Drinking Socially - The Official Untappd Podcast

What We’re Drinking

Cool Runoffs by Alvarado Street Brewery

• IPA - Imperial / Double
• 8.1% ABV
• 50 IBU

2,500 Check-ins

We read stories from two users about some of their milestone check-ins and hear the story behind Kyle's 2,500 check-in.

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Beer Articles

Reinventing the Humble Beer Keg

After Marines drank all the beer in Iceland's capital city, a Finnish brewery wants to give NATO troops a special batch

How Low-Alcohol Beers Became Brewing's Next Big Thing

U.S. Breweries Hit New Milestone

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Pre Recorded Notice

We want to give you a heads up that this week’s episode is being pre recorded since Tim will be heading out of the country for a couple weeks and won’t be able to record shows. Our apologies if this show is a little shorter or not as timely as usual.

We will be back to our standard weekly recording schedule in November. Thanks for your understanding.

What We’re Drinking

Punkin Ale from Dogfish Head

• Pumpkin / Yam Beer
• 7% ABV
• 28 IBU
• A full-bodied brown ale with smooth hints of pumpkin and brown sugar. We brew our Punkin Ale with pumpkin meat, brown sugar and spices. As the season cools, this is the perfect beer to warm up with.

Style of the Week

This week we take a look at the history of the Pumpkin beer.

Beer Articles

IHOP Launches Its Own Beer

The Dirty Secret Ruining Your Draft Beer

Astros fan buys $500 worth of beer after calling homer

Grab This 77-Can Case of Natty Light So You Can Play Beer Pong Until You're 80

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What We’re Drinking

Real Thicc by Indie Brewing Company

• IPA - New England • 8% ABV

Recent Tavel

We discuss our recent travels to Zion National Park and Fairbanks, Alaska

Untappd News

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Sponsored Badges

America’s Stout 2018 from Left Hand Brewing

• Check-in to one Left Hand Brewing Milk Stout Nitro during March

NC Beer Month is Coming! (2018) from NC Brewers Guild

• Check-in to one beer from the list of North Carolina breweries on the Untappd blog during the month of March.

Week of Logic 2018 from Bottle Logic Brewing

• Check in to any three beers from Bottle Logic Brewing between March 18th - March 24th

Official Badge of Record Store Day from Dogfish Head

• Check-in to any one (1) of the following Dogfish Head beers between March 23rd - April 23rd and the “Official Badge of Record Store Day” is yours: Dragons & Yum Yums, 60 Minute IPA, 90 Minute IPA, Flesh & Blood IPA, Namate White, or SeaQuench Ale.

Style of the Week

This week we dive into the New England Style IPA

Beer Articles

Hops Recognized as Herb of the Year by International Association

A Portland Brewery Launched the First Craft Beer into Space

The History Behind Cold Beer Cheese

'Glitter Beers' Are Here to Make (or Ruin) Your Day

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What We’re Drinking

Beer #1 - Anonymous Stout

• This beer intentionally left blank — the idea is to use any beer you have around and infuse it with flavors you want.
  • Base Beer Tasting Notes: Coffee, smooth carbonation, velvety, silky finish.
• Stout
• 7%
• Versions:
  • 1: Coconut & Cinnamon (90 minutes steep)
    • Jon's Favorite "suuuuper rich, coconut oils changed the mouthfeel entirely!"
    • 2: Amaretto Coffee Beans (90 Minutes steep)
      • Harrison's Favorite "almost a little Dr Pepper? cleaned up the mouthfeel and maybe even lightened it up a bit"
    • 3: Graham Cracker & Cinnamon (45 minutes steep)

Beer #2 - Anonymous Lager

• This beer intentionally left blank — the idea is to use any beer you have around and infuse it with flavors you want.
  • Base Beer Tasting Notes: Corn, noticable carbonation, clean crisp finish, balanced.
• Lager
• 5.2% ABV
• Versions
  • 1: Candied Cherries (30 minutes)
  • 2: Ginger Lemon (30 minutes)
    • Harrison's Favorite "perfect for mowing the lawn, almost like a shandy but cleaner!"
  • 3: Jalapeno (30 minutes)
    • Jon's Favorite "Every day, all the time. Maybe better with Cilantro, but this tastes like a jalapeno smells"

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Randalling and Infusion History

• Early 'Infusion' History
  • The first documented use of hops in beer is from the 9th century, though Hildegard of Bingen, 300 years later, is often cited as the earliest documented source. -Excerpt from [Wikipedia]
  • The first US commercial hop production was a 45-acre garden established in 1648 to supply a brewery in the Massachusetts Bay settlement.
  • Exceprt from https://www.britishhops.org.uk
    • By the 17th century ale (i.e.: un-hopped beer) was no longer popular and beer was the established drink and by 1655 hop cultivation grew rapidly in fourteen UK counties. In a successful year, an acre of good hops could be more profitable than fifty acres of arable land, but some farmers would not grow hops due to the erratic yields caused by drought, wet periods and mildew. Duty was imposed in 1710 and the Act prohibited the use of any bettering agent other than hops in beer, as hops were far more wholesome. The duty varied from year to year and speculation on the tax became a popular form of betting.
• Randall History
  • This invention is credited to Sam Calagione and the team at DFH Circa 2004
  • It was originally created to beat the Pacific brewers in the Lupulin Slam event.
  • Click here to watch DogFish Head's amazing 2 minute 'infomercial' on their Randall Jr
  • Click here to buy a Randall Jr right from DogFish Head

Next Episode

• Our last episode before Christmas and our last episode before 2020! We'll be trying to remember everything we did for 2019, talk about some favorite episodes and moments — and the tradition of the (Beer) Advent Calendar.

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Out of Our Gourds Pumpkin Home Brew Recipe

What We’re Drinking

Beer #1 - Recursion IPA by Bottle Logic Brewing

• IPA - (West Coast)
• 6.5% ABV
• The culmination of the Recursion experiment! This is the 9.0 recipe, chosen as the best version of this West Coast IPA series!
• Gift from Kyle Roderick

Beer #2 -Kindred Spirits by Innis & Gunn

• Stout
• 6.1% ABV
• Smooth Scottish Stout meets Tullamore D.E.W. triple distilled Irish Whiskey barrel staves in our unique aging process to create a beer packed with dark chocolate, coffee and vanilla flavour with hints of oak.

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Giveaway

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• Add the Hashtag #drinkingsocially
  • *Comments must be received by November 24th Midnight EST
  • Winner will be announced on the next episode of Drinking Socially December 4th 2019.

Beer Traditions and Nostalgia

• Home Brewing
  • We're actually drinking our first Home Brew on this Episode! An old friend of Jon's sent in a Home Brewed IPA in honor of his new Daughter's first #BrewDay and started a tradition of his own.
    • Maddie's Meltdown by Hye Brewing
    • ABV: 9.2%
    • This batch of homebrew was named after my newly born girl Madison Ann. It was her first #brewday. A great combo of 3lbs of Passion Fruit puree and 15 Habanero peppers. Half the peppers added during the last 15 minutes of the boil and the rest during the secondary. The addition of Citra, Nugget and Ekuanot hops during the boil and some dry hopping. Which added some great bittering and aroma to this batch of homebrew. Has a nice pepper nose up front. Warning you that trouble is just around the corner
  • Harrison recalls meeting Tom Miklenovic at a party and seeing 'jugs of beer' while falling in love with the process of Home Brewing.
  • Jon remembers some Canadian Home Brewers sharing beers out of un-marked bottles at a football game.
• Sports
  • Jon talks about his first beer after football practice, and how beers and sports became such an important part of being a Bills fan. Also — how badly he wants to compete in a 'Crate Run' where him and Harrison drink a case of beer and 'run' a 10k
  • Harrison reflects on beer and sports in his early years — and how he would love to compete in a Turkey Run, but mainly just drink and walk to the finish line.

Stories From Drinking Socially Facebook Group

• Jared asked for more news coverage and immediately got a lot of 'likes' so here we go with some updates in the world of Craft Beer.

Beer News

• Harrison talks about the recent news of the Craft Brew Alliance being fully acquired by A-B InBev
• Jon covers an event sponsored by the Craft Brew Alliance (2019 Pitch Slam) which functions like a 'Shark Tank' for upcoming breweries to pitch their business. Previous winners include: Appalachian Mountain Brewery, Braxton Brewing, Novo Brazil Brewing, and more.

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