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First Aired - 09/14/2010 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions Jimmy hosts a special on traditional cask ale. First he goes on the road to speak to Rob Hodson of Union Beer Distributors, who showed an early interest in cask ale and gave it a big boost in NYC. Next "cask ale guy" Alex Hall (of Gotham Imbiber et al.) discussed the finicky specifics of serving and storing cask ale along with Joel Shelton of Shelton Brothers Imports. Finally Patrick Donagher of Rattle n Hum discussed his upcoming Get Real NY event along w/Chris Cuzme of NYC Craft Beer Week. German gravity or English Traditional? What's a CamRA? Tune in for this meeting of the minds to learn about this complex, storied ale. This episode was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Rob Hodson of Union Beer (15:00)
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Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Heritage Radio Network, GreatBrewers.com, Joel Shelton, Shelton Brothers Imports, Alex Hall, Rob Hodson, Union Beer, cask ales, d.b.a. was the first bar to pour cask ale in New York City, cask beer is the kind of thing that can help build brands, cask vs bottled or draft tasting, New York City's palate is changing, session beer, English tradition, cask ales pair well with food, German tradition of unfiltered beer, dry hopped, local concept of casks, temperature, weather and distance from the brewery, monitoring shipments, the importer handles that, heat is a huge enemy, is there room for more cask ales in New York City?, is there a demand?, gravity poured beer, the consumer in New York is maturing,Cask Ale with Alex Hall & Joel Shelton (15:00)
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Alex Hall, Gotham Imbiber, Joel Shelton, Shelton Brothers Imports, Williamsburg Cask Ale Festival, North 7th & Berry, cask ale is finicky, it needs to be regulated, conditioning needs to be right, cask breathers, device that, if used properly, will create a blanket of Co2 between the top level of the beer and the atmosphere, oxygen will make the beer stale, you can't set the PSI to more than 5, Camra was a movement in England in the 70's, Campaign for Real Ale, largest consumer movement of all time, casks only survived in the UK because of the efforts of Camra, http://www.camra.org.uk, Bridgeway, German gravity cask,Patrick Donagher of Rattle n Hum & Chris Cuzme of NYC Craft Beer Week (15:00)
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Patrick Donagher, Rattle n Hum, Chris Cuzme, NYC Craft Beer Week, how did Gotham Imbiber start?, www.gotham-imbiber.com, no longer in print, Alex used to work at The Evening Star, the list of cask beer in NYC has grown tremendously since Gotham Imbiber started, started at 5 and now its at 53, Patrick Donagher is one of the leading retailers of cask in NYC, moving people from craft beer to cask beer, Blind Tiger, Cherry Tree, Wandering Star Brewering Company, Chris Post, New York City Craft Beer week is coming up, September 24th-October 3rd, one of the top events is the Get Real NY event that Patrick is hosting, cask and food festival, www.getrealny.com, Stone Brewery, Dr. Bill Sysak, Luke's Lobster, Lucy's Whey, New York City Brewers Choice, Garrett Oliver, voyage of the IPA, boat trip,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 10/04/2011 05:00PM
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This week Beer Sessions Radio host it's very fist beer tasting Tweetup. Join Jimmy Carbone and returning guest Tony Fordner of Ale Street News as well as Tim Besecker of PrivateTap.com, and Paul Dlugokencky of Blind Bat Brewery. Tony fills us in on the goings on at the Great American Beer Festival while Paul tells us how he managed to get a commercial beer license to run a brewery out of his garage. Later on in the show Jimmy and Joey Redner, founder, and Wayne Wambles, head brewer, of Cigar City Brewing take your questions on Twitter from hop profiles to cigar-beer pairings.
This episode is sponsored by GreatBrewers.com.
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Beer Sessions Radio (TM): Tim Besecker of PrivateTap.com (19:40)
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Eataly, bottling, kegging, Smuttynose, #Beersessions, @Beer_Sessions, basil, blogging, Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone, Tony Forder, Ale Street News, Tim Besecker, Beer Club NJ, PrivateTap.com, Paul Dlugokencky, Blind Bat, Great American Beer Festival, nano brewery, Jai Alai IPA, Mudoru Oatmeal Brown Ale, Humidor IPA, garage brewing, brewing license, potato stout, Micahel Jackson, beer tasting, honey beer, Cigar City Beers, Sam Merritt, bloggers,Beer Tweetup! (15:40)
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Joey Redner, Wanye Wambles, Cigar City Brewing, beer tweetup, tweetup, Twitter, Tampa, brewing culture, hop profile, simco hops, cigar beer pairings, maduro, food pairing, Alpha king, American amber ale, American red ale, Newcastle Brown Ale, nut brown ale,Beer Distribution & Stability (20:52)
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cigar manufacturers, distribution, Anchor Steam, Dogfish Head, Southeast regional brewery, beer shipping, flash pasteurized, beer stability, GABF, Tiramisu beer, maduro brown, carob, spices, hickory, humidor cedar, Brooklyn Pour, voicestreet, Pig Mountain, Six Point, Blind Tiger,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 01/28/2013 07:00PM
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Learn how to taste for off-flavors in your homebrew on this week's episode of Fuhmentaboudit! Joining Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett in the studio are two BJCP National Beer Judges, BR Rolya and Vlad Kowalyk! Learn about two chemicals that cause off-flavors in beer- acetaldehyde and diacetyl. Find out how to taste for these chemicals, and what causes them to form in beer. What criteria does the BJCP use to judge beer? Listen in to the crew talk about beer competitions, and how to effectively interpret and act on judges' feedback. This episode has been brought to you by Tabard Inn.
"Phenols can contribute desirable traits in beer, depending on the style." [31:30] -- BR Rolya on Fuhmentaboudit!
"Phenols can contribute desirable traits in beer, depending on the style." [31:30] -- BR Rolya on Fuhmentaboudit!
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Doctor Your Beer at Home! (17:50)
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off-flavors, Brooklyn Brew Shop, brew kits, Homebrew Alley, BR Royla, Vlad Kowalyk, BJCP, National Beer Judge, Homebrewer's Guild, commercial beers, palate, light beer, Siebel kit, My Life on Craft, Acetaldehyde, diacetyl, Jolly Rancher, doctored beer, aroma, fermentation, ethanol, alcohol, pitching, stressed yeast, infection, Coors Light, fruitiness, corn,Beer Judgment Day (16:51)
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yeast malfunction, lager, lactobacillus, Sierra Nevada, Sam Adams, tap lines, Miller Light, butter, ale, sweetness, appearance, mouth feel, beer style, double IPA, gravity, porter, brown ale, fruit ale, sour, Belgian, Jelly Belly, circus peanuts, memory, familiar, phenols, numb, clove, American pale ale, bacteria, wild yeast,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
