It's been a minute. The boys are back with an extra long hour-and-a-half episode to make up for the hiatus.

Russell and Micah brought suprise/mystery beers to review - reveal to one another during the podcast recording. Russell brought Maplewood Simplicity is Bliss. Micah brought Werk Force Mable.

And, while drinking a bonus beer (Off Color's Crispy Beer for Pizza), the guys get silly with beer news. Guinness Myths, Hot Guinness instead of morning coffee ... this is not a Ghostbusters Podcast ... TV beer brands, can art intellectual property, the difference between New Hampshire and Vermont ... combining states ... this is not a geography podcast ... etc.

Come and get it!

Micah and Russell review two beers: Wry Expression (a rye stout collab between Art History Brewing & the Women of Binny's) and Onward (a New England IPA and the very last Lab Beer from Exit Strategy Brewing).

The 4E Podcast is going to the Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer (FoBAB), which takes place on Nov. 3 and 4, 2023. The boys preview the event, what they're looking forward to seeing and all the new cool stuff that's happening for this year's event.

The guys talk about Exit Strategy's coming closure and how much Catherine and Chris' brewery meant to us.

As for beer news, there's talk about the birth of beer, drinking with a bald eagle (and other animals), plus Russell tells stories about things he ingested during his college years.

Stay 'til the end, where Russell serenades Exit Strategy.

If you're going to FoBAB, come find us - we'd love to drink with you!

Apologies in advance ... this episode was recorded on August 1 and is just now dropping. What can we say ... it's. a hobby.

For all your patience, you get a great episode from Micah and Russell. There's two beer reviews: Three Floyd's Dismembers Only (a Barrel-Aged Imperial Milk Stout) and Schlafly's White Lager. All that plus a baboon working the switchboard of a train depot and Aldi's dream job posting. Oh, and, let's not forget that we haven't dropped an episode since BUG and so we definitely get into some hazy details about how that went.

Prost!