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First Aired - 06/15/2010 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions Jimmy and Ray sat down with Jon Lundbom (of importer B. United), Ben Granger (of beer retailer Bierkraft), & Mike Cadoux (of Peak Organic Brewery).
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Italian Craft Beer & Pouring Techniques (17:15)
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Beer Sessions, Heritage Radio Network, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Great Brewers, Ray Deter, d.b.a., Tom Peters, Philly Beer Week, Jon Lundbom, B United, Ben Granger, Bierkraft, there is no purity law in Germany, Italian beer, the craft beer scene in Italy got started in 1996, Slow Food movement, terroir, using local ingredients in beer making, local beers reflecting local food, www.bunitedint.com, Piccolo Birrificio, Bierkraft is one of the best beer stores in New York, www.bierkraft.com, Baladin, craft beer has come a long way, there is no pretention in the beer business, Bierkraft is in Park Slope, Batemans Brewery, XXXP, other good retail beer shops?, New Beer, Thrifty American Beverage, Spuyten Duyvil, you can now drink in Bierkraft!, ideal bar crew, hold the glass close to the sprout, dont get too much head, English don't like any head, Belgians and Germans insist on a lot of head, you want an inch of foam at the top of a Belgian wheat beer, on an English IPA there should be very little head, how do you train somebody to pour beer?, growlers take practice, how often should you clean lines?, every few weeks, Birra del Borgo,A Listener Question: Energetic Beer? (17:54)
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The Kinks, Ray Davies, Mugsy's Chow Chow, Sunswick 3535 Bar, Belgian Beer Fest, listener question: energetic beer recommendation?, beer isn't meant to keep you awake, beer made with espresso and coffee, Peak Organic Brewery, Portland Maine, www.peakbrewing.com, Espresso Amber Ale, breakfast beer, Coffee By Design, caffeinated beer, there is a great beer culture in Portland Maine, Allagash, winters are tough in Maine, Peak Organic has no merchandise, tanker service, De Dolle Brouwers,Italian Craft Beers & Beer Gone Viral (15:43)
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Great Brewers Test, learn about the origins of beer, when did beer start?, beer is the reason man settled down, ideal vegetarian diet, Dave Brodrick, Italian beers are very expensive, scale of operation in Italy, single person operations, Italian tax code hasn't gotten up to speed with the movement, Scandanavian beers are expensive too, Giovanni Campari, Ducato, it's easy to make a beer that tastes like an ingredient, educational component to the beer industry, beer can be viral, Blue Moon, in Bavaria wheat beers have more Co2, all organic grain, IPAs, some less educated drinkers call them eepa's, www.peakbrewing.com, tomorrow night at Blind Tiger: Great Divide Brewing Company, Thursday at The Gate: Founders Night, Mondays: liquids of interest at d.b.a., www.meatopia.org, Meatopia, Governors Island,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 04/27/2010 05:00PM
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National Home Brew Day is approaching, and home brews are the theme this week on Beer Sessions.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Brooklyn Brew Shop (17:05)
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Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Samuel Merritt, The Cicerone Certification Program, The Civilization of Beer, Good Beer Seal, this Saturday is National Homebrew Day, Erica Shea, Stephen Valand, Mike Henderson, Manuela Totah, home brewing, American Homebrewers Association, www.homebrewersassociation.org, home brewing hasn't been legal for that long, 1978 Jimmy Carter signed a bill that said you could make up to 500 gallons of beer per year at home, Sam brewed his first batch of beer in 1981, it was a disaster, sometimes too much sugar adds more carbination than the bottle can handle, the guys taste Erica's home brew, lavander, www.brooklynbrewshop.com, Brooklyn Flea, Brooklyn Brew Shop, they sell kits with recipes and ingredients, the kit is $40, comes with everything you need except a strainer, home brew suppliers, the equipment is only as good as the people who sell it, Diesel Draft, most research is either way too dumbed down or way too tecnhical, grapefruit honey ale, Shelton Brothers, www.saintsomewherebrewing.com,The History of Brewing in Wisconsin & Berliner Weisse Home Brew (15:01)
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Roberta's, Heritage Radio Network, listen on iTunes, Maureen Oagle, Ambitious brew: the story of American beer, history of brewing in Milwaukee, Milwaukee has been beat up for a while, beers from Wisconsin, President Obama's Beer Summit, call in or email: what's your favorite Wisconsin beer, beer for couples, Guinness classes, beer cocktails, Shelton Brothers, fermenting with fruit, Lindemans, the consciousness of beer has been raised in the past few years, home brewing is raising the standards for all breweries, berliner weisse, in English pubs ale is ordered by pints and quarts, mind your pints and quarts, mind your p's and q's,All About Sour Beers! (13:39)
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Wisconsin Breweires, Capital Brewing, Jacob BLeinekugel Brewing copmany, City Brewing Company, Viking Brewery, Craft Brewers Guild, cheery beer with duck, Wisconsin Dells, Jamie Martin, Pink Boot Society, sour beer and lambic beer events, Captain Lawrence, wild ale, The Gate, Park Slope, wild yeast beer, how do you know if a beer is supposed to be sour?, hopefully you know the person giving it to you, sour beers are becoming much more popular, beer without training wheels, for an involved palate, lactobacillus can sour beer while brewing, people who like wine will like sour beers more than regular beers, some sour beers are aged in wine barrels, Odell Brewing Company, sour beers make you work, Cantillon Brewery, Brussels, sours shift focus from the brewmaster to the bartender, there are three kingdoms: animal, plant and fungi, Michael Pollan, Omnivore's Dilemma, Russian River, Blind Pig, why can't you get it in New York, www.caskstore.com, not every beer is imported to New York, you have to register a label to ship out of state, www.breweryfans.com, Jonathon Lunardi, Eatery, Mario Batali, Good Beer Seal events:, every Monday Liquids of Interest at d.b.a. Brooklyn, Saturday at The Diamond 12-4pm home brew demo, Tuesday may 4th bar great harry left hand brewery night, every Tuesday at jimmy's $10 tasting,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
