293 The Wildest Story In Beer

🍺 New Episode – Beer in Front 🎙️ Quick solo show this week (yes, I sound a little congested 😅), but we’ve got a LOT to cover. 🚨 Chicagoland Closures We’re up to six brewery closures in two months.
It’s a tough stretch for Illinois craft beer. If you’ve got a favorite spot — now’s the time to support them.
 🌎 Beer News

• BrewDog sold to Tilray for $40M (once valued near $2B 😳)
• Pickle beer collab: Grillo’s x PBR
• Firestone Walker dropping a dragon fruit sour
• Revolution expanding the Cold Time lineup

🐟 Deep Dive: Ballast Point From a homebrew shop…
To a $1 BILLION sale…
To being sold for a fraction of that…
To fighting its way back to independent roots. One of the craziest stories in craft beer history. And yes — we revisited Sculpin IPA 🍊
Still bitter. Still balanced. Still holds up.


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