Episode 239 – This week on the show, Tim Mather and Kyle Roderick from the social media beer app, Untappd, join us in-studio for another round of Going in Blind.
This week on the show, Tim Mather and Kyle Roderick from the social media beer app, Untappd, join us in the studio for another round of Going In Blind–Flagship February edition. If you haven’t heard about Flagship February yet, it’s a social media campaign created by beer writers Stephen Beaumont and Jay Brooks, and designer, Porter Hughes to promote the flagship beers that often get overlooked by beer drinkers seeking the newest and hottest trends in beer. Flagships styles like pale ale, IPA, brown ale, witbier, etc., are usually the bulk of sales for many breweries, and those sales keep the lights on and the wort boiling.
So, it only seemed natural to test our knowledge of flagship beers by picking an assortment of styles from different well-known breweries. Without giving up any spoilers (spoiler photo below!), it’s more difficult than you might think to breakdown a flagship beer that you’ve probably had many times before. Flagship beers need to appeal to a massive audience of drinkers with different tastes and preferences, while still standing out as a beer that’s unique to the brewery who made it. Not only is crafting a beer to meet that criteria difficult, but it’s equally, if not more difficult to make it stand out and be recognizable.
During the tasting, we talk to Tim and Kyle about the history of Untappd, John’s history with Tim and New Brew Thursday, and even get a little bit of some behind-the-scenes info on the Untappd app.
BREW THE SHIT OUT OF IT.
Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9Tdw7lmddfQ
Episode Chapters:
00:00: supporttheshitoutofit.com
00:09: Theme Music
00:18: Begin Show
04:46: Untappd
08:47: Flagship February
11:55: Beer 1 – Going In Blind
15:53: Beer 1 Revealved
21:16: Beer 2 – Going In Blind
29:34: Beer 2 Revealved
34:17: Beer 3 – Going In Blind
37:04: Beer 3 Revealved
38:33: Patreon Glassware
41:13: Beer 4 – Going In Blind
46:14: Beer 4 Revealved
49:49: Beer 5 – Going In Blind
52:16: Beer 5 Revealved
01:04:51: Beer 6 – Going In Blind
01:05:25: Beer 6 Revealved
01:09:09: Final Thoughts
01:15:15: Drinking Socially Podcast
01:18:21: supporttheshitoutofit.com
Beers from this week’s episode:
Going In Blind – Beer 1
Going In Blind – Beer 2
Going In Blind – Beer 3
Going In Blind – Beer 4
Going In Blind – Beer 5
Going In Blind – Beer 6
Direct audio: MP3
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Agreed on the updated Stone IPA. Not sure I even taste the modern hops in it at all. However, I dig all their newer beers like Scorpion Bowl, Exalted, Tropic of Thunder, etc. Keep up the good work, y’all!