Beer Me - DrTom & Cap'n Rick

I guess I remember doing this one? No matter -- I just had some fun (re)solving. Nice work, friends!

Beer me!! Erm, maybe not at this hour of the morning. Fun solve though, will dream of fields of barley…

Well that was fun! I smelled something brewing when I saw the BLANCHE (Streetcar) clue, since that often clues Stella. Fun to hunt down the rest of them!

I don't even like beer, but I liked this puzzle! My method of solving the grid is usually to fill in the top row of Across entries, then go back and try the first n Down entries, then go back to Across as far as I can. That means by the time I hit STELLA I already had BLANCHE so I could tell where this was going.

Ah, a meta involving one of my favorite pastimes. What could be better? First one I saw was BLANCHE/STELLA, and it was off to the races. Thanks for the puzzle, Tom and Rick!

Fun puzzle! I first suspected an alternative-answer mechanism with CORONA and RING; Stella --> Blanche and Miller --> Wife confirmed it. Had to go searching for the SIERRA and GUINESS entries, though. Thank you, guys!

Very timely puzzle, gents - I am leaving for Germany today. Looking forward to sampling some of the local brews there!

Ah... nice. Bit early in the morning for this though.

Nice; can barley wait to see what else y'all have on tap

Very nice indeed. Would have been embarrassing if I couldn't solve this one (even though SIERRA Nevada is the only one I'd drink outside of Ireland). Saw BLUEMOON / ECLIPSE while filling the grid, then briefly thought it was going to be all astronomy when CORONA popped up. Delayed going down the path on the grounds that there wouldn't be an alt for GUINNESS (even though I subsequently realized there are at least two--Alec and the records). But then STELLA / BLANCHE clicked and I knew that had to be the way to go. All the alts were quick except GUINNESS, where I briefly considered 50D, but backsolving pointed to the R and then it was simple. Thanks!

I should have gotten it sooner when I wanted the answer to 1D to be Stella. Very nicely done, Dr Tom and Cap'n!

Fun one! Used to be a huge beer guy... have a basement full of brewing & kegging gear that needs to find a new home now that I'm on Team Teetotaler!

Fun one. Thanks.

Very nice, tight puzzle! Thank you, guys!

As a ham radio nerd ECHO/SIERRA was my in. Fun puzzle!

Cleverly done. Miller was the hardest one for me.

Fun puzzle! I might have to go quench my thirst now. Thanks!

Y’all’s replies are as fun as the puzzle!

Loved it...thanks guys! Cheers!

My NY City Council rep is Gale Brewer. I hope she will make everything right. I did need a nudge. Your elaborate themer clues each with a geogrphical location were successful in throwing me off the scent. I hope these were Easter eggs I haven't yet discovered and not merely red herrings.