WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:09.545 Say you can't sleep? Baby, I know. That's that me. That's that 2 00:00:09.545 --> 00:00:13.065 us. It's the DC Beer Show. We are at DC Beer 3 00:00:13.065 --> 00:00:16.750 across social media. Brandy, what are you 4 00:00:16.750 --> 00:00:20.430 drinking tonight? Actually, so I drink 2 beers tonight. 5 00:00:20.430 --> 00:00:24.270 I drink half of an Iron Simms. And what is Iron 6 00:00:24.270 --> 00:00:27.825 Simms, you may ask? Well, it is the collaboration beer 7 00:00:28.045 --> 00:00:31.565 that Dynasty brewed for bitter fruit, black brew 8 00:00:31.565 --> 00:00:34.865 movement, Harvey Wilder Foundation, liquid intrusion. 9 00:00:35.470 --> 00:00:38.610 Andrew of liquid intrusion actually came up with a recipe. 10 00:00:39.070 --> 00:00:42.590 Fucking brilliant. Joy Helms Soul Mega, Black 11 00:00:42.590 --> 00:00:46.195 Beauty, Black Viking, Urban Garden. It is a peach chamomile 12 00:00:46.335 --> 00:00:50.175 saison, and this was my last can. I have absolutely destroyed this 13 00:00:50.175 --> 00:00:54.000 beer even though it's not even my go to style of beer. Well done. 14 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:57.360 Go support your black owned breweries all year long, not 15 00:00:57.360 --> 00:01:01.085 just for Juneteenth or Black History Month. We 16 00:01:01.085 --> 00:01:04.444 have many of them in the DMV. Go support them. I 17 00:01:04.444 --> 00:01:07.985 also had havesies of a Final Gravity, 18 00:01:08.285 --> 00:01:12.110 which is out of Richmond. It is Rights of Spring, the 19 00:01:12.110 --> 00:01:15.469 ginger honey lager. It is so 20 00:01:15.469 --> 00:01:19.115 perfectly balanced. It's barely gingery, 21 00:01:19.494 --> 00:01:22.555 so it doesn't really have all that spice and heat, 22 00:01:22.935 --> 00:01:26.680 and the honey is like a wisp of there, but it's there 23 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:29.500 enough for you to taste it. It's just this beautiful 24 00:01:30.600 --> 00:01:33.980 beer, and then back to back having the peach 25 00:01:34.275 --> 00:01:37.494 Kimbile Saison and the honey ginger lager. 26 00:01:38.115 --> 00:01:41.760 I mean, I feel like I'm in some sort of bougie spa 27 00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:45.360 right now where they serve nice fancy beer. What are you 28 00:01:45.360 --> 00:01:49.040 drinking, mister Stein? Well, thank you, Brandy. I 29 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:52.595 am having Senate beer, the 30 00:01:52.815 --> 00:01:56.335 wonderful Christian Heierich Brewing Company, Senate 31 00:01:56.335 --> 00:02:00.060 beer, produced at Wright Proper, a joint public history 32 00:02:00.060 --> 00:02:03.659 project between the Hyrick House Museum and my firm, the 33 00:02:03.659 --> 00:02:07.115 Lost Loggers, the beverage research firm. This 34 00:02:07.115 --> 00:02:10.815 is the original Senate beer, the pale lager 35 00:02:11.275 --> 00:02:15.030 with corn. So it's a pretty wonderful 36 00:02:15.090 --> 00:02:18.770 beverage that I'm enjoying this warm, warm 37 00:02:18.770 --> 00:02:22.455 evening. It's delightful. Big fan. Say, Mike, 38 00:02:22.595 --> 00:02:25.655 pretty soon my understanding is that you're gonna have to specify 39 00:02:26.435 --> 00:02:30.150 what you mean when you say a senate. Will it be 40 00:02:30.150 --> 00:02:33.670 a senate American adjunct light style 41 00:02:33.670 --> 00:02:37.030 lager or will it be a 42 00:02:37.030 --> 00:02:40.715 Mersin style lager? Well, in the words of the 43 00:02:40.715 --> 00:02:43.935 Heierich House Museum, Maersen is back, DC. 44 00:02:44.795 --> 00:02:48.555 So, yes, we spent years, researching Maersen and pretty 45 00:02:48.555 --> 00:02:52.090 soon on August 9th, to be specific, Friday, 46 00:02:52.090 --> 00:02:55.930 August 9th, you'll be able to taste, Hi Rick, Senate 47 00:02:55.930 --> 00:02:59.715 Mertzen. We're super excited about it. Before I give my shout 48 00:02:59.715 --> 00:03:03.334 out, Mike, the people have 1 question. Will there be flicked corn 49 00:03:03.394 --> 00:03:07.170 in senate Meriden in true American fashion? No. You 50 00:03:07.170 --> 00:03:10.850 know, shockingly, my colleague Peter Jones, who's the other 51 00:03:10.850 --> 00:03:14.290 half of Lost Lagers, and I believe that 52 00:03:14.290 --> 00:03:18.085 Mertzen may have been the only high rank brewery 53 00:03:18.085 --> 00:03:21.925 beer without corn or rice. We know 54 00:03:22.085 --> 00:03:25.365 you know, very popular at the time. So from 18 55 00:03:25.910 --> 00:03:29.510 late 1800, early 1900, and even post prohibition into the thirties and 56 00:03:29.510 --> 00:03:33.190 forties, corn and rice are the number 57 00:03:33.190 --> 00:03:36.915 1 product. You know? They're huge in American brewing. So when 58 00:03:36.915 --> 00:03:39.895 we came across this merits and recipe, we're shocked to find 59 00:03:40.515 --> 00:03:44.020 nary 1 kernel of corn nor 1 grain 60 00:03:44.160 --> 00:03:47.300 of rice. So this is an all malt 61 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:51.615 beer just like it would be in the old country? You got 62 00:03:51.615 --> 00:03:55.455 it. You got it. Alright. Which which was a weird thing for, the biggest brewery 63 00:03:55.455 --> 00:03:59.135 in DC, and, you know, we were talking about the 64 00:03:59.135 --> 00:04:02.569 biggest brewery in DC on brew day. Heirik brewed sometimes a 65 00:04:02.569 --> 00:04:06.170 100000 barrels or more. Just for reference, I checked the 66 00:04:06.170 --> 00:04:09.955 Brewers Association's, site for DC output. 67 00:04:10.015 --> 00:04:13.475 They had us listed at 31, 000 barrels last year. 68 00:04:13.775 --> 00:04:17.570 So it's, almost about 70, 000 more barrels 69 00:04:17.570 --> 00:04:21.350 on average were brewed, you know, in in the 19 thirties around this time. 70 00:04:21.730 --> 00:04:25.465 This recipe's from 1933, so, you know, we need to catch up, 71 00:04:25.465 --> 00:04:28.845 Jake. We need to brew about 70, 000 more barrels to hit, 72 00:04:29.305 --> 00:04:33.100 the historic 19 thirties level. Well, you know, I I appreciate you taking the 73 00:04:33.100 --> 00:04:36.780 time to be on the podcast instead of, you know, doing 2 or 74 00:04:36.780 --> 00:04:40.395 3 shifts, to on a on a on a 75 00:04:40.395 --> 00:04:44.155 15 barrel system to yeah. I should've cranked out another 60 barrels. 76 00:04:44.155 --> 00:04:47.880 What am I doing? Podcasting. That's right. Yeah. Stop stop talking to me. Put put 77 00:04:47.880 --> 00:04:50.760 your waiters back on. Put your galaches back on, and, you know, get in there. 78 00:04:50.760 --> 00:04:54.200 Start shuffling. Well, thanks for the voter confidence. Yeah. Alright. 79 00:04:54.440 --> 00:04:58.285 So keeping it, high Rick or high Rick adjacent, I have not beer here, 80 00:04:58.605 --> 00:05:01.905 but it is Ancho's Quince Dry Cider. 81 00:05:02.205 --> 00:05:05.820 Oh. 6.9 percent because keeping it under 7 is 82 00:05:05.820 --> 00:05:09.660 always nice for tax purposes. That's right. But the Quince 83 00:05:09.660 --> 00:05:12.720 adds this kind of nice, like, tropical citrusy 84 00:05:13.355 --> 00:05:16.975 funk to it. It's, native yeast from Adams County, Pennsylvania. 85 00:05:17.835 --> 00:05:21.675 A a lovely cider. I really like just like that nice little tropical addition, 86 00:05:22.155 --> 00:05:25.990 and the kinda extra tartness that quince brings. Jake, here's 87 00:05:25.990 --> 00:05:29.750 my question. Yeah. This cider Mhmm. Typically, it's with apples, fermented 88 00:05:29.750 --> 00:05:33.455 apples. This 1 also has, quince, fermented quince. Is it a 89 00:05:33.455 --> 00:05:37.235 sweet cider, or is it a dry cider? It is 90 00:05:37.535 --> 00:05:41.140 a dry cider as most on show ciders are. 91 00:05:41.620 --> 00:05:45.320 They they let that native yeast rip, and so the finish is dry. 92 00:05:45.700 --> 00:05:49.540 But it does have this, sort of distinct, kind of summery vibe 93 00:05:49.540 --> 00:05:52.335 upfront. Because if you bite into a quints, 94 00:05:53.275 --> 00:05:56.495 raw, you're a psychopath because they are incredibly 95 00:05:57.035 --> 00:06:00.610 tart and often hard. But in a side yeah. It's just 96 00:06:00.690 --> 00:06:04.530 it's kicking off this, like, this lovely, almost like 97 00:06:04.690 --> 00:06:08.515 kind of like persimmonie, pineappley, bready note. 98 00:06:08.595 --> 00:06:12.435 It just you know, that it adds, like, a little more of a tiki 99 00:06:12.435 --> 00:06:15.895 summertime vibe to the cider while still, you know, Quince 100 00:06:16.035 --> 00:06:19.590 being, a cousin of apple, keeping it in that 101 00:06:19.590 --> 00:06:23.190 cider family. You know, it's not a passion fruit cider. It's not a pineapple 102 00:06:23.190 --> 00:06:26.785 cider. It's not a dry hop cider. It's just Apples 103 00:06:26.845 --> 00:06:30.145 with a little bit of quince. Sounds delightful. Yeah. 104 00:06:30.604 --> 00:06:34.450 Alright. News item number 1 is, 105 00:06:34.530 --> 00:06:38.050 I think, birch and barley. July 13th, their 106 00:06:38.050 --> 00:06:41.510 last day before they get replaced by Mallard, 107 00:06:41.985 --> 00:06:45.505 a friend of DC beer from way back when, chef 108 00:06:45.505 --> 00:06:49.125 Hamilton Johnson, ex Vidalia shout out to Vidalia, 109 00:06:49.425 --> 00:06:53.210 way back when over on 19th and m, and a Big Hunt 110 00:06:53.210 --> 00:06:56.890 regular back in the day is gonna do kind of like new 111 00:06:56.890 --> 00:07:00.410 American southern style food at Mallard under Church 112 00:07:00.410 --> 00:07:03.975 Key. Do we have any hot takes about this? What do we make 113 00:07:03.975 --> 00:07:07.655 of, you know, birch and barley having a 14, 15 year 114 00:07:07.655 --> 00:07:11.320 run? Call them to the day. Well, no 115 00:07:11.320 --> 00:07:14.840 hot takes, but, tepid takes. House made 116 00:07:14.840 --> 00:07:18.575 tots will still be there. Absolutely. Yeah. But then, you 117 00:07:18.575 --> 00:07:22.115 know, we've got country ham. We've got, spicy 118 00:07:22.175 --> 00:07:25.680 pork sausage, fungus among us. You know? Thrilled to see a 119 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:29.520 vegetarian option on there. I'm willing to say 120 00:07:29.520 --> 00:07:33.145 that this may be better than the birch 121 00:07:33.145 --> 00:07:36.664 and barley we have seen of late because it's new and 122 00:07:36.664 --> 00:07:40.350 exciting. It's with the seasoned chef, Jake, who you 123 00:07:40.350 --> 00:07:44.190 know can crank out quality quality 124 00:07:44.190 --> 00:07:47.975 foodstuffs, good sourcing, good ingredients. So I'm of 125 00:07:47.975 --> 00:07:51.815 the mind that this may be better than what we've seen from burch 126 00:07:51.815 --> 00:07:55.435 and barley. Yeah. I don't like I don't want, you know, the commentary 127 00:07:55.655 --> 00:07:59.390 among the DC beer, you know, community to read too 128 00:07:59.390 --> 00:08:03.070 much into this. Like, oh, birch and barley is going away, and so that means 129 00:08:03.070 --> 00:08:06.370 that a beer centric fine dining restaurant cannot 130 00:08:06.430 --> 00:08:09.855 succeed. Like, I don't want that to be the 131 00:08:09.855 --> 00:08:13.215 takeaway here. I feel like 15 years, 132 00:08:13.215 --> 00:08:16.595 especially in dining, that's an eternity. 133 00:08:17.450 --> 00:08:21.050 Restaurants kind of come and go. A great many of them 134 00:08:21.050 --> 00:08:24.889 fail within the 1st 3 to 5 years, if not the 1st 135 00:08:24.889 --> 00:08:28.345 year or so, in ways that breweries 136 00:08:28.885 --> 00:08:32.105 don't. Like if a brewery opens and immediately closes, 137 00:08:32.645 --> 00:08:36.380 that's awful. If a brewery is open for 10 years and then 138 00:08:36.380 --> 00:08:39.900 closes, that's also awful. But if you compare the churn 139 00:08:39.900 --> 00:08:43.684 of breweries to the churn in restaurants, it's apples and 140 00:08:43.684 --> 00:08:47.285 oranges. 15 years is a while. I really do think that 141 00:08:47.285 --> 00:08:50.860 bergton barley succeeded at their goal, which was, to 142 00:08:50.860 --> 00:08:54.460 give beer a place at the table alongside wine and 143 00:08:54.460 --> 00:08:58.300 such. And I think we'll see that continue at Mallard as 144 00:08:58.300 --> 00:09:02.005 well. Yeah. I think, writ large, we've seen the success 145 00:09:02.145 --> 00:09:05.365 of craft beer on a national scale. You know, 146 00:09:05.585 --> 00:09:09.320 the phrases that I'm hearing is craft beer is 147 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:13.020 now just beer. Right? And and in a sense, 148 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:16.825 obviously, it's not apples to apples with fine dining is now just 149 00:09:16.825 --> 00:09:20.505 dining. But to exist in that fine dining space with a 150 00:09:20.505 --> 00:09:24.185 beer focus, you know, it it's it's gained ground and we've 151 00:09:24.185 --> 00:09:27.589 seen more of it. So what do you make of that, Jake? Would you agree 152 00:09:27.589 --> 00:09:31.350 that craft beer has become just beer and that's 153 00:09:31.350 --> 00:09:35.125 kind of where we're at, or do you think something different represents the 154 00:09:35.125 --> 00:09:38.964 landscape better? Yeah. So this is, I think, is, like, the double edged sword 155 00:09:38.964 --> 00:09:42.725 that to me is very interesting. In the words of Rosie Perez in White Men 156 00:09:42.725 --> 00:09:46.350 Can't Jump, sometimes when you win, you really lose, 157 00:09:46.410 --> 00:09:50.110 and sometimes when you lose, you really win. And, like, 158 00:09:50.250 --> 00:09:53.714 what does it look like that we're all, I think, in the craft beer 159 00:09:53.714 --> 00:09:57.475 industry, very angsty about the present and 160 00:09:57.475 --> 00:10:00.695 the future? Sales and growth both seem 161 00:10:00.915 --> 00:10:04.680 stagnant. There's a lot of excess capacity at breweries, that we 162 00:10:04.680 --> 00:10:08.439 can get into in a little bit. But 163 00:10:08.439 --> 00:10:12.205 if craft beer is just beer, and if you can 164 00:10:12.205 --> 00:10:15.725 buy that beer so many more 165 00:10:15.725 --> 00:10:19.529 places now than you could 20, 166 00:10:19.529 --> 00:10:23.070 30 years ago. And if there are so many more local 167 00:10:23.210 --> 00:10:27.050 breweries doing their things, and you can travel, and you 168 00:10:27.050 --> 00:10:30.255 can go, and you can visit. Aren't those all 169 00:10:30.555 --> 00:10:34.235 wins? Like, I know that we're all super angsty and 170 00:10:34.235 --> 00:10:37.455 that the number of breweries opening and breweries closing 171 00:10:37.940 --> 00:10:41.560 is currently about breakeven as opposed to, like, the rampant 172 00:10:41.700 --> 00:10:45.215 breakneck pace, that we had Mhmm. For the 173 00:10:45.215 --> 00:10:48.975 last 15 plus years. Yeah. But, like, you and 174 00:10:48.975 --> 00:10:52.115 I both know, like, we can go into rural Pennsylvania 175 00:10:52.575 --> 00:10:56.380 Sheetz gas stations and get 3 week old 176 00:10:56.380 --> 00:10:59.519 Trokes. Mhmm. Like, my goodness. 177 00:10:59.740 --> 00:11:03.100 Like, that's great. It's like, that's all I ever 178 00:11:03.100 --> 00:11:06.875 wanted out of all of this Fair. Was to be able to drink local 179 00:11:06.875 --> 00:11:09.775 beer and be able to drink fresh beer. 180 00:11:10.395 --> 00:11:14.150 Yeah. Fair. I will challenge you and say I went into a reputable 181 00:11:14.290 --> 00:11:17.670 Pennsylvania distributor to find some August Diner, 182 00:11:18.130 --> 00:11:21.775 Edelstoff, and I didn't know how good it was locally. 183 00:11:22.235 --> 00:11:25.995 You know, we have the brew shop. Shout out to Beth and Julie, owners 184 00:11:25.995 --> 00:11:29.740 of the brew shop in Arlington. And their Edelstauff, I didn't know 185 00:11:29.740 --> 00:11:32.959 how fresh it was until I had stale distributor Edelstauff 186 00:11:33.820 --> 00:11:37.495 in Harrisburg. But that being said, I'm a fool if I don't take the 187 00:11:37.495 --> 00:11:41.275 3 week old at the sheets, and I go seeking 188 00:11:41.335 --> 00:11:45.130 German lager from Munich when I'm in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 189 00:11:45.910 --> 00:11:49.670 All that being said, Jake, I wanna bring up, an interesting point 190 00:11:49.670 --> 00:11:53.255 raised on Twitter. We published an article, the 191 00:11:53.255 --> 00:11:56.935 circle of brewery life closures, beer, metals, and more. And 192 00:11:56.935 --> 00:12:00.535 Jeff Allworth chimed in to say DC beer gut 193 00:12:00.535 --> 00:12:04.320 check description and subtweet. And, of course, the gut check 194 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:08.080 is all worth mentioning. How many of the 2014 Great American Beer 195 00:12:08.080 --> 00:12:11.815 Festival winners from your state are still in business today. DC 196 00:12:11.815 --> 00:12:15.655 beer found just 30% survival rate, and then 197 00:12:15.655 --> 00:12:18.970 he went on to say Oregon's doing better. He's got an 80% 198 00:12:19.190 --> 00:12:22.550 survival rate. But, yeah, Jake, maintaining is the new 199 00:12:22.550 --> 00:12:26.390 expansion, isn't it? If your brewery stays in business for 10 or 15 200 00:12:26.390 --> 00:12:30.005 years, that's wonderful. But, yeah, we've we've been through this period 201 00:12:30.005 --> 00:12:33.765 where we've seen some great growth, but then we've seen some great closures, and 202 00:12:33.765 --> 00:12:37.490 that seems to still be, the topic of 203 00:12:37.490 --> 00:12:40.790 today. So if you wanna start a brewery 204 00:12:40.850 --> 00:12:44.365 today, you might take a look around the landscape. 205 00:12:44.505 --> 00:12:48.285 Like, you don't necessarily need a brick and mortar 206 00:12:48.665 --> 00:12:52.290 if you take a look at your local breweries and you 207 00:12:52.290 --> 00:12:55.890 see that they've got this tank space. Right? Let's 208 00:12:55.890 --> 00:12:59.725 say again, purely hypothetical. Atlas, by 209 00:12:59.725 --> 00:13:03.365 the way, congrats to their Virginia grand opening. Yes. They'll be 210 00:13:03.365 --> 00:13:07.125 brewing there soon. Top room for now. So for those of us 211 00:13:07.125 --> 00:13:10.680 who are buying it in. Coming. Atlas is the 1st 212 00:13:10.680 --> 00:13:14.520 DC production brewery to open a facility in Virginia. Not the 213 00:13:14.520 --> 00:13:18.215 first ever, of course. Speaking of the Christian Heirek Brewery, they had a 214 00:13:18.215 --> 00:13:21.595 bottling facility in Richmond, in Baltimore, yada yada. But 215 00:13:22.055 --> 00:13:25.835 this is the first of the modern era where we've seen Atlas 216 00:13:25.975 --> 00:13:29.450 now, a DC mainstay opening shop 217 00:13:29.450 --> 00:13:32.990 in Alexandria. Go on, Jake. So 218 00:13:33.770 --> 00:13:35.870 Atlas, if they use 219 00:13:37.415 --> 00:13:40.635 every single tank and they fill them up, 220 00:13:41.335 --> 00:13:45.175 they're gonna have too much beer. That is, they can't sell it on 221 00:13:45.175 --> 00:13:48.840 premise across all their locations. They can send it out 222 00:13:48.840 --> 00:13:52.060 to distribution, but it's going to sit 223 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:55.775 some places. And so they've got this excess 224 00:13:55.835 --> 00:13:59.375 capacity. Again, this is something that Jeff Allworth mentioned, 225 00:13:59.755 --> 00:14:03.460 over his blog, Birvana, which if you're listening to this show 226 00:14:03.460 --> 00:14:07.300 this show, you should be reading because it's a great blog. He's got 227 00:14:07.300 --> 00:14:10.740 data from Bart Watson over the Brewers Association, their 228 00:14:10.740 --> 00:14:14.555 economist, who just mentions, well, growth is stagnant, and there's 229 00:14:14.555 --> 00:14:18.154 all this excess capacity. If you want to get beer 230 00:14:18.154 --> 00:14:21.980 into the market, maybe you don't need real estate. 231 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:25.800 Maybe what you need is the tank space that's going 232 00:14:25.800 --> 00:14:29.574 unused at your local brewery. And so here in 233 00:14:29.574 --> 00:14:33.134 DC, you know, DC brow has done some 234 00:14:33.134 --> 00:14:36.959 contract brewing. Soul Mega brews out of DC C. Brown. 235 00:14:36.959 --> 00:14:40.660 D. C. Brown has done some stuff for bitter fruit, for a droit theory. 236 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:44.935 They've even done a batch or 2 of Ignite IPA for Hellbender. We'll have 237 00:14:44.935 --> 00:14:48.535 Hellbender gets their boiler situation sorted out. By the 238 00:14:48.535 --> 00:14:52.295 way, good news on that front because the boiler is installed and hopefully 239 00:14:52.295 --> 00:14:55.880 up and running, making beer very soon. So there's this brewery 240 00:14:55.880 --> 00:14:59.500 brand, this beer brand dad strength, a 2.9% 241 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:04.504 IPA and perhaps other under 3% beers coming 242 00:15:04.504 --> 00:15:08.345 soon, they're gonna brew out of Atlas, take advantage of Atlas' excess 243 00:15:08.345 --> 00:15:11.430 capacity. There are these, feds 244 00:15:11.730 --> 00:15:15.510 who travel a lot for work, let's say, like, Department of State, 245 00:15:15.970 --> 00:15:19.535 USAID, Agency For National Development, Lost Nomad, 246 00:15:20.315 --> 00:15:24.075 they're brewing out of city state, while city state has some excess 247 00:15:24.075 --> 00:15:27.775 capacity. And so that model may prevent 248 00:15:27.810 --> 00:15:31.430 some breweries, from closing, going under. 249 00:15:31.810 --> 00:15:35.410 I think it also adds to the growth overall if you've got 250 00:15:35.410 --> 00:15:39.125 more beer in your tanks, even if it's not Atlas 251 00:15:39.125 --> 00:15:42.805 beer, not city state beer, not DC brow beer, what have you, it's 252 00:15:42.805 --> 00:15:46.640 still beer coming out. And it's gonna be different, And I think people will be 253 00:15:46.640 --> 00:15:50.420 interested in it. Yeah. Yeah. That's a good point, Jake. Just because 254 00:15:50.560 --> 00:15:53.920 a brewery is making a different brand doesn't mean we're not gonna see a 255 00:15:53.920 --> 00:15:57.505 proliferation of brands. And in fact, the opposite. With more 256 00:15:57.505 --> 00:16:01.345 brands on the market, we'll see a more varied market. Whether 257 00:16:01.345 --> 00:16:05.089 that will be a more successful market, that that remains to be 258 00:16:05.089 --> 00:16:08.529 seen. Right? We're we're gonna watch, and and see the 259 00:16:08.529 --> 00:16:11.910 future unfold before our eyes in real time. 260 00:16:12.274 --> 00:16:15.954 But I have to say it's a wonderful thing to have this 261 00:16:15.954 --> 00:16:19.654 capacity in town whereas 10 years ago, 262 00:16:19.795 --> 00:16:23.340 so many breweries were struggling for capacity to make 263 00:16:23.340 --> 00:16:27.040 enough beer to meet market demand. Well said. 264 00:16:27.180 --> 00:16:31.020 And so we've talked a little bit about brewing and a little bit about people 265 00:16:31.020 --> 00:16:34.425 buying it. Our interview tonight is with Justin from 266 00:16:34.425 --> 00:16:38.045 Allied. They're a distributor in Virginia, and so 267 00:16:38.185 --> 00:16:41.950 they're the middle the middleman, middle person, if you 268 00:16:41.950 --> 00:16:45.490 will, in terms of getting the beer from point a to point b. 269 00:16:46.350 --> 00:16:49.964 Brandy, take it away. Thank you for that wonderful 270 00:16:50.185 --> 00:16:53.944 introduction, Jake. As always, you are the best. I want 271 00:16:53.944 --> 00:16:57.704 to introduce my very special guest that we've actually been talking about 272 00:16:57.704 --> 00:17:00.590 having on the show for a while, and we finally made it happen. 273 00:17:01.370 --> 00:17:04.350 Justin Damaris of Allied Craft Distribution. 274 00:17:05.530 --> 00:17:09.234 Hi Justin. Welcome. Hey, Brandy. Thanks for having me. Of 275 00:17:09.234 --> 00:17:12.994 course. So before we get started, I'm gonna ask you what is 276 00:17:12.994 --> 00:17:16.799 in your can or glass or stein or in 277 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:20.419 your mouth. What are you drinking? Yeah. I got a special can of, 278 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:24.375 dovetail pills for the for the warm 279 00:17:24.375 --> 00:17:28.135 weather months. Yeah. Yes. Little, special release 280 00:17:28.135 --> 00:17:31.780 from them that we got in, on our last drop. Good choice. 281 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:35.840 I was there during all that. That was a lovely series of 282 00:17:35.840 --> 00:17:39.520 events that happened when Dovetail came to visit. DC beer was so foreign. 283 00:17:39.747 --> 00:17:43.495 Like, flies on we're gonna say honey. Yes. Yeah. 284 00:17:43.495 --> 00:17:47.275 Because it was very honey. It was beautiful and smooth and delicious. 285 00:17:47.789 --> 00:17:51.549 Yes. And and and the dovetail folks had a blast as well when they were 286 00:17:51.549 --> 00:17:55.390 in town. Yeah. I think they did. At least I hope 287 00:17:55.390 --> 00:17:59.025 so. I had a blast. Yeah. Before I start 288 00:17:59.025 --> 00:18:02.544 drilling you with questions, sir, could you 289 00:18:02.544 --> 00:18:05.525 introduce yourself and speak a little about Allied? 290 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:09.920 Yeah. Given the spiel that you do, you know? Sure. Yeah. Yeah. So 291 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:13.600 I'm Justin Damaris. I moved here from New Hampshire a 292 00:18:13.600 --> 00:18:17.325 little while ago, and got into the beer world with 293 00:18:17.325 --> 00:18:21.164 a different distribution company in out of Virginia Beach, but had an 294 00:18:21.164 --> 00:18:24.860 opportunity with Allied. We're we've been around for actually, we're 295 00:18:24.860 --> 00:18:28.540 about to hit 6 years in July. So that's 296 00:18:28.540 --> 00:18:32.205 very exciting. And, yeah, we just like to focus on 297 00:18:32.205 --> 00:18:35.725 bringing in some breweries that you're you know, they're harder to get around 298 00:18:35.725 --> 00:18:39.105 here. We love lager breweries, lager focus breweries. 299 00:18:39.650 --> 00:18:43.490 So we put a lot of focus on that. But we have you know, we 300 00:18:43.490 --> 00:18:46.929 hit all styles throughout. So I know 301 00:18:46.929 --> 00:18:49.735 that I've had endless conversations 302 00:18:50.355 --> 00:18:54.115 with not only friends in the industry, but brewery 303 00:18:54.115 --> 00:18:57.710 owners, brewers, and I know 304 00:18:57.710 --> 00:19:01.470 distributors get a extremely bad rap, but I've heard 305 00:19:01.470 --> 00:19:05.090 great things about Allied. And you have some of the 306 00:19:05.710 --> 00:19:09.395 best and most adored breweries 307 00:19:10.015 --> 00:19:13.615 stand up for Allied and say, we love Allied. What 308 00:19:13.615 --> 00:19:16.160 makes Allied stand out from the other distributors? 309 00:19:25.355 --> 00:19:29.115 And, I mean, I can give you a couple of examples, Dovetail being 310 00:19:29.115 --> 00:19:32.655 1. I mean, it was 2 years in the making. 311 00:19:33.020 --> 00:19:36.559 Just really establishing not only just a relationship, but a friendship, 312 00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:41.035 and, you know, just helping them out where we can. And, 313 00:19:41.035 --> 00:19:44.795 yeah, just really, making sure we take care of their beer, put 314 00:19:44.795 --> 00:19:48.395 it in the right the right places. I mean, Virginia and DC 315 00:19:48.395 --> 00:19:51.899 has countless amounts of, really good 316 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:55.880 places to drink beer, and, a lot of these breweries have heard of 317 00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:59.274 these spots, and they wanna be in there. And also getting these 318 00:19:59.274 --> 00:20:03.115 breweries, you know, connected with these accounts as well. Yeah. It's not 319 00:20:03.115 --> 00:20:06.875 just kinda, you know, signing a brewery and then getting 320 00:20:06.875 --> 00:20:10.299 it on the shelf and forgetting about it. It's it's really paying 321 00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:13.899 attention to pull through and making sure that people are 322 00:20:13.899 --> 00:20:17.645 enjoying it, listening to the feedback, and reporting back to the 323 00:20:17.645 --> 00:20:21.485 breweries, as best as we can. So we really try to 324 00:20:21.485 --> 00:20:25.180 make sure we do that. I mean, it seems as though you're doing a great 325 00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:29.020 job of that because Dovetail and Wheatland Spring sing 326 00:20:29.020 --> 00:20:32.720 your praises. So what are some of the favorite brands 327 00:20:33.345 --> 00:20:37.025 that you distribute? Like, you personally, do you get 328 00:20:37.025 --> 00:20:40.865 popped to go see some people? Or Oh, like, it's, it's 329 00:20:40.865 --> 00:20:44.450 1 of the most thrilling things for me. Like, I I love this job, and 330 00:20:44.450 --> 00:20:48.290 I love seeking out these relationships with these breweries. For instance, just 331 00:20:48.290 --> 00:20:52.125 for 1 that I'm really excited about, actually this week, we're 332 00:20:52.125 --> 00:20:55.804 launching Fox Farm in, DC and well, 333 00:20:55.804 --> 00:20:59.024 they've been in DC before, but Virginia especially. So, 334 00:20:59.630 --> 00:21:03.470 Highside will be doing an event and a couple other places we'll be featuring 335 00:21:03.470 --> 00:21:07.150 them. But I've been chatting with them and become really good friends over the 336 00:21:07.150 --> 00:21:10.595 last 4 years, and it's finally come to fruition. So I'm 337 00:21:10.655 --> 00:21:14.175 very excited for them. Schilling was 1 of our, you 338 00:21:14.175 --> 00:21:17.875 know, brands that we've been we've been working with Schilling for years. 339 00:21:18.080 --> 00:21:21.840 And as I'm sure you know, they brew exceptional beer, and they just do 340 00:21:21.840 --> 00:21:25.475 really well in the DC and Virginia market. Another 1 341 00:21:25.794 --> 00:21:29.475 that I'm, like, really excited about, they're out of New Jersey. They're called 342 00:21:29.475 --> 00:21:33.235 Alternate Ending, but they're brewing really good vloggers and 343 00:21:33.235 --> 00:21:37.000 IPAs and styles across the board. But everything we've gotten 344 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:40.840 in from them has just been just killer stuff and starting 345 00:21:40.840 --> 00:21:44.665 to get really kinda excited about that brand and what they're gonna do 346 00:21:44.665 --> 00:21:48.445 in Virginia and DC. It seems as though 347 00:21:48.825 --> 00:21:51.565 Allied is really 348 00:21:52.429 --> 00:21:56.190 blazing the trail for bringing some of these breweries in, 349 00:21:56.190 --> 00:21:59.330 and our local establishments are 350 00:21:59.630 --> 00:22:03.315 benefiting greatly from from that. And obviously, 351 00:22:03.375 --> 00:22:07.135 so is the drinking public. So thank you for helping aid in 352 00:22:07.135 --> 00:22:10.899 that and building these relationships because beer brings 353 00:22:10.899 --> 00:22:14.659 everybody together. That's that's the best part about it. You know? That's the 354 00:22:14.659 --> 00:22:18.424 best part about it. Which reminds me, I'm also excited for Sojourn. 355 00:22:18.424 --> 00:22:22.264 I I listened to you guys' podcast with with, Mike Pauley and, 356 00:22:22.585 --> 00:22:26.280 Jensen. Jensen. Yeah. Super excited for what they're gonna 357 00:22:26.280 --> 00:22:30.040 do and what they're about. You know, Jensen and I go way back, but Mike 358 00:22:30.040 --> 00:22:33.660 Pauley, I mean, he was in he was in my wedding. So 359 00:22:34.535 --> 00:22:38.215 Are you serious? Yeah. Yep. Shit. I didn't know that. That's 360 00:22:38.215 --> 00:22:41.815 awesome. Yeah. So really excited. I mean, I I 361 00:22:41.815 --> 00:22:45.529 know that he can brew some really good really good beer, 362 00:22:45.529 --> 00:22:49.289 so it's exciting that that's right around the corner. Do you sell 363 00:22:49.289 --> 00:22:52.730 things that aren't beer? I'm assuming you do. Yeah. Yeah. 364 00:22:52.730 --> 00:22:56.524 So, honestly, cider does real well. We don't have a 365 00:22:56.524 --> 00:22:59.345 lot of cider brands, but Artifacts Cider Project, 366 00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:04.039 and North Country Hard Cider, out in New Hampshire. 367 00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:07.799 So we sell cider. We have a couple meads mead brands, 368 00:23:08.135 --> 00:23:11.975 like Blackheath out of Virginia, and we also work 369 00:23:11.975 --> 00:23:15.655 with Superstition and Shram's, we recently started working 370 00:23:15.655 --> 00:23:19.050 with. So that was a big 1. And, yeah, 371 00:23:19.050 --> 00:23:22.890 lastly, we work with Crunchy Hydration, which they're out 372 00:23:22.890 --> 00:23:26.595 of Virginia Beach, and they do, CBD 373 00:23:26.595 --> 00:23:29.895 waters and herbal like, sparkling CBD and 374 00:23:30.195 --> 00:23:33.895 herbal sparkling water. Yeah. Those are Which does really well. 375 00:23:34.190 --> 00:23:37.409 Oh my gosh. The CBD movement is about to 376 00:23:37.789 --> 00:23:41.570 explode Yeah. Kind of in the same way that the NA movement. 377 00:23:41.965 --> 00:23:45.005 I know that when we first got on the podcast, you were drinking it NA 378 00:23:45.005 --> 00:23:48.625 beer, and I respect the hot water, 379 00:23:48.685 --> 00:23:49.750 the NA movement, 380 00:23:57.750 --> 00:24:01.505 promise you that. I promise you that. Yeah. It's just what the 381 00:24:01.505 --> 00:24:05.185 the nonalcoholic stuff that's coming out is it's really good. 382 00:24:05.185 --> 00:24:09.010 Yeah. I was drinking the Sierra Nevada Trail Pass IPA and just it's 383 00:24:09.010 --> 00:24:12.530 just been in my fridge, you know, just so I'm not grabbing a beer every 384 00:24:12.530 --> 00:24:16.309 night. I can have a nonalcoholic or even a crunchy hydration 385 00:24:16.370 --> 00:24:19.835 is nice. So for our litter listeners 386 00:24:20.135 --> 00:24:23.835 who maybe aren't super duper beer nerdy and 387 00:24:24.215 --> 00:24:27.980 understand, you know, beer from the beginning to how it 388 00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:30.880 gets to you, what specific 389 00:24:31.580 --> 00:24:35.304 role does a beverage distributor play 390 00:24:35.924 --> 00:24:39.605 in the process of getting a beer from a 391 00:24:39.605 --> 00:24:43.350 brewery to in their hands. Yeah. And let's talk 392 00:24:43.350 --> 00:24:46.169 about Virginia law Sure. Why you need a distributor. 393 00:24:47.190 --> 00:24:50.934 Yeah. So, the Virginia law, which it really isn't bad 394 00:24:50.934 --> 00:24:54.554 considering I've heard other states, it's just a nightmare to get 395 00:24:54.695 --> 00:24:58.075 new breweries in. Basically, the biggest 396 00:24:58.940 --> 00:25:02.080 hoops you gotta jump through is make making sure these breweries 397 00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:06.914 t t TTB and get federal, like, cola approval 398 00:25:07.135 --> 00:25:09.635 for the beers that they wanna send for Virginia. 399 00:25:10.975 --> 00:25:14.789 And once we have those codes, we turn that into our 400 00:25:14.789 --> 00:25:18.630 local ABC office, and then we're able to sell it right away. 401 00:25:18.630 --> 00:25:22.205 But, yeah, there's no so, interesting fact, 402 00:25:22.205 --> 00:25:26.044 in Virginia, there's there is, like, a 403 00:25:26.044 --> 00:25:29.184 franchise designation form that these breweries have to sign, 404 00:25:29.549 --> 00:25:33.230 and, technically, it grants us their rights for a 405 00:25:33.230 --> 00:25:37.065 lifetime, which is a scary thing for these breweries. But we 406 00:25:37.065 --> 00:25:40.825 give an already signed release letter, to each and 407 00:25:40.825 --> 00:25:44.345 every brewery so that they can just keep that in their back pocket. If they 408 00:25:44.345 --> 00:25:48.140 were to ever be unhappy, they're not locked in with us. And I 409 00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:50.560 think that is the exact 410 00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:55.040 sentence that I wanted you to say Oh, wow. Because 411 00:25:56.055 --> 00:25:59.895 because all of the other companies, you do 412 00:25:59.895 --> 00:26:03.415 sign your your life away. I mean, that's your brewery. You probably put your heart 413 00:26:03.415 --> 00:26:07.160 and soul and all of your money into it, and you sign with somebody, and 414 00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:11.000 it doesn't work out well for you because either they don't take care of your 415 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:13.580 products, they don't take care of you or your customers. 416 00:26:14.485 --> 00:26:18.325 And, that is exactly what makes you stand 417 00:26:18.325 --> 00:26:21.940 apart from the other from the other distributors. And that's 418 00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:24.980 exactly it. And I'm glad that you said that because I was gonna say it. 419 00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:28.500 Yeah. No. It, it's it's sad. There's been some horror 420 00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:32.315 stories with some breweries. And as soon as we kinda lay that on 421 00:26:32.315 --> 00:26:35.915 the table, it's almost like you can hear them take a huge 422 00:26:35.915 --> 00:26:39.350 sigh of relief and be like, alright. We're game. You know? Let's 423 00:26:39.350 --> 00:26:43.190 go. Do you know what I find endearing about all of this and learning 424 00:26:43.190 --> 00:26:46.934 about this and reaching out to Wheatland Spring and 425 00:26:47.034 --> 00:26:49.894 and talking to the dovetail guys, 426 00:26:50.835 --> 00:26:54.380 they speak so highly of you because this is so 427 00:26:54.540 --> 00:26:58.300 refreshing, and it it's it's really refreshing to the 428 00:26:58.300 --> 00:27:00.720 DC beer community because we are 429 00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:05.205 entrenched Yeah. And and our our 430 00:27:05.205 --> 00:27:08.345 our local beer news 431 00:27:08.725 --> 00:27:12.370 and drama and goings on 432 00:27:12.750 --> 00:27:16.049 and hearing hearing 433 00:27:16.429 --> 00:27:19.950 for probably the first time ever, breweries that we 434 00:27:19.950 --> 00:27:23.025 love really talk highly of 435 00:27:23.565 --> 00:27:27.165 their distributor is is unheard of. 436 00:27:27.165 --> 00:27:29.825 Genuinely think that you are the 437 00:27:30.950 --> 00:27:33.850 the small brewery craft distributor 438 00:27:34.950 --> 00:27:38.725 for the small craft brewery. You know, you don't just advertise 439 00:27:38.784 --> 00:27:42.565 it. You you are. And I think that will take Allied 440 00:27:42.784 --> 00:27:46.325 a long way. And as long as you guys keep up with this 441 00:27:46.929 --> 00:27:50.450 philosophy and way of doing things and building relationships and 442 00:27:50.450 --> 00:27:54.070 bringing the DMV wonderful beer, then 443 00:27:54.130 --> 00:27:57.875 we will we will continue to support you for sure. 444 00:27:57.875 --> 00:28:01.715 Thank you. Thank you so much. Yeah. Thank you, Justin, for coming on 445 00:28:01.715 --> 00:28:05.500 the show. Is there anything else you'd like to to finish with? What's your 446 00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:09.180 favorite style of beer, sir? Oh, 0, gosh. I I would 447 00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:13.020 say I would say a Czech pills or a a northern style 448 00:28:13.020 --> 00:28:16.395 German pills. Yeah. Alright. But Pilsner Pilsner 449 00:28:16.535 --> 00:28:20.215 altogether. Pils. Pils. Pils. Pils. Pils. Pils. It's like my Yeah. 450 00:28:20.295 --> 00:28:23.890 My my Elsoprino dynasty hat, Pilsner on the back. Oh, 451 00:28:23.890 --> 00:28:27.650 that's sweet. Oh. No. It's a great it's a great hat. That is amazing. 452 00:28:27.650 --> 00:28:31.330 Talk to Fabio about that. Yes. Okay. Yeah. I'll 453 00:28:31.330 --> 00:28:34.885 have to. Thank you, Justin, for coming up for coming on, 454 00:28:34.885 --> 00:28:38.645 and, I'm sure everyone all the beer nerds will now 455 00:28:38.645 --> 00:28:42.270 know about Allied and follow where Allied, has 456 00:28:42.270 --> 00:28:45.730 clients and see where they can get local Allied 457 00:28:45.790 --> 00:28:49.630 distributed beer. Thanks for having me. It was an honor to be on. Thank 458 00:28:49.630 --> 00:28:51.865 you. Cheers. Cheers. 459 00:28:53.525 --> 00:28:57.125 Thank you, Brandy. Thank you, Justin and Allied. Much 460 00:28:57.125 --> 00:29:00.565 appreciated. We don't do a lot of, like, distributor talk on 461 00:29:00.565 --> 00:29:04.330 here, but I think that was good chat. Informative. 462 00:29:05.270 --> 00:29:09.085 Alright. We just survived, like, 6 actually, 463 00:29:09.085 --> 00:29:12.765 more like 10 anniversaries. City State's got 1 coming up 464 00:29:12.765 --> 00:29:16.160 too this weekend. You should check them 465 00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:19.300 out. Mhmm. Stein, what else are you getting into? 466 00:29:20.080 --> 00:29:23.685 Yeah. We're, wishing City State a wonderful 467 00:29:23.685 --> 00:29:27.045 birthday. We know we've got some goings on at 468 00:29:27.045 --> 00:29:30.825 Hellbender. Further down the pike in 469 00:29:30.965 --> 00:29:34.690 July, I'm super excited to have 470 00:29:34.910 --> 00:29:38.450 a Wayfinder beer. You know, it's really interesting. 471 00:29:38.510 --> 00:29:42.195 We wrote about Wayfinder, Wayfinder beer 472 00:29:42.195 --> 00:29:45.955 coming out of Portland, Oregon. And I I said I 473 00:29:45.955 --> 00:29:49.475 was particularly fond of Secret Secret, their dark Czech style 474 00:29:49.475 --> 00:29:53.070 lager. So I wrote those words in March and 475 00:29:53.070 --> 00:29:55.970 then sure enough, Jake, in April, 476 00:29:56.670 --> 00:30:00.215 who wins a silver medal for Secret Secret in international 477 00:30:00.215 --> 00:30:02.554 dark lager at the World Beer Cup? 478 00:30:04.054 --> 00:30:07.450 Was it was it Wayfinder? It was Wayfinder. Oh. 479 00:30:08.550 --> 00:30:12.150 And full disclosure, I was not judging the World Beer Cup 480 00:30:12.150 --> 00:30:15.805 Awards. So there's a there's a super exciting slate both 481 00:30:15.805 --> 00:30:19.345 in town. I'm excited, for local favorites city state, 482 00:30:19.965 --> 00:30:23.630 Hellbender, our friends at Atlas, and Blue Jacket all over making 483 00:30:23.630 --> 00:30:26.430 good beer. But then we're gonna have a bunch of beer coming from out of 484 00:30:26.430 --> 00:30:29.890 town. In addition to Wayfinder, we're also gonna see Fox Farm 485 00:30:30.495 --> 00:30:33.855 coming from Connecticut, and we're gonna see some really interesting 486 00:30:33.855 --> 00:30:36.595 stuff. Some of the more, classic, 487 00:30:37.990 --> 00:30:41.210 you know, German lagers and easy drinking styles, 488 00:30:42.150 --> 00:30:45.930 but then we're also gonna see, I believe some 489 00:30:46.385 --> 00:30:49.845 spontaneous beers from them at Sovereign. 490 00:30:50.305 --> 00:30:53.985 Yeah. And yeah. Exactly. And so Sovereign, July 491 00:30:53.985 --> 00:30:57.810 18th, we're gonna see Cool Ship spontaneous beers 492 00:30:57.810 --> 00:31:01.490 from Fox Farm. So it's exciting. There's a 493 00:31:01.490 --> 00:31:05.245 lot coming down the pike. My understanding is that Fox Farm 494 00:31:05.245 --> 00:31:08.924 is a situation similar to Wayfinder, where we will 495 00:31:08.924 --> 00:31:12.640 see somewhat routine drops. 496 00:31:13.020 --> 00:31:16.539 Wayfinder, Dovetail, Fox Farm coming in to 497 00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:20.055 both DC and North Virginia. That's a great thing. 498 00:31:20.295 --> 00:31:24.135 Means everyone needs to step their games up because those are 499 00:31:24.135 --> 00:31:27.860 3 very, very good breweries. Yeah. So, 500 00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:31.240 Jake, I should clarify. Wayfinder is gonna be at Shelter 501 00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:35.299 on Wednesday, July 10th. So it'll be before our next 502 00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:38.914 podcast. But to your point, we hope to see 503 00:31:39.054 --> 00:31:42.735 both Wayfinder and Fox Farm rotating cycling in and out of the 504 00:31:42.735 --> 00:31:46.470 district, as kegs are kicked. You know, certainly 505 00:31:46.470 --> 00:31:49.770 seeing more beer on draft is a wonderful thing. 506 00:31:50.390 --> 00:31:54.045 We know during the pandemic, keg sales died. They just 507 00:31:54.045 --> 00:31:57.725 straight up we couldn't drink beer over the bar by mayoral 508 00:31:57.725 --> 00:32:01.540 order, as as was the thing to do with public safety. But 509 00:32:01.540 --> 00:32:04.920 it's great now because there's a whole bunch of brands of beer 510 00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:08.820 that breweries might not even put in cans or bottles, but we're 511 00:32:08.820 --> 00:32:11.345 gonna see them in keg, places like Shelter, 512 00:32:12.445 --> 00:32:15.965 the Sovereign, Church Key, and then 513 00:32:15.965 --> 00:32:19.345 wonderful, weird, big old barrel aged stouts at Hellbender. 514 00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:23.940 To quote my friend, Julie from the brew shop, every season 515 00:32:24.320 --> 00:32:27.620 is stout season. Alright, guys. So 516 00:32:28.305 --> 00:32:31.985 July, everyone's taking vacations and chilling because it's hot 517 00:32:31.985 --> 00:32:35.790 as shit. But this month, if you 518 00:32:35.790 --> 00:32:39.330 come to the beer share, I want you to bring some brown beer. 519 00:32:39.470 --> 00:32:42.910 Bring some brown ales for your girl. I know it's July, but it's my birthday 520 00:32:42.910 --> 00:32:46.425 month, so do it. When is the beer share, you're asking? Well, 521 00:32:46.645 --> 00:32:50.345 our July beer share is on Sunday, July 21st, 522 00:32:50.485 --> 00:32:53.465 at Wright Proper Brooklyn. So we'll be hanging out with Brie, 523 00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:57.280 and maybe Thor will show up, who knows, and maybe, 524 00:32:58.380 --> 00:33:01.840 maybe Josh will be there, because if he 525 00:33:02.335 --> 00:33:06.175 is gonna be rocking out some ripe proper, I'd love 526 00:33:06.175 --> 00:33:09.315 to have a Black Narrows ripe proper DC beer 527 00:33:09.990 --> 00:33:13.750 trifecta and party. What do you what do you think? All 528 00:33:13.750 --> 00:33:17.510 you gotta do is crank the AC. The temperature outside doesn't matter. 529 00:33:17.750 --> 00:33:21.415 You sit down for 10 minutes, 65 degrees, and all 530 00:33:21.415 --> 00:33:24.935 then all of a sudden, that that 12% hellbender, red 531 00:33:24.935 --> 00:33:28.235 bear rampage Yep. It become Stout. 532 00:33:28.490 --> 00:33:31.150 Stout weather inside AC cranking. 533 00:33:33.370 --> 00:33:36.970 Alright, all. On that note, we will see you out there. 534 00:33:36.970 --> 00:33:40.455 Everybody stay cool. 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