For episode two, I welcomed good friend of the show, Easy Pretzel, to The Operation Shutdown Podcast. You can follow him on Twitter @EasyPretzel.

We discussed:

• The surge in NE Style IPAs
• Tree House Brewing Company’s Julius and King JJJuliusss
• Bissell Brothers Brewing Co.’s Reciprocal IPA
• Troeg’s Brewing Company’s Wild Elf
• Goose Island’s infected Bourbon County problem
• Al’s of Hampden/Pizza Boy Brewing Co.
• Should brewers stop selling samples/giving away beer?
• The need for knowledgeable bartenders
• Making beer runs to Vermont (Smokey and the Bandit style)
• The weird things you have to do to get rare beers (Trades, Raffles, Auctions)
• PLCB (Sorry)
• Stouts & Stilettos and Mayflies and Big Flies (Come on guys…Did you get the bill?)
• Thomas Edward Patrick Brady, Jr. and Deflate-Gate (Easy Pretzel gives a great rant.)
• #LinkedOut

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Cheers!