Craft Beer Radio

CBR hits 100 Episodes, We List our top beers of 2007. We try some beers that may be in the 2008 list. We reminisce on the last 100 episodes, and are ready to do 100 more. Thanks everybody for listening. We do the show for you.

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Beer:

• Coney Island Lager - Smaltz Brewing Company
• Pyramid Imperial Hefeweizen
• Port Brewing - Old Viscosity
• Southern Tier - Choklat

Rankings:

• Greg: 1. Choklat, 2. Old Viscosity, 3. Coney Island, 4. Pyramid
• Jeff: 1. Choklat, 2. Old Viscosity, 3. Coney Island, 4. Pyramid

Extras

• Preshow - Yards Philly Pale Ale
• Postshow- Cleanup

This show we sample some american bocks and doppelbocks. Jeff learns a lesson that some beers can't be cellared for two and a half years. Greg learns that American High alpha hops have no place in a Doppelbock. And we both wonder what the hell happened to the normally delicious St. Nick Bock.

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Beer:

• Atwater Block - Winter Bock
• Erie Brewing - Fallenbock
• Victory - St. Victorious
• Sudwerk - Doppelbock
• Pennsylvania Brewing Company - St. Nikalolaus Bock, Brewers Reserve
• Flying Dog - Collaborator
• Erie Brewing - Red Ryder

Rankings:

• Greg: 1. Gordon Bierch, 2. Erie, 3. Atwater, 4. Collaborator, 5. St. Nick
• Jeff: 1. Gordon Bierch, 2. Erie, 3. Atwater, 4. Collaborator, 5. St. Nick

Extras

• Preshow - Gordon Bierch Winter Bock
• Postshow- Cleanup

The return of the Beer Geek Roundtable and it's a doozy. we talk about all kinds of things which you can find on the wiki. It's 3 hours long, listen as long as it keeps your interest and we will be back next week with a regularly scheduled episode.

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It's the depth of winter on CBR so we call on the winter warmer along with some other winter beers to enjoy on this cold frosty night.

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Beer:

• Blue Point Winter Ale
• Flying Dog - K9 Cruiser Ale
• Full Sail - Wreck the Halls
• Troegs - Mad Elf

Rankings:

• Greg: 1. Mad Elf, 2. K9 Cruiser, 3. Full Sail, 4. The Kidd, 5. Bluepoint
• Jeff: 1. Mad Elf, 2. K9 Cruiser, 3. Full Sail, 4. The Kidd, 5. Bluepoint

Extras

• Preshow - Fort Collins - The Kidd
• Postshow- Cleanup

First off my apologies to the state of Indiana and Any listener who has sent us beer that we didn't drink in a timely fashion. This show is a hard learned lesson that most craft beers are intended to be drank fresh. The plan was to do an Indiana Spotlight show, but we had one spoiled beer after another. It was one for the books.

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Beer:

• Upland - Pale Ale
• Mad Anthony - Old Fort Porter
• Three Floyds - BrooDoo
• Barley Island - Brass Knuckle
• Seven Mules - Kick Ass Ale
• Butte Creek Brewing - Fresh Hop Organic Sustainable Harvest India Pale Ale

• Preshow - Barley Island - Dirty Helen, Upland Maibock
• Postshow- Cleanup

The curse of the soured beers are still upon us but not as bad as last week. It would be hard to find a set of barleywine more different than the ones on the show this week.

Beer:

• Upland - Winter Warmer
• Arcadia - Cereal Killer
• Speakeasy Ales & Lagers - Old Godfather.
• Hair of the Dog - Doggy Claws
• Brooklyn - Monster Barleywine

Rankings:

• Greg: 1. Upland, 2. Brooklyn,3. HOTD, 4. Speakeasy, 5. Arcadia
• Jeff: 1. HOTD, 2. Brooklyn, 3. Upland, 4. Speakeasy, 5. Arcadia

Extras

• Preshow - Homebrew Saison
• Postshow- Cleanup

We've talked about it for a while but finally we are doing a blind tasting. I gave Heather the run of the cellar and she picked out the beers that we are tasting. This show was great fun and a format that we will use a bunch in the future.

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Beer:

• Rubicon IPA
• Speakeasy Double Daddy
• Lost Abbey Devotion
• Boulevard Wheat
• Southampton Imperial Porter

Rankings:

• Jeff 1 Southampton, 2. Mad River, 3. Rubicon, 4, Boulevard, 5. Speakeasy, 6. Lost Abbey.
• Greg 1. Speakeasy, 2.mad river, 3. Rubicon, 4. Southampton, 5. Boulevard, 6. Lost Abbey

Extras

• Preshow - Fort Colins - The Kidd Lager
• Postshow- Cleanup

One last show before the baby comes. This is a grab bag show with some surprising results.

Beer:

• Erie Brewing Presque Isle Pilsner
• Ithaca Finger Lakes Brown Ale
• Anchor Bock
• Deschutes 19th Anniversary Ale
• Dogfish Head World Wide Stout

Rankings:

• Jeff 1. Erie, 2. Dogfish, 3. Deschutes, 4. Anchor, 5. Ithaca
• Greg 1. Erie, 2. Dogfish, 3. Deschutes, 4. Anchor, 5. Ithaca

Extras

• Preshow - Lost Coast - Raspberry Brown
• Postshow- Cleanup

Allison Nicole Bearer Born March 3rd 2008 at 12:52 pm EST. Weighing in at 8 pounds 5 ounces. and measured at 22 inches long. Baby and Mother are doing excellent and Excellent kind of describes the beers we tasted too! If you want to find more about the baby check out AllisonBearer.com.

Thanks to everyone who wished us well during the pregnancy.

Beer:

• Rupert and Ethels Barleywine Style Ale
• Lost Abbey - Ten Commandments
• Samuel Adams Utopias

Rankings:

• Jeff 1. Utopias, 2. Rupert and Ethel's, 3. Lost Abbey
• Greg 1. Utopias, 2. Rupert and Ethel's, 3. Lost Abbey

Surprise, Jeff found time to squeeze in a quick show. This impromptu show explores three American made Belgian Style Triples.

Beer:

• Anderson Valley - Brother David's Triple (CA)
• Bell's Sparkling Ale (MI)
• East End Brewing Company - THREE (PA)

Rankings:

• Jeff 1. Brother David, 2. East End, 3. Bell's,
• Greg 1. Brother David, 2. East End, 3. Bell's

Extras

• Preshow - Homebrew
• Postshow - Homebrew

We taste some IPA's this week including 2 delicious ones from down south. You would never know there was a hop shortage going on during this show. We also re-visited the Lazy Magnolia from Mississippi.

Beer:

• St. Arnold - Elissa IPA (TX)
• Abita - Jockamo IPA (LA)
• Alesmith - Yulesmith Holiday Ale (CA)
• Smuttynose - Big A IPA (NH)
• Ballast Point - Dorado IPA (CA)

Rankings:

• Jeff 1. St. Arnold, 2. Lazy Magnolia, 3. Ballast Point, 4. Abita, 5. Alesmith, 6. Smuttynose
• Greg 1. Ballast Point, 2. Abita, 3. Lazy Magnolia, 4. Alesmith, 5. St. Arnold, 6. Smuttynose

Extras

• Preshow - Lazy Magnolia - Southern Pecan
• Postshow - Kalamazoo n Boysenberry

Hear the Train Wreck in it's full glory.

With so many podcasts about Craft Beer that are better than CBR we decided to change up the format and to take the show a different direction. Hope you enjoy the new format, we put tons of work into market research which says this will be our ticket to stardom.

Sorry, I don't have time to do the beer list and the rankings this week. But it's really the show that counts right?

Extras

• Preshow
• Postshow

Our next state spotlight takes us to Michigan thanks to listener Daniel. Since it was a lovely spring day in Western Pennsylvania we decided to move the studio outside. This was a bad idea because there was a gremlin in the machine that ruined the audio. We were able to salvage the show with some fancy audio filtering but now it sounds like we were in a large sewer tube instead of outside in the open air. Oh, The beers, FAN-TAS-TIC!

Beer:

• New Holland Cabin Fever Brown Ale
• Jolly Pumpkin - E.S.Bam
• Dark Horse - Perkulator Coffee Dopplebock
• Leelanau Brewing Company - Good Harbor Golden Ale
• Jolly Pumpkin - Bière De Mars
• Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock

Rankings:

• Jeff 1.Raspberry Eisbock 2. Beir De' Mars 3. Perkulator 4. Good Harbor Golden5. Scotty Karate 6. Cabin Fever 7. E.S .Bam
• Greg 1. Bier De Mars 2. Perkulator 3. Good Harbor 4.Cabin Fever 5. Scotty Karate 6. Raspberry Eisbock, 7. E.S. Bam

Extras

• Preshow - Dark Horse Scotty Karate Scottish Ale
• Postshow - Cleanup

Back inside where the sound is good, just like the beers.

Beer:

• Garde Dog - Flying Dog
• V Saison - Victory Brewing
• Fuego Del Otono, Autumn Fire - Jolly Pumpkin
• Horny Devil - Alesmith

Rankings:

• Jeff 1. Horny Devil, Fuego, 3. Saison, 4. Flyingdog
• Greg 1 .Horny Devil, 2. Fuego, 3, Saison, 3. Flyingdog

Extras

• Preshow - Keweenaw Left Bridge Brown Ale
• Postshow - Cleanup

In this show we have Julia Herz from the Brewers Association to discuss SAVOR along with many other things craft beer.
We do a sampling of beers from around the Denver area.

Beer:

• Flying Dog - Doggie Style Classic Pale Ale
• Oskar Blues - Dales Pale Ale
• Breckenridge - Agave Wheat
• Great Divide - Samurai
• Boulder - Hazed and Infused
• Oskar Blues - Ten Fidy

Rankings:

• Greg 1. Breckenridge 2. Dales Pale Ale 3. Great Divide 4. TenFidy 5. Flying Dog, 6. Boulder
• Julia - 1. TenFidy 2. Breckenridge, 3. Great Divide, 4.Dales Pale Ale, 5. Flying Dog, 6. Boulder
• Jeff - 1. Breckenridge, 2. TenFidy , 3. Dales Pale Ale, 4. Great Divide, 5. Flying Dog, 6. Boulder

Extras

• Preshow
• Postshow - Cleanup

We have 2 listeners send us a Wisconsin Spotlight.

Beer:

• Capital Brewing Maibock
• New Glarus - Snoshoe
• New Glarus - Unplugged, Imperial Weizen
• O'so Brewing Hopdinger
• Tyranena - Devil Over a Barrel
• Leinekugles - Big Eddy

Rankings:

• Greg 1.Tyranena 2. Capital Brewing 3. South Shore, 4. Big Eddy, 5. Unplugged, 6. Snow Shoe, 7.O'so
• Jeff - 1.Tyranena, 2. Unplugged, 3. Big Eddy, 4. Capital Brewing, 5. South Shore, 6. Snow Shoe, 7. O'so

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Gastronomy meets competitive sport as two colorful beverage experts, beer icon Sam Calagione owner of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and wine sommelier Marnie Old, go head to head on the age-old question, "Which is better with food, beer or wine?" Learn about the strengths and weaknesses of each beverage from engaging experts. Taste for yourself through comparative pairings of great beer, fine wine, and delicious food. Vote your preference to help the best beverage win. Cheer on your favorite in this entertaining, interactive and intoxicating main event, all in good, clean fun!

What's hot in wine? Beer! Cross-drinking wine experts dare to declare that America's craft beers change the way wine drinkers think about malt beverages. Join this panel of talented tasters as they chuck their corks for brown-bottle fare and tell all about this latest beverage trend. Along the way, you'll get a first-hand glimpse into the palates and preferences of three of the food worlds' most savvy cross drinkers.

Craft brewing pioneer Hugh Sisson of Clipper City Brewing and Heavy Seas will discuss the nuances of beer and seafood pairings. What is the best beer for your favorite steamed crabs and oysters? How about that great grilled rockfish recipe? Hugh and a panel of local seafood experts including chefs from Phillips Seafood will "tackle" the big questions and "swim" through the possibilities to offer real-world options for your taste buds from old favorites to trendy new ideas.

As craft beer gains in popularity, people are naturally looking to pair it with a wide variety of dishes. Why not? Beer offers such a huge range of flavors, aromas, and experiences that there is a beer to match with just about every dish. With a few basic concepts, anyone can learn to put beer and food together for a very rewarding experience. This presentation will introduce the three common sense steps to making great beer and food matches and demonstrate them with some surprising, instructive, and delicious combinations. Bonus speakers: Jim Koch from Boston Beer and Rick Martin from Free State Brewing Company will join Randy to discuss their approaches to pairing craft beer and food.

Food Network's famous Dave Lieberman is a world renowned chef and also a dedicated beer lover. Join Dave as he shares with you a few of his favorite dips and why they work so well with beer.

When the art of cheese meets the art of beer, great flavors happen. Intimately linked in their agricultural roots and fermentative production, cheese and beer make natural companions on the palate. In this tasting, Garrett Oliver pairs American artisan cheeses with craft beers to illustrate the exciting and satisfying possibilities found in the junction of these two culinary arts.

Interview with Blackfoot River Brewing from Helena Montana. They had possibly the best pairing in savor, Scottish Ale and Creme Brulee.

Greg talks with Adam Avery who explains Avery Fifteen in depth.