In this episode the hosts change things up a little. Instead of tasting beers others have made, they take the opportunity to brew their own beer. Naturally, it's going to be a right hoppy beer, testified to by Alex's frequent interruptions during which he needs to add more hops to the brew. While the hosts are turning innocuous ingredients into beer via magic (science), they discuss the recent German festival Maifest at Spring Garden, which naturally features German beers, including a newly tapped keg of Maibock. They also ruminate on a special event they all went to recently, featuring a vertical of Utopias from Sam Adams (vintages 2012, 2013, and 2015), held at Aurora Brew Works. And of course, since they need something in the glasses, they are drinking a vertical of Alex's homebrewed barleywines during the episode.