Thanks to Cryer Malt, this week on Radio Brews News the editorial team discuss the beer news of the week.

We discuss the biggest story of the week, the results of the GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beers, including:

• Yes, it actually is a popularity contest, but it’s not ONLY a popularity contest.
• No, the votes are not rigged
• No matter what they say, brewers do care about the results.
• Ale of a Time’s social media highlights

Having spent too much time discussing the Hottest 100 with great seriousness, we then discuss how craft beer culture has become social shorthand for taking things too seriously, as explained in this article from Good Beer Hunting.

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