Super Bowl Beer Prices, Session Sours and Sierra Nevada's New CEO With Pedals & Pints' Monica Potter
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In Batch 396 of Craft Beer Republic, Monica Potter, head brewer at Pedals & Pints Brewing, joined Greg and Flex to talk session sours, Super Bowl beer prices and which stadiums actually pour craft beer. Flex tells the story of being eight beers deep by halftime when the Packers won the Super Bowl, and Greg finds out at Petco Park that he was much drunker than he thought.
Are All Sours Session Beers?Greg asks Monica whether most sours are session beers. Not necessarily, she says: many brewery sours run higher in alcohol, especially once fruit puree ferments out. All of the sours at Pedals & Pints sit around 4%, because she likes a beer she can have two or three of and still drive home.
What Beer Costs at the Super BowlThe Super Bowl concession prices are in: $14 for a slice of pizza, $15 for popcorn with $3 refills, and $3 nachos. Domestic beers like Coors were $14, "premium" options like Modelo, Michelob Ultra, Stella and Kona were $16, and a mystery premium can was $18. Michelob Ultra was the most poured beer of the game, with Modelo second.
Can We Get Craft Beer in Stadiums?Greg remembers a short-lived all-craft stand behind home plate at Dodger Stadium that carried Malibu Brewing and 818. Flex says the Brewers' park has Terrapin's Luau Krunkles and beers from Third Space. Greg's favorite move is Petco Park's pregame beer fest with $5 pours, which once ended at a police breathalyzer table. Greg guessed a .10 and blew a .19.
Eight Beers Deep by HalftimeWhen the Packers played in the Super Bowl in 2011, Flex was so nervous he was eight beers deep by halftime and into his brother's MGD by the fourth quarter. When Green Bay won, he gave himself a beer shower in the front yard, then threw up in his car on the way to work the next morning.
Chew Your Roo Reviews Foster'sA caller claiming to be Chew's Australian cousin, Chew Your Roo, leaves a voicemail reviewing Foster's, which he says is big enough to scare off dingoes.
Craft Beer NewsSierra Nevada names a new CEO from Beam Suntory. The Brewers Association reports it lost money last year and puts Homebrew Con on hiatus, with homebrew events moving to GABF. Molson Coors workers in Fort Worth go on strike. A ranking of the drunkest NFL fans puts the Tennessee Titans first at an average .093 BAC, with Green Bay seventh. And a drunk driving suspect gets arrested in the parking lot of a Russell Stover's Chocolates.
Beers We're Drinking
Greg and Monica: Three Weavers Brewing Sun TrapGreg and Monica are drinking Sun Trap from Three Weavers Brewing, a 4.5% session sour with passion fruit puree, Mendocino sea salt and lemon peel that they call delightfully tart.
Flex: Definitive Brewing ParticlesFlex is drinking Particles from Definitive Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, an 8.3% double dry hopped double IPA with Citra, Simcoe and Topaz that really does taste like kiwi.
Listen to Craft Beer Republic: 8 Beers Deep By HalftimeBatch 396 of Craft Beer Republic features Pedals & Pints head brewer Monica Potter on session sours, Super Bowl beer prices, craft beer at stadiums, Three Weavers Brewing, Definitive Brewing and the latest craft beer news. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app!
In Batch 396 of Craft Beer Republic, Monica Potter, head brewer at Pedals & Pints Brewing, joined Greg and Flex to talk session sours, Super Bowl beer prices and which stadiums actually pour craft beer. Flex tells the story of being eight beers deep by halftime when the Packers won the Super Bowl, and Greg finds out at Petco Park that he was much drunker than he thought.
Are All Sours Session Beers?Greg asks Monica whether most sours are session beers. Not necessarily, she says: many brewery sours run higher in alcohol, especially once fruit puree ferments out. All of the sours at Pedals & Pints sit around 4%, because she likes a beer she can have two or three of and still drive home.
What Beer Costs at the Super BowlThe Super Bowl concession prices are in: $14 for a slice of pizza, $15 for popcorn with $3 refills, and $3 nachos. Domestic beers like Coors were $14, "premium" options like Modelo, Michelob Ultra, Stella and Kona were $16, and a mystery premium can was $18. Michelob Ultra was the most poured beer of the game, with Modelo second.
Can We Get Craft Beer in Stadiums?Greg remembers a short-lived all-craft stand behind home plate at Dodger Stadium that carried Malibu Brewing and 818. Flex says the Brewers' park has Terrapin's Luau Krunkles and beers from Third Space. Greg's favorite move is Petco Park's pregame beer fest with $5 pours, which once ended at a police breathalyzer table. Greg guessed a .10 and blew a .19.
Eight Beers Deep by HalftimeWhen the Packers played in the Super Bowl in 2011, Flex was so nervous he was eight beers deep by halftime and into his brother's MGD by the fourth quarter. When Green Bay won, he gave himself a beer shower in the front yard, then threw up in his car on the way to work the next morning.
Chew Your Roo Reviews Foster'sA caller claiming to be Chew's Australian cousin, Chew Your Roo, leaves a voicemail reviewing Foster's, which he says is big enough to scare off dingoes.
Craft Beer NewsSierra Nevada names a new CEO from Beam Suntory. The Brewers Association reports it lost money last year and puts Homebrew Con on hiatus, with homebrew events moving to GABF. Molson Coors workers in Fort Worth go on strike. A ranking of the drunkest NFL fans puts the Tennessee Titans first at an average .093 BAC, with Green Bay seventh. And a drunk driving suspect gets arrested in the parking lot of a Russell Stover's Chocolates.
Beers We're Drinking
Greg and Monica: Three Weavers Brewing Sun TrapGreg and Monica are drinking Sun Trap from Three Weavers Brewing, a 4.5% session sour with passion fruit puree, Mendocino sea salt and lemon peel that they call delightfully tart.
Flex: Definitive Brewing ParticlesFlex is drinking Particles from Definitive Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, an 8.3% double dry hopped double IPA with Citra, Simcoe and Topaz that really does taste like kiwi.
Listen to Craft Beer Republic: 8 Beers Deep By HalftimeBatch 396 of Craft Beer Republic features Pedals & Pints head brewer Monica Potter on session sours, Super Bowl beer prices, craft beer at stadiums, Three Weavers Brewing, Definitive Brewing and the latest craft beer news. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app!