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In this episode we talk about

Beer headlines
Homebrewing with your kids
Summer vacation post-mortem
“This or That”

Download it here: Hop Talk Podcast ep. 10

Show notes: Beer Headlines IPA is now the #1 craft beer style in the U.S.

It has beat out pale ale for the first time, based on sales in supermarkets and big-box stores. More interesting, perhaps, is the difference in the other items in the shopping basket between craft beer purchasers and those that purchase industrial light lager.

eBay’s black market for beer

Why it’s happening and what brewers are trying to do about it.

Washington hops harvest under way in Yakima Valley

Washington leads the nation in hops production, but the harvest is down about 5 percent this year to about 23,000 acres due to oversupply.

New Jersey Beer Co. flooded by Hurricane Irene

But the beer is okay! It was brewed the same day as the earthquake, too. No sign of locusts.

Homebrewing with your kids

Lifehacker pointed us to an article by a homebrewer who talks about brewing with his kids as a way to demystify alcohol and grow closer as a family. We offer our opinions. Geek uber-celebrity Wil Wheaton wrote recently (at length) about his great experience homebrewing for the first time with his son, as if to reinforce the point.

Joffre the Giant: Alcohol and Kids part 1 – a ramble

What we drank: