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First Aired - 04/27/2010 05:00PM
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National Home Brew Day is approaching, and home brews are the theme this week on Beer Sessions.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Brooklyn Brew Shop (17:05)
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Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Samuel Merritt, The Cicerone Certification Program, The Civilization of Beer, Good Beer Seal, this Saturday is National Homebrew Day, Erica Shea, Stephen Valand, Mike Henderson, Manuela Totah, home brewing, American Homebrewers Association, www.homebrewersassociation.org, home brewing hasn't been legal for that long, 1978 Jimmy Carter signed a bill that said you could make up to 500 gallons of beer per year at home, Sam brewed his first batch of beer in 1981, it was a disaster, sometimes too much sugar adds more carbination than the bottle can handle, the guys taste Erica's home brew, lavander, www.brooklynbrewshop.com, Brooklyn Flea, Brooklyn Brew Shop, they sell kits with recipes and ingredients, the kit is $40, comes with everything you need except a strainer, home brew suppliers, the equipment is only as good as the people who sell it, Diesel Draft, most research is either way too dumbed down or way too tecnhical, grapefruit honey ale, Shelton Brothers, www.saintsomewherebrewing.com,The History of Brewing in Wisconsin & Berliner Weisse Home Brew (15:01)
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Roberta's, Heritage Radio Network, listen on iTunes, Maureen Oagle, Ambitious brew: the story of American beer, history of brewing in Milwaukee, Milwaukee has been beat up for a while, beers from Wisconsin, President Obama's Beer Summit, call in or email: what's your favorite Wisconsin beer, beer for couples, Guinness classes, beer cocktails, Shelton Brothers, fermenting with fruit, Lindemans, the consciousness of beer has been raised in the past few years, home brewing is raising the standards for all breweries, berliner weisse, in English pubs ale is ordered by pints and quarts, mind your pints and quarts, mind your p's and q's,All About Sour Beers! (13:39)
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Wisconsin Breweires, Capital Brewing, Jacob BLeinekugel Brewing copmany, City Brewing Company, Viking Brewery, Craft Brewers Guild, cheery beer with duck, Wisconsin Dells, Jamie Martin, Pink Boot Society, sour beer and lambic beer events, Captain Lawrence, wild ale, The Gate, Park Slope, wild yeast beer, how do you know if a beer is supposed to be sour?, hopefully you know the person giving it to you, sour beers are becoming much more popular, beer without training wheels, for an involved palate, lactobacillus can sour beer while brewing, people who like wine will like sour beers more than regular beers, some sour beers are aged in wine barrels, Odell Brewing Company, sour beers make you work, Cantillon Brewery, Brussels, sours shift focus from the brewmaster to the bartender, there are three kingdoms: animal, plant and fungi, Michael Pollan, Omnivore's Dilemma, Russian River, Blind Pig, why can't you get it in New York, www.caskstore.com, not every beer is imported to New York, you have to register a label to ship out of state, www.breweryfans.com, Jonathon Lunardi, Eatery, Mario Batali, Good Beer Seal events:, every Monday Liquids of Interest at d.b.a. Brooklyn, Saturday at The Diamond 12-4pm home brew demo, Tuesday may 4th bar great harry left hand brewery night, every Tuesday at jimmy's $10 tasting,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 01/25/2011 05:00PM
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Today on Beer Sessions Jimmy sits down with Dave Brodrick, Jen Schwertman, and experimental home brewer Brett Thompson to discuss the tastes, fads, and possibilities of infused beers. Home brewer Brett Thompson plays with bourbon barrels, hops, and vanilla flavors to bring his beers to the next level. The team discusses the ins and outs of such methods and their geographical movements of such techniques from the west coast to the east.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Jen's Trip to San Francisco (18:37)
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Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone, Ray Deter, Jimmy's No 43., d.b.a., Good Beer Seal, Great Brewers, Heritage Radio Network, Dave Brodrick, Jen Schwertman, Blind Tiger, Brett Thompson, English Ale, Fullers ESB, St Peters IPA, well balanced ale, St Peters Brewery, london breweries, family run breweries, Jen's Blue Moon experience, Toronado Pub, gritty old school beer bar, San Francisco, male dominated beer industry, David Keene, The Farmouse, Three Penny Taproom, Montpelier, Vermont, living off the land, there aren't many beers in Vermont right now, local Vermont beers, Hill Farmstead Edwards IPA, nano breweries, shipping to NYC, Russian River Salvation, Green Flash Beer, Allagash, drink what you can't get, Damn Nation, Blind Pig, Moonlight Toast, winter beer, Bombay by Boat, Vinnie Cilurzo, Craft Brewers Conference, March 23rd-26th, toast to Russian River!, are hops terroir driven?, water has a huge effect on beer, Sierra Nevada Estate Harvest,Bourbon Barrel Beer (13:40)
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Homebrewalley.com, Brett Thompson, NYC home brewers guild, home brew ally, Home brewers competition in Chelsea Piers 30th of January, Bourbon Barrel Aged Porter, measure gravity of the beer, American Yeast, White Labs 00, Used Bourbon Barrel, I think bourbon barrel beers are a passing fad, Home Brew group, Burp Castle on 7th and 2nd in the east village, what do you taste for in a home brewed beer?, cup beer in hands to warm up, When making bourbon stout should one make bourbon barrels or use bourbon extract?, Bourbon is distilled beer, Barrel aged beer, Oak chips vs Wine barrels?, Cigar City, Tampa Florida, Humidor series IPA, Spanish cedar, you don't necessary need to have a barrel to pull off a flavorful beer, Wooden barrel resuscitates the beer, Wine barrels as oposed to spiral and oak chips are looking to age a beer, Wine barrels make a sour beer, a lot of sour ales are done in wine barrels, A lot of people soak oak chips in bourbon, Cascade Kriek, Sour beer,Hoppy Beers (11:22)
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Greatbrewers.com, Cascade Kriek, Portland Oregon, Barrel Aged Beers, this beer is really really tart and sour, Jolly Pumpkins, Russian Rivers, It's a hard ale, Barrel aging has mellowed it out, Cherry tend to be a tarter flavor, This is a whole new beer for us, They've been making sour beer in Belgium for so long, West Coast breweres have come in for sours, Cantillon beer, All beer used to be sour, No pitching of yeast, you didn't have refrigeration and sanitation like we do now with beers, Beer used to be an accident, Fermentation, Alchemy, Sixpoint beer, New York Harbor Beer Company, How do I test different hops, The explosion of hops last for years, There are different characteristics of hops, There are floral hops, keep drinking and take notes, Organized Drinking, Founders Beers, Double Trouble, Red's Rye, Founders Porter, research beer online, BeerAdvocate.com, d.b.a, Blind Tiger, Jimmy's No. 43, Brown Ale, Dry Hop, add hop after brewing, American style ales, CO2 volume higher than Porter, how do you regulate home brewed beers?, Add cane sugar into bottle to control yeast and hop, force carbonation, Red Ale, Home Brew Alley Competition this Sunday, February 26th Brooklyn Wart.com, Pony Bar East coast vs West Coast, Circus Sideshow,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
