Sipisode 2: Holiday Craft Beer News, Festive Brewing Tips, and Perfect Beer Pairings
In this festive episode, we delve into the vibrant world of holiday craft beer. Join us as we explore the latest trends shaping the seasonal beer scene, offering insights into innovative brews and emerging flavors.
We'll share expert brewing advice to help you craft the perfect holiday ale at home, discussing techniques and ingredients that capture the essence of the season.
Additionally, discover our curated beer and food pairings designed to elevate your holiday gatherings, ensuring each sip and bite complement the festive spirit.
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so for fun fact number two of the day do you know what one of the most expensive
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beers in the world is rbon barage Stout good guess it's actually Oatmeal Stout
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and do you know why it is the most expensive beer in the world because it takes a really I don't know yeah Fair it
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is because it is made with the world's most expensive [Music]
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coffee one and it's two and a three hello hello welcome to our siod body by
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beer brought to you by mustard later hello world I'm Chelsea rhods and hey
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there I'm Liz Hess and we are diving deep into the podcast Universe with body
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beer uh we're your new beer budes you bring your tals of The Tap Room history and a pint and all the culture that
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brews along with it that's right this is for all you hopheads Stout snobs and just bubbly banter listeners out there
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Welcome to our sode new welcome body VI here welcome thank
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you for joining us today we'll be dropping new episodes every Wednesday on Spotify YouTube and wherever you like to
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listen to your podcast in addition follow us on all of the social medias under mustard later uh we've got a great
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episode coming up for you today we'll be talking about holidays special events seasonal releases and holiday
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preparations so grab your favorite room come hang out with us give this episode
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a listen today we are indulging in Gold spots ring uh batch 250 I I I saw this
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and I saw that it matches your shirt you're going to going to catch me up on what you're what you're doing here later
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I'm saving it as a teaser see if anybody can connect the dots also this is Delicious By the way it not sure if you
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can get it but it is it was very good is still I still have some still good uh but first we're going to jump
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into this episode with one of our favorite segments Brew news Brewing news Brew news Brew news if you are
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interested in sponsoring any of these segments or an entire podcast feel free to hit us up shoot us an email we'd love
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to hear your thoughts and get something going we'll make a partnership together
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oh we'll get into that latero a Brewers ship a Brewers ship all right first
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piece of our Brew news here Brew news a Virginia Tech study revealed that global
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climate change may actually alter the taste of your favorite
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beers I mean I get climate climate change and the discussion how does that work what do you mean well what the
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studies showed is that is the climate is changing all around us as we get more or less water in different areas uh
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temperatures are getting warmer uh this is actually going to change the flavors of the Hops interesting yeah not just
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like yields but that is going to be part of it but actually like the flavor profiles like think think of something
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that might be a little more relatable grapes right grapes are so so variant based on what goes around and the
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environment sensitive yeah hops are pretty similar okay okay yeah so I
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imagine that directly affects the Brew process as well or at least the operations and business behind it
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meaning maybe things get more expensive or you don't get access to it or it's limited access yeah yeah I mean some of
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your your favorite beers either they might have more less of that hops they might have to swap over to a different
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flavor of hops even oh gosh so I start drinking heavily now or I just start storing it in my seller always no oh I
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don't need to drink I do like drinking always know okay in the moment yes yes
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cheers one of my favorite segments of the Brew news is the beer nomics or the beer economics of it all yeah not saying
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we know everything but I love getting my Google alerts in and being like what is happening in the world what's going on
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yeah it's going to be I wish like IPA is stored longer sure so you could like
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really kind of get the the the verticals and start tasting the difference over years over years they just don't last as
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long as Stout so so Savor that next IPA savor it you just you just going to T
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taste different might be better might be better could be good might be better sometimes you know forcing change makes
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I love change makes things better isn't that how chocolate chip cookies were made is like an accidental change or
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something I don't know tell me more I don't know it's something like we have to get into that I know about beer not
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cookies I wish I knew more about cookies I probably do I know how they taste I like to eat cookies
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yeah Cookie Monster all right uh shout out to uh
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let's see new school beeren cider web magazine uh they recently did an article
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on Partnerships and collaboration within the industry as a means of breweries
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surviving uh here's a fun fact not stepping on your fun fact toes but do you know who makes the house beer for
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Red Robin the burger place where you get endless fries I I do not New Belgium New
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Belgium New Belgium makes their house beer oh yeah I got one more for you what
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about Buffalo Wild Wings you know who makes their house beer you made you did a Buffalo New York
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we went to their Brewery in Chicago it was a pretty big hit on our short
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segment um it was about Stouts Sil o silent o interesting very neat huh they
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make their logger house beer just house beer house beer probably a lger yeah you know it's not often that I
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say let's go to Buffalo Wild Wings but now I'm kind of like maybe let's go uh try out a a brusi yeah I do miss the
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days of endless Buffalo Wild Wings in my
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mouth last time I went I did not have a great you got to have a good cook on
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those wings it wasn't even the cook our poor server I think
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about 4 and a half inches of her ass crack was hanging out and she couldn't stop bending over at every table and it
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was it was a lot of butt crack and I'm someone that notoriously has my butt crack out it was it was a lot of butt
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crack a lot of ass a lot of ass going on at Buffalo Wild Wings
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was that here in the Denver area I'm not GNA say where it was I'm not going to throw anyone under
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the bus but people that were there you know what butt crack I'm talking
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about fair if you're listening thanks for listening uh yeah so Goose Island and
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Buffalo Wild Wings thanks to them for making their house beer so how do you think that's going to contribute to the movement of the
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space going forward like obviously those are big names and they're a big places but does that really help the small
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craft Brewers sure sure and and I think you see it a lot already uh you get some celebrity endorsements coming through um
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you get Brewery on Brewery collaboration those are amazing Partnerships you get
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uh local restaurants teaming up they don't have to be big names right teaming up with local craft Crews um any any
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sort of strategic partnership or just relationship right that's that's good for Life advice that's good for
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businesses advice just uh in general so Partnerships and collaboration so if
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it's a win-win it's a win-win one of the Brees we used to work at did uh had a a house
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beer on it one of the the he but I don't remember which bar it was on it but that
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was that was I mean it was years ago it it was more than a minute ago but that was that was like one of the first times
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I'd seen it at a a smaller Brewery and I thought it was really cool and then we just heard about uh two of the local
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breweries here that are going to kind of combine into the same location and I thought that was a really good
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partnership opportunity and it'll be interesting to see where that takes and how many other Brewers like are going to
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start going on something along that realm I think there's some logistical issues of like you can't have three or
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four Brewers being hired but if the Brewer is the owner and now you're just kind of doing like a REV share and split and stuff I could see think makes good
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sense oh yeah just save on rent so it's kind of anver yeah yeah I I'm kind of
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excited about that I mean if I was looking up stuff and they were all equal
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distance and I had one Brewery to go to or I could go check out two in the same
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place and it's still considered a brewery like I don't I don't know how that affects the licenses versus like a Tap House either well I often think
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about Old Chicago um say what you will but they're amazing for supporting local
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breweries and they have what 40 taps or something like that consistently and
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especially the the one over in Westminster and I'm sure they're like the all around but that's usually the
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only one I've ever been to or go to um that's an that's an incredible partnership right or tap takeovers right
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and maybe that's just a conversation for distribution right it's great topic we could talk about that over and over yeah
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see we're more partnership I love collab beers I will almost always choose a collab beer if there's something on tap because why not I like having two
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different breweries make something together that they think is great sure so fun the more the marrier The More We are the
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world we are the people the more the marrier uh yeah and then in a local news
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update okay so you asked about the beer why are we drinking gold spot right yeah
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why do I have the shirt on yeah so actually it's a shout out to kalissa and
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the crew over at gold gold spot bring uh kalissa was actually awarded with the Brewer of the Year award over at the
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vine pair next wave Awards wow that's awesome I did not Kissa yeah that's
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super cool also your beer is amazing this is be amazing we did a bregy tour
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there yeah check check out one of our shorts we did do the tour we did the tour there a great place great Mission
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great people there's not enough good things to say about started from the bottom now she's at the top keep refer
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and drink that is twice that is twice this one works really well though we'll give you that one yeah Drake if you
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would like to sponsor a segment we will keep throwing in quotes from your songs
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yeah you probably need our presence to be more popular obviously so let us know
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we're willing to sacrifice and allow you to come onto our platform not even a
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sacrifice I'll just screw it over all right well that's some good
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Brew news let's jump into a little more serious q& a yeah yeah we're really
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excited about this one uh this came up on one of the Facebook uh beer groups
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that we follow this conversation had I mean at least when I looked the other day over 170 comments which is massive
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uh and it was probably easy eye opener of like we should probably talk about this so we're going to jump right into
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it it seems to be nearly a trigger question for people uh yeah there was a
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lot of animosity in the comments a lot of animosity which I just was not expecting but it happens uh so the
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question so the the the general question that came up was soone that was posting
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said that they have a customer that comes in this person that's posting this was The Tap Room manager right lead lead
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lead bartender and basically they have this person that comes in uh they hang out for a decent amount of time they
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come in regularly they ring up around to $7 tab they play the games they they use all the resources but they never tip M
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and didn't didn't know what to do about it and so here we are let's jump in what
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do you do about a non- tipping regular Elizabeth gosh uh I mean if I was
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standing behind the bar right now I may have a different opinion but um you know
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I I built my entire life and career basically from being a servant to the
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industry right whether it be behind a hotel counter a blackjack table um a bar
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whatever it might be you know tipping has always been brought up so if there's a regular sitting there I I cannot now I
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can't shun the person I I don't think you can in general um so there like like we said there was a lot of animosity
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around do do you say something to the person uh do you not say anything to the person how do you treat them how do you
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not treat them and so I definitely have to lean on the side of they're still
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supporting the business right so they are sitting there they are drinking your product um and in a way if they're
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bringing anybody else in they're also spreading word about your product right so hopefully even hopefully hopefully
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you hope that they're at least kind you know they say thank you I at least hope they it seemed like they did and and it
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could be different in a different situation for sure I think from the the question they said they the the person wasn't awful they weren't great they
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they're just kind of there so they they weren't a total jhole or anything
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jackass a jack hole an [ __ ] it's jhole I don't even know what that is you
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can coin it or you can let it go yeah uh yeah so so so what what's is you can't
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necessarily treat I think you can be a jhole to them I don't think you should do that I don't think you should do that
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um whether it's just basic minimum hey practice your serving skills the glass was clean I made the perfect pore and I
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presented it to them I made sure if the bear was empty I filled it up uh you know and and and I thank them for coming
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in right um end of the day you're the bigger person
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again I've lived on tips my whole life so I know how important they are not saying that they're not and just saying
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you got to be the bigger person right they're one of how many people that walk through the door and and if they set you
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off in a bad mood that may affect the rest of your day yeah don't let them do that don't let them have that control over
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but try to do the best you can and treat treat them treat them well yeah maybe not over
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the top yeah I think don't go above and beyond I think there's you could there's
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there's kind of like a a reasonable expectation of yeah I mean I get why it's frustrating and and even more so
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the at least from the post I'm pretty sure they sat at the bar which is a note for anyone that's a customer listening
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to this like that's your that's a bartender's Prime spot for regulars that's like VIP sittings so like go to a
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table don't necessarily take a bar seating because that's that's like the gold spot of like the people that bring
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in their families to come like see you over the holidays and like your best regulars usually sit at the bar so it I
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get why people would be frustrated by this sure uh I think end of the day like
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I I agree with you you can't you definitely can't be mean to them you can't ask them to leave you can't ask him to tip I I don't think that really
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on any realm you should cross that barrier of talking about your finan and tipping with your your guests I think
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that is a vicious cycle that can get out of control very quickly so I would never recommend that with them uh but don't
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let someone control your mood that way you already know it so at that point just accept it and move on like we've
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all had the people that don't tip just move on with your day like you can don't be an a-hole to them jhole jhole to them
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and like give them give them good service uh you could try to in a way make it like a game I don't know try to
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get them to tip maybe maybe you do the opposite maybe it's a slow night and like you go way above and beyond and
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maybe that gets them to tip but don't go into it with the expectation of it because you already know they're probably not going to but just like move
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on with your day the that's kind of my stance on it I think just there is a
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percentage of your paycheck that is not based on tips that is consistent and
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it's guaranteed and it's because of that 70 $70 bill the person racks up three
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four times a week that they're in there they are they are still paying your your
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your wage yeah so like you just you just can't say anything but I did notice uh
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what I wanted to talk to you about there was a lot of comments about like oh let it be and like tip culture is stupid and
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we shouldn't have to do that it's like to not dive too deep into the animosity like I have thoughts on that
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do you have any thoughts built up around that uh whether or not people should tip yeah
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just like the tip culture in general where I think people get lost in the battle of the tip culture is well then
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fine everything's just going to be more expensive like to pay a livable wage it comes because of the tips so instead of
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your $6 beer and you tip a dollar on it now it becomes an $8 beer because they got to pay
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everybody you know I mean depending on where you live different like wages but you got to pay everybody a bunch like so
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it's to me it's kind of a half dozen one or the other blah blah blah thing like whatever happens you're
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going to end up paying for it um and honestly I think tipping is going to be
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less than what you probably are going to pay if everyone just had to get paid a
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livable wage and tips weren't a thing that's a good point um it's just I mean we we we just jumped into this like
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lower prices for competition and then kind of shot ourselves in the foot without getting too intense in it but
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like you're going to pay it no matter what so I think because you hate the tip culture you're also taking this out on
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the wrong people like you're taking it on the people that really do need it to live and you you're not really making a
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good stance to you're yelling at the wrong person you're yelling at the person that one is just getting harmed
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by it and they can't change anything about it so like take your take your movement elsewhere and don't take it on
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on the people that need it I guess yeah wow that's all want to get into it yeah
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not I I was surprised at the animosity that like people were just so hard-headed like culture it's a specific
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group right I mean it's a it's a service industry group service industry being
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Hospitality weirder so that I found pretty surprising um I'm all
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about good service absolutely they came they came to talk to you not necessarily
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hear your stories right because they they want to share with you their lives and their experiences but how you
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present the the beer the food or the cards whatever it is that you may be doing I mean it's an
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experience that that is what uh what you people come in to see yeah so it could
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be interesting to get into that a little bit more at a later time maybe pondering a little bit maybe we drink a little
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more and then we could just super banter about it back and forth um but now is
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the best time any for everything other like thanks for visiting at least every Brewery Bar Ceno Hotel I've ever worked
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at thank you right thank you thank you for showing up thank you for supporting
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the entertainment that we've presented to you this is kind of like entertainment so thank you for supporting this it is entertainment
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right just in a different way it's literally what we plug ourself under yeah entertainment entertainment it's
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not travel anymore I did make that mistake yeah it happens and we're not education cuz there's a lot of work we
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have to do if we plug self education we have to talk about the lessons we're teaching it's exhausting so we'll just
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be entertainment is it sylli platypi syllabus platypus that's a good like
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warm-up statement actually I like yeah I do like that that's better than H Brown Cow we're we're we're going to be um
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making sure and and we contribute on these groups so this is we're not trolling by any means we appreciate the
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comments and suggestions that do come in this one was kind of near and dear to the heart so we wanted to make sure we touched we touched on it um if you guys
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have questions we're going to prioritize questions that come in directly to us but and this was this one was just too
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good to resist and yeah plug them in let us know we we'd love to hear hear your
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questions and hopefully you want to hear our thoughts on it I guess we'd love to know your question you want to hear us
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talk about I think that's how they put it just just in a different way we're
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just being blunt about it on to the next segment the main segment the main
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segment oh God I have to start it the holiday season is upon us comes with
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an exciting array of seasonal events Brees transform from buzzing hubs and
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festivals that's true what's your favorite part oh my gosh uh and you're
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so right Chelsea absolutely from October Fest to Christmas Ale releases breweries
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bars tap rooms brew pubs casino hotels whatever it may be um they're creating
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experience that bring communities together um I'm going to go on that over and over again because my life has
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brought me to the point of community communication and collaboration and I help write the scripts so this is what
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you get yeah there you go um yeah so cozy tap rooms adorned with lights and
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decorations and Christmas cheer people are like oh my God the Christmas music's
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already playing and I'm like I love Jingle Bell Rock it's so much fun I love
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Halloween at the end of the year cuz I love decorations Nightmare Before Christmas I
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love when they're crappy I love when they're gorgeous I love every aspect of
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all of them nice I just like seeing what people come up with and it's just fun like it's such a fun way to
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Showcase your personality either as like the owner or the Brewer or the the crew whoever kind of gets it going it's like
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such a fun way to just be like we're a little bit unique like we we wanted to go to one of the bures that had like a
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whole H in we just didn't unfortunately ended up making it who had the haunted house uh called arms oh that would have
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been fantastic we were going to try to trick Kevin into going and then we didn't and we didn't go downtown so we
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couldn't trick him into going okay CU he doesn't like scary stuff um like scary things but like how fun like it just
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gives you this chance to show this other side of yourself as a a brewery and it's just it's just so much
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fun like for the most of the Year everything kind of stays the same but all of a sudden you get a really Express
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differently and I'm sorry if you've ever worked in a place that decorates on any
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of these holidays everybody walks in and just has an awesome smile people love it
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whether they want to admit it or not it completely livens up the mood the the decorations are what make it a festive
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time it's the energy that it changes and you have fun events like like oh yeah
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like the ugly sweaters or dog costume contest like those are some of my
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favorite ones and they just they never they never get old like what do you have any like favorite ones that you've seen
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I'm all about the Santa photos Santa love Santa photos especially
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having sit there with REM Remy is my dog the dogs she makes the family she's really photogenic yeah um Toys for Tots
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I'm all about giving and food drives uh whatever you event you can do
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to you know give during this time of here right um be thankful for what you
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have and maybe give give some because you can or if you can't that's okay too
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walk around with smile smiling is my favorite contribute to the awesome happy energy I love what you're saying it is
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it is truly about the ambience I mean is sticking with the theme of it's about the unique experience that you present
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for people I'm not just walking in and seeing the same marble countertops or yeah the same bar I mean this bar now
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has Garland and lights or candles whatever it may be all the fun
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or Halloween in your case apparently would be U uh the Pumpkin King Jack uh
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the skeleton with a Santa's hat on maybe is that kind of what you're thinking it doesn't matter this is Halloween this is
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Halloween to some places I just I don't know I love it I just I love seeing that extra bit of Personality come out for
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sure um and it I gu said it brings everyone in a good mood makes people happy uh I think it also like it from
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being on the side of the bar I feel like when people walk in and they see that openness maybe I feel like it's almost
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an exaggeration call it the vulnerability but they see that openness of the bar all of a sudden like they
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feel more open and they want to experience sorry experience they want to share and talk about their experiences
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absolutely what are they doing for the holidays how many people do they have coming into town what's the spread look like are we doing turkey we doing ham we
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doing tofu like what's up yeah it's just an exciting sides and it starts off the seasons
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where we kind of touched on this before it was always my favorite is uh people start bringing in their family that's in
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town and it's just the coolest feeling to have to know you are that special to
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people and you you got to meet my bartender Chelsea yeah right like it's just so cool and that's the start of
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that season and it's great I love all of it fair this is just the start of it
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going forward you know what else I really like are the seasonal real releases right so not only is we kind of
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forgot to talk about beer no we didn't we're just getting into it we're ramping it up oh so you've got lights you've got
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music you've got bartenders beer tenders weight staff conci ready to serve you a
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beverage or an experience and some some breweries wait all year to
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release or months sometimes two years depending on the age of the beerer yeah
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Stout yeah wild Christmas sales yeah I think
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the because it's the season of like darker bigger more boozy beers you get
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to have those big special releases you said before like ipas just don't necessarily age that well and you have
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you have piny you've got these like yeah you've got like these big ipas that do come out and they are these huge events
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like don't get me wrong but like that's not the same as something that's been Aging for 18 months 33 months I have to
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go pick that up from New Image by the way oh yeah um so it's just it's just it's a really special season and it I
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feel like it kind of gives the the the Brewers a chance to really showcase something special absolutely it's a lot
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of risk and it'sot it's a lot of me buying way too expensive beers that sit in my beer
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seller there is a lot of bottles on the shelf for sure but they're so good and it just it's like you feel the love and
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excitement especially when you can hit up those bottle releases like just everyone's there just excited oh man
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I've been working so hard on this and there's just something really Co the limit can I only buy five by six I
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really want six want all of them and then you give them away as gifts I think it was two years
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ago um up slope again had a barrel AG
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release and I never even got to try the beer till a year later when y'all were
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like hey we got one more God I gave them yeah we gave the rest of his gifts but they're great
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gifts like unique beers that they're they're never going to that was my dad for poor peppero yeah people aren't
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going to find them again and they're special and they're fun to share right it's the season of sharing sharing is
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caring and it's about sharing it together and that's the beauty of craft beer in general you just get to share everything together I love it and you
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really got to give it to the establishments again breweries know this day comes around every year they have a
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calendar they watch it they're prepared they're all about being proactive yeah that's fair we could get into that too
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proactive versus reactive um drinks giving for example what is drinks giving
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it is the number one to go sale of uh beverages in the crafter industry the
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day before Thanksgiving is that correct am I saying that right uh it's up there for most bre is for sure top five top 10
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yeah you definitely want to be stocked up on stuff to go I mean Christmas is up there but Thanksgiving for whatever
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reason just cranks out beer just gets stuff prepped you're not going to over prep and it's a it's a good uh a good
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day to make sure that you are not caught off guard or you don't have your fridge
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full or you don't have enough stuff pre pour yeah make sure you've got to go in
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maybe it's the opposite maybe we're over here like oh we love that families come and visit us and our regulars are like
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oh my God I need like three extra cases cases because my mother-in-law is going to
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be I need the good stuff Liz they're like they're like these [ __ ] will
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talk to my family entertain them yes come entertain look at this is my favorite bartender
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entertain my mom please dance monkey dance isn't she funny and we're like a
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and they're like thank you I mean that in a great way yeah yeah still love it don't care whatever the
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motive is behind it still a big fan of that favorite favorite part by far uh if
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you don't we recommend following your favorite Brew tap rooms Brew PRS uh on all of their
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social media so that you can actually stay up to date on those releases coming out special events uh there is not a
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uniform way to see what everybody's doing Under One Roof so make sure any
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time you visit a a your favorite Brewery or a new brew and you're like oh my God I really like their stuff or I like the
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Ambiance I like the bartenders like make sure you're following them so you can stay up to date with what they're doing
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especially with holiday times and uh really release release events especially during the this particular season yeah
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get some special beers but you don't know if you don't know do you have any um any like one particular memorable
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holiday story behind EI behind the behind the bar or I love I love the fall
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I've said that already I love October Fest so I love and this is not Christmas by any means I love when October Fest
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season rolls around and I get to put my lady hosen on and for those of you that aren't
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familiar with Lady Lady hosen it's later hosen but they're short for ladies like
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myself who maybe don't want to put the durndle on or whatever reason it may be
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I like I like my short shirts and I like my suspenders and anyway so and it
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really gets the people going cut are they cut off it's not ass crack cut off but it's like like your Jorts the it's
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the J version of German Jorts made of leather because you need leather
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working in the fields but if you're wearing short shorts it's not really protecting anything but that is that was
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always my favorite because getting in costume and getting into so I guess it isn't one particular story but you said
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yeah I did say a particular memory I could bust out the picture from uh the Halloween when I was the Ratatouille rat
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that was pretty funny that was pretty I do like Halloween it was it was for like a 5-year-old and I barely fit into was
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yeah yeah the costume the costume was I couldn't I could fit into it but I couldn't move like when I when I got
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into the car I had to get drove to work cuz I had to lean all the way back to get into the
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car and then when I got in Johnny had to pick up everything that either I would drop or like storage From Below cuz I
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couldn't fend over so you were a terrible rat I was a terrible rat and I was like help me I I couldn't get
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anything up the feet came out of my knees cuz it was so well thr a picture of there I was thinking Christmas
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stories thought they out of two I always love that people they bring you know
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their special treats um there was a particular husband and wife and their little girl that came up to the last per
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I worked at and he made amazing peanut brittle and I love peanut brittle and
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they share that with you and I was just like thank you for sharing right because they're like hey you're giving us be
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here's some yummy treats I I love the treats that come in absolutely please that's we do a lot of treats yeah for
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Halloween I don't like that one as much everyone tends to come dump all their leftover candy that they okay with that
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they didn't want this it's just like all the Twizzlers I love Twizzlers yeah but not when there's like a
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thousand somebody probably wants a Twizzler so then you just reput it back up on the bar just put on the bar
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someone eats it eventually candy always gets eaten eventually there you go all right I want
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special day such as today so the first one mhm do you know the rumored
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story of where Box come from Bo beers the composer yes yes yes
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he uh was born a long time AG no fck beers okay no I don't so this is I'm
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going to I'm going to lay the groundw work this was acknowledged as like an ongoing joke this is not an actual fact
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but it is fact that is was a an ongoing joke with the Brewer World Brewing world
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uh that Bach beers happened to show up you know tend to be a little bit more of
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like a fall to winter and it was right after the the Brewers way back in the
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day would do their like big clean and the big boil to like get all the gck out of uh all their tanks
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oh I see where this is going yeah yeah and so the joke is Bach beers are just all of the leftover credit from their
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tank for the year from the year of Brewing so they're [ __ ] well they're the
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leftover guck just kidding we'll call it the guck is is the joke they're not actually from that but that's that's the
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joke is that they're the guck beers of everything left over I like that so it was really just like a convenience of
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timing yeah seasonal we're talking about seasonal we're releasing dark beers but
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we're also cleaning the tanks from you know yeah clean thema just got done a brewing we tend to clean more than once
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a year now but like back in the day like they they just kind of just it's kind of a cast iron pan you just kind of let it
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do its thing no yeah know they don't do that so it was the guck that's the joke of the buck
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so it's like a fact but not fact it's like a wise tale of of silliness so I liked it I enjoyed that one so for fun
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fact number two of the day do you know what the one of the most expensive beers
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in the world is revon barrage Stout good guess it's actually Oatmeal Stout and
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you know why it is the most expensive beer in the world because it takes a really I don't know yeah Fair it is
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because it is made with the world's most expensive coffee okay and that coffee
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comes from the cabbat cat which is nearly a weasel it comes from their
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poop so it's poop coffee poop coffee Oatmeal Stout poop coffee Oatmeal Stout
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most expensive beer in the world the stiic cat the weasel the stiic cat yeah well it's like is it a weasel is it a
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cat I don't I don't know if they totally know but basically they like from their guano that's how they collect the coffee
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beans from their poop yes so apparently they uh they they have a very fruit Rich
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diet and then they also eat the the coffee beans and then when they poop it out they don't fully digest it in it has
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a very fruity Cherry Berry flavor and so they like grab the not fully digested
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coffee beans from the poop make coffee it's the world's most expensive coffee and now also the most expensive beer
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would try would also try but it's still poop beer I love that poop beer is the
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most expensive thing in poop coffee that's hilarious to me everybody loves a
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good poop joke Lov a good poop joke good clean family fun right here and you saw it on body by beer
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now we got through our fun facts uh what do you have for some uh food pairing for us Lizzy oo bruis and bites any oh bruis
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and bites I like that anything to do with poop absolutely not bummer that was
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that was fun we already did Oatmeal Stout at least for this season so we
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don't have to venture back to that actually what I was thinking uh we were going to talk about a Spice Winter Ale
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okay is the season and a hearty beef stew the season right um comfort yeah
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warm Foods um UPS slope out of Boulder Colorado they've been known to do a
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really good uh Spice Winter Ale in the past so if you're in the area um check
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out either of their tap rooms maybe they've got one coming up um on tap in a
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bottle and a can um not sure yeah it's definitely one of those beers we talked
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about earlier that I've spent way too much money on yeah we did bring that up yeah they are 100% on that list for me
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yeah also they just celebrated their 15 year anniversary 15 yeah congratulations
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to them we were there y okay so why a Spice Winter Ale in a hardy beef stew so
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um The Spice Winter Ale seasonal beer it's typically uh multi sweetness and
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the Symphony of spices such as cinnamon nutmeg and cloves
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and it has a medium body and caramel undertones okay sounds good so far right
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especially on a chil day and then the hearty beef stew it's a rich Savory comfort food kind of dish um with tender
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pieces of beef root vegetables yeah and a nice gravy so is it is it the beef or
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the veggies that are like really making this pear come to life this pairing come
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to life yeah really it's both it's the earthiness it's the earthiness of the root vegetables and the beef perhaps um
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that complement each other um so the spices of the winter ale and that earthiness kind of enhance that overall
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experience between the two okay all right and then also they rather than complimentary is the opposite they have
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an contrasting textural experience so uh
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the liquid party nature of the stew and it provides that nice contrast to that
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effervescence interesting so so you're not only like pairing
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levers in in complimentary flavors and then whatever the opposite of
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complimentary flavors are contrasting contrasting thank you but you also uh
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are pairing like the the mouth peel yeah yeah absolutely Yeah medium body right
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we're always talking about mouth feel when we're talking about our drinks and our foods for sure right is it's that
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overall experience right that overarching topic of giving a unique experience and for these two in
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particular that balance is really in the robust flavor of of both of them and um
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they they definitely don't overpower or disappoint the other all right that's I never I never thought about comparing or
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trying to pair the the mouth pel with it does the does the contrary mouth feels
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also work as a pairing or just on flavors uh it's it's a textural
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experience you do opposite let me get to into it yeah yeah so uh so our other option is a dessert for your sweet tooth
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out there uh so the Spice Winter Ale again look for those characteristic spices and subtle sweetness a pean
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pie that's my favorite pie yeah excuse me I know that's like the worst for you
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but like it's pie if I could have a peacon pie versus yeah but it's like way worse it's like drinking like a a barel
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ag sou no thinking the the the white Russians oh sure where there's like,
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1500 calories and each the uh yeah pecan pie is the worst I mean can survive off
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of white Russians we can survive off of white Russians like peon or pumpkin like
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oh it's so good peacon trumps every pie it's a it's a gooey gooey sweet filling
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crunchy dessert and that buttery crust don't forget the crust it's all about it
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so um they have a harmonious sweetness these two so that's not contrasting but
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more compatible but like the mouth feel how how do the mouth feels like sure that textural play yeah so you have the
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crunch crunchy pecans the smooth filling and again I'm G to come right back to it
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they contrast with the effervescence of a beer oh okay so it kind of like helps
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wash it down and that's what people say wash it down brighten brighten it up a bit almost change the flavor a little
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bit changes it subtly I kind think of like this is more complimentary yeah I would say this is a little bit more complimentary like the opposite I would
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think of something that you're like oh this is heavy and I want this bright beer to like offset the heaviness yeah
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this one is where the the spices of the ale add an extra layer of complex to the
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pie making it more rich and multi-dimensional if you
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will Multi tensional not there multi taste
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tasal no we'll stick with multi-dimensional yeah we'll get there someday guys so sweet tooth or savory
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bites either delicious with the Spice Winter yeah sounds amazing thank you
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yeah yeah they are good there'll be some uh some good bits in there yeah for I mean you kind of have like a mash up
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here right like we don't necessarily only appeal to Brees and and beer but like there's a whole food piece in here
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that oh yeah you know they they're 50% of this equation that they got to be in there helping out and get a food truck
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in that's kind of making stuff that pairs specifically with beers those it hands especially your beers hands down
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if I go to a place and they're like hey this pair is really well with whatever beer on top I will order both of those
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like there's no doubt in my mind I will order those and like why people don't focus on that more at the marketing is shocking to me
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love a good beer and food pairing so good what a great spot for collaboration too I mean we touched on Partnerships
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and collaboration so yeah beer and food I mean one of the most beautiful relationships of all time yeah
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honoring Veterans Day yep be good good episode on that absolutely war and beer
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NOTES:
1: A Virginia Tech Study Reveals Global Climate Shift May Alter Taste and Price of American Brews
A Virginia Tech study raises a toast to a potential climate-induced beer evolution. Global warming might just alter your favorite brew's taste and price, thanks to diminishing hop yields and changing flavors in the wake of a hotter, drier climate. While the beloved bitterness isn't vanishing soon, unique aromas might, alongside some craft breweries' budgets as costs bubble up. So, the next chilly IPA you sip? Savor it; it's brewing a tale of climate's imprint on your pint!
Tags: #virginiatech or @virginiatech
2: Shout out to The New School Beer and Cider Webmagazine for their recent article on craft beer partnerships and survival.
Amid a brewing industry slowdown, joining forces is the new brew! From celebrity concoctions to charity cheers, partnerships are pouring fresh flavors and fans into the mix. Whether it's a quirky collab with local stars or a heartwarming blend for a cause, these joint ventures are stirring up the scene, showing that when it comes to brewing success, two heads (or brews) are better than one. And hey, it's not just about the beer; it's about brewing better bonds with every bubbly sip! So, next time you take a gulp, remember - you're toasting to the beautiful blend of brews and bonds!
https://newschoolbeer.com/home/2023/9/craft-beer-building-partnerships-to-survive-and-thrive
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HOLIDAY BEER AND FOOD PAIRING
L: We’re talking about a Spiced winter ale and hearty beef stew. Upslope has been known to produce a great Wild Christmas Ale in the past. If you’re in the Boulder area, make sure to stop at either of the tap rooms to see what they’ve got brewing. They’ve just celebrated their 15 year anniversary, so congratulations to them and thank you to them for all of their incredible beers that they put out to the world.
1. Spiced Winter Ale and Hearty Beef Stew:
What to look for:
Spiced Winter Ale: This seasonal beer typically features a malty sweetness and a symphony of spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. It often comes with a medium body and caramel undertones.
Hearty Beef Stew: A rich, savory dish with tender pieces of beef, root vegetables, and a robust gravy.
Why it pairs well:
Complementary Flavors: The spices in the winter ale complement the earthiness of the stew, enhancing the overall dining experience.
Contrasting Textures: The liquid yet hearty nature of the stew provides a nice contrast to the effervescence of the ale.
Balanced Intensity: Both the stew and the ale are robust and full of flavor, ensuring one doesn’t overpower the other.
2. Spiced Winter Ale and Pecan Pie:
What to look for:
Spiced Winter Ale: Again, look for those characteristic spices and a subtle sweetness.
Pecan Pie: A dessert with a gooey, sweet filling, crunchy pecans, and a buttery crust.
Why it pairs well:
Harmonious Sweetness: The caramel and malty notes of the winter ale harmonize with the sweetness of the pecan pie.
Enhanced Complexity: The spices in the ale add an extra layer of complexity to the pie, making the pairing rich and multidimensional.
Textural Play: The crunchy pecans and smooth filling contrast delightfully with the effervescence of the beer.
