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It's was another year at the Screw City Beer Fest in Rockford, IL with the Forest City Brewers serving home brew. This year the home brewing club served up a whopping 30+ home brews (see list below). Home Brew Rock Stars created a home brew lounge, complete with a couch pit, mustache rides ("stache your glass") and 18 interviews with some of the home brewers that served their beer. We were hoping to get all the home brewers on the mic, but we ran out of time (and we may have gotten a little drunk, in mostly a good way), so apologies to those we missed - we'll look forward to featuring some of those that didn't make it on this podcast in future shows. Regardless, all the the home brewers brought their best as you con see in this list of yummy treats below...#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
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
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-host Dennis, Chad, and of course, Producer Ryan for the Beer With Friends Podcast! Today's focus is beer!! The guys try #Merica by Surly Brewing Company, Moo Joos by Brau Brothers Brewing Company, Citra World! by Arcade Brewery, Robust Porter by Emmett's Brewing Company, Bean Flicker Blonde by Odd Side Ales which was this episodes "FAN-Tastic" beer donated by Tank Girl, God Damn Caramel Pecan Pigeon Porter by Spiteful Brewing, and Big Bad Baptist (Release #52) by Epic Brewing Co. to round out the show! Also in this episode: the guys discuss their trip to Ballpark Ale Fest, the bottles that were shared while waiting to get Screw City Beer Fest tickets, Mortal Kombat X beers, and a handful of call-ins from familiar voices Chuck aka "The Beave" and Manny aka "Juice" and the guys miss a call from Zak at The Olympic Tavern. 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!!
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-host Chuck and producer Ryan for the Beer With Friends Podcast! Today's focus is vanilla beers.The guys start with General Sherman IPA by Tioga-Sequoia Brewing Co. as the warm-up beer. Then, the guys try Bomb! by Prairie Artisan Ales, Vanilla Wafer Porter by MobCraft Beer, Dreamsicle by Pipeworks Brewing Company, Cali' Creamin' Vanilla Cream Ale by Mother Earth Brew Co. which was donated by the guys over at The Perfect Pour Podcast, and then God Damn Vanilla Pigeon Porter by Spiteful Brewing to round out the show.Other topics discussed are the Screw City Beer Fest strategy, a Goose Island Bourbon County bottling soapbox, ABV limits in different states, some beer trading/shipping tips and secrets, and much more!!This podcast is intended for listeners 21+. Please drink responsibly and enjoy the show!Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to the D2R Podcast Network on iTunes to hear every upcoming Beer With Friends Podcast and don't forget to RATE and REVIEW while you're there.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!!