This Week in Georgia Beer

Coming Up from Beer Guys Radio

This week we’re talking with Justin Schoendorf from Monks Meadery. Craft mead is still getting its legs but Monks Meadery was the first to take the plunge in Georgia.  We chat with Justin about the latest trends in mead, converting beer drinkers, and Renaissance Fairs (of course).  Surprisingly, Brian does not try to talk him into making a glitter mead.

Next week we’re talking craft malts with River Bend Malt House and Red Brick Brewing‘s Gavin McKenna.

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Monks Meadery
We had a hilarious time chatting with Monks Meadery’s Justin Schoendorf.

GEORGIA CRAFT BEER EVENTS HOT LIST

There are 200 craft beer events across Georgia this week.  Visit beerguysradio.com for a full calendar of events.

Friday | August 24th | Georgia Beer Fortnight continues

For a full and updated list of all Georgia Beer Fortnight events visit their Facebook page.

  • Discover Georgia Beer 30+ Taps of Georgia Beer | 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM | The Beer Growler (Avondale Estates)
  • Georgia Beer Week: Highway to Helen | 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM | Barleygarden Kitchen & Craft Bar (Alpharetta)
  • Modern Comforts Release | 3:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Creature Comforts Downtown Taproom and Brewery (Athens)
  • First Wild Heaven Beer Canned Sour “Belisama” Release | 4:00 PM – 11:00 PM | Wild Heaven Beer (Avondale Estates)
  • Three Taverns Lord Fog and Midnight Snack Can Release | 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Three Taverns Craft Brewery (Decatur)
  • Pre/During/Post Party Tapping Pigs and Peaches | 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM | The Burnt Hickory Brewery (Kennesaw)
  • 420 Strain: G13 IPA Packaging Party | 4:20 PM – 10:00 PM | SweetWater Brewing Company (Atlanta)
  • Lagerdoodle Milkshake IPL Release | 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Arches Brewing (Hapeville)
  • Epic Revolution Doughnuts & Local Beer Pairing | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Ale Yeah! (Decatur)
  • Planetary Pils Taproom Release | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Moon River Brewing Company (Savannah)
  • Erin’s Legacy at Jekyll Brewing | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Jekyll Brewing (Alpharetta)

Saturday | August 25th

  • Pig Roast 2018 | 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM | Cypress Street Pint & Plate (Atlanta)
  • Georgia Beer Week: IPA Contest Winner Tap Takeover | 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM | Barleygarden Kitchen & Craft Bar (Alpharetta)
  • Dream Balloon Bottle Release | 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM | Variant Brewing (Roswell)
  • Mercier Orchards Hard Cider & Beer Festival | 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Mercier Orchards (Blue Ridge)
  • ASW 2nd Anniversary + Release of Cask Strength Fiddler Heartwood | 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM | ASW Distillery at American Spirit Works (Atlanta)
  • Common Things Release | 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Creature Comforts Downtown Taproom and Brewery (Athens)
  • 15th Annual German Bierfest | 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM | German Bierfest Atlanta
  • End of Summer Luau | 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Wild Leap Brew Co. (LaGrange)
  • Coastal Empire Beer Co’s 7th Anniversary Party | 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Coastal Empire Beer Co. (Savannah)
  • Taproom Release: Disco Kid with DJ Press Play + DJ José Ray | 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM | Southbound Brewing Company (Savannah)

Sunday | August 26th

  • Orphism #23 | 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Orpheus Brewing (Atlanta)
  • Celebrate National Dog Day at Sweetwater | 12:30 PM – 8:00 PM | SweetWater Brewing Company (Atlanta)
  • National Dog Day at Monday Night Garage | 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Monday Night Garage (Atlanta)
  • Second Self Beer Co. x AGA | Brewery Series | 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Second Self Beer Company (Atlanta)
  • National Dog Day with One Love Animal Rescue | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Coastal Empire Beer Co. (Savannah)
  • National Dog Day at Orpheus Brewing | 1:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Orpheus Brewing (Atlanta)
  • Pints for Pups fundraiser for Mostly Mutts | 2:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Dry County Brewing Company (Kennesaw)
  • Sunday Kickoff to Savannah Craft Beer Week | 4:30 PM – 10:30 PM | The Distillery (Savannah)
  • Pig Roast at Wild Heaven Beer | 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM | Wild Heaven Beer (Avondale Estates)
  • Woodlands Beer Dinner with Better Half | 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM | The Woodlands Project at SweetWater (Atlanta)

Dad's Garage Lawrenceburg

Monday | August 27th

  • $3 Mondays at Eventide | 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM | Eventide Brewing (Atlanta)
  • DBC Trivia Night | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Dalton Brewing Company (Dalton)
  • Brand New League – Slow Pour | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM | Slow Pour Brewing Company (Lawrenceville)
  • Geeks Who Drink Trivia at Truck & Tap | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Truck & Tap Alpharetta (Alpharetta)
  • Beer Garden BINGO | 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Moon River Brewing Company (Savannah)
  • Monday Night Trivia at Truck & Tap | 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM | Truck & Tap (Woodstock)

Tuesday | August 28th

  • Marsh Trash Tittybats Collab Release | 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Two Tides Brewing Company (Savannah)
  • Taco Two$day | 5:30 PM – 11:00 PM | Lean Draft House (Atlanta)
  • Brews Tuesday – New featured Brewery each Tuesday | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Smith’s Olde Bar (Atlanta)
  • New Realm Beer Dinner | 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Casa Nuova Italian Restaurant (Alpharetta)
  • Grease: Montage Cinemas Pop-up | 8:30 PM – 11:30 PM | Moon River Brewing Company (Savannah)

Wednesday | August 29th

  • Southbound + Two Tides Tap Takeover | 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM | The Warehouse Bar and Grille (Savannah)
  • Cherry Street takes over Wilmington Island | 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Kroger (Savannah)
  • Oconee Tap Takeover feat. Broomelli Boys Pizzeria | 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Weber’s Growler Factory (Saint Simons Island)
  • Cask + Pairing at Moon River | 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Moon River Brewing Company (Savannah)
  • Paint Nite in the Beer Garden | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Southbound Brewing Company (Savannah)

Thursday | August 30th

  • Pilsner Blind Flight Challenge Final Round | 11:00 AM – 12:00 AM | Brick Store Pub (Decatur)
  • Southbound Tap Takeover • Treylor Park | 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Treylor Park (Savannah)
  • Beer Cocktails with Cathead Distillery | 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Moon River Brewing Company (Savannah)
  • DBC Launch – Pub Crawl | 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM | Dalton Brewing Company (Dalton)
  • Bison & Brew with Red Hare | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Ted’s Montana Grill (Marietta)
  • Savannah Local Beer Night | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Spanky’s Pizza Galley & Saloon (Savannah)
  • Launch Event at Southbound Brewing | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Southbound Brewing Company (Savannah)
  • Cherry Street & Bowtie BBQ | 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM | BowTie Barbecue Co (Savannah)
  • Atlanta Falcons Watch Party | 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM | Gate City Brewing Company (Roswell)

Next Weekend…

  • Pontoon Earth Shifter, Two Tides Gravity, Red Brick Special Secret IPA, Moon River Tater, Snozzberries V2 releases. Chattabrewchee First Anniversary celebration.

Georgia Beer Fortnight
BEER RELEASES

Beers marked with a * are from breweries owned by AB Inbev, MillerCoors, or other “Big Beer” corporations.

Georgia Craft Beer

  • Arches Lagerdoodle | Milkshake IPL
  • Creature Comforts Common Things
  • Creature Comforts / Modern Times Modern Comforts | DIPA
  • New Realm Golden Goal | Golden Ale
  • New Realm Hoptropolis cans | IPA
  • Scofflaw Dirty Beaches | Tropical Wheat Ale
  • Scofflaw Sneaky Raz | Imperial Wheat Ale with raspberry
  • Southbound Disco Kid | IPA
  • SweetWater 420 Strain G13 bottles | IPA with hemp flavor and terpenes
  • SweetWater Exodus | Porter with coffee (Variety packs only for now.)
  • SweetWater Mosaic | Single Hop Hazy IPA
  • Three Taverns Lord Fog | Sour Ale with Earl Grey tea, lactose, vanilla, and lavender
  • Three Taverns Midnight Snack | Imperial Milk Stout with chocolate, cherry, and hazelnut
  • Two Tides / Tittybats Marsh Trash | Norwegian Farmhouse Sour with Pop Tarts, seaweed, watermelon rind, and Doritos. (Seriously.)
  • Variant Dream Balloon | Mimosa inspired Norwegian Farmhouse Ale
  • Wild Heaven Belisama | Raspberry Sour Ale

Future/Planned Releases

  • Monday Night Last Will and Testament | Bourbon barrel-aged Old Ale
  • Monday Night Cardigans of the Galaxy | Imperial IPA
  • Monday Night Smash Bandicoot | Pale Ale
  • Red Hare Classic Pilsner | Pilsner

Non-Local Craft Beer Releases

  • 2nd Shift Art of Neurosis | Hazy IPA
  • 2nd Shift Little Big Hop | Hazy Session IPA
  • 2nd Shift Technical Ecstasy | Czech Pilsner
  • Avery The Kaiser | Imperial Oktoberfest
  • Ayinger Oktoberfest-Marzen | Märzen 
  • Brouwerij Verhaeghe Duchess Cherry | Flanders Red with cherries
  • Cigar City Oktoberfest | Märzen Lager
  • Foothills Thousand Smiles | Golden Ale
  • Hi-Wire Hazy & Juicy & Hoppy & Fresh | DDH NEIPA
  • Idyll Hounds Incendiary | NE DIPA
  • Left Hand Oktoberfest | Märzen Lager
  • Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest | Oktoberfest
  • Weihenstephaner Brapupakt | Hefeweizen

WHAT WE’RE DRINKING

We drank a lot of Monks Meadery mead this week, Creature Comforts Automatic (best batch yet per BGR), Monday Night Dusts Bunny, and some Hi-Wire Horchata 10W-40.
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