Pod-fade???  Not us!  (Though, Groucho does lie awake at night having nightmares about such things)  Groucho and CHUD!!! Back in the saddle again for an honest to goodness TBR.

Beers on the show:  Clown Shoes Pecan Pie Porter, Real Ale Brewing Belgian Tripel Ale, Destihl Adam Bier, Revolution Brewing Un-session-able Imperial IPA.

On the show:

1. Groucho has been passed around by other guys...  He's feeling dirty.
2. Billy Crystal imitations.
3. Clown Shoes puns...  Wow.
4. CHUD's taste-buds have healed since the accident.
5. Ghost noises.
6. CHUD's working on a children's book.
7. The "Horse accident".
8. The settlement...  The destination Wedding...  Sandals resort in Jamaica.
9. Chicken Blood vows.
10. Meier chat.  People still go there in Bloomington Normal?
11. Why Amazon will rule the world.
12. Best Man talk.
13. California love from Groucho.
14. Any Jeff Galuli of South Pekin?
15. CHUDlette needs her herring treats.
16. The riding crop incident.
17. Flat Earther's and the ilk are becoming annoying.
18. Litmus test for going to the creationist museum?
19. Local news interviews for the CHUD?  Selling the outrage!
20. Dali Lama lottery for the CHUDlette.
21. Groucho and CHUD doing the Instagram video thing...  Instagram:  thebeerreport
22. Slamming the Irish for their stance on Abortion.
23. Tom Petty talk.
24. Brian Wilson... Beach Boys...  Sgt Pepper...  The Doors and Jimmy Hendrix.
25. 1967... Greatest year for music?
26. Queen.
27. Marilyn Manson talk.    Marc Maron Podcast talk.
28. Songs for Drella... Warhol and old school work ethics.
29. The Double Album conundrum.  Frankie say relax?
30. Tannin's and Hops love.
31. Superduper Dog IPA.  TeeWinks?  We still think of you... Late at night....  ick!
32. No more pink BMW for Bianca.

Thanks for playing along... More shows with the CHUD need to happen!!!  We are working on this!!!

No sponsors for these beers... We do not pander...  We do not pull punches.  These brewers are great and we did not expect any bad beers...  But heaven help those bad ones that we might find.

The industry is in flux this week, and Groucho takes the show on the road to visit with fellow beer nerd and head chef at Harvest Cafe, Kyle.   We review all the news of the day and talk a lot about local venues that have opened...  And closed!!!  

Beers on the show:  Hand of Fate - Coffee Vanilla Dream Ale, Revolution Anti-Hero (Less than two weeks old!)  2013 Northcoast Old Stock Ale.  

• The sale of Anchor Brewing to Sapporo.
• Constellation brands buys Funky Buddha
• Maytag Blue Cheese fortune!   
• Overvaluation, Blue-sky and the growing bubble!
• Groucho's microphone problems!  Alesis mixer reboot!
• Budweiser is Ford?  
• Destihl article in Paste Magazine.
• Peoria Brewing Company closing down.  We need a brewery in Peoria!
• The Mr Beer Challenge!
• New beers arriving weekly in Peoria!
• CHUD... Groucho apologizes!
• Kevin's an *sshole!
• Shelf space is a premium!
• Tannin's and Hops.  New opening in Peoria.
• Small Pours...  Groucho's favorite thing!  Destihl Brewery and Pour Brothers in the Heights can be a great bargain.
• Pour Brothers.  Love is issued!
• Northcoast Old Stock ale is killing it!
• Interlude with Groucho while Kyle grabs a cleanup rag.
• Kyle has never met the CHUD.
• Mr Beer Challenge, a review.
• Peoria Brewing company talk... Again.
• Obed and Issac's, a conversation! 
• Flying Dog talk!
• Make room for the new thing!!!  
• Kyle the mule!
• No splicing!

Thanks to the Harvest Cafe for hosting this "Very Special" Episode!

Look for a completely disjointed drunkfest show after this!

Beers on the show: Russian River Pliney the Elder, Alchemist Brewing Heady Topper, New Galarus No Coast Pale Ale,

Recorded at the "Swinging Single Pad" of Alex and Drews.

• The Pliney mystique.
• Beatbox?
• Whats your favorite podcast Alex?
• 120 letdown?
• Shoe Nice????
• Showry.  Groucho's YouTube crush.
• Spotted Cow... Overrated?  Yuengling?
• Bourbon County night at Maquets.
• Autocross Talk...  The show takes a turn!
• Finding a helmet big enough for Groucho's noggin!
• No CHUD tonight!

How does this happen?

Groucho just happens to be driving through Las Vegas the same day that Superfan PJ is flying in for a 2 day work trip???  Kismet according to PJ!

Groucho and PJ hang at the local craft beer bar and have some great beers along with some conversation about whiskey tastings and cigars.  

Yeah...  Its everything your expecting...  Fun giggles...  Awkward moments...  And a horrible crash.  

Then...  Groucho and CHUD run out of beer.  

This one is a dandy!  Enjoy!

Beer on the show:  All Day IPA by Founders Brewing Company in a tallboy can!

We are at Studio CHUD for a 2 beer show.  We use the stand alone microphone method of recording and get a real good feel for what its like to podcast at the dining room table with a 1 year old in the house!  The Chudlet is a star!  

Beers on the show:  Sun King Osiris Pale Ale and Half Acre Gone Away IPA.

On the show:

1. Trump and Fake News.
2. Twitter Activism.
3. Liberal Tea Party?
4. CHUD says read up on Bolsheviks and Nazis.  He then lays out the story of Osiris of the cuff.  He can do that!
5. SNL skits with Melissa McCarthy nail it.  The rest of SNL sucks though.
6. Check out the videos from Drunken Lullabies on our Facebook page.
7. Podcasts still sucks!  Groucho cant find much to listen too.
8. Joe Rogan Experience with Henry Rollins.  The best show ever?  CHUD says no.
9. Jordan Peterson...  Maps of Meaning.  CHUD's book of the week.
10. Shout out to JeffryT from the Good Beer Show.
11. Where was your first beer?
12. Beer Beer Cars Beer

Sun King provided by Superfan IRISH...  Half Acre picked up at Broadway Liquors in Pekin Illinois!

Here is a gem from the end of last year.  Groucho brought back a couple "Crowlers" from the Stone World Brewing Headquarters in Escondido California last fall.  We drank these beers very quickly after arrival back to Central Illinois .  This is the second show from that night... We got a little rocked and you can tell by the end of this one!

Beer on the show:  Stone Jerkemon Go.

On the show:

1. Crowler?  Can I get a definition please?
2. Pokemon Go...  The future of our lives?
3. The Wally Chair!
4. TBR on the local radio?
5. This beer is delicious!  Groucho says its flat after a week... CHUD says its good.
6. Sweaty Betty.  "This beer tastes like sour corn!"
7. The Schlafly Beer Dinner was the best beer dinner ever?  Stephen Hale was special guest at Harvest Cafe.
8. Bloomington Normal News.  Destihl love.  Beercade in Normal?  Fatjacks is not CHUD's favorite place on the weekends.
9. Odabed and Issac's...  Groucho needs to check it out.
10. Skinny pants?  CHUD loves them!
11. The hangover prayer vigil.  Worship Stone.
12. Internet sovereignty?  THEBEERREPORT.COM
13. Fake News? Oh God! Yes, we talk about it.  Facebook Manipulation of the news for their algorithm testing.
14. Fish are not screwing because of your antidepressants Seattle!
15. The Greatest Generation would have kicked your ass!
16. Groucho is a paid writer.
17. Dad talk about infants.
18. Family role models?  Where have they gone?
19. The new Pee Wee movies is hate filled according to CHUD.
20. The Amish are multiplying.  So Sayeth the CHUD.
21. Ron Paul Seed garden would not have helped John Goodman in Cloverfield Lane.
22. Meandering and dishing on Iron Maiden and other assorted topics fill the show out.

Beer on the show purchased at Stone Brewery.  You owe it to yourself to get there!