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First Aired - 08/24/2010 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions Jimmy and Ray broadcast live from Cooperstown at the Omegang brewery! Learn about Omegang, Hennepin, and the other Belgian-style, bottle conditioned pieces of art the guys create on a daily basis. Tune in for a discussion on gypsy beers and their impact on the craft brewing scene as well. This episode was sponsored by Great Brewers.com: a favorite source for beer information and education and one of the internet's most popular beer destinations.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Live From Cooperstown! (15:14)
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Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone, Ray Deter, Dave Brodrick, live from Cooperstown!, Ommegang festival, very laid back vibe, GreatBrewers.com, Brian Strumke, define the term nano brewery, commercial breweries that are 3 barrels or smaller, Mad River Valley, making beer one barrel at a time, Vermont, internet trading, beer traders, Beer Advocate, what's become of micro breweries?, they are growing into regional breweries, boutique distilleries, quality control, Shaun Hill, Hill Farmstead Brewery, farmhouse rye, once a year beer, 10% beer, Saison yeast and 50% malted rye, maple liquor barrel, Saxtons River Distillery, saplings liqeur,Gypsy Brewing! (16:29)
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gypsy brewing, home brewing, its hard to start a nanobrewery in a city, Brian was importing small Belgian breweries, its common to make small batch beers in Belgium just for a village or an anniversary, esoteric rare beers, Stillwater Artisanal, Brian Ewing, 12 percent Imports, Shelton Brothers, shifting music career to beer, import series, viral marketing, media sites, niche craft beer scene, cult phenomenon, small brewers are following a cult model, Tom Baker, Heavyweight Brewing Company, he couldn't demand the prices to stay in business, difference in markets, bottled beers,The Future of Craft Beers (16:03)
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future of gypsy and nano breweries, macro breweries, over 6 million barrels a year, Goose Island, distribution rights, Anheuser-Busch, Neilson studies on beer, hipster kids drinking PBR, there was a craft beer fallout in the late 90's, you spend less money on good beer when you bring it home, beer is an affordable luxury, Belgian style beers, sour beers, smaller more local and regional breweries, nap beer, occupational hazard,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 08/23/2011 05:00PM
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This week's Beer Sessions was recorded LIVE at the Belgium Comes to Cooperstown Festival at Ommegang Brewery in Cooperstown, NY. Jimmy Carbone is joined by a panel of guests including Simon Thorpe, Phil Leinart, Dave Brodrick, Dan Paquette & Naomi Neville. Find out what goes down at the festival, how breweries can come together as kindred spirits and help each other and learn more about Belgian beer and it's journey to America. This episode was sponsored by Great Brewers.
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Beer Sessions Radio TM: LIVE FROM OMMEGANG! (17:34)
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Jimmy Carbone, Dave Brodrick, Beer Sessions Radio, Simon Thorpe, GreatBrewers.com, Belgium Comes to Cooperstown Festival, Ommegang, base beer, pilsner malt, Ommegang yeast strain, wheat beer, home brewing,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 08/31/2010 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions Jimmy and Ray continue their on-sight broadcast from the Ommegang Brewery's "Belgium Comes to Cooperstown" beer event. Hear from Ommegang brewmaster Phil Leinhart, Duvel president Simon Thorpe, and Larry Bennett of Ommegang on the past and future of the only small, private, family owned Belgian brewery in the United States. This episode was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com: the best resource on the internet for craft beer lovers.
Photos: Belgium Comes to Cooperstown 2010
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Live From Cooperstown! (15:00)
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Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Belgian Comes to Cooperstown, Ray Deter, Ommegang, Live from Cooperstown!, Dave Brodrick, Larry Bennett, camping, the best beer festival in America, GreatBrewers.com, Phil Leinhart, brewmaster at Ommegang, Simon Thorpe, President and CEO, inspired as a teenager, Michael Jackson's World Guide to Beer, Great American Beer Festival, Annheiser Bush's Beer School Tractor Trailer, Annheiser Bush Beer School is actually quite informative, beer geeks, Budweiser is not the most complex or serious beer but it's very high quality, it's not easy to make, 2004 was the first big festival, they sold 700 tickets the first year, now there are 400 VIP tickets and 1500 regular tickets, 200 brew reps and 400 volunteers, great selection of American brewers, VIP tickets sell out as fast as the computer can process them, tasting tickets are usually sold out the first day, different themes every year, this is the 4th year of themes at the festival, Planet of the Ales, Silence of the Lambics, BPA, Flemish Sour Brown,Phil Leinhart and Simon Thorpe of Ommegang (15:00)
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how does Ommegang use the festival for beer development, all the brewers get involved at the festival, Belgian Farmhouse Breweries, the site is an old hop farm, Dave Broderick, Broderick was very persuasive to get the guys up to the festival, Phil is a brewMASTER, Ommegang just graduated from micro to regional, Ommegang is at a capacity of 22 thousand barrels, Sean does everything - he makes bottles and distributes the beer, Sean trains brewers, Sean makes sure the process is correct, the brewmaster has to make adjustments when needed, how to grow the brewery, Ommegang does engage in any contracting, its easy for craft brewers to dream of being very big, Ommegang will cap off growth if they ever begin to lose their top quality, Ommegang wants to always be fascinating to beer connesiers, BPA is a much more accessible beer, BPA is a gateway beer that allows people access to flavorful beers without being challenging, Duvel Green is another gateway beer, Duvel Green was slammed by the beer press for not being the same as Duvel in the bottle, Ray looked at Duvel Green as a really crisp pilsner, its tough to double ferment in kegs or they blow up, reducing barriers for people to try great beer and before you know it you've got someone who's a beer enthusiast, Ommegang is the only privately held family owned Belgian brewery in America, Ommegang's relationship with their parent and chief brewers in Belgium allows them hundreds of years of expertise and tradition, Duvel is a family company who want to grow a wonderful businessman in America, Belgian brewers can be a little closed minded,What Makes the Ommegang Beer Festival So Special? (15:00)
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what makes the festival so special?, there's something magical upstate, incredible location, the magic finds its way to the beer, connection between Ommegang and Europe, Beer & Food Pairings, Ommegang pairs best with food, the guys taste some beers, after market yeast, yeast strains, blending process, refermented beer in the bottle, bottle conditioned, batch process, fermentable sugar and yeast in the tank, Duvel Green, unfermented, what's a warm cellar?, secondary fermentation, should you keep bottles cold?, cellar temperature, what are some of the oldest beers?, 2003 Three Philosophers, mellows out with age, vertical tasting of Three Philosophers, 2003-2010, Good Beer Seal,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
