Episode 297 - Andrew Blake from Blakes Hard Cider!
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He escaped from the frozen wastes of the north just in time! With the polar vortex nipping at his heels, our good friend Andrew Blake arrives to share the winter goodness from Blake\\u2019s Hard Cider! We hear about the terrific year they had at the cidery in 2018, and we are able to sample two super ciders: Great Blake\\u2019s Coffee Infused and the astonishing Homage 5th Year Anniversary!
We split the good and the bad in the beer world this week beginning with another installment of our MegaMergerMania series, this time from This Is Money (thanks Thomas!) reporting that Fuller\'s has struck a deal to sell off its beer business to Japan\'s Asahi for \\xa3250m. Next up Food & Wine shows us that beer shipments are down again while the number of breweries is booming, and then Craft Brewing Business profiles California\\u2019s Admiral Maltings. We turn then to VinePair asking how you say \\u201choppy\\u201d in Arabic, followed by Oregon Public Broadcasting stopping by for a last call at Widmer Brothers. We wind up the week listening to Kentucky Sports Radio\\u2019s \\xa0fascinating investigative piece into Kentucky\\u2019s craft beer con man and watching CNN\\u2019s frosty look at how it\'s so cold in parts of the Midwest, they can\'t deliver beer!
Last week we asked you \\u201cwhat\\u2019s your take on nutrition labeling on beer? Do you think it will have any impact? And will it change what you drink?\\u201d This week we want to know \\u201cwhat brews are you serving this year for the BIG GAME?\\u201d
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