This week on The Beer Sessions, host Jimmy Carbone sits down with brewmaster Garrett Oliver of the Brooklyn Brewery and Clay Gordon of The Chocolate Life. Tune in to learn how to pair different beers and chocolates, some chocolate history, and how Garrett Oliver flavors his chocolate Brooklyn brews. Also, home-brewer Mark Zap sits in and shares some of his unique beers. This episode is sponsored by GreatBrewers.com.

"You can create chocolate-ly characters that are not from chocolate... but we've done a number of beers that are aged on cacao nibs."

--Garret Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery on Beer Sessions Radio

"[Chocolate] plays extremely well [with beer]. It's important to think about the texture...you're looking to compliment in flavor and compliment in texture...the warmth and creaminess of the beer should go with the warmth and creaminess of the chocolate"

"The challenge for me has been to find recipes that break away from 'port and chocolate'...now there are chocolates that have chili powder that compliment an IPA quite well."

--Clay Gordon of The Chocolate Life on Beer Sessions Radio

This week on The Main Course Katy and Patrick sit down with a bevy of guests from the worlds of food, sustainability, and the arts. Alec Bradford of Leaping Waters Farms talked hybridization and animal husbandry. Next Patrick's father Joao Carlos Martins, famed pianist and conductor, regaled the group with a stories of his career plus a joke or two. Next Craig and Amy Good of Good Farms, Angus ranchers from the Flint Hills of Kansas, talked about their 48 years in the biz. Mario and Theresa Fantasma of Paradise Locker Meats discussed raising animals hormone and antibiotic free, and the current expansion process they're undertaking. Finally Chef Jacques Gautier & Jimmy Carbone of Jimmy's #43 hyped their upcoming Pig Island event on Governors Island: a pork-lovers dream come true. Don't miss this incredible who's who of folks in the good food movement. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch: purveyors of fine grass-fed beef on the California coast.

Photo 1: Alec Bradford & Eric Ripert, Photo 2: Craig Good

This week's Beer Sessions Radio is live from Jimmy Carbone's bar, Jimmy's No. 43! Guests on today's show include the authors of The World Atlas of Beer, Tim Webb and Stephen Beaumont, and Chimay ambassador, Luc "Bobo" Van Mechelen. Tune in to hear about Bobo's storied history in the beer world, and why Chimay has been so successful in the United States. Tim and Stephen discuss their reverence for famed beer writer, Michael Jackson, and how their book was influenced by his writings. Bobo and Tim talk about lambics, and what beers can be officially labeled with the title. Hear the gang's opinions on Italian beers, and listen in to hear about some European countries with burgeoning beer scenes! Learn more about beer in South America, Asia, and Africa! This episode has been sponsored by GreatBrewers.com.

"By the time we came out of it [writing the book] over a year later, the both of us were reeling that we really hadn't had any idea of exactly how big the beer thing was globally, and is only getting bigger." [12:00] -- Stephen Beaumont on Beer Sessions Radio

"As there are brewers all around the world that are trying to make spontaneously fermented, wild-fermented beers- should 'lambic' become the genuine... from Belgium? And the other revitalized types of beers using wild yeast should just be called something else?" [20:30] -- Tim Webb on Beer Sessions Radio