month. So we are DC beer.
We're not Baltimore beer. But it's important to know that that those in the
DC Metro, both Franklin's and Streetcar eighty
two are gonna have beers on tap at Max's at the end
of the month. And it's actually Streetcar eighty two's anniversary
(09:18):
on September 6, which is this Saturday, the same day as
MegaFest. So I think you'll see maybe Scoop said MegaFest
and me at street car. So, DC beer, we're always
around. So if you if you see us, come up to us, and, we're
probably drinking. So if we don't remember seeing you, don't be
mad at us. No. No. Please don't. But, also,
(09:40):
Brandy, is September is the top of the month? Any any plans for a
Women Bruce Culture Club this month? Yeah. So we we
did have a big excursion planned, but we're going to have
to postpone that, unfortunately, but we're we're looking forward to
the the new date set. But for women's brew
culture club this month, we are doing a fundraiser. And by we, I
(10:03):
mean, DC beer, women's reculture club, and Wonder
Garden in Noma. We're doing a fundraiser for the
DC rape crisis center on September
28, and it's gonna be a big deal. It's not just gonna be a
fundraiser. It's going to be an all out fucking party. There's
gonna be a dunk tank. We're trying to get, like, the mayor to come
(10:24):
out and get dunked. That would be amazing. Side note.
And, we're gonna have, like, drag
performances. I'm reaching out. So many local breweries have
donated beer to the event. So it's gonna be basically a beer fest,
but for an amazing cause. So come out, support
survivors of sexual assault, and just continue
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raising awareness and support local breweries and humans.
Yeah. Well said. That is good beer for a good
cause. We don't wanna sit here and discuss event after event.
We'll just note that every brewery out there has
an Oktoberfest. And as has been pointed out, the weather is
absolutely freaking fantastic. It is great patio drinking weather.
(11:09):
It's great porch drinking weather. It's great evening beer weather.
And then after September, which is chock
full load of events, we've got the Bruce Association of Maryland
doing something, this wonderland, the first weekend in
October, right by Sapwood Cellars.
And the weekend after that is Snallygaster
(11:32):
and the Great American Beer Festival yet again. So,
the next six weeks or so, I think, are gonna be pretty, pretty
busy around here. You'll see a lot of us out and about. But I
wanna go with Stein real quick since it is we're getting into that Festbier
mares in season. Prepare your livers. Yes. Yeah.
What have you had in those styles so far that's jumped out to
(11:55):
you? Well, there's been some really nice Festbears
that have been released already out into the world, and
the Ianger, Oktoberfest Meertzen, which comes from
Iinge, Germany. It's a it's an import. So So I'm not talking about DC beer.
I'm talking about imports. Let me get back to the locals. As I mentioned
before, very excited for Franklin's to come out with their Vienna style lager with
(12:18):
bare branch malt. Lagers coming down the pike from Streetcar eighty
two. We're excited for that. I know that the henceforth Oktoberfest
is also taking place at the September, so we're really eager
to see Henceforth has had some heaters that
have come out. Brandy's been chatting me about the Grizzette. I'm overdue
for a Grizzette at Henceforth, but I know they've got a Czech dark lager
(12:41):
and a few other coming down the line. And then, of course, because I'm having
a Lost Gen beer right now, very eager to see what
mister Jared Pulliam has has got for us over in Ekington,
at Lost Generation. Yeah. I I had their fast beer
this past Sunday, and we had a little tasty taste of it. A sample
when our dear friend Dan from Dovetail came through to
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visit, when they Dovetail was doing their yearly
takeover at, all the NRG spots. But,
Jared gave us some tank pours of the Festbier,
and it it's so good. And, yeah, henceforth
is coming out with a nut brown ale, Czech dark
tamave, and, Festbier at the end of the month. So I'm,
(13:26):
you know, DC's newest brewery is coming out, like,
swinging straight out of the fucking they're like, yes.
Watch me. Ben is crushing it. Yeah. And and I think, collectively, we're here
for it. And, also, it it's interesting, because because so
many people are having an Oktoberfest. So many people are dropping some of the same
styles. Some of these folks are sending these styles to Great American Beer Festival. So
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I'm curious to see how the DC area holds up against the rest of the
country in terms of these these Martins and the the Fespeers that we send out
to Denver, which I will miss, unfortunately. But for any of you guys are
that are going, tag us, you know, comment on our page, let us know what
you're drinking and what you're liking. Out of the DC area or how Denver's
looking in October, we'd be curious to hear. Okay. Quick thirty
(14:09):
second read the tea leaves, look in your crystal ball. Who is
winning a GABF, a Great American Beer Festival medal
this year? Atlas. Always. Yeah. It's always Atlas. Yeah.
Brandy was the first to smash that Jeopardy buzzer answer because she's the she's the
she's the she's the sugar daddy. Neighbor. Yeah. Yeah.
Consultant neighbor metal, yes. Any day of the week.
(14:33):
I had Bullpen pills last week. It is
it's just a phenomenal beer flavored beer. I
understand these, like, these styles are it's an American stout. It's our
neighbor. It's, a
vaguely German style pills for Bullpen.
This isn't like the best hazy, the best fruit and sour, the
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best pastry stout. It's not something that people might queue up for,
but these are really, really good beer flavored beers.
So I think Atlas is a is a real quick answer. Okay. You took way
more than thirty seconds. Will will Port City's optimal
win of Port City's porter win a medal at CBS? So yeah. So with
Atlas off the table, I think it's Port City. I think you're looking at Port
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City Oktoberfest. Oh. Port City,
Port City Porter, I think, because it comes in North Of 7 is
sometimes a harder sell. I think that, like, the robust port of
the ABV, I think, sometimes kinda overwhelms people. Yeah.
Do you recall actually, we should probably reach out to Port City
about this. I feel like I should be more knowledgeable. Does Port City
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do they normally submit, IPAs
to to JBF? Because the last time I was there, I
had their newest West Coast IPA,
and I didn't even drink my lager, which is crazy. Like, I
just drank the West Coast. It was so good. Yeah.
So Port City will pretty much submit anything and everything that
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they can or bottle because they want the brewers feedback.
On top of that, and I think this is a good sign of sort of
the DMV DC beer solidarity, Port City
is the drop off point for everyone's beer that goes
to GABF. Nice. And so, like, if your Atlas,
you're not sending your beer directly to the judges at GABF,
(16:27):
You're actually sending your beer to Port City, and then
Bill Butcher, co owner, co founder of Port
City et al, sends everybody's beer
goes off in one shipment that keeps the cold chain
alive such that when that beer reaches the judges, it does so.
Fair fair game. Yeah. I'm glad Port City and Bill Butcher are nice
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people because somebody could be assholes and take with somebody's beer.
No. I think they're I think they're doing the Lord's work. But I'm I'm curious,
you know, I'm hoping that, Maryland has something to say at GABF. You know, obviously,
SAPwood is one of the heavy hitters that I think gets gets a lot of
love and attention and and rightfully so. Right? I mean, they they may they may
know a thing or two about about, about beer. It may have written a book
or two. But I'm I'm hoping that some of the other, Maryland breweries get
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some, some attention and notoriety for it, including, you know, Elder
Pine. Obviously, I'm gonna always plug Third Hill because, you know, why not? Right? And
they're making phenomenal beer as well. And I think they're submitting a Mars Inn out
to, GABF, Parteon, which,
I've had and it is delicious. So I'm definitely looking forward to that. But I'm
I'm hoping that Denizens and everyone else that's in in in the Maryland area really
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make some noise because Port City, they do a phenomenal job.
Lost Generation do a phenomenal job. But, you know, Maryland sometimes it's like it's
like the whole, like, outcast thing. You know? Maryland has something to say. So that's
all. No. Like, one of the things that I think kinda irks me
about GABF, and it's always in Colorado.
And I think that there are some breweries who would
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if you could just maybe move it to Philly for just one
year, what you would see some of these East Coast
breweries do. GABF, a lot of times, you'd
look at the awards, you'd look at who's there. It comes off as it's
a beer fest for Colorado and the
Pacific Northwest. Oh, damn. Exactly. Look. Like, no doubt,
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like, those are all the breweries that put US
craft beer on the map. Yep. That's where the hops are.
Mhmm. Like, it makes a lot of sense. But there are plenty of
Maryland breweries who I think would submit if it were two
hours up 95 For sure. In a way that it's not when
it's, you know, a in the middle of the country. Yeah. In the middle of
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the country with hotels and airfare and all these sort of expenses
that come with it. But doesn't it cost money to submit?
Each beer you submit, that's money. And our brewery is
making a ton of money right now. They're not. So, like,
that has to be a hard call. A a brewery could probably think they make
a bunch of good beers, and they probably do. Exactly. Like, do they
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submit all those? How how how has the
the tanking economy
and the lack of foot traffic and all of our that we
visibly see in our local breweries, how is it affecting everybody, and how is
that gonna affect GABF and traveling? And and, you
know, I don't really wanna bring up the orange man, but fuck.
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Well, in in addition to the fact that, you know, a lot of East Coast
breweries have to choose. Right? Are you gonna do GABF or you're gonna do Snally?
Because they're the same day. I mean, I know GABF is across, two or three
days, if not three or four days. But, I mean, do you drive
up to DC? Drive down to DC? Or do you fly out to Denver? So
you kinda have to choose. And I think that's also why you may not see
some of the notable breweries or even up and coming brewery submit to
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GABF. Because it's easier for me to hop in the car and bring my
kegs, cases, six soles, whatever else up to DC for Snally
versus getting out to Denver. No. I think the economics of it are
really interesting. We don't really see from
anyone a bump if your brewery wins a medal.
It's like Atlas can slap, you know, the silent neighbor bronze metal.
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Bragging rights. Old metal. It's bragging rights, and that's great. But
in terms of, like, the raw economics of it, if you can get
7,000 ish people on Pennsylvania Avenue and a bunch
of them check-in on Untapped, and the next day they go, oh, yeah.
Remember that brewery? I had that. That's now on your
radar. It could really be a wash. Maybe you wanna be
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at Snally, and you don't wanna be at JABF. I can
say that several of
my friends who chose JABF last year, I love that for
them. They have audibly told me that they are
going to be at Snally this year. They're like, we love Snally way more
than GABF. So no offense to GABF. Love you guys. Love that you guys
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are doing that. Keep up the good work. But Snally is a
not to miss. So, and I'm excited because
next episode, guess who we're having on? The man
himself, the man who brings the Snally together, Greg
Engert. So stay tuned for our next episode. Yeah. And and I can't wait
to hear from Greg. You know, he always gives us a nice little sneak peek
(21:17):
of what to expect for Snally, especially for us beer nerds to get our,
Excel sheets and everything else together for the the the running of the nerds. And
I say that with love, and I say that with love, but, you know, I'd
be remiss to not shout out all of our Patreon members. Thank you guys so
very much for, supporting us, standing by us, and also
actually filling in and submitting the survey, because we have listened,
(21:39):
and we are working on, bringing you guys some dope dope events on a
monthly basis. Brandy has always done that. So we're gonna see if we can
help Brandy out with that, because the women's brew culture club, the beer share,
amongst other things, have really been, organized, from by
Brandy, and thank you for that as well. So so, yes, just thank you to
all our supporters. For those of you that may not know what I mean by
(22:00):
that, we have a Patreon, and we really could benefit, from
continuing to spread the beer news and supporting our local breweries, if you
continue to support us. And, again, the the lowest tier is at $5, the most
expensive tier is at $25. And, we've increased our partnerships with local
brands, as well. So you guys can continue to, take advantage of that,
not just our beer shares, but also some of our discount codes at the brew
(22:22):
shop and everything else. Shout out to Julie. Absolutely. And
while we have your attention, I want to bring
up the fact that Pink Boots, they're
relaunching the Maryland branch. And
the best person for us to listen to about this is
Lauren, our guest tonight. Lauren, tell us about the, Pink
(22:44):
Boots relaunch. Hey, guys.
Thanks again for having me on. So, yes, Pink Boots Maryland chapter is
making a comeback. Of course, with the pandemic, a lot of
changes, you know, took place, and so
decided to bring it back. Stephanie, Shout out to
Stephanie and Amber. Shout out to Amber, both members of Women's Brew Culture Club.
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Shout out to Brandy for creating Women's Brew Culture Club. We had
a meet and greet happy hour at Checkerspot. Shout out to Judy,
last Wednesday. Big, big turnout, so we're
excited, for, what's next. And there are
gonna be a few events coming up for Pink Boots Maryland and also
Pink Boots DMV, so stay tuned. DC.
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So to join, you can follow, any of the
Instagram pages or go directly to the Pink Boots site, and there are
different tiers for memberships. Membership fees are very, very low,
and you don't necessarily have to work in the beer industry.
They're a little bit more lenient now in terms of who qualifies for membership,
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but check it out. Follow everything on all the socials, and stay tuned for
more, info. And, of course, follow DC beer women's agriculture club. All the all
the things. Follow it all. Support women in beer. Yes.
Thank you, Lauren. Well,
we're excited for our special guest by special request for our next episode.
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Very eager to tell you more about Snallygaster and
also to see you at our beer share in September.
One final plug I will mention, my my firm, Lost
Loggers, will be at the Hyrek House on September 18.
We'll have senate, senate Bach, and senate Merriton, which is just out now.
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But come to the DC Beer Share. We would love to see you in
September. Yeah. And, just, you know, final plug for
me, homecoming volume three is on the way. Just wanna put that out
there. So if you'd like to support the the Harvey Wilder Foundation, we do appreciate
it. Got another hazy, front who do not know
Harvey Wilder Foundation or Homecoming three, could you give a
(24:54):
little brief description? So so dating back to
2021, we've been collaborating with, local
breweries, first of which was Ashland Brewing, rest in peace. Shout out to Matt and
Emma. And now we collaborate with a Third Hill Brewing Company
to, produce just a hazy IPA, a wonderful, delicious,
everyday drinking beer despite the weather, for all the hazy lovers and hot
(25:16):
lovers out there. As a fundraiser for the Harvard Wilder Foundation, which is a foundation,
that provides a scholarship for students going to historically black
colleges and universities, including Howard
and many others. But, we we've been in operation for ten years. We
just celebrated our ten year, anniversary down in in Georgia where we
initially were founded and started and started. And, and since then,
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we've just continued to expand. We we give out a thousand bucks per student, and
we purchase their first passport because we understand the value of travel. So if you
purchase homecoming, you're allowing us to continue to support students,
that may not may or may not be able to support themselves. Right? So we
just wanna keep things going. And, education is key. So we
wanna keep education funded. Knowledge is
(26:00):
power. I know what I know. Yes. Yes.
Thank you for all the information. Before
we leave you, hey. We've missed you. We've missed you so much. Oh my
god. As I'm sitting on my living room floor, I
want to, include Richard papa beer in
here because he never really gets to be on the show even though he produces
(26:23):
everything and does all of our taxes. And he's
he, like, he wears the cape so hard. He really he really
wears the the cape that no it's like an invisible cape. So,
Richard, who started out as the Brewdaddies
thank you, Julie, for telling him to change the fucking name of
that. Also, we love you, Julie. We miss you. Julie of
(26:47):
Denison. Sorry. Richard hates when we do shout outs. Okay. So,
Richard, tell us about Tennessee beer. Oh,
oh, I I'm very, very fortunate, to live in Maryville,
Tennessee now, which is the home of what used to be
Blackberry Farm Brewery, which some of you know,
very high quality brewery, is now Peaceful Side
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Brewery. Peaceful Side,
is I will actually started as a as a restaurant
in a little town called Townshend,
Tennessee. Townshend is right on the border of the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, and the
it's it has a Virginia connection that I have to tell you guys about because
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peaceful side was started by,
a young gentleman and his cousin, both of whom lived in
Richmond, and worked in the food
service industry and the entertainment industry in Richmond
and came down, to Townsend,
where, my friend Houston, Houston
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Oldham, who's basically the head of operations for what
is Oldham Hospitality, came down to help his parents run
something called Dancing Bear in Townsend and convince them
to open up a peaceful side brewery
in Townsend, which is like a little microbrewery, and then they bought
the brewery from Blackberry Farm in
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Maryville. Now Blackberry Farm was one of the reasons we
moved to Maryville because the beer is so good. And I was like, well, there's,
like, kick ass brewery in this town. Let's live here when we decided to move.
But I spent a lot of time there. The beer is fantastic.
I'm good friends now with everybody there just as I became great friends
with all of my brewing friends here in the
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DMV. And it is,
and it is it the they've won let's see. They won a GABF
medal this year. Can't remember what it was for.
They they won both a a a GABF medal and
a World Beer Cup medal, for beers in
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this year. Their their Solveza, which is a Mexican lager,
won the World Cup. Absolutely
fantastic. Always have a four pack of that in the fridge. So I'm very,
very fortunate that I get to live in a place where there is high quality
beer. I also it's also thirty minutes south of Knoxville,
Tennessee. So I get to, periodically, at least
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once a month, drink some Zuul. Peanut
butter. Okay. Jelly. Can I just I'm just gonna take a moment for those of
you who are aware of the PB and J mixtape? I'm a tell
you a little story about PB and J mixtape.
Two years ago, three years ago? I think it was two years ago. Two
years ago at Snally, PB and J mixtape
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made its debut. Now all of my friends in Knoxville
all of my friends in Knoxville are shocked when I open up the
dcbeer.com article about p b and j mixtape and
say, we were the first to talk about this. Shit.
Yeah. Earlier thereafter. They're like, what? And I'm
like, yep. This was us. And the really funny thing about it
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is nobody actually likes nobody likes beer like GB
and J Mixtape. But if when I go to Zul, when I go to their
brewery by the way, they're growing by leaps and bounds. They just they've
just acquired a new, a a new
brewing. They just another brewery, like, closed down, and they they bought the
facility. And so so Zul is, like, kicking ass. But
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when you go to when I go to the Zulu the original Zulu brewery in
Knoxville, it's it's, like, half the people there are drinking
PB and J mixtape. And I will tell you the last funny story about this.
When our local we went to the opening night of our of our local triple
a ball team, double a ball team rather, in in
Knoxville. They had a brand new stadium this season, and we went the first night.
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And and my lovely wife, Karen, and I are sitting there,
watching the game, drinking our local beers.
And in front of us was this line of probably eight
women and their children. And and
then another woman walks up to this line of women who are there with their
kids watching the baseball game, and she has a can of PB and
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J mixtape. And all of the women, like,
immediately looked at her and screamed, and they all got up and immediately went and
got their own cans Yeah. Of PB and
J mixtape. It is wildly
popular. I've heard numbers about how much I'm not
gonna say it on the show, but but I I've heard many, many,
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many numbers of how much money
ZOLL makes off of that terrible.
Some things are for in person Agree. Having
become have beers with us in the future. Ask me at Snally. I'll be I'll
be back for Snally, and you can ask me at Snally about that. And, of
course, as you'll hear more about in our next episode, we are,
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once again, for the third year in a row, going to have a DC
beer stage at Snallygaster. We are gonna have all of your favorite
brewers from all over the world on that stage in panels all
day long. So you should definitely plan
to be there. Definitely plan to come by the DC Beer Stage at Snallygaster,
and you'll learn more about that as we get closer. Thanks for listening,
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everybody. It's good to be back. We are at DC beer across social
media. That's Instagram, Facebook, bruce sky,
and, we will see you out at
many, many, many Oktoberfest and festy events over the next
month. Alright. Be well, everybody. Thanks. Cheers.
Many, many Oktoberfest. Yes. We'll see you. September.
Welcome, everyone. We are DC beer,
and it's the DC beer show back from us on our vacation.
Like stein. What's in your stein? Well, first of all, welcome
to show number two sixteen, Jake. We made it.
I am having a, through all eternity, a
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lost generation check pale lager
with zaatops. It's wonderful. It's so delightful. We're
here in person. In the flesh, we're live at Casa De
Brandy. Seated to my left is Jordan.
Jordan, what's in your glass this evening? Well, hello, everyone. We've missed
you all. Hopefully, you guys have missed us as well. But, what's in my Yeti
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is something I don't think you're ready for. It's actually a
double dry hopped pilsner, and, shout out to Dynasty and the
whole, Virginia beer scene. But I also have a day without
sirens. Third Hill Brewing Company, Helleslawyer got that queued up,
because if you stay ready, you don't have to get ready. But Brandy, what is
in your handy? Right now, my phone's in my hand because I'm
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taking a video. But I am so
excited, a, to be here because papa beer is here. This is our
first podcast that we have, done in a
while now, so I'm super jazzed. What has been in my
beer? Stein got here early. So we had we
had a common no. We what do we have? Oh my gosh. I forgot.
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We we did not have a Burial. We had Burial, the Vienna
Lager. We had, we had a beautiful side
project, pride project grisette, which was lovely. And
then I am about to crack open this Kushwa West Coast
style double IPA, which might be a little rough, but I'm jazzed
about it. Oh, I was gonna ask you what you're drinking,
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but you're not on the podcast tonight. Richard is drinking.
Richard, what? Papa beer, birthday month boy. What are you drinking
tonight? Rules of civility. The
whale's pale ale from dynasty and lost loggers.
That's right. He's got a Scottish style pale
ale. Whale's pale ale. Rules of civility, 99.
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We oh, okay. Is it is it Welsh
or Scottish? It's Scottish because
the barley used the malt used in it is Scottish malt, and
then the yeast strain is Scottish yeast.
No Scottish hops, so English hops, but it tastes kinda
dank. But it's Wales
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because of Andrew Wales. Right.
Right. Brewer. One of the first brewers
in the DMV way back when. Damn. Scoops
dropping the knowledge. True. That's facts.
The the more you know. Thank you for our resident beer historian for keeping us
well educated and, for for Brandy, for your hospitality and keeping us well
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hydrated. Oh, man. The ingredients you have here. The the guys
are you know, all the guys have been to my house before, and
so I don't think anyone has been here without a lot of other humans
here for a party. And everyone's like, oh my god, Brandy, you have so much
alcohol in the house. And then I opened the shrank or the shrunk, German shrunk.
If you guys know what it's talking about, then cool nerd people.
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So much alcohol, but mostly beer we drink. So
we have a special audience guest
tonight. And I'm gonna shout her out because we love
Lauren. Lauren Carey, women's brew culture club,
pink boots. Hi, Lauren. Just say hi real quick.
Hey, everybody. Lauren, what are you
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drinking? I honestly don't know what I'm drinking. I
got it. It was delicious. I'm sure. Okay. Thanks, Lauren. I love you.
Richard's gonna get mad at us, so let's get back on podcast. Con brand.
We're super pumped for the women's root culture club. I
have to say, we are now in episode two sixteen. This
is, I believe our dozen, the twelfth
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episode of 2025, and we're starting out this show the
way we started 2025 out, which is a pod with
the five of us. Your DC Beer Ownership Team
here, and and I actually did the math. You know,
out of the 12 shows this is show 12, so Snally out of the
11 shows, we've had a strong woman as our
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guest of honor on six out of the 11 shows.
You know, we've had Anne from Lost Generation. We've
had, Emily Emily Brown. We've had,
Tasha from Ardent. We've had,
a wonderful gender equity in our guests, and I just wanted to
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share that. You know, being the son of a sociologist, I had to go to
the mat and say, we've had 11 episodes. Six strong women on on six out
of 11. We are we are crushing it in terms of gender equity.
But moving along into things we're excited about, what are we looking forward
to as we get into this very, very busy September?
Well, while while we're on the topic of strong women, before we get
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into our, events and what we're we're what we're
excited about, I want to talk about Jasmine
Dill. She is the cofounder slash co owner of
Liquid Intrusion. And for those of you who have been
following Liquid Intrusion's story, their social
media, their platform, you know that Jasmine
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has been going through a lot of health
concerns. She has been recently
diagnosed with, a disease that causes tumors throughout her
body, and she just recently had, brain
tumor removal surgery, and it was a lot. And,
they have a huge support, lot of family, lot of
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friends, everyone supporting them. But I
wanted to send all of our love to Jasmine. We all love
you. And if you'd like to show your support for Jasmine and liquid
intrusion, please go to our,
Instagram or social media and find the bonfire
fundraiser page. Link should be in our bio. And we are
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we are raising funds for, Jasmine's
hospital visits and her surgeries because I can't imagine how
expensive those are. So you're gonna get a shirt. So
buy go buy a shirt. It says genetically unapologetic, which is
an homage to the their beer that they brewed specifically for this.
They dropped at, they dropped at,
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barrel flow. Thank you. And, so go support.
It might say the campaign is has ended, but buy another shirt. There's
endless campaigns. So, do it for Jasmine. Hashtag do it
for Jasmine. If you have any questions, reach out to us, and we can steer
you in the right direction. So what are we excited about? May the liquid always
prevail. Definitely, thoughts and prayers and, cheers to
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Jasmine and and Drew and the whole liquid intrusion family. So shout out to
them. But in terms of things I'm excited about, I would say I mean,
the weather is starting to break a bit, folks. You know, it's, it's no
longer 90 and humid. It's starting to get kinda 70 and cool.
Therefore, Oktoberfest is around the corner. So I'm excited for
all the Marzins and, the Oktoberfest beers that'll be dropping. The Fest beers that'll be
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dropping throughout the month of September, at your local brewery. So drink local. I'm
sure everyone will have an offering, so definitely support your local breweries. And
I think there are a number of events on the horizon for you to attend.
And, maybe, Mike and and and Jake have some of those they've been
looking forward to. Yeah. We're we're gonna see a ton
of events coming down the pike. Saturday,
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MegaFest at the Anthem. The Sunday after that,
October ForestFest, way down south of us in
Powhatan, Virginia. That's Josh Chapman,
Upweller Beer Company's Festival, and that's just to start
September off. At the end of the month, I'm skipping ahead.
We're gonna see the Bear branch, Maryland's Craft
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Maltster have a tap takeover at Max's Tap House on
September 30, and I just talked to Jeff Hancock at Franklin's.
He's got a 100% Vienna malt, Vienna lager
coming out of the tanks. That's a 100% Bear Branch
Vienna malt. Speaking of malt, Mike,
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what is happening in September around malt? I'm so
glad you asked, Jake. September is craft malt month.
You know, it started as a day, then it was a week, and now we're
in the second annual craft malt month
of the twenty first century. So Bear Branch has really
been, cranking out, you know, the barley, turning it into malt, and
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there's gonna be, I think, 16, drafts at
Max's Taphouse at the end of the month. So we are DC beer.
We're not Baltimore beer. But it's important to know that that those in the
DC Metro, both Franklin's and Streetcar eighty
two are gonna have beers on tap at Max's at the end
of the month. And it's actually Streetcar eighty two's anniversary
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on September 6, which is this Saturday, the same day as
MegaFest. So I think you'll see maybe Scoop said MegaFest
and me at street car. So, DC beer, we're always
around. So if you if you see us, come up to us, and, we're
probably drinking. So if we don't remember seeing you, don't be
mad at us. No. No. Please don't. But, also,
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Brandy, is September is the top of the month? Any any plans for a
Women Bruce Culture Club this month? Yeah. So we we
did have a big excursion planned, but we're going to have
to postpone that, unfortunately, but we're we're looking forward to
the the new date set. But for women's brew
culture club this month, we are doing a fundraiser. And by we, I
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mean, DC beer, women's reculture club, and Wonder
Garden in Noma. We're doing a fundraiser for the
DC rape crisis center on September
28, and it's gonna be a big deal. It's not just gonna be a
fundraiser. It's going to be an all out fucking party. There's
gonna be a dunk tank. We're trying to get, like, the mayor to come
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out and get dunked. That would be amazing. Side note.
And, we're gonna have, like, drag
performances. I'm reaching out. So many local breweries have
donated beer to the event. So it's gonna be basically a beer fest,
but for an amazing cause. So come out, support
survivors of sexual assault, and just continue
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raising awareness and support local breweries and humans.
Yeah. Well said. That is good beer for a good
cause. We don't wanna sit here and discuss event after event.
We'll just note that every brewery out there has
an Oktoberfest. And as has been pointed out, the weather is
absolutely freaking fantastic. It is great patio drinking weather.
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It's great porch drinking weather. It's great evening beer weather.
And then after September, which is chock
full load of events, we've got the Bruce Association of Maryland
doing something, this wonderland, the first weekend in
October, right by Sapwood Cellars.
And the weekend after that is Snallygaster
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and the Great American Beer Festival yet again. So,
the next six weeks or so, I think, are gonna be pretty, pretty
busy around here. You'll see a lot of us out and about. But I
wanna go with Stein real quick since it is we're getting into that Festbier
mares in season. Prepare your livers. Yes. Yeah.
What have you had in those styles so far that's jumped out to
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you? Well, there's been some really nice Festbears
that have been released already out into the world, and
the Ianger, Oktoberfest Meertzen, which comes from
Iinge, Germany. It's a it's an import. So So I'm not talking about DC beer.
I'm talking about imports. Let me get back to the locals. As I mentioned
before, very excited for Franklin's to come out with their Vienna style lager with
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bare branch malt. Lagers coming down the pike from Streetcar eighty
two. We're excited for that. I know that the henceforth Oktoberfest
is also taking place at the September, so we're really eager
to see Henceforth has had some heaters that
have come out. Brandy's been chatting me about the Grizzette. I'm overdue
for a Grizzette at Henceforth, but I know they've got a Czech dark lager
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and a few other coming down the line. And then, of course, because I'm having
a Lost Gen beer right now, very eager to see what
mister Jared Pulliam has has got for us over in Ekington,
at Lost Generation. Yeah. I I had their fast beer
this past Sunday, and we had a little tasty taste of it. A sample
when our dear friend Dan from Dovetail came through to
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visit, when they Dovetail was doing their yearly
takeover at, all the NRG spots. But,
Jared gave us some tank pours of the Festbier,
and it it's so good. And, yeah, henceforth
is coming out with a nut brown ale, Czech dark
tamave, and, Festbier at the end of the month. So I'm,
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you know, DC's newest brewery is coming out, like,
swinging straight out of the fucking they're like, yes.
Watch me. Ben is crushing it. Yeah. And and I think, collectively, we're here
for it. And, also, it it's interesting, because because so
many people are having an Oktoberfest. So many people are dropping some of the same
styles. Some of these folks are sending these styles to Great American Beer Festival. So
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I'm curious to see how the DC area holds up against the rest of the
country in terms of these these Martins and the the Fespeers that we send out
to Denver, which I will miss, unfortunately. But for any of you guys are
that are going, tag us, you know, comment on our page, let us know what
you're drinking and what you're liking. Out of the DC area or how Denver's
looking in October, we'd be curious to hear. Okay. Quick thirty
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second read the tea leaves, look in your crystal ball. Who is
winning a GABF, a Great American Beer Festival medal
this year? Atlas. Always. Yeah. It's always Atlas. Yeah.
Brandy was the first to smash that Jeopardy buzzer answer because she's the she's the
she's the she's the sugar daddy. Neighbor. Yeah. Yeah.
Consultant neighbor metal, yes. Any day of the week.
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I had Bullpen pills last week. It is
it's just a phenomenal beer flavored beer. I
understand these, like, these styles are it's an American stout. It's our
neighbor. It's, a
vaguely German style pills for Bullpen.
This isn't like the best hazy, the best fruit and sour, the
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best pastry stout. It's not something that people might queue up for,
but these are really, really good beer flavored beers.
So I think Atlas is a is a real quick answer. Okay. You took way
more than thirty seconds. Will will Port City's optimal
win of Port City's porter win a medal at CBS? So yeah. So with
Atlas off the table, I think it's Port City. I think you're looking at Port
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City Oktoberfest. Oh. Port City,
Port City Porter, I think, because it comes in North Of 7 is
sometimes a harder sell. I think that, like, the robust port of
the ABV, I think, sometimes kinda overwhelms people. Yeah.
Do you recall actually, we should probably reach out to Port City
about this. I feel like I should be more knowledgeable. Does Port City
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do they normally submit, IPAs
to to JBF? Because the last time I was there, I
had their newest West Coast IPA,
and I didn't even drink my lager, which is crazy. Like, I
just drank the West Coast. It was so good. Yeah.
So Port City will pretty much submit anything and everything that
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they can or bottle because they want the brewers feedback.
On top of that, and I think this is a good sign of sort of
the DMV DC beer solidarity, Port City
is the drop off point for everyone's beer that goes
to GABF. Nice. And so, like, if your Atlas,
you're not sending your beer directly to the judges at GABF,
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You're actually sending your beer to Port City, and then
Bill Butcher, co owner, co founder of Port
City et al, sends everybody's beer
goes off in one shipment that keeps the cold chain
alive such that when that beer reaches the judges, it does so.
Fair fair game. Yeah. I'm glad Port City and Bill Butcher are nice
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people because somebody could be assholes and take with somebody's beer.
No. I think they're I think they're doing the Lord's work. But I'm I'm curious,
you know, I'm hoping that, Maryland has something to say at GABF. You know, obviously,
SAPwood is one of the heavy hitters that I think gets gets a lot of
love and attention and and rightfully so. Right? I mean, they they may they may
know a thing or two about about, about beer. It may have written a book
or two. But I'm I'm hoping that some of the other, Maryland breweries get
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some, some attention and notoriety for it, including, you know, Elder
Pine. Obviously, I'm gonna always plug Third Hill because, you know, why not? Right? And
they're making phenomenal beer as well. And I think they're submitting a Mars Inn out
to, GABF, Parteon, which,
I've had and it is delicious. So I'm definitely looking forward to that. But I'm
I'm hoping that Denizens and everyone else that's in in in the Maryland area really
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make some noise because Port City, they do a phenomenal job.
Lost Generation do a phenomenal job. But, you know, Maryland sometimes it's like it's
like the whole, like, outcast thing. You know? Maryland has something to say. So that's
all. No. Like, one of the things that I think kinda irks me
about GABF, and it's always in Colorado.
And I think that there are some breweries who would
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if you could just maybe move it to Philly for just one
year, what you would see some of these East Coast
breweries do. GABF, a lot of times, you'd
look at the awards, you'd look at who's there. It comes off as it's
a beer fest for Colorado and the
Pacific Northwest. Oh, damn. Exactly. Look. Like, no doubt,
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like, those are all the breweries that put US
craft beer on the map. Yep. That's where the hops are.
Mhmm. Like, it makes a lot of sense. But there are plenty of
Maryland breweries who I think would submit if it were two
hours up 95 For sure. In a way that it's not when
it's, you know, a in the middle of the country. Yeah. In the middle of
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the country with hotels and airfare and all these sort of expenses
that come with it. But doesn't it cost money to submit?
Each beer you submit, that's money. And our brewery is
making a ton of money right now. They're not. So, like,
that has to be a hard call. A a brewery could probably think they make
a bunch of good beers, and they probably do. Exactly. Like, do they
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submit all those? How how how has the
the tanking economy
and the lack of foot traffic and all of our that we
visibly see in our local breweries, how is it affecting everybody, and how is
that gonna affect GABF and traveling? And and, you
know, I don't really wanna bring up the orange man, but fuck.
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Well, in in addition to the fact that, you know, a lot of East Coast
breweries have to choose. Right? Are you gonna do GABF or you're gonna do Snally?
Because they're the same day. I mean, I know GABF is across, two or three
days, if not three or four days. But, I mean, do you drive
up to DC? Drive down to DC? Or do you fly out to Denver? So
you kinda have to choose. And I think that's also why you may not see
some of the notable breweries or even up and coming brewery submit to
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GABF. Because it's easier for me to hop in the car and bring my
kegs, cases, six soles, whatever else up to DC for Snally
versus getting out to Denver. No. I think the economics of it are
really interesting. We don't really see from
anyone a bump if your brewery wins a medal.
It's like Atlas can slap, you know, the silent neighbor bronze metal.
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Bragging rights. Old metal. It's bragging rights, and that's great. But
in terms of, like, the raw economics of it, if you can get
7,000 ish people on Pennsylvania Avenue and a bunch
of them check-in on Untapped, and the next day they go, oh, yeah.
Remember that brewery? I had that. That's now on your
radar. It could really be a wash. Maybe you wanna be
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at Snally, and you don't wanna be at JABF. I can
say that several of
my friends who chose JABF last year, I love that for
them. They have audibly told me that they are
going to be at Snally this year. They're like, we love Snally way more
than GABF. So no offense to GABF. Love you guys. Love that you guys
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are doing that. Keep up the good work. But Snally is a
not to miss. So, and I'm excited because
next episode, guess who we're having on? The man
himself, the man who brings the Snally together, Greg
Engert. So stay tuned for our next episode. Yeah. And and I can't wait
to hear from Greg. You know, he always gives us a nice little sneak peek
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of what to expect for Snally, especially for us beer nerds to get our,
Excel sheets and everything else together for the the the running of the nerds. And
I say that with love, and I say that with love, but, you know, I'd
be remiss to not shout out all of our Patreon members. Thank you guys so
very much for, supporting us, standing by us, and also
actually filling in and submitting the survey, because we have listened,
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and we are working on, bringing you guys some dope dope events on a
monthly basis. Brandy has always done that. So we're gonna see if we can
help Brandy out with that, because the women's brew culture club, the beer share,
amongst other things, have really been, organized, from by
Brandy, and thank you for that as well. So so, yes, just thank you to
all our supporters. For those of you that may not know what I mean by
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that, we have a Patreon, and we really could benefit, from
continuing to spread the beer news and supporting our local breweries, if you
continue to support us. And, again, the the lowest tier is at $5, the most
expensive tier is at $25. And, we've increased our partnerships with local
brands, as well. So you guys can continue to, take advantage of that,
not just our beer shares, but also some of our discount codes at the brew
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shop and everything else. Shout out to Julie. Absolutely. And
while we have your attention, I want to bring
up the fact that Pink Boots, they're
relaunching the Maryland branch. And
the best person for us to listen to about this is
Lauren, our guest tonight. Lauren, tell us about the, Pink
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Boots relaunch. Hey, guys.
Thanks again for having me on. So, yes, Pink Boots Maryland chapter is
making a comeback. Of course, with the pandemic, a lot of
changes, you know, took place, and so
decided to bring it back. Stephanie, Shout out to
Stephanie and Amber. Shout out to Amber, both members of Women's Brew Culture Club.
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Shout out to Brandy for creating Women's Brew Culture Club. We had
a meet and greet happy hour at Checkerspot. Shout out to Judy,
last Wednesday. Big, big turnout, so we're
excited, for, what's next. And there are
gonna be a few events coming up for Pink Boots Maryland and also
Pink Boots DMV, so stay tuned. DC.
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So to join, you can follow, any of the
Instagram pages or go directly to the Pink Boots site, and there are
different tiers for memberships. Membership fees are very, very low,
and you don't necessarily have to work in the beer industry.
They're a little bit more lenient now in terms of who qualifies for membership,
(23:52):
but check it out. Follow everything on all the socials, and stay tuned for
more, info. And, of course, follow DC beer women's agriculture club. All the all
the things. Follow it all. Support women in beer. Yes.
Thank you, Lauren. Well,
we're excited for our special guest by special request for our next episode.
(24:12):
Very eager to tell you more about Snallygaster and
also to see you at our beer share in September.
One final plug I will mention, my my firm, Lost
Loggers, will be at the Hyrek House on September 18.
We'll have senate, senate Bach, and senate Merriton, which is just out now.
(24:32):
But come to the DC Beer Share. We would love to see you in
September. Yeah. And, just, you know, final plug for
me, homecoming volume three is on the way. Just wanna put that out
there. So if you'd like to support the the Harvey Wilder Foundation, we do appreciate
it. Got another hazy, front who do not know
Harvey Wilder Foundation or Homecoming three, could you give a
(24:54):
little brief description? So so dating back to
2021, we've been collaborating with, local
breweries, first of which was Ashland Brewing, rest in peace. Shout out to Matt and
Emma. And now we collaborate with a Third Hill Brewing Company
to, produce just a hazy IPA, a wonderful, delicious,
everyday drinking beer despite the weather, for all the hazy lovers and hot
(25:16):
lovers out there. As a fundraiser for the Harvard Wilder Foundation, which is a foundation,
that provides a scholarship for students going to historically black
colleges and universities, including Howard
and many others. But, we we've been in operation for ten years. We
just celebrated our ten year, anniversary down in in Georgia where we
initially were founded and started and started. And, and since then,
(25:39):
we've just continued to expand. We we give out a thousand bucks per student, and
we purchase their first passport because we understand the value of travel. So if you
purchase homecoming, you're allowing us to continue to support students,
that may not may or may not be able to support themselves. Right? So we
just wanna keep things going. And, education is key. So we
wanna keep education funded. Knowledge is
(26:00):
power. I know what I know. Yes. Yes.
Thank you for all the information. Before
we leave you, hey. We've missed you. We've missed you so much. Oh my
god. As I'm sitting on my living room floor, I
want to, include Richard papa beer in
here because he never really gets to be on the show even though he produces
(26:23):
everything and does all of our taxes. And he's
he, like, he wears the cape so hard. He really he really
wears the the cape that no it's like an invisible cape. So,
Richard, who started out as the Brewdaddies
thank you, Julie, for telling him to change the fucking name of
that. Also, we love you, Julie. We miss you. Julie of
(26:47):
Denison. Sorry. Richard hates when we do shout outs. Okay. So,
Richard, tell us about Tennessee beer. Oh,
oh, I I'm very, very fortunate, to live in Maryville,
Tennessee now, which is the home of what used to be
Blackberry Farm Brewery, which some of you know,
very high quality brewery, is now Peaceful Side
(27:08):
Brewery. Peaceful Side,
is I will actually started as a as a restaurant
in a little town called Townshend,
Tennessee. Townshend is right on the border of the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, and the
it's it has a Virginia connection that I have to tell you guys about because
(27:31):
peaceful side was started by,
a young gentleman and his cousin, both of whom lived in
Richmond, and worked in the food
service industry and the entertainment industry in Richmond
and came down, to Townsend,
where, my friend Houston, Houston
(27:53):
Oldham, who's basically the head of operations for what
is Oldham Hospitality, came down to help his parents run
something called Dancing Bear in Townsend and convince them
to open up a peaceful side brewery
in Townsend, which is like a little microbrewery, and then they bought
the brewery from Blackberry Farm in
(28:16):
Maryville. Now Blackberry Farm was one of the reasons we
moved to Maryville because the beer is so good. And I was like, well, there's,
like, kick ass brewery in this town. Let's live here when we decided to move.
But I spent a lot of time there. The beer is fantastic.
I'm good friends now with everybody there just as I became great friends
with all of my brewing friends here in the
(28:38):
DMV. And it is,
and it is it the they've won let's see. They won a GABF
medal this year. Can't remember what it was for.
They they won both a a a GABF medal and
a World Beer Cup medal, for beers in
(28:58):
this year. Their their Solveza, which is a Mexican lager,
won the World Cup. Absolutely
fantastic. Always have a four pack of that in the fridge. So I'm very,
very fortunate that I get to live in a place where there is high quality
beer. I also it's also thirty minutes south of Knoxville,
Tennessee. So I get to, periodically, at least
(29:21):
once a month, drink some Zuul. Peanut
butter. Okay. Jelly. Can I just I'm just gonna take a moment for those of
you who are aware of the PB and J mixtape? I'm a tell
you a little story about PB and J mixtape.
Two years ago, three years ago? I think it was two years ago. Two
years ago at Snally, PB and J mixtape
(29:43):
made its debut. Now all of my friends in Knoxville
all of my friends in Knoxville are shocked when I open up the
dcbeer.com article about p b and j mixtape and
say, we were the first to talk about this. Shit.
Yeah. Earlier thereafter. They're like, what? And I'm
like, yep. This was us. And the really funny thing about it
(30:06):
is nobody actually likes nobody likes beer like GB
and J Mixtape. But if when I go to Zul, when I go to their
brewery by the way, they're growing by leaps and bounds. They just they've
just acquired a new, a a new
brewing. They just another brewery, like, closed down, and they they bought the
facility. And so so Zul is, like, kicking ass. But
(30:28):
when you go to when I go to the Zulu the original Zulu brewery in
Knoxville, it's it's, like, half the people there are drinking
PB and J mixtape. And I will tell you the last funny story about this.
When our local we went to the opening night of our of our local triple
a ball team, double a ball team rather, in in
Knoxville. They had a brand new stadium this season, and we went the first night.
(30:50):
And and my lovely wife, Karen, and I are sitting there,
watching the game, drinking our local beers.
And in front of us was this line of probably eight
women and their children. And and
then another woman walks up to this line of women who are there with their
kids watching the baseball game, and she has a can of PB and
(31:13):
J mixtape. And all of the women, like,
immediately looked at her and screamed, and they all got up and immediately went and
got their own cans Yeah. Of PB and
J mixtape. It is wildly
popular. I've heard numbers about how much I'm not
gonna say it on the show, but but I I've heard many, many,
(31:35):
many numbers of how much money
ZOLL makes off of that terrible.
Some things are for in person Agree. Having
become have beers with us in the future. Ask me at Snally. I'll be I'll
be back for Snally, and you can ask me at Snally about that. And, of
course, as you'll hear more about in our next episode, we are,
(31:56):
once again, for the third year in a row, going to have a DC
beer stage at Snallygaster. We are gonna have all of your favorite
brewers from all over the world on that stage in panels all
day long. So you should definitely plan
to be there. Definitely plan to come by the DC Beer Stage at Snallygaster,
and you'll learn more about that as we get closer. Thanks for listening,
(32:20):
everybody. It's good to be back. We are at DC beer across social
media. That's Instagram, Facebook, bruce sky,
and, we will see you out at
many, many, many Oktoberfest and festy events over the next
month. Alright. Be well, everybody. Thanks. Cheers.
Many, many Oktoberfest. Yes. We'll see you. September.
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