Podcast appearances and mentions of aaron sleger

Festivals are happy places, and you don't really want to enjoy them on your own.– Christine and the Queens Welcome back to Home Brew Rock Stars Episode 78. Festivals are back…oh yea! In this episode we bring back our longtime friend and cofounder of Rockford IL Screw City Beer Festival Aaron Sleeger to talk about the 2021 Screw City Beer Festival coming back after being shit canned due to the COVID mandates of 2020. Aaron is the ideal person to organize a craft beer festival. He is a graduate of Ray Daniels Cicerone Certification Program , resident beer guy at our sponsor Artale & Co and a genuinely great dude that has his finger on the pulse of the Chicago and Illinois area craft beer scene.  The guys and Aaron talk about the upcoming Screw City event (is this the 10th or 11th annual?), the cancelling of the 2020 event, temporary changes to this year's festival, who's the new breweries coming in and the old favorites that will be back and the anxiety of who was making the cut. We sampled some beers from breweries that will be at the festival this year. They are in no particular order…  2nd Shift Brewery's   Liquid Spiritual Delight  - This is a hearty 11.5% Imperial Stout with great flavor and enough body that I think you can chew it Pig Minds Brewing Cherried Enough – also an Imperial Stout (10% ABV) except this one has cherries in it. Plenty of chocolate and cherry to remind us of a chocolate covered cherry candy… Nummy! Spiteful Brewing Co  G.F.Y. Coffe Stout – Another dark one that has some great coffee flavor that is not overbearing and a respectable but sneaky 8% ABV. So grab a couple of beers, settle in and check out the show! And if you are one of the lucky ones that scored tickets to this year's Screw City Festival stop by the Forest City Brewers  tent and say ‘High'. Sears will have a beer on tap there named Tangerine Dream.  If you have not figured it out WE LOVE BEER and if you have a homebrew that you would like us to try and review on the podcast contact us and we will make arrangements to get it into our thirsty hands. Big thanks to our program sponsors Pig Minds Brewing, Artale & Co, and 815 Gardens and Brewing for all their suds and support, we love you guys! Looking for a great craft beer and some of the best vegan food in the state line? Try Pig Minds Brewing. Seeking a hard to find commercial craft beer, wine or spirits to take home or as a gift? Stop in to Artale & Co, Anthony and Aaron have plenty of great suggestions. Looking to jump into indoor gardening? Stop in to 815 Gardens  Bob will be happy to help. Tell them that HomeBrew Rockstars sent ya. As always we appreciate if you make sure to Like us, Follow us and RATE US! Prost! #drinkitup

Beer Festivals are rampant in the US and we preview one of the hottest tickets in the Midwest, Screw City Beer Fest 2019, which sells out each year in under an hour. Co-founder Aaron Sleger fills us in on what's new for their 9th annual festival, with a fun look back on the early days of this in-demand beer tasting event and a bit of forecasting for the 10 year anniversary coming in 2020. While Screw City won't change too much from 2018, last year's move to the new location along the Rock River in Rockford, IL was a popular move for the festival and will again be the site for some 50+ breweries from the biggest craft brewers and up-and-comers in the Chicago and surrounding region, with several other nationally known brands. The  beer line-up at post time included more than 270 styles, including an unprecedented 30 home brews that will be on tap (about 150 gallons) from the Forest City Brewers Home Brew Club - that's not a misprint! We also do some beer tastings from some of the breweries that will be at the festival this year, including: Madagaskar (Imperial Stout w/coconut and cacao) - 4 Hands Brewing Beady Eyes (Blood Orange and Hibiscus Pale Ale) - Marz/Collective Arts/Donut Monster Collaboration Lieu Et Heure (Saison) - White Rooster Farmhouse Brewing Raspberry Turtar (Fruit Beer) - Hairy Cow Brewing Clockwork (Blood Orange Pale Ale) - Pig Minds Brewing Stay tuned for our next podcast at the Screw City Beer Fest where we'll be broadcasting at the Home Brew Rock Star Lounge, interviewing home brewers, craft brewers, the hosts, and we'll be doing the popular mustache rides again this year! Go to your favorite podcast streaming services right now and give us a big rating! #drinkitup 00000084 00000084 000053BE 000053BE 000D8C0F 000D8C0F 00009372 00009372 001D3215 001D3215

Download Episode! PODCAST: The End of Year Recap of 19 Home Brewing Episodes and a Sneak Peek at 2019 HAPPY NEW YEAR!! This episode takes a look back at our interviews with the home brewers, brew masters, rock stars and brewing topics we covered throughout the 2018 podcast season. After 19 episodes, more than 20 guests, 40 interviews and 100 beer tastings, it's time to reminisce the highlights of an awesome year. We also imbibe in a slurry of incredible beer tastings that include a new home brew from Brent, his session hazy IPA featuring Cashmere hops, the traditional scotch ale of Bell's Christmas Ale, and three big boy beers all over 10 AVB with Ridgeway's Insanely Bad Santa, New Holland's Dragon's Milk S'mores and Flying Monkey's Arcadian Groove Imperial Maple Porter. Episodes recap of 2018 home brewing topics includes: E16 Beer Fitness, Health, Resolutions - Two Brothers, Surly, FoundersHome Brewer Eric Johnson, music from Go Go Torpedo E17 Taxes, Casks, Beer News - Revolution, Hopslam, Home BrewHome Brewer Matt Berthiaume, music from Purple Hell E18 Brewery Startups & Hiccups - Brian Endl of Pig MindsPig Minds founder Brian Endl, music from Minneapolis guitar virtuoso Jon James E19 St. Patrick's Day Beers and Prairie Street Brewing CoMaster Brewer Steve Lenox with Shawn Steiner, music from Havana Honey E20 March Madness Beer: Cinderella, DMS, Holy CityCharleston Brewer Chris Brown of Holy City, music from guitarist Bill Dolan/Das Boton E21 Carson Souza - A Midwest Craft Brewing SoundtrackRemote show at Pig Minds w/master brewer Carson sSouza, Shane Johnson, +FCB home brewers E22 If It Ferments?! with Homebrewer Mike CoismanMike Coisman talks fermenting anything, music from Minneapolis brood rock band The Phones E23 Big Brew 2018 with Forest City BrewersRemote show at the ballpark, Cincinnati Irish Red was Ron Derry, Mike Bohn with his Belgian Dark Strong Ale, Jerry Machula and his Hefeweizen, Mike Coisman beer with Centennial hops. E24 Wanna Quickie? Home Brew Fast LagersA lesson in brewing lagers in half the time, music from Tin Tin Can E25 Best Day Drinking Beers and BrewsDarin Kolls, music from Maggie’s Dream E26 Great Taste of the Midwest Pre-Fest Podcast 2018Guest Corey Kuczynski, music by Brain Kingdom E27 Adjunct Brewing and Ryan Brewing One-Barrel StartupRyan Brewing master brewer, Todd Ryan, music from Crash Kings E28 Pre: Screw City Beer Fest 2018Guest Aaron Sleger, mucic from by Stuart Davis E29 Screw City Beer Fest 2018: Mustache BashInterviews with event founds Aaron Sleger and Chris Wachowiak, plus a slew of home brewers from Forest City Brewers talk about their festival beer prep E30 Beards & Beers in the Urban ForestUrban Forest founders Alex Cando And Heath Meyers, music by Darwin’s Waiting Room, Five Bolt Main, Alston and Silence is Broken E31 Couples Brewing - Takes Two To TangoHayley Dickinson and David Setiawan, music by Shawm Smith E32 Off Kilter Brewing - Palate FatigueOff Kilter Brewing Founder Jim Goecks, music by Elgin Park E34 Rock-n-Roll Beers on the TundrasBrian Mastrangeli and Cory Wicklund of Tundras share beer drinking philosophy and their music Tune in for the 2019 kick off in January with NEW short episodes and guest from all over this blessed nation! Please share this podcast with your friends (below) and send us your feedback for what you’d like us to talk about on the Home Brew Rock Stars Facebook page. Plus, you can now buy our Home Brew Rock Stars T-shirts on Threadless. See ya next episode! #drinkitup  

Podcast: Interviews and Mustaches collide at this year's Screw City Beer Fest 2018 It was perhaps the best Screw City Beer Fest yet with a new location on the rock River in rockford, IL with an excellent performance by founders Aaron Sleger and Chris Wachowiak. The festival featured 15 new breweries (more than 50 total), delish local food, 2 hop companies (sharing hoppiness), one home brew club (that served more than 100 gallons of beer brewed by locals), a beer podcast (complete with free mustaches), a crew of awesome volunteers, drones, lawn games, line dancing, lounging, live music for the more than 2,500 thirsty, festive drinkers. This podcast episode features the Home Brew Rock Stars interviewing festival host Aaron Sleger and the majority of the Forest City Brewers club members (15 total) that brewed and served their special beers. We also interview some craft breweries that include Destihl and Polyanna, as well as the guys from Forest City Hops and Live Wire Hops. And finally, below we have some fun passing out hundreds of free mustaches and take a few pics of festival goers sporting their mustache, or "cupstache" below...#drinkitup  

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Dreem2Reality Entertainment presents the Beer With Friends Podcast. This podcast is intended for listeners 21+. Please drink responsibly and cheers! On today's show: Eric is joined by Dustin, Dennis and producer Ryan. The guys try Riserva 2016 by Weyerbacher Brewing Company and Fruitallica 2017 by Beavertown/Garage Project/Stone Brewing as well as numerous other fine selections that were offered at the festival. Also discussed was what they liked, what they disliked, their favorite, least favorite, and biggest surprise beer, and much more pertaining to the 2017 Screw City Beer Festival. Also, Eric got some interviews with the guys from Noon Whistle Brewing and Mikerphone Brewing, as well as some new friends and several familiar friends of the show including Aaron Sleger, who is one of the minds behind SCBF, and Uncle Phil, who made his appearance on the show at the 100th Episode Extravaganza!! All that and much more! Please subscribe to the D2R Podcast Network on iTunes and don't forget to rate and review while you're there. You can also download the Stitcher and Podbean app to your device for free and search: D2R PODCAST NETWORK and subscribe. If you enjoy listening to the Beer With Friends Podcast, then spread the word to everyone you know. Your word of mouth is our best advertising method and we appreciate your support. Thanks for listening and share! The Beer With Friends Podcast would love to hear from you! Feel free to call the podcast hotline and have your voice heard on a future episode. Dial **New Number Coming Soon** and leave a message and we will play your voicemail and answer your questions live on an upcoming episode! Cheers!

  This podcast episode features the creators of the Screw City Beer Fest, Aaron Sleger and Chris Wachowiak. We preview the their 7th fest which is happening on Sep. 9, 2017 which features 55 breweries, Forest City Brewers and their 16 home brews, and food, music and fun, We also dip back in time to find out how this popular event (it sold out in 22 minutes) got its start and what it took to make it work...and keep it in-demand. The show also includes awesome discussion and tastings of some highly-coveted craft beer from Mikerphone - One Man Wrecking Machine, Pipeworks - As You Wish, Marz - The Machine, Metropolitan  - Heliostat, Pig Minds - Sweep the Leg, as well as some home brew and other libatious donations. All of these breweries will be present and accounted for at this year's Screw City Beer Fest - here's the full line-up. All this and more accompanied by samples of fresh tracks from Rockford-based band, Law & Love. DRINK IT UP!

Dreem2Reality Entertainment proudly presents the Beer With Friends Podcast, pre-recorded from the D2R Studios! On today's show: Eric is joined by his co-hosts Chuck, Gina, special guest Aaron, and of course Producer Ryan for the Beer With Friends Podcast! Today's focus is the Screw City Beer Festival!! The guys warm up by trying San Francisco IPA by Almanac Beer Company. Then, the guys try Navaja by Half Acre Beer Company, Stammtisch by Urban Chestnut Brewing Company, Hoppiness Is A Warm Pun by Brewmaster Jack, Hyper Dog by Pipeworks Brewing Company, Velvet Merkin (2013) by Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Bourbon County Brand Stout (2012) by Goose Island Beer Co., and Big Hugs (2013) by Half Acre Beer Company to round out the show! Also in this episode: the guys find out who Aaron Sleger from Artale Wine Co. is, what a Cicerone is and how do you become one, the many breweries and beers that will be at the Screw City Beer Festival this coming Saturday in Rockford, Jadabug Coffee Roasters providing beans for a beer and Rockford Roasting Company providing coffee at the festival, The Olympic Tavern providing beer and food pairings at the festival, Kryptonite being closed and how that may or may not affect the festival this year and years to come, a brief history of the Screw City Beer Festival, how important glassware is, and some fantasy football draft talk. All that and much more! This podcast is intended for listeners 21+. Please drink responsibly and enjoy the show! Please SUBSCRIBE to the D2R Podcast Network on iTunes and don't forget to RATE and REVIEW while you're there. Or, find the D2R Podcast Network on Stitcher or the Podbean app. Just simply download the Stitcher or Podbean app to your device and then search: D2R Podcast Network and SUBSCRIBE! It's really that easy! If you enjoy the Beer With Friends Podcast, then SPREAD THE WORD to everyone you know! Your word of mouth is our only advertising and we truly appreciate your support! Thanks for listening and cheers!!