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First Aired - 01/04/2011 05:00PM
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Happy New Beers! Jimmy & Ray are back and stronger than ever on a vibrant and fun episode of Beer Sessions Radio (TM). The guys are joined by Dan McLaughin of The Pony Bar and Jen Schwertman & Dave Brodrick of Blind Tiger. Official Beer Sessions Radio Beer Sommelier Sam Merrit also joins the show. The gang discusses how draft lines affect the quality of beer, Dave's near death experience, the notion of bad beer pairings & hipster angst against craft beer. Tune in and learn the REAL story of how Blue Moon came to be. This episode was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com - the best beer site on the internet.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: New Beer Resolutions (16:28)
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Beer Sessions, Heritage Radio Network, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Ray Deter, Good Beer Seal, GreatBrewres.com, New Beers Resolutions, Dan McLaughin, The Pony Bar, first worked at Empire Brewing Company, bottled beer, selling Bud and Bud Light helps them sell more craft beer, get organized or get back on the road, ABV, 8.1% or higher is an 8 ounce pour, crowd control, alcohol by volume, beer trends for 2011, trickle down effect of good beer, Clarks Ale House, Blue Tusk, Syracuse, Irish Style Stout, Six Point Otis Oatmeal Stout, cream ale,Clean Your Draft Lines! (16:13)
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Sam Merrit, official Beer Sessions sommelier, preserving brewers intent, huge part of that is hygiene, cleaning draft lines, makes a huge difference in the taste, how can you tell?, go see how clean the bathroom is, look out for weird flavors, Jen Schwertman, clean draft lines can make mediocre beers taste great, you should clean your lines every 2 weeks, Dave Brodrick, Dave had a near death experience recently, fell of a ladder and broke 7 bones, will Dave run for office in Vermont?, brewers as community leaders, Ray's new year resolution, hipster angst against good beer go away, why do hipsters like PBR in a can?, drink local beer wherever you are!,Bad Pairings & The Story of Blue Moon (19:55)
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beer trends, the guys from Sixpoint are going to even smaller breweries, Barrier, nano brewery, Oceanside, Dave's hop crop came out pretty good, wet house, right off the vine, home brewerd beer, to create an entire hop profile you pitch hops at different points in the boil, full grain mash, Thank You Beer, some mistakes are happy mistakes, Blue Moon Brewery, wheat beers, it is not a small brewery, the truth behind Blue Moon is not well known, Coors put a brew pub at Coors Field, they went around and hand picked talented brewers and gave them an offer that they could not refuse, Blue Moon was the most successful manifestation of this project, can a good beer make a truly bad pairing?, everybody's palate is different, beer and ice cream pairings,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 06/19/2012 05:00PM
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Welcome to another week of Beer Sessions Radio with your host, Jimmy Carbone. Today, Jimmy's got some New Jersey craft brewers and beer connoisseurs in the house. Michael Kane from Kane Brewing is in the studio with Kane's Single Fin and the Head High IPA. Augie Carton and Jesse Ferguson from Carton bring by their 0077XX and Boat Beer for some beer sessions. Os Cruz from NewJerseryCraftBeer.com is also in the studio, while Mike Kivowitz calls in to the show. Finally, John Kleinchester of Beertography.com is in the studio, and talking about taking photos of beer. Everyone is drinking New Jersey craft beer! Tune in to hear about the burgeoning beer scene in Northern New Jersey, as well as some of the upcoming beer events that are being organized by NewJerseyCraftBeer.com. Hear about how Kane and Carton blend styles to create unique beers that cannot be categorized. All this and more on this week's Beer Sessions Radio! This episode has been brought to you by GreatBrewers.com.
"You don't necessarily have to go to New York to find good beer, we have great brewers and great beer bars here [in New Jersey], and we want to be at the forefront of it all." -- Os Cruz on Beer Sessions Radio
"It's the right of America, being the great melting pot, to steal inspiration from the entire world, and that's what we do with our beer. If you're holding to the strictures of definition, you can't." -- Augie Carton on Beer Sessions Radio
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New Jersey's Craft Beer Scene (17:04)
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Kane Brewing, Os Cruz, John Kleinchester, Carton Brewing, Michael Kane, New Jersey, New Jersey craft beer, Tuckahoe Brewing, Good Beer Seal, home brewing, finance, running a business, Mike Kivowitz, Jesse Ferguson, East Coast Yeast, Belgian, summer beer, beertography.com, twitter, beer photo, Facebook, KBS, Northern New Jersey, Clover Leaf, Barcade, Jersey City, support, Kane Head High, small breweries, Cricket Hill, Climax, Boat Beer, American IPAs, New Jersey IPA, hoppy beer, aggressive hops, hoppy kolsch, sessionable beer, session ale, Ithaca Flower Power, Kane Single Fin, Imperial IPA, Overhead, Cloud Cover, Augie Carton,Single Fin and Boat Beer (15:32)
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Blanca, New Jersey Craft Beer scene, ABV, Boat Beer, 077XX, driving, Monmouth County, public transit, Edison, njcraftbeer.com, bus beer tour, Andy's Corner Bar, Shepherd and Knucklehead, Stuff Your Face, George Street Alehouse, Point Pleasant, Acme Ale House, Vagabond Atlantic City, Cape May, Princeton, Barrier Brewing, Crossroads Brewing, draft, beer community, Philadelphia, Flying Fish, Climax, beer geeks, local support,Getting New Jersey Beer Out Into the World (16:08)
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Morris Tap and Grill, Cicerone, Great Brewers' 100 Test, NJ craft beer Membership Club, Head High IPA, West Coast style, dry, malt, pilsner, hop flavor, dry hopping, tropical flavor, opening a brewery, small brewery, politics, job creation, brewery tour, growlers, distribution, Manhattan, Brooklyn, self-distribution, interstate commerce, Monkey Chase the Weasel, Kensington Brewing Co., Toronto,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 12/14/2010 05:00PM
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It's a Winter Holiday Beer special on Beer Sessions Radio(tm) this week! Jimmy & Ray are joined by Sam Merritt, the official Beer Sessions Radio Sommelier, Tommy Ortega, Paul Kermizian & Ben Wood. The guys enjoy a great selection of winter beers and have a lively conversation on everything from craft beer in New Jersey to alleged make-out sessions with Carol Stoudt! Tune in and learn what beer to give wine lovers for the holiday and why even the smartest guys in the room can fail sometimes. This episode was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com - the best beer website on the internet.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Winter Holiday Beer Show (19:30)
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Winter Holiday Beer Show, GreatBrewers.com, Good Beer Seal, Ray Deter, d.b.a., Samuel Merrit, Civilization of Beer, last week there was an absinthe tasting at d.b.a., Ale Smith Yule Smith, Tommy Ortega, Ortega on Beer, Ben Wood, Two Brothers Brewing, Ballast Point, Beer Geek All Stars, Tommy was in sports marketing before beer, Bavaria Beer, they hired a group of attractive women to wear orange dresses, guerilla marketing campaign, Union Beer, winter beers, Smuttynose Winter, North Wind, malty character, Carol Stoudt, best domestic Oktoberfest beer, Full Sail Wreck the Halls, Paul Kermizian, Barcade, Bi Rite Liqour, New Jersey beer scene, Samichlaus Bier, first brewed in 1979, fermended warm lager yeast, Dec 6th is the day the Swiss would exchange gifts, would pair well with creme brulee with citrus on top,Beer & Food Pairings with Sam Merritt and Beer for Wine Lovers (17:58)
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donate to HRN!, bone marrow, pairs well with lighter beers or malty sweet beers, rosso pizza, tomato and garlic are both on the very sweet side, Tom Seefurth's Mamma Mia Pizza Beer, Lagunitas Censor Ale, The Chronic, Copper Ale, Master Cicerone exam, 160 certified Cicerone's in the world, Sam Merritt is one of them!, Ray Daniels, Ray did not pass the test!, email question, what's a good beer to bring for wine lovers?, wine vs beer, He Said Beer She Said Wine, lagers for white wine drinkers, ales for red wine drinkers, Saison du Pont, Vanilla Coffee Bean Imperial Porter,New Model of Beer Representatives & Brew Masters TV (16:55)
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The Great Beer Test, BSAT, new breed of beer representative, small specialty providers are grooming and cultivating a mini broker, Ben Wood is a multi generation beer guy, Star Brewing, big New England Brewery founded in 1896, the building is now a catering company, stock ale, Boden Beer, American Beer, film made by Phil, Brew Masters TV Show, there aren't many craft beer bars in New Jersey, the life of a beer guy is a vagabond life, tonight @ Jimmy's No 43 chocolate & cheese pairing,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
