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Ep # 371 Serge, We Need You Back!!! With Hot Take Jake, Rich Bloomfield, and Niles Zacherle
Apr 27, 2026
1h 48m 53s
Ep # 370 More Thoughts on The Maplewood & Half Acre Deal with Eric Hobbs and Jacob Sembrano
Apr 7, 2026
1h 54m 21s
Episode #369 Half Acre and Maplewood Merge! With Michael Roper and Keith Lemcke
Mar 11, 2026
1h 52m 59s
Ep # 368 Insiders Roundtable with Doug Veliky and Pete Ternes
Feb 24, 2026
1h 56m 16s
Ep #367 Mike & Chris Solo!
Feb 5, 2026
1h 29m 39s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 4/27/26 | Ep # 371 Serge, We Need You Back!!! With Hot Take Jake, Rich Bloomfield, and Niles Zacherle | It's a sloppy but fun episode where Chris is doing production and trying to co-host with Mike at the same time. Jake Guidry of Hopewell is serving up steaming piles of takes as usual, plus Nile Zacherle of Mad Fritz and Rich Bloomfield of Funkytown round things out. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L! | 1h 48m 53s | ||||||
| 4/7/26 | Ep # 370 More Thoughts on The Maplewood & Half Acre Deal with Eric Hobbs and Jacob Sembrano | With some time having passed, Chris & Mike sit down with Jacob of Cruz Blanca and Eric Hobbs of Blind Corner to discuss the deal between Half Acre and Maplewood. Next, they answer some very insightful questions that were sent in from listeners. Lot's to talk about! Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L! | 1h 54m 21s | ||||||
| 3/11/26 | Episode #369 Half Acre and Maplewood Merge! With Michael Roper and Keith Lemcke | Chris is joined by Michael Roper of The Hopleaf and fan favorite Keith Lemcke to discuss breaking news of a merger between Half Acre and Maplewood. Plus they discuss why Brewdog was so hated, and why they sold for so little. Finally, Chris opens up the mail bag and reads a few letters. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L! | 1h 52m 59s | ||||||
| 2/24/26 | Ep # 368 Insiders Roundtable with Doug Veliky and Pete Ternes | A great episode with great guests! Doug Veliky and Pete Ternes join Chris & Mike on the roundtable. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L! | 1h 56m 16s | ||||||
| 2/5/26 | Ep #367 Mike & Chris Solo! | As Mike's favorite band Creed once put it, it's been awhile. Chris and Mike sit down to discuss their business plans for 2026, plus the closing of an award-winning brewery, and lighting guess the beer! Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L! | 1h 29m 39s | ||||||
| 1/28/26 |  Ep # 366 The Definitive Guide To The Future Of Craft Beer: Part 5 | The time has come once again! The planets have aligned allowing the greatest soothsayers in all of beerdom descend upon The Beer Temple to foretell of the future of beer. Listen to hear of things that WILL BE - and we're not talking about Mike's flagship saison... What are YOUR predictions???? Let us know via telepathy, or barring that, email or letter. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Out... | 1h 56m 37s | ||||||
| 1/2/26 | Ep #365 The 2025 Year In Review Show featuring Kate Bernot, Johnathan Fritz, and Shana Solarte | It's a Beer Temple tradition! We discuss the beers of the year, stories of the year, and make some predictions about what's in store for 2026. Featuring Kate Bernot, Johnathan Fritz, and Shana Solarte. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L! | 2h 03m 54s | ||||||
| 12/29/25 | Ep #364 - Talking about the Siebel Institute with Keith Lemcke, Jacob Sembrano | Sometime things just come together at the right time - we had Keith Lemcke, formerly of the Siebel Institute of Technology scheduled to come on for months, and days before we recorded, it was announced that the 157 year old brewing school was leaving Chicago and moving out of the country. Jacob Sembrano - no stranger to Siebel himself also joins in to give his thoughts. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chi... | 2h 07m 15s | ||||||
| 12/15/25 | Episode #363 - An Even Bigger Blind Tasting! | It's another blind tasting game - with Mike, Chris, and Shana from Haas Hops. Who will win??? Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L! | 1h 59m 05s | ||||||
| 12/1/25 | Ep #362 Roundtable with Rob Brennan of Supermoon and Rich Bloomfield of Funkytown | Mike and Chris sit down with Rich Bloomfield of Funkytown and Rob Brennan of Supermoon for a good old fashioned roundtable with some blind tasting thrown in for good measure. | 2h 17m 42s | ||||||
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| 10/30/25 |  #361 Challenge Accepted! A Blind Tasting Game | Sorry for any delays - we had a bit of a data breach and are trying to recover a few shows we recorded last month. In the mean time - Mike and Chris teamed up to see if together they could compete with a Beer Temple employee on a bling tasting challenge! Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L! | 1h 34m 02s | ||||||
| 10/7/25 | Ep # 360 - The Great Debate | In this episode, Mike and Chris debate a recent article in All About Beer decrying the death of the beer bar at the hands of the brewery tap room. But there's a twist: Chris and Mike decide to switch places, with Chris advocating for brewery tap rooms, and Mike championing specialty beer bars. Link to Andy Crouch's article: Here *We're Looking for a Dungeon Master! * Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston A... | 1h 26m 38s | ||||||
| 9/9/25 | Ep # 359 Fantasy Draught Draft - Beer Formats Edition | It's another fantasy draft! This time the GMs need to pick beers of all different formats, from a 40oz to 30 rack. Chris isn't at all salty with the results.... Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L! | 1h 47m 08s | ||||||
| 8/1/25 | Ep # 358 Insiders Roundtable with Pete Ternes, Keith Lemcke, and Grant Pauly | Mike and Chris sit down with Grant Pauly of @3sheepsbrewing, Keith Lemcke of @siebelinstitute and Pete Ternes of @middle_brow to discuss what makes Wisconsin so different than everywhere else, and how what it takes to survive means something completely different to each brewery. Finally, are TV's actually going to make bars MORE social??? Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gor... | 2h 03m 05s | ||||||
| 7/21/25 | Ep # 357 Insiders Roundtable With Tom Beckmann and Eric Hobbs | Today Chris & Mike are hosting an insiders roundtable, and they're joined by Tom Beckmann of Goldfinger Brewing as well as the return of two long-time guest Eric Hobbs of the new Blind Corner Brewing. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L! | 2h 00m 43s | ||||||
| 6/30/25 | Ep # 356 - Insider's Roundtable with Nile Zacherlie, Pat Berger, and Jake Guidry | Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L! | 1h 55m 05s | ||||||
| 6/22/25 | Ep # 355 - The Last Show We Ever Do With Matt Cole of Fat Head's Brewing | Well, doesn't seem like there's any reason to go on with the show after this one. It's been fun everyone!!!!!! Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L! | 1h 28m 17s | ||||||
| 6/9/25 | Ep# 354 Talkin' Malort with Josh Noel | Friend of the podcast Josh Noel stops by to discuss his new book on the history of Malört, and of course a little beer talk as well. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L! | 1h 34m 58s | ||||||
| 6/3/25 | Ep #353 - Roundtable with Kate Bernot, Josh Deth, and EdMar | It's a throwback cast on this week's roundtable! Enjoy. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L! | 1h 45m 14s | ||||||
| 4/25/25 | Ep# 352 Insiders Roundtable with Nile Zacherly and Kevin Carey | It's about time we had a good old fashioned Roundtable! Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L! | 1h 48m 13s | ||||||
| 4/21/25 | Ep# 351 - Chris is Having a Hard Time | Chris uses the show as a therapy session to discuss his existential woes. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L! | 1h 31m 26s | ||||||
| 4/16/25 | Ep # 350 Almost A Lost Episode! | Mike and Chris discuss if IPAs are a real thing anymore, new and upcomig breweries, and the worth of Guinness. Plus, a hand-written letter! Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L! | 1h 27m 01s | ||||||
| 3/4/25 | Ep # 349 A Beer, A Condiment, And A Musician With Sam Calagione And Gabriel Magliaro | Mike and Chris are yet again the 3rd and 4th coolest people on the podcast as they welcome Sam Calagione of Dogfish and Gabriel Magliaro of Half Acre to discuss innovation, failure and success, and what's changed in craft beer. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L! | 1h 48m 25s | ||||||
| 2/25/25 | Ep #348 Splitting The G With an Upper Decky Lip Pillow | Chris and Mike talk Splitting the G, The Toronado, and Carthart Lukr jackets. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L! | 1h 32m 04s | ||||||
| 2/12/25 |  Ep #347 The Definitive Guide To The Future Of Beer - 2025 Edition | It's time to gaze into the future with our four resident soothsayers, Nostradouglas Veliky, The Three-Eyed Take Jake Guidry, Dr. Strange Mike, and Obichris Quinnobi. What is in store for craft beer? What are the newest styles to look out for? The sages have seen the future and are spilling the beans. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.com Mailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger&n... | 1h 43m 42s | ||||||
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