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.
Firestone Walker turns 25! Jeremy and Tyler talk about the little brewery in Northern California that got out of control and changed the craft...
Florida Man can grow fresh hops! Jeremy and Tyler wander into the expantion of hop fields beyond the Pacific Northwest. PLUS! The Mikkeller Beer...
Ballast Point shuts down for the winter in hopes of a better 2021. Jeremy and Tyler discuss the merits of bars and restaurants hibernating...
