Hoptober Brews – Lightning 100

As the weather cools down, there’s nothing better than sipping one of your favorite fall beers by a bonfire. Luckily Matt from Rhizome Productions knows exactly which brew to pair with any occasion. Get your notepad out, and tune in every weekday at 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m from Oct. 19-30 for Lightning 100’s Hoptober Brews.

Hoptobers 2020 Beer Line Up:

Week 1

October 19: Terrapin Dancing Gummy Beer
October 20: (2-4-Tuesday) Cigar City Jai Low & Cigar City Benwood
October 21: Lone River Ranch Water Hard Seltzer
October 22: Bitburger Festbier
October 23: Rogue Pineapple Party Punch

Week 2

October 26: Monday Night Space Lettuce & Monday Night Drafty Kilt
October 27: (2-4-Tuesday) Hi-Wire Festbier and Hi Wire Blackberry Limeade Sour Session Ale
October 28: Sierra Nevada Northern Hemisphere Harvest Wet Hop IPA
October 29: Yazoo Pepe Cinnamon Milk Stout
October 30: Stone Enjoy By 10.31.2020 IPA

Prize includes:

Cigar City cornhole boards
Hi-Wire Coleman cooler
Monday Night koozies
Featured beer swag including stickers, coasters, key chains and hat

Lightning 100’s Hoptober Brews is brought to you by Lipman Brothers and Rhizome Productions. Be sure to check out our past beer segments below! Cheers!

Recent Epsiodes

Hoptober 2020 Day 10: Stone Brewing Company Enjoy By 10.31.20

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Hoptober 2020 Day 9: Yazoo Pepe Cinnamon Milk Stout

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Wet Hop Harvest Photo via brewpublic.com

Hoptober 2020 Day 8: Sierra Nevada Northern Hemisphere Harvest Wet Hop IPA

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Hoptober 2020 Day 6: Monday Night Space Lettuce and Monday Night Drafty Kilt

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Hoptober 2020 Day 5: Rogue Pineapple Party Punch

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Hoptober 2020 Day 4: Bitburger Festbier

It’s day 4 of Hoptober and today DJ Jayson and Matt Leff of Rhizome Productions are celebrating with Bitburger’s Festbier. If 2020 wrecked your plans to visit Germany for Oktoberfest, why not recreate it at home with this brew from Bitburger? Bitburger’s take on the traditional festbier is 6.2% ABV....

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Hoptober 2020 Day 1: Terrapin Dancing Gummy Beer

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Hoptober 2019 Day 5: Lefthand Brewing White Russian Nitro

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Hoptober 2019 Day 4: Ayinger Oktoberfest Märzen

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Hoptober 2019 Day 3: Kentucky Pumpkin Barrel Ale

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