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First Aired - 09/14/2010 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions Jimmy hosts a special on traditional cask ale. First he goes on the road to speak to Rob Hodson of Union Beer Distributors, who showed an early interest in cask ale and gave it a big boost in NYC. Next "cask ale guy" Alex Hall (of Gotham Imbiber et al.) discussed the finicky specifics of serving and storing cask ale along with Joel Shelton of Shelton Brothers Imports. Finally Patrick Donagher of Rattle n Hum discussed his upcoming Get Real NY event along w/Chris Cuzme of NYC Craft Beer Week. German gravity or English Traditional? What's a CamRA? Tune in for this meeting of the minds to learn about this complex, storied ale. This episode was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Rob Hodson of Union Beer (15:00)
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Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Heritage Radio Network, GreatBrewers.com, Joel Shelton, Shelton Brothers Imports, Alex Hall, Rob Hodson, Union Beer, cask ales, d.b.a. was the first bar to pour cask ale in New York City, cask beer is the kind of thing that can help build brands, cask vs bottled or draft tasting, New York City's palate is changing, session beer, English tradition, cask ales pair well with food, German tradition of unfiltered beer, dry hopped, local concept of casks, temperature, weather and distance from the brewery, monitoring shipments, the importer handles that, heat is a huge enemy, is there room for more cask ales in New York City?, is there a demand?, gravity poured beer, the consumer in New York is maturing,Cask Ale with Alex Hall & Joel Shelton (15:00)
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Alex Hall, Gotham Imbiber, Joel Shelton, Shelton Brothers Imports, Williamsburg Cask Ale Festival, North 7th & Berry, cask ale is finicky, it needs to be regulated, conditioning needs to be right, cask breathers, device that, if used properly, will create a blanket of Co2 between the top level of the beer and the atmosphere, oxygen will make the beer stale, you can't set the PSI to more than 5, Camra was a movement in England in the 70's, Campaign for Real Ale, largest consumer movement of all time, casks only survived in the UK because of the efforts of Camra, http://www.camra.org.uk, Bridgeway, German gravity cask,Patrick Donagher of Rattle n Hum & Chris Cuzme of NYC Craft Beer Week (15:00)
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