Craft Beer Radio

In this show Jeff gains a new appreciation for the Irish Red Style. It's a great start of 2007 as every beer was very good, and choosing the ranking was very hard.

Reviewed:

• Fraoch Heather Ale (Scotland)
• Kelpie Seaweed Ale (Scotland)
• Highland Gaelic Ale (NC)
• Three Floyds Brian Boru Irish Red (IN)
• Highland Bewing Tasgall Ale (NC)

Ranking:

• Greg - 1. Tasgal, 2. Three Floyds, 3. Heather, 4. Gaelic, 5. Kelpie
• Jeff - 1. Gaelic, 2. Tasgal, 3. Heather, 4. Three Floyds, 5. Kelpie

Extras:

Preshow: Highland Gaelic Ale
Postshow: Cleanup

This is an interview with the publisher of The Essential Reference of Domestic Brewers and their Bottled Brands. It's an interesting book with lots of information about american beers all in one place. We will be getting a copy to help prepare notes for the show.

CBR Listeners can purchase the book at the discount price of $39.95 if they purchase the book from thebeerbible.com or call 1-800-247-6553

Here is a sample of the book that we talked about in the interview.

We clean out some hoppy beers from the cellar while they are still fresh. We encounter some amazing hop aromas and one makes a delicious mistake. PS. we forgot to do WBAI, tune in next week for the exciting conclusion.

Reviewed:

• Deschutes Hop Trip (OR)
• Moylans Hopsickle Triple IPA (CA)
• Dragon Slayer IPA (CA)
• Elysian Immortal IPA (WA)

Ranking:

• Greg - 1. Hoptrip, 2. Hopsickle, 3. Immortal, 4. Dragon Slayer
• Jeff - 1. Hopsickle, 2. Hoptrip, 3. Immortal, 4. Dragon Slayer

Extras:

Preshow: Jubelale
Postshow: Cleanup

This Interview is with Bob Skilnik, author of Beer: A History of Brewing in Chicago. First let me say that this book is not only for Chicagoans; if you are interested in beer history this is a great book as well.

CBR Listeners can purchase the book at a 40% discount from the publisher Barricade Books by calling 201.944.7600.

Also you can get Bob's New book, Beer & Food: An American History From our Amazon.com Associate Link.

Steve Hindy of the Brooklyn Brewery chats with us about his book Beer School, the Brooklyn Brewery and their beers. Beer School is a must read for anyone who wants to start a beer business.

If you are interested in buying this book you can use our Affiliate Link: Buy Beer School From Amazon

This week we taste 5 different vintages of Bigfoot Barleywine Style Ale from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. We are joined in the studio by Keith Kost who writes a column for the Great Lakes Brewing News. The camera battery is dead so no photo this week.

Extras:

Preshow: Ginger Peach Double Brown
Postshow: Hop Wallop

This week we interview Dan Shelton from Shelton Brothers. They import some great beers such as Cantillon and Fantome as well as the notorious Santa's Butt, and Seriously Bad Elf. It's a long talk that covers lots to topics, from label approval, to importing and marketing expensive beer, and there is even a Rant about extreme beers and the BA top 100.

CBR is drinking homebrew and almost everyone listening is able to taste along thanks to the Sam Adams Longshot Homebrew Contest. Watch out for the Old Ale, that 10% ABV sneaks up on you.

Reviewed:

• Dortmunder
• Boisenberry Wheat
• Old Ale
• Deschuttes Hop Henge

Ranking:

• Greg - 1. Old Ale, 2.Dortmunder, 3. Boisenberry Wheat
• Jeff - 1. Old Ale, 2.Dortmunder, 3. Boisenberry Wheat

Extras:

Preshow: Sly Fox Dunkel
Postshow: Fullers London Pride

Roasty and Dark. Stouts take the stage early this march getting us ready for St. Patricks day. Jeff reports that he has found a new favorite imperial stout, and we have a discussion on the value of beer rating sites.

Reviewed:

Boulevard Dry Stout (MO)
Lost Coast 8 Ball Stout (CA)
Dicks Cream Stout (WA)
Deschutes Obsidian Stout (OR)

Ranking:

• Greg - 1. Boulevard, 2. Obsidian, 3. Loast Coast, 4. Sierra Nevada, 5. Dicks
• Jeff - 1. Obsidian, 2. Sierra Nevada, 3. Boulevard, 4. Lost Coast, 5. Dicks

Extras:

Preshow
Postshow
- Sierra Nevada Stout (CA)
- Starr Hill Dark Starr Stout (VA)

Are they Olde or Old? What we do know is, they're highly flavorful, high alcohol ales that give your tongue a workout. We welcome a special guest to join us in an Old Ale roundup.

Reviewed:

Eel River Triple Exultation (CA)
Alameda Papa Noel's Olde Ale (OR)
Arcadia Big Dick's Olde Ale (MI)
North Coast Old Stock Ale '04 (CA)

Ranking:

• Greg - 1. Eel River, 2. North Coast, 3. Arcadia, 4. Alameda
• Jeff - 1. Eel River, 2. North Coast, 3. Arcadia, 4. Alameda
• Aron - 1. Eel River, 2. North Coast, 3. Arcadia, 4. Alameda

Extras:

Preshow
Postshow
- Blue Point Toasted Lager (NY)
- Dogfish Head Red and White (DE)

por·ter (pôr'tər) n.
1. A person employed to carry burdens, especially an attendant who carries travelers' baggage at a hotel or transportation station.

Much like their namesake the porters we tasted on this show carried the heavy load of CBR. Every one was outstanding and while it made the show easy, the ranking was very very difficult.

Reviewed:

Boulevard Bully! Porter (MO)
Rogue Mocha Porter (OR)
Mill Street Coffee Porter Toronto, Canada
Highland Oatmeal Porter (NC)

Ranking:

• Greg - 1. Smuttynose, 2. Boulevard, 3. Mill St., 4. Rogue, 5. Highland
• Jeff - 1. Rogue, 2. Highland, 3. Mill St., 4. Smuttynose, 5. Boulevard

Extras:
Preshow
Postshow
Dark Horse Reserve Special Black Bier Ale
Smuttynose Robust Porter

Beer isn't for everyone, you know. We feel that beer is too limiting a subject, so we've decided to re-evaluate and change the show a bit. Join us on an immaculate journey of sensations - WINE sensations.

The Uncut Version of Gregory and Jeffrey's Immaculate Journey To The Wine Cellar.

The outbreak of spring causes an impromptu show. When Greg is in a hoppy mood there is little time to spare and we break out Single, Double, and Triple IPA's.

Beers:

• Slyfox Pikeland Pils
• Avery IPA
• Blue Dot Double IPA
• Weyerbacher Eleven, Triple IPA (PA)

Ranking:

• Greg - 1. Slyfox, 2.Avery, 3. Hair of the Dog, 4. Weyerbacher
• Jeff - 1. Slyfox, 2.Avery, 3. Hair of the Dog, 4. Weyerbacher

Extras:

• Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold
• Preshow
• Postshow

It's finally here, our much delayed Easter Sunday show. Sorry about that, but sometimes real work comes before fake work. In this one we try 3 Baltic Porters, discuss the definition of a craft brewer, and have a special guest on the show.

Beers:

• Southampton Imperial Porter
• Heavyweight Perkuno's Hammer
• Gonzo Oaked Imperial Porter

Ranking:

• Greg - 1. Southampton, 2. Flying Dog 3. Heavyweight
• Jeff - 1. Southampton, 2. Flying Dog 3. Heavyweight
• Brian - 1. Flying Dog, 2. Southampton 3. Heavyweight

Extras:

• Preshow
• Postshow

For number 75 we drink some sorta special beers to sorta mark the occasion, on this sorta great episode. This one was going to be called 4 Beers, but Jeff is a pansy lightweight who can't take one for the show.

Beers:

• Dogfish Head Chateau Jiahu (DE)
• Blue Frog Dry Hopped Poor Richards Ale (CA)
• Stone Oaked Arrogant Bastard (CA)

Ranking:

• Greg - 1. Poor Richards, 2. Chateau Jihau, 3. Oaked Arrogant Bastard
• Jeff - 1. Chateau Jihau, 2. Poor Richards, 3.Oaked Arrogant Bastard

Extras:

• Preshow
• Postshow

We start the tour of Belgian Style Ales with the Blonde or Golden Ale.

Beers:

• Leffe Blonde
• Affligem Blonde
• Duvel
• Delirium Tremens

Links:

• Seen through a Glass Lew Bryson
• Brooklyn Local #1

Ranking:

• Greg - 1. Affligem, 2. Leffe, 3. Delerium, 4. Duvel
• Jeff - 1. Leffe, 2. Affligem, 3. Delerium, 4. Duvel

Extras:

• Preshow
• Postshow

As we begin our third year, we decide to go for broke and test our mettle with a super-sized show dedicated to brewing excellence. A special guest returns to help us soak up the alcohol of some big, powerful beers.

Beers:

• Flying Dog - Woody Creek White
• Roots Woody Organic IPA
• Three Floyds Dark Lord Imperial Stout
• Alesmith Speedway Stout
• Eisenbahn Defumada
• Brew Masters Private Reserve
• Lucky Lab - Super Duper Dog

Links:

Ranking:

• Greg - 1. Dark Lord, 2. Speedway, 3. Woody IPA, 4. Woody Creek Wit, 5. Smoked Lager 6. Super Duper Dog 7. Bud
• Jeff - 1. Speedway, 2. Dark Lord, 3. Woody Creek Wit, 4. Woody IPA, 5. Super Duper Dog, 6. Smoked Lager, 7. Bud
• Aron - 1. Speedway, 2. Woody IPA, 3. Woody Creek Wit, 4. Dark Lord, 5. Super Duper Dog, 6. Smoked Lager, 7. Bud

Extras:

• Preshow
• Postshow

On June 2nd Craft Beer Radio went to the Pennsylvania Microbrewers Festival hosted at Penn Brewing. We were armed with 2 sample glasses, a beer list, and a microphone. We discuss Penn's new Maibock Penndomonium, Kvass from East End, a new Pils from Great Lakes, Polish Beer, Ben Franklin, Hoppy Wheats the WV alcohol limit, and sample many beers.

Belgian Doubles, one of our favorite styles to pair with food. We run into a few spoiled ones, but we also hit a few gems.

Beers:

• Corsendonk Abbey Brown
• Chimay Red
• Bornem Double
• Affligem Double
• Anderson Valley Brother Davids Double

Links:

• Dancing Trout

Ranking:

• Greg - 1. Affligem, 2. Bornem, 3. Corsendonk
• Jeff - 1. Affligem, 2. Corsendonk, 3. Bornem

Extras:

• Preshow - Slyfox Royal Weisse
• Postshow - Cleanup Beers

Triple, Tripel, Trippel. No matter how you spell it, they are going to give you a lot to taste, and a lot of alcohol. If you like our strong beer shows, just wait to the end of this one.

Beers:

• Gouden Carolus Tripel (Belgium)
• Green Flash Trippel (CA)
• Anderson Valley Brother David's Triple (CA)
• Midnight Sun Epluche-Chlotte (AK)
• St. Bernardus Trippel (Belgium)
• Bournem Triple (Belgium)

Ranking:

• Greg - 1. Bernardus, 2. Anderson Valley, 3. Midnight Sun, 4. Green Flash, 5. Gouden Carolus
• Jeff - 1. Bernardus, 2. Gouden Carolus, 3. Midnight Sun, 4. Green Flash

Extras:

• Preshow - Brother David's Triple
• Postshow - Cleanup Beers

Beers:

• Weyerbacher Quad (PA)
• St. Bernardus ABT 12 (Belgium)
• Trappist Westvleteren 12 (Belgium)
• Sly Fox Ichor (PA)

Ranking:

• Jeff - 1. Westy, 2. Bernardus, 3. Weyerbacher, 4. Sly Fox
• Greg - 1. Westy, 2. Weyerbacher, 3. Bernardus, 4. Sly Fox

Extras:

• Preshow - Great Divide Wild Berry
• Postshow - Cleanup Beers

Salvation, Salvation, Collaboration. This week we try two beers named Salvation, one from Russian River and one from Avery. Then we try the beer that the brewers made together, Collaboration, not Litigation. Collaboration is a blend of the two Salvations and we decided that if they could do it, then why can't we? At the end of the show we try to determine just what ratio was used for the blend.

Beers:

• Avery Salvation
• Russian River Salvation
• Collaboration not Litigation

Ranking:

• Jeff - 1. Russian River, 2. Collaboration, 3. Avery
• Greg - 1. Russian River, 2. Collaboration, 3. Avery

Extras:

• Preshow -
• Postshow - Cleanup Beers

We have a special guest in the studio for episode 82, Scott Smith from East End Brewing Company. This week taste 4 smoked beers, fail to define craft beer, Jeff has an announcement, and is looking for a floor in Denver and we talk a lot about East End Brewing.

• Heavyweight Cinderbock (NJ)
• Left Hand Smoke Jump Porter (CO)
• East End Brewing Heritage Smokestack Porter (PA)
• Alaskan Smoked Porter 2006 (AK)

Rankng

• Jeff - Left Hand, Alaskan, East End, Heavyweight
• Greg - East End, Alaskan, Left Hand, Heavyweight
• Scott - Alaskan, Left Hand, Heavyweight, East End

Preshow -
Postshow - Cleanup