This week on Beer Sessions Radio it's all about Vermont beers. Joining host Jimmy Carbone in the studio is Jay Steinhauer of American Beer and Todd Hardie of Caledonia Spirits. They talk about the rise of Vermont as a state that has become dominant in the craft beer world by being home to breweries such as Lawson's Finest, Shelton Brothers, Captain Lawrence, and McNeill's, all of whom are putting out award winning beers. Tune in as the Vermont brewmaster himself, Sam McNeill, calls in to talk about his very careful research and development in crafting his beers as well as enlightening us to what exactly a decoction mash is. This episode is sponsored by GreatBrewers.com

"I would try to educate myself on beer styles as well as I could before I tried to make something"

--Ray McNeill on Beer Sessions Radio

This week Beer Sessions Radio host it's very fist beer tasting Tweetup. Join Jimmy Carbone and returning guest Tony Fordner of Ale Street News as well as Tim Besecker of PrivateTap.com, and Paul Dlugokencky of Blind Bat Brewery. Tony fills us in on the goings on at the Great American Beer Festival while Paul tells us how he managed to get a commercial beer license to run a brewery out of his garage. Later on in the show Jimmy and Joey Redner, founder, and Wayne Wambles, head brewer, of Cigar City Brewing take your questions on Twitter from hop profiles to cigar-beer pairings. This episode is sponsored by GreatBrewers.com.

This week on Beer Sessions Radio (TM) Jimmy kicks off Craft Beer Week with Sam Barbieri of Waterfront Ale House, Kirk Struble of 4th Avenue Pub, John Holl of Beer Briefing, as well Beer Session's regular Dave Brodrick. Sam talks about being one of the first beer pubs in Brooklyn back in the 80s while Dave talks about his recent harvest. Tune in to hear about John's recent trip to Chile to moderate at the Copa Cervezas de America 2011, Latin America's most important beer competition and learn about new and emerging international beer scenes. This episode is sponsored by GreatBrewers.com.