This week we dive into part 1 of our vacation beers. Brandon and Tony sample beers from Arizona and Arkansas. Only "A" states this week.

Beers on this Episode:
Historic Brewing Company (Flagstaff, AZ) - Salt River Lager
Social Project Brewing (Bentonville, AR) - Western Sun West Coast IPA
Huss Brewing Company (Tempe, AZ) - Low Lo Hazy IPA
Bentonville Brewing Co (Bentonville, AZ) - Salted Cherry Ale
Bentonville Brewing Co (Bentonville, AZ) - Deliverance Imperial Stout

This week we drink two beers we've never had before! Exciting!

Riverlands Brewing Company - "Kayak Pils"
German Pilsner with Hallertau hops. Our House Pilsner going forward, we retired the color designation from our previous Pils, Yellow Kayak, and now we bring you the new Kayak Pils. Applying lessons learned from all previous lagers we've brewed, we bring you a crisp, easy drinking yet flavorful beer, lovingly and painstakingly thought out and crafted. Spicy and slightly citrusy noble German Hallertau hops blend with the cracker and honey notes from premium German Pilsner malt to create the lager we've been searching for. Prost!
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Odious Cellars - "The Secret History of All Things"
Brett fermented American Farmhouse Ale, lightly dry-hopped w/ Crystal & Saaz.

Brandon tries to stump Ray Stout and Tony with a mystery pour of Revolution Brewing's "Supermassive Cafe Deth".

Beer description:
"Inspired in part by the disconcertingly large gravitational singularity at the center of our galaxy, we devised Supermassive Café Deth to be the midpoint of a theoretical bourbon barrel-aged stout-coffee continuum. After a painstaking eighteen months of aging, this slightly sweet blend of Deth's Tar meets its cosmic binary in the form of freshly roasted Dark Matter coffee to the tune of ten pounds per oak barrel."

This week we're joined by Illinois Craft Brewers Guild Executive Director Ray Stout to discuss this year's Beer Under Glass at Union Station and all things Illinois Craft Beer week (May 19-26).
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www.illinoisbeer.org/icbw.html