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First Aired - 05/11/2010 05:00PM
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Get the scoop on "nano breweries" from a room full of experts, and learn why lot's of IPAs taste similiar, and how to choose the belles of the IPA balls.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Dave Brodrick (15:29)
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Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, The Good Beer Seal, Ray Deter, d.b.a., Dave Brodrick, Blind Tiger Ale House, Craft Brewers Conference, Brewers Association, 700 brewers, barrel aging, the beer industry is up 7% this year, Chris Black, Falling Rock, you can't compete with the big guys, Pierre Celis, Michael Jackson, growth of nano breweries, developing the idea of terrior, Belgium, Hill Farmstead Brewery, Greensboro Vermont, Shaun e. Hill, all the beers are named after his ancestors who worked the farm, all hops are grown right there, Union Beer, what beers should we look for in New York City?, Hill Farmstead, domestic sour beer, The Alchemist, The Heartwood, the conference moves from city to city, Goose Island made the first barrel aged beer,A Listener Question About IPA's (15:04)
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Heritage Radio Network, leave comments!, do all IPA's taste the same, a lot of American IPA's taste the same, an excessive version of what IPA's are, Ridgeway, there are people making good IPA's that aren't over hopped in America, Dogfish Head, Goose Island, English style beers, Sierra Nevada, Early Spring Beer, B United, tasting a variety of styles helps you understand one style, best IPAs, Burton Bridge Empire IPA, India Pale Ale, Scandinavians are a booming craft beer region, Winter Coat Double Hop IPA, there's a huge difference between English and American, line them up!, www.bunitedint.com, Southern Tier, growlers, how long does the beer last?, the term growler comes from the sound of the CO2, alcohol control laws, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Dark Lord, there are 1585 breweries in the United States, 97% of those breweries are small and independent, imports took a huge hit last year, Belgian beers are up 23%, next week is Craft Beer Week, www.craftbeerweek.org, the American palate has advanced, the best beers in the world are now made in America,Brasserie Des Franches-Montagnes (19:26)
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BFM, Brasserie Des Franches-Montagnes, Franches-Montagnes, mountainous region of France and Switzerland, Jerome Rebetez, brewery started 12 years ago, he competed in a reality television show in Switzerland, he started the brewery with a grant from that show, amber beer with smoked tea leaves, Belgian yeast strain, Bierkraft, Whole Foods Market at Bowery, Thrifty Beverage, Couvee Alex La Rouge, imperial stout, soaked in distilled alcohol, the use of pepper in beer, saison beer, $54 bottle of beer, Jimmy never got to taste it, Jerome arrives to the studio!, what was it like setting up the brewery, Jerome is one of the top brewers in the world, Roberta's, upcoming events:, May 25th d.b.a. Brooklyn after 7pm, tonight $10 tasting at Jimmy's No 43, Brian Ewing, 12 Percent Imports, Green Flash, Pony Bar, Greg Hall, Liquids of Interest, d.b.a. brooklyn on Mondays,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 08/03/2010 05:00PM
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This week, Jimmy and Ray are joined by Bierkraft's Ben Granger and HRN's own Carmen Devito & Alice Kreig (We Dig Plants). The topic: HOPS! Learn about hops' role in the American Revolution, their many non-beer uses, what they actually do for beer flavor, and how they once made New York State the beer capital of the world. Also, witness the beginnings of Jimmy's New York fresh hop revolution. Brought to you by GreatBrewers.com, the best beer site on the internet.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: The Hops Show (15:25)
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Jimmy Carbone, Beer Sessions, Ommegang on the road shows will air later this month!, Ray Deter, d.b.a., Jimmy's No. 43, Good Beer Seal, GreatBrewers.com, camping upstate at Ommegang, craft beers on the camp site, camp sites with draft beer, Cooperstown, Carmen DeVito, Alice Marcus Kreig, We Dig Plants, The Hops Show, Ben Granger, Bierkraft, hops are a flower, harvested at a very specific time, time influences taste variations, Cooperstown was the hops capital of New York State, hops is subject to downy mildew, Ray has been telling everybody that there was a hop blight, that is not true, Ben tends his own hops, a lot of people are starting to grow hops in New York, Carmen and Alice use hops ornamentally in garden design, hops are a pretty forgiving plant, hope can grow 6 to 8 inches in a day, the smell drastically changes quickly, hops look papery when ready, they flower like small green pine cones, they look like grapes, there are a thousand varieties of hops, macro breweries use hops to make 500 barrel batches,Fun Hops Facts & Fresh Hop Beers (15:09)
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Great Brewers.com, email us with questions!, fun hops facts:, Japanese varieties, most commonly used as an ornamental hop, hops in sake?, sake ferments very dry. there aren't many complex sugars left behind, fun uses for hops other than beer:, used in traditional kitchen gardens for the American colonists, chutes can be used in salads, wax can be used for vegetable dye, fibers of the plant can be substitute for flax, stalks can be used to make baskets, if you eat a cone that oil won't go away for a while, beer is an agricultural product, why can't we use local hops?, New York state used to be the number 1 export of hops, the first architectural barn design had hops in mind, The New York Times, fresh hop beers, Jimmy's 43, Sierra Nevada Harvest, breweries using fresh hops, wet hop beers, wet hops are fresh and dry hops are cured, what's Ben favorite beer at Bierkraft?, Kelso IPA, Oskar Blues,Email Question & More Hops Fun Facts (15:34)
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Great Brewers.com, best beer website!, Great Brewers 100 Test, email question from Brian P, can beer be made without hops, yes, is it good? maybe not, next week Garrett Oliver will be on!, The Good Beer Book, until 800 years ago nobody used hops in beer, what did people make beer with before hops?, random stuff, single hop beers, Ben spends a lot of time drinking beer, more fun facts:, you have to think of hops as an agricultural product, new varieties are always being developed, hops was a money making commodity, Hopf, nuns, how did beer making get taken from women?, witches were called witches because they knew how to brew beer, politics of beer, Boston Hop Party, Boston Beer Party, rise of home brewing, it's being encouraged, come to d.b.a. tonight!, Saison beer and cheese tasting, Martin Johnson from the Bedford Cheese Shop, east coast IPA tasting at Jimmy's No 43, fundraiser at Blind Tiger on Sunday for gulf coast fishermen,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 11/16/2010 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions an unprecedented combination of Jimmy, Sam, and Ray had a fascinating discussion with Matthias Trum and Matthias Neidhart of Aecht Schlenkerla about German beer. Don't miss this chance to learn about how beer fits into German culture (perhaps a bit better than in America), how the German Purity Law limits or inspires German brewers, and the 6 generation, 500+ year tradition of Aecht Schlenkerla and "smoked" brewing. This episode was sponsored by Great Brewers.com: a favorite source for beer information and education and one of the internet's most popular beer destinations.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Matthias Trum of Schlenkerla (14:50)
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Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No. 43, Ray Deter, d.b.a., Heritage Radio Network, GreatBrewers.com, Good Beer Seal, Samuel Merritt, Civilization of Beer, beer and cheese, alpine cheese and dark ales, Aecht Schlenkerla, event tonight at the Ginger Man, Schlenkerla sausage, smoke style, liquid beer history, stone beer, stone bock, basic lagers for basic drinking, granite bocks, caramelization, beer rocks, B United, Matthias is a 6th generation brewmaster, brewing is a family practice in Germany, Bamberg, Germany, Franconia, brewing heartland, Matthias Trum, Matthias Neidhart,The Reinheitsgebot: The German Purity Law (16:50)
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traditions of beer and food in Germany, beer dinners, artisanal brewing, doesn't exist in Germany, Germany is lacking in the craft beer movement, German purity law, creative ways of creating complex beers, magic potion legend, purity law is a touchy subject for Germans, a matter of national pride, EU tried to ban the law, The Reinheitsgebot, price dumping, people don't value beer anymore, beer as a commodity, Germany is very multi faceted, beer is regarded as nutrition and food in Bavaria, it was important for politicians to keep beer affordable, Schlenkerla Marzen, Aecht Schlenkerla Eiche (Schlenkerla Oak Smoke),Schlenkerla: Walking Like a Drunk Person (16:04)
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Aecht Schlenkerla Eiche (Schlenkerla Oak Smoke), not only a brewery but also a malt house, smoke malt with beechwood fires, malt batch with oak wood, oak wood has a very different aroma, multi faceted smoke, double bock, Franconian are very hard, malty dark and rich beers, water purification, pilsner beers, classic bock beer style, barley wines, Schlenkerla means to walk like a drunk person, brewery and brewery pub are separated, German beer drinkers are very patriotic, go cups, Bamberg malt, malt industry,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
