Local Tampa Craft Beer Connoisseur/Conversant, Nation-Wide Beer Trader & All-Around Kick-Ass Dude, Smooth Jay was gracious enough to join us for a mini bottle share and put that raspy voice of his to work to talk some beer. In this segment, we go “lighter” with ‘Man Child’ – a PB&J Berliner from Hidden Springs and a couple of different Imperial IPAs: ‘Daily Phone Call’ – a hazy New England style from Highland Park/Green Cheek & ‘Naked Villany’ – a Triple IPA from Calusa Brewing.
We don’t apologize for our love of craft beer. And although we don’t talk about music, we both love late 80s/90s hip hop & rap. Well, this genius in St. Pete named Kevin Shaw decided to put the two together and built ‘If I Brewed the World.’ They’re still pretty young in the game but are making a name for themselves in Pinellas with intense flavors like ‘Crunchberry Cereal’ (yes, like what you ate when you were a kid) and a very coffee forward Dry Irish Stout called ‘Dark Pool.’
We’ve paid our respects and caught back up with Dissent Craft Brewing Co-Founder & Head Brewer Chris Price. Now it’s time to drink the beers including 2 gold medal winners in the Best Florida Beer Championships – Frequency Imperial IPA and Hazy Mangover Chili Beer. If you’re in Pinellas and haven’t made the trip to Dissent you’re really missing out on some good beer.
We’re back in the outskirts of Pinellas Park just north of Downtown St Pete, the breeding grounds of some of the best beer in Pinellas County. And we’re here to talk to Mr. Data Analytics / Brew Recipe Engineer himself, Chris Price. The facility has grown, tattoos are now present, the beers have ascended to new heights and the medals have even started to come in. It’s high times ahead at Dissent Craft Brewing.
Introducing a new category akin to our ‘Meet the Brewer’ series, it’s Meet the Influencer. And in yet another Balls and Brew exclusive, we get the chance to speak with Thee”Beer Influencer” Chris Hughes. She showers us with her passion, knowledge and expert wisdom about beer and does it all with with solid style in the ATL.
What do you get when you mix dark coffee beers with girl scout cookies? Yeah, you get a seriously buzzed sugar high prior to crashing and probably don’t do your waistline any favors, but besides that.. you get to go back to your childhood. Only this time you get to ruin your dinner completely unconcerned about when your father gets home. Small victories.
