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First Aired - 08/03/2010 05:00PM
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This week, Jimmy and Ray are joined by Bierkraft's Ben Granger and HRN's own Carmen Devito & Alice Kreig (We Dig Plants). The topic: HOPS! Learn about hops' role in the American Revolution, their many non-beer uses, what they actually do for beer flavor, and how they once made New York State the beer capital of the world. Also, witness the beginnings of Jimmy's New York fresh hop revolution. Brought to you by GreatBrewers.com, the best beer site on the internet.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: The Hops Show (15:25)
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Jimmy Carbone, Beer Sessions, Ommegang on the road shows will air later this month!, Ray Deter, d.b.a., Jimmy's No. 43, Good Beer Seal, GreatBrewers.com, camping upstate at Ommegang, craft beers on the camp site, camp sites with draft beer, Cooperstown, Carmen DeVito, Alice Marcus Kreig, We Dig Plants, The Hops Show, Ben Granger, Bierkraft, hops are a flower, harvested at a very specific time, time influences taste variations, Cooperstown was the hops capital of New York State, hops is subject to downy mildew, Ray has been telling everybody that there was a hop blight, that is not true, Ben tends his own hops, a lot of people are starting to grow hops in New York, Carmen and Alice use hops ornamentally in garden design, hops are a pretty forgiving plant, hope can grow 6 to 8 inches in a day, the smell drastically changes quickly, hops look papery when ready, they flower like small green pine cones, they look like grapes, there are a thousand varieties of hops, macro breweries use hops to make 500 barrel batches,Fun Hops Facts & Fresh Hop Beers (15:09)
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Great Brewers.com, email us with questions!, fun hops facts:, Japanese varieties, most commonly used as an ornamental hop, hops in sake?, sake ferments very dry. there aren't many complex sugars left behind, fun uses for hops other than beer:, used in traditional kitchen gardens for the American colonists, chutes can be used in salads, wax can be used for vegetable dye, fibers of the plant can be substitute for flax, stalks can be used to make baskets, if you eat a cone that oil won't go away for a while, beer is an agricultural product, why can't we use local hops?, New York state used to be the number 1 export of hops, the first architectural barn design had hops in mind, The New York Times, fresh hop beers, Jimmy's 43, Sierra Nevada Harvest, breweries using fresh hops, wet hop beers, wet hops are fresh and dry hops are cured, what's Ben favorite beer at Bierkraft?, Kelso IPA, Oskar Blues,Email Question & More Hops Fun Facts (15:34)
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Great Brewers.com, best beer website!, Great Brewers 100 Test, email question from Brian P, can beer be made without hops, yes, is it good? maybe not, next week Garrett Oliver will be on!, The Good Beer Book, until 800 years ago nobody used hops in beer, what did people make beer with before hops?, random stuff, single hop beers, Ben spends a lot of time drinking beer, more fun facts:, you have to think of hops as an agricultural product, new varieties are always being developed, hops was a money making commodity, Hopf, nuns, how did beer making get taken from women?, witches were called witches because they knew how to brew beer, politics of beer, Boston Hop Party, Boston Beer Party, rise of home brewing, it's being encouraged, come to d.b.a. tonight!, Saison beer and cheese tasting, Martin Johnson from the Bedford Cheese Shop, east coast IPA tasting at Jimmy's No 43, fundraiser at Blind Tiger on Sunday for gulf coast fishermen,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 03/19/2013 05:00PM
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Learn how to make mead on this week's episode of Beer Sessions Radio! Jimmy Carbone is joined in the studio by 2nd place Beer Drinker of the Year, Jen Schwertman! Also in the studio are Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø of Evil Twin Brewing, and Roger Repohl, beekeeper and mead homebrewer. Is mead wine? Or is it beer? Listen in to hear how Roger got involved in beekeeping, and how legal beekeeping has changed New York City. Michael Fairbrother of Moonlight Meadery calls in and talks about sweetness and dryness in mead, and why he has to source honey from all over the country to make mead in New Hampshire. How does season affect the flavor of honey? Hear about Michael's experience judging Homebrew Alley VII, Jeppe shares some strong Evil Twin brews, talks about the popularity of mead in Denmark, and talks about complex draft systems. Learn about the legality of homebrewing in Mississippi! This episode has been sponsored by GreatBrewers.com.
"I do small-batch harvesting of honey. During the honey season, I'll harvest it as it's ready. It's sort of like 'boutique' honey." [41:00] -- Roger Repohl on Beer Sessions Radio
"I do small-batch harvesting of honey. During the honey season, I'll harvest it as it's ready. It's sort of like 'boutique' honey." [41:00] -- Roger Repohl on Beer Sessions Radio
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Homebrew is Legal in Mississippi! (16:30)
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Beer Drinker of the Year, Jen Schwertman, Denver, Warren Montero, Blind Tiger, Evil Twin Brewing, homebrewing, Mississippi, Craig Hendry, Raise Your Pints, Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø, beekeeper, mead, hobby, moonshine, home wine-making, honey beer, collaboration beer, ABV, Imperial Stout, Jolly Pumpkin, import, sour beers, barrel-aging, Even More Jesus,Moonlight Meadery (17:10)
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Grolsch, sake, dry, sweet, college students, Denmark, Poland, Homebrew Alley, Desire, black currant, apple mead, honey wine, Craft Brewers Conference, St. Killian, Michael Fairbrother, Moonlight Meadery, natural, Yonkers, pollen, yeast, lambic, Roger Repohl, braggot, malt, hops, local, New Hampshire, certified humane, honey, Red Stone, draft, raw honey, pasteurize,Jolly Pumpkin Sours? (13:46)
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sours, pumpkin beers, pumpkin spice, beekeeping, legal beekeeping, JustFood.org, local, bees, carbonation, Upstate New York, Tørst, flux capacitor, nitrogen, Gary Glass, Ray Deter, South Bronx,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 03/22/2011 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions, Jimmy & Ray are joined by Joe Carrol & George Vitray of Spuyten Duyvil and Sean McCain of Victory Brewing Company. The guys discuss topics such as the rising trend of cask ales and sour beers, the Craft Brewers Conference, and the tragedy in Japan as it relates to breweries. Tune in for another healthy dose of the best weekly beer show on the planet. Beer Sessions Radio (TM) is brought to you by GreatBrewers.com - the best beer resource on the net.
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Beer Sessions Radio (TM): The Craft Beer Think Tank Show (16:28)
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Heritage Radio Network, Beer Sessions Radio, GreatBrewers.com, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Ray Deter, d.b.a., Good Beer Seal, Craft Beer Think Tank Show, Joe Carrol, Spuyten Duyvil, The Big Woody, barrel aged beer, sour beers, Get Real NY, sour barrel aged beer, lambics, Cantillion, cognac casks, George Vitray, Shelton Brothers, Mikkeller, Brian Ewing, 1987 Liefmans Creek,Trending Towards Casks (15:32)
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Dave Brodrick, San Francisco, Dave Keene, Sean McCain, Victory Brewing Company, Braumeister Harvest Pils, Craft Brewers Conference, Dark IPA, cross pollinated hops, Victory is in 29 states now, BCTC, Belgium Comes to Cooperstown, Brewery Ommegang, end of July, lambic festivals, Alex Hall, Cask Real Ale Festivals, English casks, many domestic craft brewers are casking their beers, Wandering Star Brewery,Thinking of Japan (24:28)
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Hitachino, Kiuchi Hitachino, Japanese disaster, Brewers for Brewers at Brooklyn Brewery, silent auction, beer for a year!, Yakima Black IPA, session beers, 5.1% Victory Pale Ale, Headwaters Pale Ale, Brewery Tours, Victory Tour, Rattle n Hum, Hops not Hoops, March Madness, Ithica Brewing, Anchor Liberty Ale, the original American IPA, Japanese brewing traditions, sake breweries, many breweries were wiped out by the tsunami, Prima Pils,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
