E273: Hop Tea and Hop Water with Hoplark

05/15/21 • 43 min

Hoplark with Hot Talk on Hop Tea and Hop Water

You know we love our beer, but we do dabble in alternative beverages. This week we're getting all fancy and sipping tea... with plenty of hops.

Hoplark co-founder Dean Eberhardt joins us on the show this week to talk about his Hop Tea and Hop Water. We learn what got the ball rolling on Hoplark, and we get educated on the many varieties of teas.

We ask Dean for some pairing suggestions for his hop teas, but he tries to get us to exercise and tells us the pair great with a long bike ride. That may be, but I'm gonna try mine with some wings, Dean.

Seriously, though. These teas and waters are pretty tasty and give you another choice if you want something crafty and hoppy but can't (or don't want to) have alcohol. Take one into the next meeting with your boss and sip it while he goes over those quarterly reports. It will make it so much better.

Since there's no alcohol you can get Hoplark direct from their website at www.hoplark.com. They're also available in whole foods, with future plans to get distribution at bottle shops. Check 'em out.

Their core varieties are:

The Citra Bomb | White Tea double dry-hopped with Citra
The Really Hoppy One | Black Tea with Simcoe and Citra (this is the one for IPA fans)
The Green Tea One | Green tea and Mosaic
The White Tea One | White Tea with Lemondrop and Simcoe (lighter, Tim dug this one)
We also tried the Sabro and Mosaic Hop Waters and those are pretty dope.

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Hoplark with Hot Talk on Hop Tea and Hop Water

You know we love our beer, but we do dabble in alternative beverages. This week we're getting all fancy and sipping tea... with plenty of hops.

Since there's no alcohol you can get Hoplark direct from their website at www.hoplark.com. They're also available in whole foods, with future plans to get distribution at bottle shops. Check 'em out.

Their core varieties are:

The Citra Bomb | White Tea double dry-hopped with Citra
The Really Hoppy One | Black Tea with Simcoe and Citra (this is the one for IPA fans)
The Green Tea One | Green tea and Mosaic
The White Tea One | White Tea with Lemondrop and Simcoe (lighter, Tim dug this one)
We also tried the Sabro and Mosaic Hop Waters and those are pretty dope.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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E272: Brewing Forward with Victory Brewing

Victory founder Bill Covaleski and Ron Barchet talk 25 years of Victory Beers

After 25 years, Victory Brewing isn't slowing down. They're goal to Brew Forward means they're doubling down on quality, commitment, and community.

As we talk with founder Bill Covaleski and Ron Barchet we discovered what it means to be a successful brewer. Barchet is once again able to homebrew. That's success, growing to a point where you don't have to be on the brew deck all the time and can finally enjoy a homebrew. He's done it up right, too. His barn is designed for brewing, with the drains and all, plus a 1 Hectoliter (around 25 gallons) brewhouse. That's how you do it.

Victory's Brother Love IPA is a tasty brew and we learn more about that beer and its mission. We talk about what it was like 25 years ago, what they think of today's brewing scene, and what they see in their crystal ball for the next 25 years.

We sip some of that Brotherly Love and some Sour Monkey. And Brian brings the heat with a vintage bottle of 2015 Sour Monkey. Good times. #drinkyourcellar

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E274: Getting Juiced with Oskar Blues

R&D makes the world go 'round at Oskar Blues

Oskar Blues Head Brewer Juice Drapeau loves to brew experimental beers. These R&D batches give them the chance to try out new hops, malt, and yeasts, and ultimately impacts the beers we see brewed in huge quantities to be distributed across the country. Their Guava Rodeo uses a very cool yeast known as Sourvisiae that makes a beer lightly tart without the need for lactobacillus or lactic acid. Pretty cool stuff.

Drapeau and Sr. Marketing Manager Aaron Baker joined us on the show this week to chat about the fun of R&D brewing and a host of other topics. We learn about what it means to be part of the CANarchy Collective and the benefits it affords the member breweries. On the heels of their Mustard Beer collaboration with French's we talk about any other possible condiment beers, and offer some terrible ideas of our own. We also talk about their "Death by" series with the ever-popular Death by Coconut and the upcoming Death by Flapjacks.

SMaSH for Stache to support brain cancer research

Another recent collaboration for Oskar Blues was with StacheStrong, a charity that supports brain cancer research. This Single Malt and Single Hop (SMaSH) IPA is brewed with Sabro hops and Pale Genie, an award-winning Colorado malt. Drapeau tells us the malt offers a wonderful taste of the local terroir. I couldn't taste the Colorado myself, but can verify it is a tasty beer for a great cause.

And a special shout out to Bryan Crass of RockSolid Brewing who stopped by the studio to say hello and share some of his tasty beers!

The Beer List

Oskar Blues Brewery
- Guava Rodeo Sour with tangerines
- Oskar's Lager
- SMaSH for Stache IPA
- Thick Haze NEIPA
RockSolid Brewing
- Coconut Cojones Imperial Pastry Stout
- No Limes Required Mexican Lager
- Weekend Juice West Coast DIPA