Another difficult week for craft beer Ballast Point is closing another taproom, Untitled Art is ending operations after nearly a decade, and Anchor Brewing continues inching toward what could finally be a return. Those stories headline this week's craft beer news and set the stage for the latest episode of Craft Beer Republic. Greg and Flex also compare brewery road trips, review two collaboration IPAs, revisit one of the strangest beers ever brewed, and somehow end up talkin

New episode alert: A Brewery with No Beer is live on Craft Beer Republic —your stop for honest beer talk, brewery news, and questionable life choices that somehow involve French fries. What’s inside: Flex gambles on a hype release from Drekker x RaR and pays for it in flavor and dignity. Greg takes a swing at a black IPA that feels straight out of the ’90s. A listener email keeps Poopgate 2025 alive (liquid baloney, anyone?). Tampa tops our listener charts. And yes, we