Stone sells to Sapporo, the Modern Times Sale reverts to Maui and New Jersey embarks on some insanely restrictive beer laws. Jeremy and Tyler pause their summer break and trudge back into the Beer Cave in order to sort this mess out.
Yep Stone is no longer independent and the Internets are in an uproar. Or, at least, fractionally more irrate than normal. Will Stone be okay? Will craft beer be okay? Will life on Earth be okay?!?! (Answers: Probably, yes and not long term)
PLUS!
The legal battle over Modern Times is over and the winner is... well, the original bidder.
And, yeah, New Jersey enacts some new restrictions on breweries that melt the rational mind.
Budweiser reveals its big Superbowl commercial plans and they are... Nothing! Sort of. Jeremy and Tyler talk about the strange history of Budweiser Superbowl...
We get down with some results from the North American Brewers Association awards including one beer that's won several different times in some vastly...
Are rigid beer styles useful anymore? Were they ever? Jeremy and Tyler dive into the debate about what makes certain beers different and discuss...