It was just one of those days. Time to drink to forget your blues. We have some great music this session from Chris Thomas King live on Beale St, Omar and the Howlers and some Tab Benoit. Listen in as we do a mini rants on actors and earth week, the state of health care and gubment run health care. Discussion of world wide rice shortages and our “final solution” to help that situation out… hint, it has something to do with buttweiser. We even do some barbeque discussion - winter must be over!

Beers we sampled on this show…

• Brouwerij Bosteels Tripel Karmeliet (8.0% ABV)
• Avery Brewing Company The Reverend (10.0% ABV)
• Avery Brewing Company Samael Oak Aged English Strong Ale (14.5 ABV)
• Terrapin Big Hoppy Monster (8.0% ABV) brewed in Frederick, MD (not Delaware!)

Troubled? Got the blues? Crack a beer and forget about it here.

 

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We have multiple oh sh*t moments in this show. Leading off with a near alcohol abuse moment, we continue to spiral downward. Luckily the beers don’t. With some great hopped up offerings we smack up our taste buds.

Beers sampled on this show:
Mojo Rising
DP IPA
Mike’s IPA
Anderson Valley Imperial IPA
Nefarious Ten Pin

Get your hops on with this hopped up show here.

 

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We get smoked up on this show. Hippie music, smoked malts, and cripple abuse. We get all shlenkerled on this show (listen and you will know what this means) and we have multiple flashbacks. Is it because of the beer or something else? You be the judge. We sample hard the offerings from the Schlekerla Brewery out of Germany. We also listen to some smoking tunes from Alvin Lee, both Ten Years After and nowadays.

Beers sampled on this show:

Schlenkerla Marzen
Schlenkerla Urbock
Schlenkerla Wheat

Fire up this fatty of a show here.

 

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On the one hand, we were hacked a little bit by Russian pornographers. Screwed up a few messages, but not much else. On the other hand, it caused us to finally clean up all the crap we’ve been putting off and upgrade to a (hopefully) more secure system.

Oh, and it killed comments and all the pages of articles (our BEER LIST!) for a little while. No worries, they’re coming back. In the meantime, thanks for listening!

From the land of Flying Dogs comes our beers this show. We get all up into a Flying Dog Double Dog Pale Ale and a Gonzo Imperial Porter. Plus a lot of bitching about hop prices. Interviews with Eric, the head brewdude from Flying Dog, and Rick does an interview with Jim Fixari discussing the beer food pairings at the KROC dinner .

Beers we sampled this show

• Flying Dog Double Dog Double Pale Ale
• Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter
• Mikes Perry (Pear Cider)

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What is this whole craft beer thing about anyway? In this show we take a giant step backwards and reintroduce ourselves and our show to some of the new listeners that have been cropping up. In this show you will learn about:

• What a beer really is - and is NOT
• The difference between Ales and Lagers
• Craft Beer vs. Conglomobeer
• Different styles of beer, and why it matters
• How to taste a beer and what to look for
• Beer and Food - how to pair
• and more beer knowledge!

We know we are not covering all the bases, but we do cover quite a bit, plus have the regular segments - Beer News and Beer Haiku - and some great music from Terry Wall and the Wallbangers, Further Down, and Little Ed and the Imperials.

Beers sampled on this show:
Lefthand Smoked Goosinator Dopplebock
Ricks Homebrew Dopplebock
Ommegang Belgian Chocolate Indulgence
Avery and Russian River Collaboration Not Litigation Ale

Longtime listeners, please weigh in with all the things we left out!
Download this beer-soaked bit of education here.

“Gueuze me? What’d you say?” Man, the jokes write themselves!

Gueuze is a wonderful form of lambic beers that are blended batches from 3 different years. Tart, acidic, effervescent and down-right yummy. This show takes a few intrepid steps into the world of mead as Rick recounts his experiences stewarding the International Mead Competition and the Home Mead Makers Competition. Dick experiments with gueuze/mead blending to perfect the “stinky feet” characteristic of the geuze. The beer was so eager to be poured it opened itself - you could take an eye out with the exploding corks flying around the room!

We have an audio meltdown as we try to Skype in Justin Davis from Davis On Draft. Justin and the guys from Big Foamy Head had a reunion at the Nashville Podcamp where Dick was a presenter. Justin has a golden voice and has been bestowed the title as “the future of podcasting.”

Our friend Sick Puppy from Should I Drink That? sent us a gift of Rogues Fathead Ale, which turned out to be a great well hopped easy drinking ale.

Music from “The Hot Monkey Love” and a beer haiku rounds out a well lubricated show.

Beers we sampled:

• Girardin Gueuze 1882
• Hanssens’ Mead the Gueuze
• Rogues Fat Heads Ale

and a few anonymous meads!
Listen for a perfectly blended show here.

Warning: this is a loud, fast-paced show, sort of different Big Foamy Head show! We have a special musical guest, Andy Tanas, who refuses to sing. But he does share a ton of stories from the road while involved with Lynyrd Skynrd, Black Oak Arkansas, Krokus and more. We share a TON of beers ranging from an assortment of Lambics up to a bourbon-aged stout. And we cover a wealth of musical history with a studio full of people. Enjoy!

Beers tasted on this show:
Lindermann’s Pomme, Kriek and Framboise
Breckenridge Vanilla Porter
Schlafly Bourbon Aged Imperial Stout
Young’s Double Chocolate Stout

Download this flavorful show here.

Okay, we don’t have a theme for the beers this time, except they are all big high alcohol beverages. Several of them are Brewers reserves. Yum.

Join us for a discussion of the Big Beer, Belgians and Barleywine festival in Vail, CO. It’s bockalicious©!

Music from Little Johnny Taylor, who’s talkin’bout a part-time love. We’re all about the monkey-love this show. Beer news regarding release parties from Avery and Boulder Beer Company and nanny-state oppression down-under.

We have a heartfelt touching moment during the show where Dick graciously accepts the “Douche of the Year” award from the fine folks over at the BN. He did not thank Jesus or his mother, but it will bring moisture to your eyes - it makes you proud to be an American. Just think - we win “Man of the Year” from Time Magazine and now this, “Douche of the Year!” We get some of the BN Army guys to comment on this momentous occassion - thanks to the guys from the Liquid Poets Homebrew Club in Ft. Collins, CO for playing along!

We announce the winner of the “Sexiest Beer Alive”… Listen in to find out who wins!!

Beer Haiku from Captain Hops at http://www.beerhaikudaily.com.

Mike raises questions regarding an American legend - the Duke. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

New Holland Brewing Company - Moxie Sour Ale
Bluegrass Brewing Company Jefferson Reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout
Unibroue 16 (10% abv)
Left Hand Brewing Company Twin Sisters Imperial/Double IPA (9.6% abv)
Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout
Schlafly Reserve Imperial Stout aged in Bourbon Barrels(10.5%)

Loose your reservations and listen to this feature packed show here.

This is it, show 100. Not too much fanfare, but we do celebrate with some high-powered, delicious barleywine. Join us as we explore the subtle, tender nuances of barleywines, only to have them get us drunk and take advantage of us. We also flash back to Episode 1, have a few kind words from our brethren beercasters, and play some fine blues. Beer Haiku, Beer News and all the usual stuff, too.

Download this show and listen to it 100 times here.