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In this episode...

• Bottlesharing and Amaro-Inspired Stouts
• Dropping By Frog Rock Brewing
• Wholesalers vs. Brewers Association Takes
• Surprising 2025 N/A Beer Insights
• Generational Booze Stats
• 2026 Edition of Beer Style Guidelines Out
• Political Beer Drama in Wisconsin
• 150-Year Old Beer Found in Arizona
• Bear Poop Beer For The Super Bowl

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2026 shaping up to be the year of convenience store beer. It's got Goldman Sachs feeling particularly bullish. They're throwing around "buy" recommendations on beer stocks. We're obviously long on beer. And by that I mean, Brian is driving the sales of Long Beers at Atlanta-area convenience stores.

BrewDog is also all over news lately, and in keeping with tradition it's all bad. James Watt- is he coming back? Did he ever really leave? Does anyone care? Did anyone know they had a distillery? All these questions and more are asked in this episode.

And then there's 44-year old bottle of bourbon that set an auction record, and study that raises doubts about neo-prohibitionist alcohol claims. Take that, activist teetotalers.

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70% of people doing Dry January are liars.

Here's one I find hard to believe. Apparently 70% of people taking part in Dry January so they won't go back to drinking. C'mon, you ain't fooling me. Maybe they asked them like a week into January and they were feeling good and high and mighty and thought they would keep it up, but I just don't see that many people calling it quits. We'll see what the numbers tell us.

Some news that didn't shock us this week is that former Rogue employees are suing the company claiming they didn't proper followed proper procedure per the WARN Act that says you have to notify employees of larger companies before a plant closure effecting 50 or more people. (I think it was 50.) Considering the company is going (went) out of business there may be exceptions in play here. Another that we'll see how it develops.

The oldest monastic brewery in the world has been sold. Weltenburg Abbey in Bavaria has been brewing for 1,000 years and they're being bought by Munich's Schneider Weisse. Another sign of the times but sad considering all the brewery has been through.

In other news, Beer Brulee is trending, Brian gets a new t-shirt, the Most Interesing Man in the World is coming back, and The WHO thinks beer is too cheap. Whatever.

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We got new drinking rules, Y'all!

New federal dietary guidelines came out in the US recently and there are some changes to the recommendation on alcohol consumption. Rather than the old 1 drink for women, 2 drink for men it's been changed to "Drink Less." That's it, just an ambiguous suggestion to drink less. Do with that what you will.

And we've found a loophole to comply, along with another Guinness trend - The "60/40." Apparently some pubs are mixing 60% regular Guinness with 40% of the NA variety. Technically this would meet the new guidelines and also provide some justification to say you're doing Dry January. I mean, you are drinking NA beer, right?

Firestone Walker is celebrating a big birthday as they turn 30. They do good work and it's one of the few breweries not in Georgia that I'd love to see here. Maybe one day.

In other news we've got another Sycamore update (which I promise will be the last one unless something notable happens), crazy laws don't allow vintage dates on cider and mead, and Bapple is coming back, Baby!

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Did you miss us?

Seems like forever since we did a show. Hope you had a nice Christmas and New Year! 2026 is starting off exhausting, good thing there's beer.

We probably should have made a bigger deal of this but with all the other stuff in our lives we didn't get to throw a big party. But, we turned 10! That's right, 10 whole years of Beer Guys Radio. It's been a crazy ride.

Of course with the new year comes the calls for Dry January. We chat about the stats on who's participating, and what their success may look like as well as potential loopholes for staying dry. Our vote? Enjoy your beers responsibly, as always. Your breweries need you to keep going and if everyone took a month off it would be a heavy hit. If you do choose to skip the booze maybe go check out their NA offerings, or grab a meal or two.

It seems alcohol sales were up over the holidays, but of course that's followed by the aforementioned Dry January. We'll still take any positive news available.

In other news... a beer that's also a vaccine, spent yeast helps lab-grown meat, and more updates on the Sycamore Brewing fallout.

Cheers! Happy New Year!

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It is time once again to share some of our favorite holiday beers with the help of our Jewish friends Ron and Michael from Rainy Day Brewing.

We keep it simple. Blind tasting a bevvy of holiday brews and picking our favorites. No specific styles, just holiday themed and rated on how much we enjoy them.

This year's beers...

• Bell's Brewery Christmas Ale
• Brasserie d'Achouffe N'Ice Chouffe
• Brasserie Dubuisson Scaldis Noel
• Brouwerij Corsendonk Corsendonk Christmas Ale
• Brouwerij St.Bernardus Christmas Ale
• Deschutes Brewery Kirkland Signature Vintage Ale
• Highland Brewing Cold Mountain
• Huyghe Brewery Delirium Noel
• Rogue Ales Santa's Private Reserve
• Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus Classic
• Spoetzl Brewery Shiner Holiday Cheer
• Sweetwater Festive Ale
• Sycamore Brewing Christmas Cookie Ale

We won't give any spoilers here but will say we had a solid showing this year and you have plenty of great beers to choose from.

Let us know what you think of the rankings and any favorites that we didn't try.

Happy Holidays, Y'all!

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Are you a connoisseur of cask ale?

Cask ales aren't wildly popular in the US, but they have their fans. For folks in the Atlanta area we do have a couple of places known for the quality of their casks, and they put up some unique offerings.

In a huge announcement the Siebel Institute announced they'll be leaving Chicago, a city they've called home for 157 years. The prestigious brewing school cited immigration policies as part of the reason for the move. Users on Facebook debated the validity of that claim. Either way, they'll be heading to Canada very soon.

Tilray is all over the news lately. A reverse stock split, closing Revolver, and rumors they may be interested in buying Rogue. They're really all over the place.

Boston Beer Co. is facing a class action lawsuit on the way they enforce non-competes. Apparently they're bending rules some in the way they compensate exiting employees that are under a non-compete. I generally think favorably of Boston Beer Co., but this sure doesn't sound good.

NO LIVE STREAM NEXT WEEK! We're recording our annual Interfaith Holiday Craft Beer Spectacular this weekend which will drop next Saturday, so no stream on Wednesday, but don't miss the show.

Cheers!

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Pioneering brewery Rogue Ales announces closure.

Reading the news of Rogue Ales' closing I saw several people react with surprise. These don't surprise me anymore, every brewery is at risk. Rogue isn't the biggest we've seen fall and I'm sure there will be more. It does still sting. Craft beer is really taking a beating.

Rogue Ales is credited with introducing the "bomber" to the beer world. The 22 oz. bottles were extremely popular for a while. My cellar is still full of them. I recall drinking macros in 22s back in the day, but we called the Double Deuces. I thought it was before Rogue, but Rogue was launched in 1988, even before my drinking days began, so maybe they did introduce them. Props to Rogue for that one.

Surprising news from the ashes of Iron Hill. Some of the recently closed locations have been purchased and may reopen, as Iron Hill. No real details on this one right now but we'll keep an eye out.

Not beer news here but the hemp ban passed. We don't love the competition with craft but we also don't think an entire industry should be banned. We're adults here and should be able to make these choices on our own. The industry does have a year to prepare and efforts are definitely in motion to loosen the restrictions.

In other news... GenZ invents coffee stout, Wilding Brands expands their portfolio with the purchase of Upslope Brewing, and a sweet new pinball machine is coming.

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