Pedals & Pints' Monica Potter on Thiols, 4 Hands Voltron and San Francisco Beer Research
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In Batch 367 of Craft Beer Republic, Monica Potter, head brewer at Pedals & Pints Brewing, joined Greg and Flex to explain why thiols and thiolized yeast are changing hazy IPAs. Greg also recaps a beer research trip to San Francisco, a wine bar server at the Oakland airport chasing down a customer with her leftover wine, and a letter written with ChatGPT to get Flex to the Great American Beer Festival.
Beer Research in San FranciscoGreg's last-minute work trip to San Francisco showed a city that has changed since Covid, with bars and restaurants closing early. When work ran late and his first plan fell through, he googled breweries and found Black Hammer Brewing, maker of the Cuddle Puddle he and Monica drink on the show.
At an Oakland airport wine bar, Greg watched a server pour a woman's unfinished wine into a plastic cup and chase her down with it.
A Letter to Get Flex to GABFFlex needs to make it to the Great American Beer Festival, so Greg used ChatGPT to write a letter to Flex's wife making the case.
Monica Explains Thiols and Thiolized YeastFlex's beer opens the door to a brewing lesson. Monica explains how thiols work, why brewers are mash hopping, and how thiolized yeast strains like Omega's Helio Gazer and Cosmic Punch pull intense tropical flavors like guava out of hops in hazy IPAs.
Chew Your Beer Checks InChew Your Beer leaves a voicemail about his Southern California brewery run with Unsung, Monkish, Villains and Everywhere Beer Co.
Craft Beer NewsDiageo is rolling out more non-alcoholic Guinness on draft, in Ireland. Monster and Arizona are both launching hard versions of their drinks, Coca-Cola starts an alcohol subsidiary called Red Tree Beverages, and Hooters becomes the first chain to serve Hard Mountain Dew. Plus, a drunk woman threatening workers at an Angry Crab Shack in Arizona gets stopped by a thrown chair.
Beers We're Drinking
Greg and Monica: Black Hammer Brewing Cuddle PuddleGreg and Monica are drinking Cuddle Puddle from Black Hammer Brewing in San Francisco, a 6% hazy IPA with cryo Citra, Idaho 7 and Galaxy hops.
Flex: 4 Hands Brewing Voltron Volume OneFlex is drinking Voltron Volume One from 4 Hands Brewing in St. Louis, a 7.5% hazy IPA collab with Narrow Gauge that's mash hopped with Citra and Mosaic and fermented with a thiolized yeast for big guava notes. Flex calls it maybe his favorite beer ever, and it's $9.99 a four-pack.
Listen to Craft Beer Republic: I Left My Beer in San FranciscoBatch 367 of Craft Beer Republic features Pedals & Pints head brewer Monica Potter on thiols, thiolized yeast, Black Hammer Brewing, 4 Hands Brewing and a wild week of craft beer news. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app!
In Batch 367 of Craft Beer Republic, Monica Potter, head brewer at Pedals & Pints Brewing, joined Greg and Flex to explain why thiols and thiolized yeast are changing hazy IPAs. Greg also recaps a beer research trip to San Francisco, a wine bar server at the Oakland airport chasing down a customer with her leftover wine, and a letter written with ChatGPT to get Flex to the Great American Beer Festival.
Beer Research in San FranciscoGreg's last-minute work trip to San Francisco showed a city that has changed since Covid, with bars and restaurants closing early. When work ran late and his first plan fell through, he googled breweries and found Black Hammer Brewing, maker of the Cuddle Puddle he and Monica drink on the show.
At an Oakland airport wine bar, Greg watched a server pour a woman's unfinished wine into a plastic cup and chase her down with it.
A Letter to Get Flex to GABFFlex needs to make it to the Great American Beer Festival, so Greg used ChatGPT to write a letter to Flex's wife making the case.
Monica Explains Thiols and Thiolized YeastFlex's beer opens the door to a brewing lesson. Monica explains how thiols work, why brewers are mash hopping, and how thiolized yeast strains like Omega's Helio Gazer and Cosmic Punch pull intense tropical flavors like guava out of hops in hazy IPAs.
Chew Your Beer Checks InChew Your Beer leaves a voicemail about his Southern California brewery run with Unsung, Monkish, Villains and Everywhere Beer Co.
Craft Beer NewsDiageo is rolling out more non-alcoholic Guinness on draft, in Ireland. Monster and Arizona are both launching hard versions of their drinks, Coca-Cola starts an alcohol subsidiary called Red Tree Beverages, and Hooters becomes the first chain to serve Hard Mountain Dew. Plus, a drunk woman threatening workers at an Angry Crab Shack in Arizona gets stopped by a thrown chair.
Beers We're Drinking
Greg and Monica: Black Hammer Brewing Cuddle PuddleGreg and Monica are drinking Cuddle Puddle from Black Hammer Brewing in San Francisco, a 6% hazy IPA with cryo Citra, Idaho 7 and Galaxy hops.
Flex: 4 Hands Brewing Voltron Volume OneFlex is drinking Voltron Volume One from 4 Hands Brewing in St. Louis, a 7.5% hazy IPA collab with Narrow Gauge that's mash hopped with Citra and Mosaic and fermented with a thiolized yeast for big guava notes. Flex calls it maybe his favorite beer ever, and it's $9.99 a four-pack.
Listen to Craft Beer Republic: I Left My Beer in San FranciscoBatch 367 of Craft Beer Republic features Pedals & Pints head brewer Monica Potter on thiols, thiolized yeast, Black Hammer Brewing, 4 Hands Brewing and a wild week of craft beer news. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app!