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First Aired - 01/25/2011 05:00PM
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Today on Beer Sessions Jimmy sits down with Dave Brodrick, Jen Schwertman, and experimental home brewer Brett Thompson to discuss the tastes, fads, and possibilities of infused beers. Home brewer Brett Thompson plays with bourbon barrels, hops, and vanilla flavors to bring his beers to the next level. The team discusses the ins and outs of such methods and their geographical movements of such techniques from the west coast to the east.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Jen's Trip to San Francisco (18:37)
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Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone, Ray Deter, Jimmy's No 43., d.b.a., Good Beer Seal, Great Brewers, Heritage Radio Network, Dave Brodrick, Jen Schwertman, Blind Tiger, Brett Thompson, English Ale, Fullers ESB, St Peters IPA, well balanced ale, St Peters Brewery, london breweries, family run breweries, Jen's Blue Moon experience, Toronado Pub, gritty old school beer bar, San Francisco, male dominated beer industry, David Keene, The Farmouse, Three Penny Taproom, Montpelier, Vermont, living off the land, there aren't many beers in Vermont right now, local Vermont beers, Hill Farmstead Edwards IPA, nano breweries, shipping to NYC, Russian River Salvation, Green Flash Beer, Allagash, drink what you can't get, Damn Nation, Blind Pig, Moonlight Toast, winter beer, Bombay by Boat, Vinnie Cilurzo, Craft Brewers Conference, March 23rd-26th, toast to Russian River!, are hops terroir driven?, water has a huge effect on beer, Sierra Nevada Estate Harvest,Bourbon Barrel Beer (13:40)
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Homebrewalley.com, Brett Thompson, NYC home brewers guild, home brew ally, Home brewers competition in Chelsea Piers 30th of January, Bourbon Barrel Aged Porter, measure gravity of the beer, American Yeast, White Labs 00, Used Bourbon Barrel, I think bourbon barrel beers are a passing fad, Home Brew group, Burp Castle on 7th and 2nd in the east village, what do you taste for in a home brewed beer?, cup beer in hands to warm up, When making bourbon stout should one make bourbon barrels or use bourbon extract?, Bourbon is distilled beer, Barrel aged beer, Oak chips vs Wine barrels?, Cigar City, Tampa Florida, Humidor series IPA, Spanish cedar, you don't necessary need to have a barrel to pull off a flavorful beer, Wooden barrel resuscitates the beer, Wine barrels as oposed to spiral and oak chips are looking to age a beer, Wine barrels make a sour beer, a lot of sour ales are done in wine barrels, A lot of people soak oak chips in bourbon, Cascade Kriek, Sour beer,Hoppy Beers (11:22)
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Greatbrewers.com, Cascade Kriek, Portland Oregon, Barrel Aged Beers, this beer is really really tart and sour, Jolly Pumpkins, Russian Rivers, It's a hard ale, Barrel aging has mellowed it out, Cherry tend to be a tarter flavor, This is a whole new beer for us, They've been making sour beer in Belgium for so long, West Coast breweres have come in for sours, Cantillon beer, All beer used to be sour, No pitching of yeast, you didn't have refrigeration and sanitation like we do now with beers, Beer used to be an accident, Fermentation, Alchemy, Sixpoint beer, New York Harbor Beer Company, How do I test different hops, The explosion of hops last for years, There are different characteristics of hops, There are floral hops, keep drinking and take notes, Organized Drinking, Founders Beers, Double Trouble, Red's Rye, Founders Porter, research beer online, BeerAdvocate.com, d.b.a, Blind Tiger, Jimmy's No. 43, Brown Ale, Dry Hop, add hop after brewing, American style ales, CO2 volume higher than Porter, how do you regulate home brewed beers?, Add cane sugar into bottle to control yeast and hop, force carbonation, Red Ale, Home Brew Alley Competition this Sunday, February 26th Brooklyn Wart.com, Pony Bar East coast vs West Coast, Circus Sideshow,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 - 12/13/2011 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Session Radio, Jimmy & Jen are joined by the guys of Peekskill Brewery in the Hudson Valley. Jeff "The Chief" O'Neil, Sean Corcoran & Keith Berardi. Learn more about their American craft brewery and some of the interesting beers they have introduced to the market including the popular Zeitgeist Berliner Weisse. Also hear from Chuck Silva of Green Flash Brewing in San Diego as he explains the story of his brewery. What does it take to be a professional brewer? Tune in and find out! This episode was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com.
"Anything we do is American by default. We consider ourselves an American craft brewery" - Jeff O'Neil of Peekskill Brewery
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Beer Sessions Radio: Peekskill Brewery (20:50)
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Heritage Radio Network, Beer Sessions Radio, GreatBrewers.com, Jimmy Carbone, Good Beer Seal, Jimmy's No 43, Blind Tiger, Jen Schwertman, Jeff O'Neil, The Chief, Keith Berardi, Sean Corcoran, Peekskill Brewery, Hudson Valley, brew pubs, American craft brewing, sour beer,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
