Heavy Seas Beer and Peekskill Brewery are the stars of today's Beer Sessions Radio! Jimmy Carbone is live at Jimmy's No. 43 with Hugh Sisson and Ken Zuckerman of Heavy Seas Beer in Baltimore, Maryland. Tune in to hear how Hugh got involved in the bar business after theater school. Hugh talks about beer and food pairings, and why Heavy Seas focuses on beers that go well with food. Hugh also talks about his love for cask conditioning, and how he learned to drink cask ales in London. Learn about Hugh's "caskerator", and how it keeps cask beer drinkable for up to ten days! Later, Jimmy talks with Jeff O'Neill of Peekskill Brewery at New York City Beer Week's Brewer's Choice. Tune in to hear Jimmy, Jeff, and Tim Stendahl (Union Beer) talk about some of the best beer events at New York City Beer Week! Learn why Jeff started brewing sour beers, and how Peekskill uses a coolship to make extremely clean beers! This episode has been brought to you by GreatBrewers.com.

"Too many IPAs are focused on the bitterness. If an IPA doesn't want to you have another beer, than it's not a good proposition." [3:20]

"Cask beer is the finest possible expression of draft beer." [10:25]

-- Hugh Sisson on Beer Sessions Radio

Today on The Farm Report, Erin Fairbanks talks to Erin Grimley and Steve Blabac of the Root Down Farm. The Root Down Farm is located in western New York, serving the greater Buffalo area as a mixed-vegetable C.S.A. farm. Now in its second Year, the Root Down Farm has doubled its C.S.A. membership! Tune in to hear about how Erin and Steve met working on C.S.A. farms in the northeast, the some of the trials of their first season, and their future plans for the Root Down Farm. This episode is sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

"When I graduated I realized I wanted nothing to do with my marketing degree. I decided I wanted to put my efforts to some sort of non-profit endeavor...and I found farming." -- Erin Grimley on The Farm Report

"Because we had such a harsh spring last year, we're confident that we will be able to adjust to whatever comes our way this year instead of worrying about making the right decision." -- Steve Blabac on The Farm Report

Darin Bresnitz takes it back to the home land with Caroline Russock, the Food Editor for the Philadelphia City Paper. This week on Snacky Tunes, join Darin and Caroline for discussions about the differing food scenes in Philadelphia and New York. Find out about Caroline's food writing roots at Serious Eats, and her love of Sunset Park's taco stands. How are restaurants like Federal Donuts and Zahav changing the restaurant landscape in Philadelphia? Later, TOKiMONSTA joins Darin in the studio to talk about collaborating with different vocalists and the life of a bedroom producer. What is Toki's signature Korean dish? Tune in to hear some of her tracks and learn about her upcoming album release show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg! This program has been sponsored by Tekserve.

"I like people who bring new stuff to the city. Living in New York, there's so much of everything, but in Philly, it's not really like that. So if someone comes in with a new idea, I'm into that." [26:00] -- Caroline Russock on Snacky Tunes