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First Aired - 06/01/2010 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy and Ray sat down with Dave Brodrick, Brian Ewing, Danielle Cafaro, Benjamin Stutz & Spencer Niebhur.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Dave Does Montreal (16:26)
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Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone, Ray Deter, Heritage Radio Network, Jimmy's No 43, d.b.a., Great Brewers, The Good Beer Seal, www.thegoodbeerseal.com, Brian Ewing, 12 Percent Imports, Dave Brodrick, Blind Tiger, Montreal, Dave just got back from Montreal, mecca for food and drink, incredible restaurants, European vibe, Absinthe beer pairing, Peche Mortel, coffee, 5% beers, session beers, brew pubs drive the craft brew scene in Montreal, poutine, fois gras, most breweries there are doing a red black and white, Brian became obsessed with tracking down small undiscovered breweries, Hopfenstark Brewery, Hopfenstark Postcolonial IPA, malty backbone, caramel presence, 6.5%, Saison Station series, draft only, Canada is very difficult to import from, DuPont Saison, classic Belgian, 8%, Unibroue,Stories of Running Bars and Brewing from Home (15:14)
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Great Brewers, take beer tests, Dave is a legend in the beer world, he was driving a cab and hated doing it, Dave managed the River Run, it was a forerunner in the craft beer movement, can be a boring job unless you're doing something interesting with it, you need an element that is always changing, don't buy any beer that you couldn't drink all of if you had to close tomorrow, Danielle Cafaro, Benjamin Stutz, Brooklyn Homebrew, www.brooklyn-homebrew.com, they originally wanted to open up a bar, decided to do home brew instead, started extraordinarily small, investors from friends, they sell everything you need to home brew, home distillers, the home brew movement has grown, new products make home brewing way easier, sanitation is the most important part, every great brewer started as a home brewer, Dave has home brewed, mead, honey wine, Roberta's, steak for two, it's like Las Vegas but better!, let local farmers grow hops!,On-Air Tastings, Philadelphia Beer Culture & A Listener Question (16:59)
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The Good Beer Seal, party @ d.b.a., Tchoup Shop, Brian brought a special IPA, Valaire Extra, Contreras Valeir Divers, www.12percentimports.com, some of the best beer bars in New York carry Brian's beers, Blind Tiger, Wednesday night beer lineup, Beer Table, Philly sells more Belgian beer than New York, Tom Peters, Monk's Cafe & Belgian Beer Emporium, Philly Beer Week, July is Good Beer Month in New York City, Earth Bread, Tom Baker, Hennepin, tells you to pour slowly but vigorously, Spencer Niebhur, Southampton, one of Ray's favorite local brewery, Phil Markowski, Brewery Ommegang, keg conditioning, beers designed for the American market, Southampton Abbot 12, beer keeps better in a bottle, Southampton Publick House, Southampton Trappist IPA, Belgians are following American trends, Southampton beer tonight at d.b.a., tonight at Rattle n Hum Troegs Night, Bar Great Harry has an IPA night tonight, Jimmy's No 43. $10 Beer Tasting, Dan Shelton will be at Jimmy's on Thursday,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
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 - 11/23/2010 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions Jimmy and Ray sit down with some new players in the wide world of Beer Media. First Will Stephens, creator of the blog Wandering Foodie and writer at Huffington Post, discusses his new ideas for a beer website and how he got in the blogosphere. Next Hagan Blount, creator of Beer Menu.com (an interactive list of beer menus and draught lists that has taken off in popularity as of late) discusses the inspiration and impetus for his new site. Bartender Jen Schwertman weighs in on NYC bar tipping habits, and Kelly Taylor & Sonya Giaccobe of Kelso Brewing Company talk about local beer and the evolution of the craft beer scene. Great Brewers.com: a favorite source for beer information and education and one of the internet's most popular beer destinations.
Kelly & Sonya of Kelso
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Beer Sessions: Will Stephens, Hagan Blount, Jen Schwertman, Kelly Taylor & Sonya Giaccobe (14:37)
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Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Ray Deter, Beer Sessions, Good Beer Seal, Great Brewers, Liquids of Interest, new beer media, Will Stephens, Hagan Blount, Beer Menu.com:, bartenders maintaining beer selections on a website, search for venues by what they have on tap, 8,000 beers are on the market, audience of drinkers that update lists, Jen Schwertman, Blind Tiger, Kelly Taylor & Sonya Giaccobe, Kelso Brewery, Germany Purity Law, the events page on Beer Menu gets a lot of hits, the idea of a Beer Menu didn't exist when d.b.a. opened, high end restaurants have beer menus now, Battle of the Belgians, d.b.a., GreatBrewers.com, www.BeerMenu.com, www.itasteyourbeer.com, @itasteyourbeer, Wandering Foodie,History of Kelso Brewery (20:28)
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Hector Humbolt Hemp, Kelso started in 2006, you don't want overpowering beers with food, they focused at lagers that are layered and complex and at their finest when locally made, Kelly started brewing in 1989, he got a job at Heartland Brewery, home brewing in NYC, www.probrewer.com, timing the brewery right with the local craft beer movement, Jen first tasted the Nut Brown from Kelso, Chocolate lager, sessionable beers, most of the Kelso beers have layers and complexity, East Coast is more patient, award winning pilsner focused breiwng in Philadelphia, foodie debate between East and West Coast, how important are food pairings to the craft beer movement, beer and food epiphanys, meat grown on grain, served with the same beer from the same grain, beer started with civilization, has been on our table as long as bread has, it's part of our genetic makeup, malt is the holdup in 100% local beer, malts are an untapped local market,Email Question: Tipping When the Beer is Free & Thanksgiving Pairing (16:06)
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email question, tipping bartender when beer is free at a house party, you ALWAYS tip the bartender, host of the party should cover the cost of a bartender, TIPS: To 'I'nsure Prompt Service, service industry, bartenders need tips, feast or famine, $6 beer - what should you tip?, $1, kiss of death is when you say 'Don't worry I'll take care of you', Jen doesn't size people up, some bartenders stereotype and predict how much people will tip, Lucky Bastard, Stone Brewing Company, Kelly's knee jerk reaction when tasting beer is to look for defects, tasting notes, don't generalize!, esters, email questions to beersessions@gmail.com, Thanksgiving question:, pairing beers for Thanksgiving dinner, Flemish Red Ale, Nut Brown Lager, Chocolate Lager, home made pumpkin pie made with duck lard, Ray's Thanksgiving beer: bitter lagers & wine, Jen: approachable beers for parties, Baladin Nora, Veritcal Epic 07, Saison triple hybrid with Belgian spice, Will: saison go well with Thanksgiving spice, he goes for a big IPA, Green Flash West Coast IPA, Jimmy: Mikkeller Czech Style Pilsner, Jimmy is getting a heritage turkey from Heritage Foods USA,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
