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First Aired - 02/01/2011 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions Radio (TM), official Beer Sessions Sommelier Sam Merritt is pouring the beers and boy are there many. Jimmy, Ray & Sam are joined by the folks at BeerGoggin.com and Bill Herlicka of White Birch Brewing. They talk about the use of fruit in Belgian style beers, nano breweries, cask aged beer and Super Bowl pairings. Tune in and learn some dirty latin, find out what inspired the guys to get into beer in the first place, and witness Ray Deter unknowingly enjoy a barrel aged beer on air! This episode was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com - the #1 beer site on the internet.
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Beer Sessions Intro (18:12)
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Maduro, Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Sam Merritt, Ray Deter, d.b.a., The Good Beer Seal, GreatBrewers.com, Barrier Beers from Long Island, Sixpoint, Small breweries in the New York area, Adam Sivits, Mad Hops, Clare Goggin, Obama beer, Inauguration beer, Beer Goggins, beergoggins.com, City'sBest.com, New Belgium, Odell, Colorado Beer, Wholefoods Bowery, Double Jack, Double IPA, Mikkeler Beer, 1000 IBU, Parts per million of hop, over 60 or 70 IBUs hard to tell difference of hop, Dogfish head, 120 IPA, After 100 IBUs can't tell the difference, IPA use of hops influence flavor, Cigar City Brewery, Saint Somewhere, Bold City, Tocobaga Red Ale, Cigar City Guava, oat brown, resin gives bitterness, Guava grove malt beverage, Belgian-like yeast with some fruit, Use of fruit in Belgian style beers, a non fruited lambic is like the top of a yogurt, sour, tart, fruit is a way to balance beer, IPA aged on cedar, Humidor series, Tampa finally has beers like Bells,Bill Herlicka of White Birch Brewing (13:01)
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Hooksett, Beer Sessions, Claire Goggins, Mad Hops, Brew York, Matt Steinberg, NJ Brewing Company, north Bergen, Single Abbey, Pale Ale, Stout, Mild Bitter, Bill Herlicka, White Birch Brewing, nano brewer, New Hampshire Brewing Company, Second Annual Boston Beer Festival, Bill started making beer from a home kit, Blind Tiger, White Birch Brewing Company makes about seven barrels, Barrel Aged Triple, 10.5% by volume, soft, classic, Belgium triple, Bill loves aged barrels, Triple aged in Pinot Noir, no lactobacillus and pediococcus, Vanilla meets Pinot Noir, Hoppy Red Belgium Beer, Belgian house yeast dries out the beer a little and brings out a nice taste in beer,Super Bowl Beers (17:06)
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Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Sam Merritt, Ray Deter, d.b.a., The Good Beer Seal, Claire Goggins, Mad Hops, Bill Herlicka, Super Bowl Beer and food suggestions, Flandors-ish themed red with a blend from Wild farm, cultivated different strains of yeast, Super Bowl Strategy, Bean Dip with the Wild Ale, The Wild Ale counter acts the hot, Smoked beef with BBQ sauce and a heavier beer, Scotch-Whiskey Imperial Home Stout, Mcclelland's blended Scotch, Balance Point IPA, Captain Lawrence, Barrier Beer, Blind Bat, Defiance, nano breweries, smallest carbon footprint you can have without making your own beer, Jenlain Blonde, Miller Genuine Brand, 1554 New Belgium, Ommegang, Sixpoint, Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, blending yeast,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 11/23/2010 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions Jimmy and Ray sit down with some new players in the wide world of Beer Media. First Will Stephens, creator of the blog Wandering Foodie and writer at Huffington Post, discusses his new ideas for a beer website and how he got in the blogosphere. Next Hagan Blount, creator of Beer Menu.com (an interactive list of beer menus and draught lists that has taken off in popularity as of late) discusses the inspiration and impetus for his new site. Bartender Jen Schwertman weighs in on NYC bar tipping habits, and Kelly Taylor & Sonya Giaccobe of Kelso Brewing Company talk about local beer and the evolution of the craft beer scene. Great Brewers.com: a favorite source for beer information and education and one of the internet's most popular beer destinations.
Kelly & Sonya of Kelso
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Beer Sessions: Will Stephens, Hagan Blount, Jen Schwertman, Kelly Taylor & Sonya Giaccobe (14:37)
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Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Ray Deter, Beer Sessions, Good Beer Seal, Great Brewers, Liquids of Interest, new beer media, Will Stephens, Hagan Blount, Beer Menu.com:, bartenders maintaining beer selections on a website, search for venues by what they have on tap, 8,000 beers are on the market, audience of drinkers that update lists, Jen Schwertman, Blind Tiger, Kelly Taylor & Sonya Giaccobe, Kelso Brewery, Germany Purity Law, the events page on Beer Menu gets a lot of hits, the idea of a Beer Menu didn't exist when d.b.a. opened, high end restaurants have beer menus now, Battle of the Belgians, d.b.a., GreatBrewers.com, www.BeerMenu.com, www.itasteyourbeer.com, @itasteyourbeer, Wandering Foodie,History of Kelso Brewery (20:28)
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Hector Humbolt Hemp, Kelso started in 2006, you don't want overpowering beers with food, they focused at lagers that are layered and complex and at their finest when locally made, Kelly started brewing in 1989, he got a job at Heartland Brewery, home brewing in NYC, www.probrewer.com, timing the brewery right with the local craft beer movement, Jen first tasted the Nut Brown from Kelso, Chocolate lager, sessionable beers, most of the Kelso beers have layers and complexity, East Coast is more patient, award winning pilsner focused breiwng in Philadelphia, foodie debate between East and West Coast, how important are food pairings to the craft beer movement, beer and food epiphanys, meat grown on grain, served with the same beer from the same grain, beer started with civilization, has been on our table as long as bread has, it's part of our genetic makeup, malt is the holdup in 100% local beer, malts are an untapped local market,Email Question: Tipping When the Beer is Free & Thanksgiving Pairing (16:06)
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email question, tipping bartender when beer is free at a house party, you ALWAYS tip the bartender, host of the party should cover the cost of a bartender, TIPS: To 'I'nsure Prompt Service, service industry, bartenders need tips, feast or famine, $6 beer - what should you tip?, $1, kiss of death is when you say 'Don't worry I'll take care of you', Jen doesn't size people up, some bartenders stereotype and predict how much people will tip, Lucky Bastard, Stone Brewing Company, Kelly's knee jerk reaction when tasting beer is to look for defects, tasting notes, don't generalize!, esters, email questions to beersessions@gmail.com, Thanksgiving question:, pairing beers for Thanksgiving dinner, Flemish Red Ale, Nut Brown Lager, Chocolate Lager, home made pumpkin pie made with duck lard, Ray's Thanksgiving beer: bitter lagers & wine, Jen: approachable beers for parties, Baladin Nora, Veritcal Epic 07, Saison triple hybrid with Belgian spice, Will: saison go well with Thanksgiving spice, he goes for a big IPA, Green Flash West Coast IPA, Jimmy: Mikkeller Czech Style Pilsner, Jimmy is getting a heritage turkey from Heritage Foods USA,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 03/23/2010 05:00PM
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Chris Cuzme, Mike Henderson & Manuela Totah all drop by to talk home brewing and "bodega beers".
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Beer Sessions Introduction (18:11)
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Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Beer Sessions, Good Beer Seal, special guest Brian Kenny, Ray Deter, d.b.a., The Malted Barley Appreciation Society, beersessions@gmail.com, Chris Cuzme, Mike Henderson, Manuela Totah, Brian Kenny, which bodega sold beer is the best?, Crazy Horse, Ray couldn't finish one can, the first time Ray started a beer and couldn't finish it, Mike is a home brewer, sour beers, Mike recommends PBR at 2am, Chris would grab a Brooklyn IPA, Barack Obama, beer summit, it was disapointing that they drank things like Red Stripe & Sam Adams, Obama administration, regional identity, Goose Island, Two Brothers, Brooklyn Lager, Founders Breakfast Stout, Founders beer is being tasted for the first time in New York on Beer Sessions!, regional beer, regional is a better term than local, home brew movement, craft beer week, home brew societies, New York City Home Brewers Guild, meets every third Tuesday of the month, Burp Castle, burpcastlenyc.wordpress.com, Brooklyn Kitchen, Home Brew Alley, beer judge certification program, www.cicerone.org, Hearst Ranch, Hearst Family, Angus cattle, grass finished, Elvis Presley, Roberta's, Bushwick, Heritage Radio Network, bodega six packs, there are some beers that you can't describe you have to live them, Chris Bianco, Pizzeria Bianco, Phoenix, Mike made an English mild and won the English Brown Ale category, American Pale Ale took 2nd in American ales,Home Brewing & More On Bodega Beers (14:18)
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Mike and Manuela met at d.b.a., they decided to home brew, first wheat beer was made with a kit, it was not great but still drinkable, most home brew stores sell all the ingredients you need, barley, wheat, Chris is involved with a start up brewery, Chris Post, Wandering Star, Pittsfield Massachusetts, hops from New Zealand, Cobra, Brooklyn Lager, Brooklyn used to be considered a ghetto region, now it is the center of good beer and food, Edible Brooklyn, young artisans, Brooklyn has come far, Mug's Ale House, Edward Kowalski, Malted Barley Appreciation Society, craft beer movement, the new Good Beer Seal bars will be announced soon!, May 25th at d.b.a. Brooklyn,Home Brewing Techniques & On-Air Tastings (14:27)
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home brewing is the sign of a healthy America, Mike Henderson, Blue Apron Ale, takeway gift from a Per Se dinner, Belgian dark strong, exclusively made for the Keller restaurants, made by Brooklyn Brewery, home brewed IPA and sour brown, Ray was a home brewer, the boogers that infect beer don't exist until you start brewing, lactobacillus, Sour Beer Night, home brewing sour beer, acidophilus, Jolly Pumpkin style dark beer, sugar, hops, let the yeast do its work for a week, which beer is most like a home brewed, home brew competitions, you can't get sick from drinking bad beer, Gramercy Tavern, small batch, De Ranke, Hand Brew Grits, Dan Shelton, smoky beers, Garrett Oliver, home brewed IPA, India Pale Ale, Kelso, Six Point, Heartland, there's room for some more breweries in Brooklyn, Bronx Brewery, every Monday join Ray for Liquids of Interest at d.b.a., tonight at Bar Great Harry there is a speakeasy brewery night, March 24th stone event at Blind Tiger, Dickson's Farmstand Meats,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
