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First Aired - 08/03/2010 05:00PM
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This week, Jimmy and Ray are joined by Bierkraft's Ben Granger and HRN's own Carmen Devito & Alice Kreig (We Dig Plants). The topic: HOPS! Learn about hops' role in the American Revolution, their many non-beer uses, what they actually do for beer flavor, and how they once made New York State the beer capital of the world. Also, witness the beginnings of Jimmy's New York fresh hop revolution. Brought to you by GreatBrewers.com, the best beer site on the internet.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: The Hops Show (15:25)
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Jimmy Carbone, Beer Sessions, Ommegang on the road shows will air later this month!, Ray Deter, d.b.a., Jimmy's No. 43, Good Beer Seal, GreatBrewers.com, camping upstate at Ommegang, craft beers on the camp site, camp sites with draft beer, Cooperstown, Carmen DeVito, Alice Marcus Kreig, We Dig Plants, The Hops Show, Ben Granger, Bierkraft, hops are a flower, harvested at a very specific time, time influences taste variations, Cooperstown was the hops capital of New York State, hops is subject to downy mildew, Ray has been telling everybody that there was a hop blight, that is not true, Ben tends his own hops, a lot of people are starting to grow hops in New York, Carmen and Alice use hops ornamentally in garden design, hops are a pretty forgiving plant, hope can grow 6 to 8 inches in a day, the smell drastically changes quickly, hops look papery when ready, they flower like small green pine cones, they look like grapes, there are a thousand varieties of hops, macro breweries use hops to make 500 barrel batches,Fun Hops Facts & Fresh Hop Beers (15:09)
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Great Brewers.com, email us with questions!, fun hops facts:, Japanese varieties, most commonly used as an ornamental hop, hops in sake?, sake ferments very dry. there aren't many complex sugars left behind, fun uses for hops other than beer:, used in traditional kitchen gardens for the American colonists, chutes can be used in salads, wax can be used for vegetable dye, fibers of the plant can be substitute for flax, stalks can be used to make baskets, if you eat a cone that oil won't go away for a while, beer is an agricultural product, why can't we use local hops?, New York state used to be the number 1 export of hops, the first architectural barn design had hops in mind, The New York Times, fresh hop beers, Jimmy's 43, Sierra Nevada Harvest, breweries using fresh hops, wet hop beers, wet hops are fresh and dry hops are cured, what's Ben favorite beer at Bierkraft?, Kelso IPA, Oskar Blues,Email Question & More Hops Fun Facts (15:34)
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Great Brewers.com, best beer website!, Great Brewers 100 Test, email question from Brian P, can beer be made without hops, yes, is it good? maybe not, next week Garrett Oliver will be on!, The Good Beer Book, until 800 years ago nobody used hops in beer, what did people make beer with before hops?, random stuff, single hop beers, Ben spends a lot of time drinking beer, more fun facts:, you have to think of hops as an agricultural product, new varieties are always being developed, hops was a money making commodity, Hopf, nuns, how did beer making get taken from women?, witches were called witches because they knew how to brew beer, politics of beer, Boston Hop Party, Boston Beer Party, rise of home brewing, it's being encouraged, come to d.b.a. tonight!, Saison beer and cheese tasting, Martin Johnson from the Bedford Cheese Shop, east coast IPA tasting at Jimmy's No 43, fundraiser at Blind Tiger on Sunday for gulf coast fishermen,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 05/18/2010 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions Ray and guest host Manuela host Corey Reid, Brian O'Reilly, Jay Steinhauer & Joe Marino. Hear the latest news from the guys at the excellent Sly Fox Brewery and American Beers.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Sly Fox Brewing Company (14:08)
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Beer Sessions, Jimmy's No 43, Heritage Radio Network, Manuela Totah, Great Brewers, Union Beer Distributors, Ray Deter, d.b.a., email beersessions@gmail.com, Brian O'Reilly, Sly Fox Brewing Company, Corey Reid, www.slyfoxbeer.com, canned beer, small craft breweries couldn't purchase small amounts of cans for a while, cans are associated with cheap beer, cans are better for the beer, they don't allow light in, brown glass allows some light in, glass bottles can allow light to alter the beer making it skunky, La Barra Cevicheria, Craft Beer Week, The Hop Project, double IPA, Odyssey, Mug's Ale House, Nelson Savon hops, hops are affected by the soil and climate, good resources for hops?,Jay Steinhauer & Joe Marino Join The Studio (14:53)
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in honor of the World Cup what are some good beer suggestions for the event, American Beer Distributors, Thrifty Beverage, Eisenbahn, South America, Argentina, Mexican music, American Beer is 62 years old, one of the first people to bring craft to New York, Dogfish Head, Victory, Blue Point, Capital Lawrence, growlers, they do wholesale and retail out of the shop, Roberta's, it's amazing how far craft has come in the past 10 years, there will be more small craft breweries popping up, tasting at Jimmy's No 43, Leyland Home Brew, sour beer, aged in Red Zinfandel barrels, double chocolate stout, The Mad Brewer, oatmeal stout, sourness balances out with the heat of the alcohol, tastes like cotton candy, burnt sugar, bourbon barrel, uber pilsner, Avery, black lager, White Rascal, Blue Moon, white beer, what is an amber beer?,An Email Question About Ordering Beer Online (13:38)
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have any of you ever ordered beer online?, how do they ship, state regulations, taxes, US Postal Service will not ship beer, Amsterdam, Belgium, Ray left his bag at the hotel and had his friend ship it to New York, FedEx, shipped to d.b.a., they sent it back to Holland, he was billed for the round trip, beer on Ebay, Captain Lawrence, sour beer, selling beer that's not registered in New York carries a $10000 fine, beer trading websites, beer wines and wine laws can be very different, apple brandy barrels, dirty towel flavor, Good Beer Seal events:, Blind Tiger Ale House, this week is American Craft Beer Week at Jimmy's No 43, Pony Bar, The Maine Event, breweries from Maine, Monday: liquids of interest at d.b.a., wheat beer tasting, Brian & Corey from Sly Fox will be at d.b.a. tonight!, 113 IPA, Chester County Bitter,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 03/16/2010 05:00PM
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sponsored by The Good Beer Seal - Chuck Duffney & B.R. Rolya talk about new craft beer from France & Italy and give some NYC St. Patrick's Day bar suggestions.
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Beer Sessions Introduction (15:55)
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Jimmy Carbone, Samuel Merritt, Beer Sessions, Heritage Radio Network, The Good Beer Seal, www.thegoodbeerseal.com, Chuck Duffney, B.R. Rolya, St. Patricks Day, strong beer is the milk of the old, beer is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy. hangovers are proof that we are not yet in heaven, those who drink beer will think beer, www.dieseldrafts.com, Jimmy's No. 43, Saint Patrick, Ireland, he drove snakes off the island, UK Beer Night, Ireland isn't noted for having great beer, cask is an old way to serve beer, the beer isn't finished when it leaves the brewery, fermentation, Camra, campaign for real ale, www.camra.org.uk/, Guinness, low carbonation, beer engine, creamy feel and light body, nitrogen pores, England, Shelton Brothers Imports, www.sheltonbrothers.com/, English traditional ale, Chelsey Ale's, Gingerman, Flying Tiger, local beer, some beers are not built for travel, ale yeast, guidelines for keeping beer, Cicerone Certification Program, March 29th and April 5th there are seats available in the class, www.cicerone.org/, beer is as vulnerable than milk and eggs, craft beer bars, draft beer setups, Dan Shelton, traditional spring beer, Mars Brewery, Bamberg Germany, bock beer, wheat yeast, cloves, bananas, keller bier, smoked beers,French Craft Beers, Beer Agriculture & St. Patrick's Day Bars (16:39)
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lower alcohol session strength beers with a lot of flavor, North France, French craft beer, malt forward, there isn't much brewing history in France, Bière de Garde, French craft beer movement, French Craft Brewers Association, The French Revolution of Beer, industrial lagers, chestnut flour, locally grown barely and hops, Yakima valley, hops are sourced in bulk and cheaply, barely tends to be grown mostly for other purposes, it takes three years to turn a field of hops, New York state hops, hops blight, Cornell University, skunking is a chemical reaction between light and hops compounds, Jimmy's No 43, Blind Tiger, The Gingerman, The Spring Lounge, The Ear Inn, Puck Fair, Lucky Jack's,B.R. Rolya's Early Beer Discovery & A Discussion on Belgian Beer (16:18)
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Belgium, NATO, Brussels, B.R. first tasted beer at age 5, kid sized beer mugs, milk stout, Guinness is more of a dry stout, lactose is a non fermentable sugar, adds body to the mouth feel, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mother's Milk, range and variety of flavors, monastery brews, small breweries, import market to the US, old fashioned beers, American style brew pubs, contract brewing, Scandinavian breweries, beer based on season and time of the day, Brooklyn IPA, home brews, Shelton Brothers beer tasting, Bink Blond, Christoffel Blond, Taras Boulba, Farmhouse Ales, Phil Markowski, $10 beer tastings at Jimmy's No 43 on Tuesday's, McKellars event at Blind Tiger, Thurday March 18th vintage beer night at Barcade,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
