Call this our little tribute to Ole Uncle Lare...  With the passing of Larry Lujack, a big slice of Chicago radio history has come to an end.  

Audio from Groucho walking around with a ZOOM H4 recorder.

CHUD free show???  Groucho has to wing it as he hits Delavan to do a show about all the current beer doings that are coming up here in November.  Beer "Doings" in Tazewell county!!!  Lets make this be the start of a trend!!!!

Beers on the show:

Goose Island Illinois, Will Wheaten Stone Brewing collaboration beer Woot Stout, Uinta Punk'n.

On the show:

• Groucho and Kevin man the show from Hometown Wine and Spirits.
• Bent River Beer dinner at Harvest Cafe...  November 14th!  309 244 7000
• Josh is working up a menu!  
• Hop infused butter!
• Craft Beer Tasting in Pekin!  
• The Beer Report and Crescent Sun Brewing with Pekin Main Street  association at the Speakeasy in Pekin on November 21st.
• Boulevard Brewing gets purchased by Duval...  Greg Koch starts the name calling?
• Goose Island... Honest opinions of what they have done since being bought by Anheuser Busch.
• Oh...  Mitch Steele is still head brewer at Stone... He hasn't left!  
• Will Wheaten Beer.
• Hop butter tasting... Live and in person.
• 3 Floyds?  Where are you in Illinois???
• Beard talk?  World series sets Groucho off.
• Ashley from Hometown Wine and Spirits says that beards add to a mans overall appearence!?!?
• Groucho's San Diego trip.
• Incredi-beard.
• Low Rise Jeans... Groucho has a problem with them apparently!
• Old man clothes.

Beers on the show provided by The Harvest Cafe.  Thank you for all you guys do.

Groucho and CHUD break in Studio C with a show about Midwest Beer info!!!  Say its not so!  We talk about beer and locals who are doing it here in the Central Illinois area. 

Beers on the show:  2 Brothers Resistance IPA Growler, Perenial Artisan Ales Hommel Beer.  

On the show:

1. This episode brought to you by THE EXCHANGE in Delavan IL!
2. Beer news!!!  Whats up with that??
3. Destihl builds a production brewery.  Watch out america...  Sour beers are coming from the Midwest!  http://www.destihlbrewery.com/
4. Cantillon is now hard for us to get???  Beer geeks suck!
5. The Marijuana report?  Groucho is sure its a conspiracy!  CHUD brings him down and then freaks him out with his version of the "docile American".
6. CHUD at school.  Sociology.  He hates his classmates.
7. Heathers...  The movie.
8. The Peoria Brewing Company.   https://www.facebook.com/PeoriaBrewingCompany
9. Cool old building or industrial park...  Whats the better choice for a startup?
10. Crescent Sun Brewing Company from PEKIN ILLINOIS!!!!  http://crescentsunbrewing.com/
11. How do you name a brewery these days?
12. Granite guys look like brewers?!?!  Tats and beards for everyone!
13. Ear stretching?  Whats the logic?  Lip plates please?
14. Neck rings!  PLEASE!
15. 4" in waist drawbacks!
16. CHUD's blind date dilemma!  Burning churches???  
17. CHUD knows the market price on human schools...  
18. Good time or bad time to start a brewery?  Thank god these local start-ups are here in the beer wasteland that IS Central Illinois!
19. Groucho totally starts making up some marketing and distribution mumbo-jumbo.
20. CHUD compares beer start-ups to death metal saturation.  
21. Hey Applebee's...  GET SOME DECENT BEER!!!!
22. Syria and Vlad.
23. CHUD's motorcycle lust?  Ewan McGregor???
24. Harley weenies!
25. George Carlin takes us out.  Wait for it.

TBR Theme is "Drunk and in Love" from Too Much Joy.  Check them out at http://www.toomuchjoy.com/. We love them... You should too!

Beers on the show picked up at the 2 Brothers Roundhouse and Friar Tuck in Peoria IL.   

60!  Finally!  Ha Ha!  Right!

Beers on the show:  Bornem Dubbel, Bornem Trippel,

On the show:

• Boston... Too soon?
• The Bird is the word...
• New TRHH = North Korean Missile Threats
• "Bad Dates"...  Indy reference.
• Blonde Nazi's...  Pekin's finest.
• CHUD makes a dated reference to his newest "ex".
• 60???  Why now.
• Rex Dart... Where are you now?
• More Sam Adams commercial ideas.  (Still screwed up the name)
• Does Jim Koch buy his furniture at Pottery Barn or Crate and Barrel?
• Back to basics shopping.
• Lot of Third Sunday Market to Knives to Green Bay Packers to Jay Cutler talk...???
• Guns!
• Guns?
• CHUD Rant!
• www.Globalbeer.com
• Speaking in Tongues...  And we aren't talking Talking Heads!
• Pro Union talk from the CHUD?
• Top 1% speak.
• What would you have to do to earn $300,000 an hour?
• Aeropostle...?

 Beers on the show purchased at Broadway Liquors in lovely Pekin IL!  

The ultimate six pack show!

Groucho and CHUD make the short drive to Delavan IL to share some amazing beers with The Exchange GM, Kevin.  As usual, Kevin's enthusiasm for all things beer grabs us all and we take in some amazing beers.   

Beers on the show:

5 Rabbit Five Lizard Ale, Southern Tier Live, 8 Wired Brewing company Hotwired IPA, Cambridge Brewing Company Sargent Pepper,  Revolution Brewing Eugene Porter,

On the show:

• Kevin gives us the low down on The Exchange!  Its his baby!
• Monsters U has brought a second coming to Kevin's  mispronounced youth.
• CHUD comments on NSA snooping.  No more Al Quada searches!
• Kevin gives a shout out to 30 30 Coffee company about their Maple Hop Latte.
• Rhodell collaboration ale with 30 30 is given a bit of a plug as well.
• TheChive.com shows that todays youth care nothing about personal information!
• Paula Deen controversy.
• CHUD is officially cancer free!!!!!
• 8 Bit tat's.
• Farm to Table bar menu???  Kevin Explains!
• Gin, Strawberry, Rhubarb and Lemon Martini?
• Kevin's cherry was burst on June 27th.
• Thomas Mather's Distillery will be the destination to see in Delavan soon!
• Late love for Seth and the rest of the Delavan crew that takes brilliant care of you at Harvest, Hometown and the Exchange.

Beers on the show graciously shared by The Exchange.  Revolution Brewing and Darklord brought in by Groucho.

Be sure to visit the Exchange!  They are open 7 days a week and will never disappoint!

Don't Call it a Comeback, part 3. Feeling disjointed with our sequencing???  So are we.  We were fortunate to have some material that was literately time-stamped over the last 2 shows.  That left a few shows in the hopper.  We are glad to finally get this final show from our comeback series. THIS SHOW IS TERRIBLY SERIOUS!  SORRY!  WE WILL GET BACK TO THE MAD-CAP ANARCHY SOON! Beer on the show:  3 Floyds Baltic Porter and 3 Floyds Arctic Panzer Wolf On the show:

• CHUD is a growing boy!
• Serious 3 Floyds love!  Big shocker huh?
• Nipples and Nuts...  A classic show that should be re-released?
• Emotional chumming.
• Actually serious conversation about whats been going on with TBR and CHUD over the past 6 months.
• Brothers*
• Ratburn family history.
• Life satisfaction.
• "Sometimes a body is more trouble than its worth"
• JAS Edwards from Oklahoma.
• American values now suck!
• More Floyds Beer!
• Nazi beer
• All About Beer book head to head with the AP.  The AP rocks!
• Mosher - Sauce
• Bowzas and Arrzows...  Huh?
• 90 minute show...  God Help Us!?!?!?

Beers on the show gifted by Groucho's favorite sales rep who tries to buy his business at Riverbottom Motors.  It might be working!

Edit free show...  Added some them music and closing can pop... But we rushed this one for Craft Beer Week 2013.

Enjoy... Unless your Jim Koch...  Head of Sam Adams.  Then you will probably think we are A-Holes for not knowing your name and making fun of your commercials!

Kevin Myszkowski (Yeah, I had to copy and past that) from The Harvest Cafe in Delavan rolled out the red carpet after asking us to do a show from the adjoining Wine shop, Hometown Wine & Spirits.

Ashley "Bird" Burdette (Hometown Manager) joins us to give us a brief education on Wine during the show as well.   

Surprisingly good sound from the Groucho's travel set-up.  Sorry Groucho is over-modulated initially...  Dont worry... I over-modulated Kevin and CHUD later in the show.

Beers on the show:  Wild Onion Hopslayer (In a Pint!),  Finches Fascist Pig,  Lagunitas Lil Sump'n, Darkhorse Brewing Plead the 5th, Darkhorse Brewing Scotte Karate

On the show:

• An introduction to Hometown Wine & Spirits.
• Hop Heads will love Delavan!  Awesome beers in Delavan!
• The Exchange will be opening soon!  12 craft taps!  Nitro tap as well!
• Farm to table at Harvest Cafe.  Cameron Urban rocked the PARC/EPIC competition.
• Craft beer can love.
• Kevin might take CHUD's place!
• The Dela-Van.
• Thomas Mathers Distillery.
• Groucho starts the negotiations...  How much Rhubarb...???
• 3 Wine Swines.
• Kevin loves Delavan!
• Revolution Brewing conversation.
• Inkling Ap...  Is whipped out for a few seconds.  
• Metal Voice CHUD!
• Limited amount of F-Bombs...  Sorry!
• Wine Bar...  Defined!  Ashley sits in and gives us some tips for wine.
• Get your Zinfandel at Casey's down the street!
• New Menu's daily...  Kevin shares some of the secrets of what goes on behind the scenes with the staff.
• More negotiations...  What will one walleye bring?
• TBR takeover???  Twist our arm!
• Kevin is an AM radio dude as well.
• Lagunitas loves to party?  Kev says so!
• Ryan Sandburg = Yoda of Beer.
• Darklord Day talk.
• Marketplace Selections, RJ and Specialty all supply the variety of beers on tap.  
• Boris the Crusher in Delavan???
• Lots of laughs...  As we have consumed plenty of great beer!
• Delavan Love.  Again!
• Groucho finally negotiates a pint!
• Final Beer...  Lets kill this thing!  
• CHUD does a completely racist interpretation of the Scotte Karate label.  
• Wrap up.

THANK YOU TO KEVIN, ASHLEY AND LIBBY FOR LETTING US SPEND TIME IN YOUR STORE TO DO THIS SHOW!

Dont call it a comeback, part 2!

Beers on the show:  Victory Storm King, Ale Smith Speedway Stout, BBB Brewings Eurithius Extreme Imperial Stout.

On the show:

• Longest running beer podcast?
• Stormking would make a killer band name!  CHUD reads it with Metal Tones.
• Rope A Dope!
• TBR Studio B coming to a close.
• Groucho blames his "Ap" for finding a new house.
• CBR gets a lot of lip service on this ep.
• Studio B is rich in history.
• The life and times of CHUD's cat, Rusty.
• Rusty's demise.
• Margaret has patience!
• Drone Strike on Studio B?
• Inking Ap vs Book  https://www.inkling.com/
• Tasting Beer by Randy Mosher.  http://www.radicalbrewing.com
• Head to head battle of Analog vs Digital media.
• Round one to the book.
• Round two to the Ap.
• Casual beer drinkers are getting more beer smarts.
• Bonus Beer Bob's Christmas Beer!!!  Its our annual tribute to The Good Beer Show.  Podfaded...  Sadly!
• 18%????
• Bob's wax job is superior!
• F-Bombs start rolling...  Sorry!
• TBR invites themselves over to Bob's to homebrew.
• CHUD tastes chocolate...  Groucho gets the wine...  Our taste buds were blasted!!!  Still an outstanding beer!
• CHUD has a problem with the TBR equipment.
• Twitter advice from CHUD.  @tbrchud and @thebeerreport.
• One last bit of BBB love.

Beers on the show were gifts from the fine folks at Marketplace Selections.  THANK YOU!  Bonus Beer Bob's Christmas beer was the most amazing Christmas present we received this year!  Thanks Bob!

Intro and outro music shamelessly pulled from an old Julian Cope album.  Spotify recently added some Julian Cope, and we love them for that...   But they did not add the "St. Julian" album.  His masterwork in our opinion!  Enjoy a little "Pulsar".

Dont Call it a Comeback, Part 1.

Groucho and CHUD saddle back up in TBR studio B for the first of 3 big shows.  Its all about whats been going on for the past few months.   Did you miss us?

Beers on the show:  O'Fallon Brewing 5 Day IPA with Chinook hops, Ale Smith IPA, Bell's Hopslam.

On the show:

• Wheres AB?  She's gone!
• Aged growler firkin beer.  2  and a 1/2 years old!
• Flat start to the show!
• Ale Smith is now in Peoria!  Thanks to Marketplace Selections for providing this beer for the show!
• How to get divorced in 12 months?
• Even Kansas has something unique and cool... Yes, even Kansas!
• Look what Pekin produced!  (That means us!)
• We will outlive CBR!
• Get your Ale Smith in Peoria!  NOW!
• CHUD dating storied again?
• Dating Groucho's Ex?
• The Goat farm dream is still alive!
• Pick your relationships in a different fashion than getting a stray animal!
• MEtv
• Mom was not a racist!  How "White" was our youth in Central Illinois?
• Groucho's radio voice.
• Choda?  Not Radd mellow... But CHUD is mellowed.
• Christian Slater movies for 100 Alex?
• Margaret interupts!
• Delicious Kudos?
• Hopslam lands in Pekin!  Broadway Liquors has it!
• Superbowl talk.  Flacco praise.
• Mass transit talk.
• Why dont animals turn into Zombies?  Zombie Dogs would suck!
• CHUD digs up some horrible 1930's movie for reference.  Freaks?
• Anti-AB.  Anhesuer Busch Black Crown.  Not good.
• Anti-AB.  Bud Platinum. 
• Whats the point of these high ABV beers?
• Tornado top makes the Miller beer!  Some dude got paid for this!!!  Is he inventing the blue mountains on the Coors labels?
• Beer Report Noodling...  Miller leads to Coors leads to Sherpa's and Mt Everest.
• Groucho is not taking care of CHUD's cats if CHUD gets struck by lightening ontop of a mountain while hiking... While its raining.
• Kill it!

Beers on the show from O'Fallon Brewery in O'Fallon MO, Hopslam was from Broadway Liquors in Pekin IL, AleSmith provided to the show by our friends at Marketplace Selections. 

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