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First Aired - 03/08/2011 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions, Jimmy & Ray host a loosely themed "Mardi Gras" show. Ray talks a bit about the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans and what made him open a bar down there and explains why craft beer and Mardi Gras are not a match made in heaven. Later on the show, Shane Welch and Jeff Gorlechen from Sixpoint Craft Ales stop by to preview the upcoming Beer For Beasts event. The Barrier Brewing Company guys also stopped by to explain why their garage brewery in Long Island isn't so different from the big guys. This episode was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com = the #1 beer site on the internet.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Mardi Gras! (17:06)
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Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Heritage Radio Network, Ray Deter, d.b.a., New Orleans, Mardi Gras, Good Beer Seal, GreatBrewers.com, New Orleans party at d.b.a. NYC, Jesse Carolina and the Hot Mess, Evan Klein, Craig Frymark, Barrier Brewing, New Orleans is a drinking town, there's a lot of stuff happening away from Bourbon St, Mimi's, you can make good beer anywhere, imagine the beer before you brew it, Oceanside Long Island, Evan started off interning at Sixpoint Craft Ales, brewing licenses and permits, Cycle Saison, sterling hops, finished with French and Belgian hops, 4.2%, traditional Saison, Saison yeast, one barrel fermenters, nano breweries, craft breweries, Rattle n Hum, The Dive Bars, Pony Bar, Beer Table, Bierkraft, 61 Local, Franny's, Barrier does casks by special request,Sixpoint Craft Ales & Beer for Beasts (14:43)
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Shane Welch, Jeff Gorlechen, Sixpoint Craft Ales, beer made with Hawaiian punch, Beer for Beasts, proceeds go to the NYC Humane Society, 16 brand new beers for the event, American ale culture, spontaneous fermentations, lagers are the next frontier, everybody gravitated towards lagers around 1850, lager revivalism, Bamberg Germany, Keller beers, lagers need to be aged, ales are always ready, brown beers, nano breweries, contract brewing, economics of brewing, starting a brewery is a lot like opening a bar,What Goes Into Starting a Brewery? (23:07)
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Beer Sessions mugs!, Ray is Mr. Mardi Gras, what is the traditional lenten diet of monks?, Franciscan monks, doppelbock, there are many different types of monks, Restorian Ale, Abita, Hurrican, New Orleans, Abita SOS, small breweries, Blind Bat, the cost of running a brewery in NYC is way too high, beer scene in the boroughs thrives more than elsewhere, craft beer movement, Long Island is more difficult, Swing Belly's, west end of Long Beach, The Good Life, Massapequa, Chop Shop, at d.b.a. every drink is a meal, Drink Good Stuff, New Orleans is a great place to do business, Hurricane Katrina, everybody is drunk with weapons in New Orleans, Mardi Gras Brazillian style dinner at Back 40,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 01/04/2011 05:00PM
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Happy New Beers! Jimmy & Ray are back and stronger than ever on a vibrant and fun episode of Beer Sessions Radio (TM). The guys are joined by Dan McLaughin of The Pony Bar and Jen Schwertman & Dave Brodrick of Blind Tiger. Official Beer Sessions Radio Beer Sommelier Sam Merrit also joins the show. The gang discusses how draft lines affect the quality of beer, Dave's near death experience, the notion of bad beer pairings & hipster angst against craft beer. Tune in and learn the REAL story of how Blue Moon came to be. This episode was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com - the best beer site on the internet.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: New Beer Resolutions (16:28)
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Beer Sessions, Heritage Radio Network, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Ray Deter, Good Beer Seal, GreatBrewres.com, New Beers Resolutions, Dan McLaughin, The Pony Bar, first worked at Empire Brewing Company, bottled beer, selling Bud and Bud Light helps them sell more craft beer, get organized or get back on the road, ABV, 8.1% or higher is an 8 ounce pour, crowd control, alcohol by volume, beer trends for 2011, trickle down effect of good beer, Clarks Ale House, Blue Tusk, Syracuse, Irish Style Stout, Six Point Otis Oatmeal Stout, cream ale,Clean Your Draft Lines! (16:13)
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Sam Merrit, official Beer Sessions sommelier, preserving brewers intent, huge part of that is hygiene, cleaning draft lines, makes a huge difference in the taste, how can you tell?, go see how clean the bathroom is, look out for weird flavors, Jen Schwertman, clean draft lines can make mediocre beers taste great, you should clean your lines every 2 weeks, Dave Brodrick, Dave had a near death experience recently, fell of a ladder and broke 7 bones, will Dave run for office in Vermont?, brewers as community leaders, Ray's new year resolution, hipster angst against good beer go away, why do hipsters like PBR in a can?, drink local beer wherever you are!,Bad Pairings & The Story of Blue Moon (19:55)
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beer trends, the guys from Sixpoint are going to even smaller breweries, Barrier, nano brewery, Oceanside, Dave's hop crop came out pretty good, wet house, right off the vine, home brewerd beer, to create an entire hop profile you pitch hops at different points in the boil, full grain mash, Thank You Beer, some mistakes are happy mistakes, Blue Moon Brewery, wheat beers, it is not a small brewery, the truth behind Blue Moon is not well known, Coors put a brew pub at Coors Field, they went around and hand picked talented brewers and gave them an offer that they could not refuse, Blue Moon was the most successful manifestation of this project, can a good beer make a truly bad pairing?, everybody's palate is different, beer and ice cream pairings,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
