Let's Get Real
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First Aired - 08/31/2010 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions Jimmy and Ray continue their on-sight broadcast from the Ommegang Brewery's "Belgium Comes to Cooperstown" beer event. Hear from Ommegang brewmaster Phil Leinhart, Duvel president Simon Thorpe, and Larry Bennett of Ommegang on the past and future of the only small, private, family owned Belgian brewery in the United States. This episode was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com: the best resource on the internet for craft beer lovers.
Photos: Belgium Comes to Cooperstown 2010
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Live From Cooperstown! (15:00)
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Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Belgian Comes to Cooperstown, Ray Deter, Ommegang, Live from Cooperstown!, Dave Brodrick, Larry Bennett, camping, the best beer festival in America, GreatBrewers.com, Phil Leinhart, brewmaster at Ommegang, Simon Thorpe, President and CEO, inspired as a teenager, Michael Jackson's World Guide to Beer, Great American Beer Festival, Annheiser Bush's Beer School Tractor Trailer, Annheiser Bush Beer School is actually quite informative, beer geeks, Budweiser is not the most complex or serious beer but it's very high quality, it's not easy to make, 2004 was the first big festival, they sold 700 tickets the first year, now there are 400 VIP tickets and 1500 regular tickets, 200 brew reps and 400 volunteers, great selection of American brewers, VIP tickets sell out as fast as the computer can process them, tasting tickets are usually sold out the first day, different themes every year, this is the 4th year of themes at the festival, Planet of the Ales, Silence of the Lambics, BPA, Flemish Sour Brown,Phil Leinhart and Simon Thorpe of Ommegang (15:00)
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how does Ommegang use the festival for beer development, all the brewers get involved at the festival, Belgian Farmhouse Breweries, the site is an old hop farm, Dave Broderick, Broderick was very persuasive to get the guys up to the festival, Phil is a brewMASTER, Ommegang just graduated from micro to regional, Ommegang is at a capacity of 22 thousand barrels, Sean does everything - he makes bottles and distributes the beer, Sean trains brewers, Sean makes sure the process is correct, the brewmaster has to make adjustments when needed, how to grow the brewery, Ommegang does engage in any contracting, its easy for craft brewers to dream of being very big, Ommegang will cap off growth if they ever begin to lose their top quality, Ommegang wants to always be fascinating to beer connesiers, BPA is a much more accessible beer, BPA is a gateway beer that allows people access to flavorful beers without being challenging, Duvel Green is another gateway beer, Duvel Green was slammed by the beer press for not being the same as Duvel in the bottle, Ray looked at Duvel Green as a really crisp pilsner, its tough to double ferment in kegs or they blow up, reducing barriers for people to try great beer and before you know it you've got someone who's a beer enthusiast, Ommegang is the only privately held family owned Belgian brewery in America, Ommegang's relationship with their parent and chief brewers in Belgium allows them hundreds of years of expertise and tradition, Duvel is a family company who want to grow a wonderful businessman in America, Belgian brewers can be a little closed minded,What Makes the Ommegang Beer Festival So Special? (15:00)
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what makes the festival so special?, there's something magical upstate, incredible location, the magic finds its way to the beer, connection between Ommegang and Europe, Beer & Food Pairings, Ommegang pairs best with food, the guys taste some beers, after market yeast, yeast strains, blending process, refermented beer in the bottle, bottle conditioned, batch process, fermentable sugar and yeast in the tank, Duvel Green, unfermented, what's a warm cellar?, secondary fermentation, should you keep bottles cold?, cellar temperature, what are some of the oldest beers?, 2003 Three Philosophers, mellows out with age, vertical tasting of Three Philosophers, 2003-2010, Good Beer Seal,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 09/21/2010 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions Jimmy, Ray, and Sam sat down with Scott Vacarro of Captain Lawrence to talk about some of his new creations, including his Golden Delicious, which spends 7-8 months aging in apple brandy barrels. Home brewer Chuck Dufney describes a potential entry in a homebrewing contest, and blogger Cesa Kobe-Smith laments the lack of NYC brew pubs. Plus Andy Crouch of Whole Foods Market calls in to give the guys a sneak peak at what Whole Foods has planned for NYC Craft Beer Week. This episode was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com: a favorite source for beer information and education & one of the internet's most popular beer destinations.
Photo 1: Scott Vacarro, Brewmaster of Captain Lawrence, Photo 2: Great American Craft Beer, written by Andy Crouch
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Scott Vaccaro of Captain Lawrence (14:40)
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Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Heritage Radio Network, GreatBrewers.com, take the Great Beer Test!, Good Beer Seal, Ray Deter, d.b.a., Samuel Merrit, Civilization of Beer, New York City Craft Beer Week, dinner at Jimmy's 43 featuring nano and nomad breweries, benefiting the Brooklyn Grange, Ben Flanner, Blind Bat Brewing Company, Centerport Long Island, green brewery, carbon footprint, Greenport Harbor, Pretty Things, micro brewery, Scott Vaccaro, Captain Lawrence, Westchester, Golden Delicious, American triple, hybrid style, wood aged beer, St Vincents Double, Scott learned how to make beer when he was 17, the business of brewing, GABF, Chuck Dufney, www.dieseldrafts.com,Andy Crouch, Author of "Great American Craft Beer", (16:12)
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Andy Crouch, Great American Craft Beer, guide to styles, Andy writes a column for Beer Advocate, what is craft beer?, there's a beer out there for everyone, if you split beers by country you miss out on a lot of things, people recognize flavor, what's the difference between a porter and a stout, history of style can be argued, what's most important is taste, mild beers, what's the difference between porter and stout, Guinness, Foreign Extra Stout, porter was the precursor to the stout, Great American Beer Festival, Russian River, email question from Eddie in Poughkeepsie, why do popular beers have a screw top while imports require an opener, Sierra Nevada, good industry example,Cesa Kobe-Smith & Whole Foods Market Call In (13:14)
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Cesa Kobe-Smith, American beer identity, Whole Foods Market, next week is craft beer week, Oskar Blues, growlers, Jacques Gautier of Palo Santo, Whole Foods has really been stepping it up with craft beer, Kelso home brew competition, Captain Lawrence is on tap at Whole Foods Market, there aren't enough brew pubs in New York City, real estate issues and licenses, producers retailers and distributors license, cask festival at d.b.a., New York City's Brewers Choice, first four listeners who call in can get free tickets,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 10/12/2010 05:00PM
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On this week's Beer Sessions, Jimmy and Ray pack the studio to celebrate women in beer, traditional English brewing, and the burgeoning craft beer movement. Join Kelso Brewery co-founder Sonja Giacobbe, french beer distributor Audrey Saint-Leger, Shelton Brother's BR Royla, Joe Lipa of Merchand du Vin, and Samuel Smith VII, heir to the Samuel Smith Brewery, and listen as Ray works his hardest to get d.b.a. a Samuel Smith cask. Brought to you by GreatBrewers.com
Samuel Smith Brewery
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Women in Beer (17:47)
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Heritage Radio Network, Great Brewers, Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Ray Deter, d.b.a., B.R. Royla, Shelton Brothers, women in beer, craft beer is not bound by gender, Sonya Giacobbe, Kelso, the more local a pilsner the better, drink what you like, Audrey Saint-Leger, French craft beer, French are usually associated with wine, beer and food pairings, Michael Jackson, home brewing, microbrewing, brewing is just like being a chef, interpretations,Joe Lipa of Merchant du Vin & Samuel Smith VII (20:13)
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Joe Lipa, Merchant du Vin, Samuel Smith, Waterfront Ale House, generational breweries, Lindemans, distribution, Heineken used to be the most expensive beer in the states at $12 a case, craft beer movement, Samuel Smith VII, brewery has been going since 1758, Sam is at Oxford Univeristy, English beer, German beer, Sam Smith is too concerned with quality to put something on tap in the US, keg beer is somewhat of a comprimise, Samuel Smith is the only brewery that uses wooden casks in the world, only brewery in the world with Shire horses, Yorkshire Square, brewing vessel, proper top fermenting yeast, Sam Smith has been using the same unchanged strain of yeast for 100 years, 100% traditional beer, Stingo,The Many Complications and Benefits of Cask Ale (16:50)
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Good Beer Seal, write in question for Ray, does d.b.a. ever serve Franconian gravity cask ales from Germany, Bamburg Germany, Keller beer, why even bother importing casks into the US at all?, beer distribution, gravity kegs at Spuyten Duyvil, can you build a business around casks?, can you build a brand through cask?, more of a seasonal supplemental beer, 19th century brewing, Nelson Sauvin, Columbus hops, most small breweries in the UK get bought out, brewery consolidation, breweries used to exist by owning pubs, tied trade, that system has been broken up, there are no televisions or jukeboxes in pubs, Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Humphrey Smith, www.mdvbeer.com, Saints football every Sunday at d.b.a.,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
