Please Don’t Fertilize the Beer

About this episode

The episode discusses various quirky aspects of craft beer, including urine-fertilized beer and Covid-era trends, with guest Steph from the Utah Brewers Guild.

Welcome back, craft beer people. Greg and Flex are joined by Utah Brewers Guild Executive Director Steph, who walks straight into a conversation about urine-fertilized beer, exploding smoothie cans, and why craft beer forgot how to have fun for a while. The crew gets into the weird peak of Covid-era beer trends, Ohio’s deeply suspicious chili spaghetti situation, and the possible return of Anchor Brewing while Flex spends an alarming amount of time trying to figure out what people from Utah are called. Beers We’re Drinking: Flex is drinking Big Time Cheesin from RAR Brewing and Everywhere , a colorful West Coast IPA with big label energy. Steph is drinking Rainforest Cafeteria from Ogden Beer Company and Melvin Brewing , a small-batch West Coast pilsner brewed for the mashup fest. Greg is drinking Liquid Candy from Tarantula Hill Brewing Company , a hazy IPA with tropical Costco confidence. Steph joins the show and immediately has to sit through a full breakdown of good dick weather, including Flex ranking Nashville, Orlando, and Cincinnati like a man with field research. The crew gets into craft beer’s fun problem, why American Craft Beer Week barely made a sound, and whether…

People in this episode

Hosts: Greg, Flex

Guest: Steph

Topics covered

• craft beer
• beer trends
• Covid-era
• brewing
• fun in craft beer
• Utah geography

Keywords

• craft beer
• beer trends
• urine-fertilized beer
• Covid-era
• Utah Brewers Guild
• smoothie beer
• Anchor Brewing
• Ohio chili spaghetti

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Utah Brewers Guild, RAR Brewing, Ogden Beer Company, Melvin Brewing, Tarantula Hill Brewing Company

Products: Big Time Cheesin, Everywhere, Rainforest Cafeteria, Liquid Candy

Places: Nashville, Orlando, Cincinnati, Utah, Wisconsin, Ohio, Covid

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