E44: Arches Brewing Loves Lagers

Send us Fan MailIt takes some courage to open up a craft brewery focusing mainly on lagers.  After all, lagers require a little more love...time...and temperature control before they're ready to serve.  And for the most part, craft beer drinkers are mainly an ale-centric bunch.  But for the men behind Hapeville's Arches Brewing, craft lagers are a way to showcase their brewing skills. Ryan Fogelgren and Jamey Adams joined us in the studios this week. Specializing in crisp, clean-drinking (mainly) German-style beers, the crew behind Arches have gained a good following in the community, and have even gained fans at the nearby Porsche headquarters.  We talked about their start in the brewing business, their growth, and the future. Truck and Tap's Beers of the Week:  Speaking of lagers, we tried: Reformation Brewery's new "95" German Dunkel Arches Unseasonal Lager Arches Imperial Pilsner Arches Aged Russian Imperial Stout Headlines - Brought to you by Your Pie Perimeter! GEORGIA NEWS Atlanta's Wrecking Bar Brewpub becomes latest brewpub to offer growlers to go(source: Wrecking Bar) More variety coming to Athens' Creature Comforts tasting room (source: Creature Comforts) Design changes, new offerings for Marietta's Red Hare (source: Marietta Daily Journal) ALABAMA NEWS Big Beach Brewing opens in Gulf Shores (source: AL.com) Hammer-wielding suspect dies fleeing scene of Alabama beer theft (source: AL.com) Second Craft Brewfest going on this weekend in Albertville (Source: The Gadsden Times) NATIONAL NEWS Craft beer suffers from growing pains (Source: CBS Marketwatch) So many questions. Such as: What beer? Judge convicted of bribing officer with beer(source: WALB News 10) Coming up next week, we'll be talking with another southside (sort of) Atlanta brewery, Eventide. Be sure to check us out on the socials, and subscribe to our podcast. Cheers, and we'll talk to you next week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Thanks for listening to Beer Guys Radio!  Your hosts are Tim Dennis and Brian Hewitt with producer Nate "Mo' Mic Nate" Ellingson and occasional appearances from Becky Smalls.Subscribe to Beer Guys Radio on your favorite app: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher  | RSSFollow Beer Guys Radio: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube If you enjoy the show we'd appreciate your support on Patreon.  Patrons get cool perks like early, commercial-free episodes, swag, access to our exclusive Discord server, and more!