It's a Beer Temple tradition! We discuss the beers of the year, stories of the year, and make some predictions about what's in store for 2026. Featuring Kate Bernot, Johnathan Fritz, and Shana Solarte.

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Sometime things just come together at the right time - we had Keith Lemcke, formerly of the Siebel Institute of Technology scheduled to come on for months, and days before we recorded, it was announced that the 157 year old brewing school was leaving Chicago and moving out of the country. Jacob Sembrano - no stranger to Siebel himself also joins in to give his thoughts.

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It's another blind tasting game - with Mike, Chris, and Shana from Haas Hops. Who will win???

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Mike and Chris sit down with Rich Bloomfield of Funkytown and Rob Brennan of Supermoon for a good old fashioned roundtable with some blind tasting thrown in for good measure.

Sorry for any delays - we had a bit of a data breach and are trying to recover a few shows we recorded last month. In the mean time - Mike and Chris teamed up to see if together they could compete with a Beer Temple employee on a bling tasting challenge!

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In this episode, Mike and Chris debate a recent article in All About Beer decrying the death of the beer bar at the hands of the brewery tap room.

But there's a twist: Chris and Mike decide to switch places, with Chris advocating for brewery tap rooms, and Mike championing specialty beer bars.

Link to Andy Crouch's article: Here

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It's another fantasy draft! This time the GMs need to pick beers of all different formats, from a 40oz to 30 rack. Chris isn't at all salty with the results....

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Mike and Chris sit down with Grant Pauly of @3sheepsbrewing, Keith Lemcke of @siebelinstitute and Pete Ternes of @middle_brow to discuss what makes Wisconsin so different than everywhere else, and how what it takes to survive means something completely different to each brewery. Finally, are TV's actually going to make bars MORE social???

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