Happy Halloween! It's that time of year again where Shannon shares how beer and halloween intersect. And James tests Shannon's knowledge of beer and candy pairings. 
 
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This episodes sources:
https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/why-the-first-female-brewers-look-a-lot-like-witches
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/women-used-dominate-beer-industry-until-witch-accusations-started-pouring-180977171/
https://braciatrix.com/2017/10/27/nope-medieval-alewives-arent-the-archetype-for-the-modern-pop-culture-witch/

The duo have a double brew day before Shannon jets off to Chicago to check out the second Guinness location to open in the U.S. (@guinnessbrewerychi) and the largest independently owned brewery in the city, @Revbrewchicago.
 
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Fresh from their trip to good old Florida, James and Shannon are joined by Jeremy from @mainstmagic to chat all things alcohol at Hollywood Studios.
 
Special thanks to Jeremy from @mainstmagic for joining us on this episode and sharing his experiences.
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The dynamic duo are joined by another dynamic duo Matt and Ray, two friends turned homebrewers. Matt (@Oilcreekbrewing) and Ray (@1419Brewing) share their homebrewing stories and how they intertwine. Find out who is the Master and who is the Padawan, how roses can add a little something extra to a beer and how PH can impact the outcome of your beer. 
Special thanks to Matt and Ray for joining us on this weeks episode.
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Our quest to chat with homebrewers from across the country continues. This week James and Shannon chat with Mike from @marshallmashbrewlab about his endeavor into using a coolship, brewing with seafood and brandy barrel aging. 
Special thanks to @marshallmashbrewlab for cracking open a beer with us.
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Rob and Corinne from Pratt Brewing Company pay another visit to Double Hopbeat podcast! Big things have been in motion since James and Shannon last sat down with Pratt Brewing, such as opening a craft brewery! Tune in to hear more about the joys and challenges that cane come along with leveling up from homebrewing to craft brewery.
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Special thanks to @PrattBrewing for joining us this episode!
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(Correction: Pratt Brewing Company is Northwest of Chicago)

Double Hopbeat Podcast Brew another day initiative- To commemorate our family, friends and loved ones in our community battling cancer, we are releasing a special shirt and mug. A portion of the proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society. You can find the brew another day t-shirt (all sizes for $30) and mug ($15) from the link in our bio for podcast merch. 
Brew another day is our initiative to project hope, tranquility and capture the beauty of the world around us while acknowledging the shock and challenges that comes with fighting cancer. 
Help us inspire and support those battling this terrible disease so that we all may brew another day. Thank you!
 
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James and Shannon do a deep dive into Omega Yeast's discovery of the HZY1 gene in yeast. 
 
Sources for today's show:
(2023). Omega Yeast. “Omega Yeast Discovers a Yeast Gene that Makes Beer Hazy.”
https://omegayeast.com/news/omega-yeast-discovers-a-yeast-gene-that-makes-beer-hazy 
 
(2023) Keith Lacy, Rita Mormando, Jeremy R. Smith, Patrick A. Gibney, Lance M. Shaner, Laura T. Burns. “Identification of the yeast mannoprotein gene HZY1 as a key genetic determinant for yeast-derived haze in beer” https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.07.10.548400v1
 
(2023). Top Crop. “Uncovering a Gene for Haze.” https://topcrop.co/uncovering-a-gene-for-haze
 
(2022) Oregon State University. “Genetically modified yeast yields intense hop aromas in beer, Oregon State research finds.”https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/genetically-modified-yeast-yields-intense-hop-aromas-beer-oregon-state-research-finds-0 
 
(2016) Ewen Callaway. Nature.  Ale genomics: how humans tamed beer yeast. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2016.20552 
 
Gallone, B. et al. (2016). “Domestication and Divergence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Beer Yeasts”https://www.cell.com/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)31071-6