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While we spend most of our time in our garage labs obsessing over fermentation temperatures and yeast pitch rates, many of us got into this hobby for the simple love of discovering

new things, which has occasionally involved domestic road trips and even international flights.

You're listening to the Brewlosophy podcast.

I'm your host, Marshall Schott, and this week I'm joined by contributor Will Lovell

to chat about our experiences traveling for beer.

Oh, man, if there is one thing that I don't love more, it's just really traveling around the world, experiencing new cultures,

and also the libations that they enjoy. Most of the time, that's beer, but some places have

some other pretty fancy libations that you need to enjoy as well. So, you know, as I say,

when in Rome, but exactly, beer travel, traveling in general, something I'm really passionate

about, something I really enjoy and love doing.

Yeah, you and me both, and I would contend that beer in many ways is culture, at least an

analog of culture. Now, regular listeners of this show may recall the final question we addressed

in last week's Bruin A episode. If you haven't listened yet, we were asked about our

experiences drinking in the various countries that we've

traveled to. And I will admit that that was fully the inspiration for this experience episode.

Will, both you and I have done quite a bit of traveling over the years. You actually lived in

Germany for a while. And in those travels, we've had some pretty memorable experiences

involving beer. So that is what we're going to be focusing on

today. All right. If you're a fan of this show and you'd like to receive a reward for your

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