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First Aired - 10/20/2011 03:00PM
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This week U Look Hungry gets drunk on moonshine, or, rather, drunk on talking about moonshine. Host Helen Hollyman (alliteration anyone?) is joined by Colin Spoelman of Brooklyn's own Kings County Distillery who talks about the colorful history of illegally making spirits here in New York and the renaissance that craft distilling is now enjoying. Learn what exactly separates moonshine from other grain spirits, the importance of distilling equipment and barreling, and how some so-called "small batch" distilleries aren't what they seem. The episode is sponsored by Hearst Ranch.
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Moonshine History (16:10)
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U Look Hungry, Kings County Distillery, The Bootlegger, moonshine, making moonshine, distilling alcohol, Kentucky, cultural moonshine, FBI, ATF, whiskey, illegally made spirit, American Distilling Institute, The Fingerlakes, Union Square Farmer's Market, spent grain, how to make whiskey, sustainability,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 06/10/2013 07:00PM
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We're brewing sours with Peter Salmond and Oskar and Erik Norlander on this week's episode of Fuhmentaboudit! Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett host Peter, Oskar, and Eric in the studio to talk about lambics, gueuzes, and more! Why does this trio brew sours? Hear about the brewing processes involved with making sour beers, and why consistency is so fleeting with sour styles. Learn more about barrel-aging beers, and the maintenance involved with owning and using a barrel. Want to brew with fruit? Try a puree! Find out why sours are the best shower beer on this week's episode of Fuhmentaboudit! Thanks to our sponsor, Underground Meats.
"Sour beers are getting very expensive, so if you can produce a case or two yourself, you're saving a lot of money!" [9:05] -- Oskar Norlander on Fuhmentaboudit!
"Sour beers are getting very expensive, so if you can produce a case or two yourself, you're saving a lot of money!" [9:05] -- Oskar Norlander on Fuhmentaboudit!
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Sour Your Brew (17:14)
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Home Brewklyn, Gowanus, Barcade, Savor, Peter Salmond, Erik Norlander, Oskar Norlander, sours, gueuze, craft beer, homebrewing, Kelso, Heartland Brewery, zinfandel barrel, Father's Day, Flemish Red, sour mead, Russian River, Jolly Pumpkin, bottle conditioning, tart cherry juice, malt, hops, pilsner, lambic, alpha hops, grain, yeast, fermentation, better bottles,Barrel Maintenance (14:58)
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wine barrel, spirits, bacteria, sulfur, sulfur stick, CO2, propane torch, kegs, kegerator, wheat beer, session beer, tanin, red wine, alcohol, barley wine, fruit, puree, cleaning barrels, pasteurized,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 11/09/2010 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions Jimmy and Ray hosted two very talented beer makers with very different backgrounds. New Jersey's Dave Hoffman of Climax Brewing Company came by to describe how he literally hand forged his brewery from steel and old English brewing tubs. Next learn from Dougal Gunn Sharp how he and Neil Innis Sharp perfected the process of barrel aging Scottish beer, used hops grown within 100 miles, and createdr a dark, sweet flavor that is unmatchable. This episode was sponsored by Great Brewers.com
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Climax Brewing Company (15:42)
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Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Ray Deter, d.b.a., Great Brewers, Good Beer Seal, Innis & Gunn, Rum Casked Ale, Dave Hoffman, Climax Brewing Company, English brewing vessels, Grundy fermentation tank, used in working mans clubs of Britain, first batch of Innis & Gunn came out in 1987, German purity laws, state of the art sanitizers, two yeasts, www.climaxbrewing.com, climax: the point of greatest excitement, a drinking mans beer,Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer (22:20)
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Dougal Gunn Sharp, Neil Innis Sharp, Edinburgh, ale finished whiskey, finish a mature whiskey in an ale barrel, oak aged beer, taste panel, Scottish craft breweries, barrel aging, every barrel ends up tasting different, bourbon barrels, you can't use virgin oak for this, too many tannins and heavy oak flavor, one batch fills 150 barrels, one off beers, Double Bock beer, monks can drink them, beer is perfect for a vegetarian diet, brewery apprenticeships, best way to learn is hands on,Barrel Aging Movement & Locally Sourcing Ingredients (19:32)
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cider, Heineken, Liquids of Interest, all natural fermentation, barrel aging movement, there isn't much hops in Innis & Gunn, beer color, hop content reacts to light, photosynthetic reaction, it takes 17 seconds of direct sunlight on a beer to get skunky tasting, green bottles, the skunk flavor can dissipate after about 5 minutes of sitting in a glass, Roselle Park, NJ, pressed pear juice with apples for cider, malt, nobody grows malt in New Jersey,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
