Curious about the craft beer scene in Middle East? This week on Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone is joined in the studio by Mazen Hajjar, the brewer behind Lebanon's 961 Beer. Hear what the typical Lebanese beer enthusiast drinks, and learn why Mazen decided to grow 961 Beer and distribute internationally. Jimmy is also talking with a wide variety of Long Island Brewers. Mike Philporick of Port Jeff, Greg Martin of Long Ireland, and Curt Potter of Blue Point Brewing Company are in the house talking about a Long Island collaboration beer, Surge Protector IPA. Surge Protector is a benefit beer for victims of Hurricane Sandy on Long Island, and for Barrier Brewing based in New York. Wendy Littlefield from Vanberg & DeWulf calls in to talk about New York's Coast to Coast Toast! Craig Flymark also calls in to talk about Barrier's brews post-Hurricane Sandy. The studio's packed on this week's Beer Sessions Radio; tune in! This program has been brought to you by GreatBrewers.com.

"Sometimes we get to the point where we try to push the IBUs and do all this crazy stuff, but we forget the basics. If we don't make drinkable beers, we're failing the consumer." [35:00]

"The more beers out there, good beers- the more converts we will get." [42:00]

-- Mazen Hajjar on Beer Sessions Radio

This week on Unfiltered, host Brian DiMarco is in the studio with Camille Broderick. Now that spring is here and summer is approaching, what wines are Brian and Camille looking to enjoy? Tune in to hear them discuss trends in wine-writing. Why does the wine media focus on esoteric, small-brand wines? Also, hear about Brian's recent trip to Vinitaly 2012, and what wines and areas were most intriguing. Listen in for a tasting that includes wine from Barrel 27, and also Bernkasteler Badstube, a Riesling wine. This program is brought to you by Barterhouse.

"When's [wine] is too perfect, there's no artisinal hand behind it." --Camille Broderick on Unfiltered

What does it mean for food to be art? We often discuss the two alongside each other at HeritageRadioNetwork.org, but on today's episode of Taste Matters, we go much deeper. Tune in as Mitchell Davis has an exploratory conversation about food, art, philosophy and the human mind with Robert Valgenti, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the College Colloquium at Lebanon Valley College. The two discuss the nature of art, the human experience with food and the intersections between the two. From our obsession with celebrity chef culture to our individual responsibility as part of a larger food system - listen in for an advanced look at what food means in the grand scheme of things. This program was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

"Food has, for its entire history, been set aside as a philosophical concern because it's so tied to the body." [08:00]

"From a philosophical stance - what's interesting about the idea of the celebrity chef [is that] to a great degree it speaks to our tendency as human beings to place things into hierarchies and order them in certain ways." [20:00]

--Robert Valgenti, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the College Colloquium at Lebanon Valley College on Taste Matters