Craft Beer Radio

We cull the fridge and cellar for a style show and came up with Scotch Ales and Wee Heavies. Greg finds that he's not a huge fan of the style. Beers: Dark Horse Brewing - Scotty Karate Dragonmead - Under the Kilt Founders - Dirty Bastard Sly Fox - Gang Aft Agley Rankings: Greg: 1. Scotty Karate, 2. Gang Aft Agley, 3. Dirty Bastard, 4. Dragmead Jeff: 1. Scotty Karate, 2. Gang Aft Agley, 3. Dirty Bastard, 4. Dragmead Preshow DragonMead - Eric the Red Postshow

This time Jeff brought back some beers from one of his business trips to North Carolina. We did hit a bit of a problem where the French Broad beers didn't travel / age well. but it did make for way too many puns that we kept stepping into. Beers: Big Boss - Angry Angel Raleigh, NC French Broad - Gateway Kolsch Asheville, NC French Broad - Altbier Asheville, NC Highland - Cattail Peak Wheat Asheville, NC Highland - Black Mocha Stout Asheville, NC Highland - Kashmir IPA Ashville, NC Big Boss - Aces and Ates Raleigh, NC Rankings: Jeff: 1. Cattail Peak, 2. Aces and Ates, 3. Mocha Stout, 4. Kashmir IPA, 5. Angry Angel Greg: 1. Kashmir IPA, 2. Mocha Stout, 3, Cattail Peak, 4. Aces and Ates, 5. Angry Angel Preshow DragonMead - Eric the Red Postshow

Sean Paxton, The Homebrew Chef; Matt Brynildson, Firestone Walker Brewing Company and Barnaby Struve, Three Floyds Brewing Co. focus on cooking and pairing with malty and hoppy beers in the kitchen and at the table. Attendees will learn about how to showcase a beer's profile and work a recipe to highlight the beer as an ingredient in the final dish.

Chef Teddy Folkman (Granville Moore's Gastropub and Food Network) shares ideas on cooking with beer and its numerous uses from brining to making sauces. Moules Fromage Bleu, featuring Ommegang Hennepin and Hook's Blue Cheese will be featured. Taste this dish he created to beat Chef Bobby Flay in Food Network's Throwdown with Bobby Flay. Steve Cardello from Brewery Ommegang will also join in the conversation.

Beer and cheese can be humble farmhouse companions, but they can also offer some very intense and luxurious experiences. Tasting Beer author Randy Mosher presents four pairings of richly-flavored beers and cheeses, showing how delicious and sophisticated they can be together. Participants will also get a lesson in the basics of beer and cheese and leave with a list of can't-fail pairings that will amaze and astound.

We did Michigan last time, but had some beers left to do. So to wrap the state up for now, we decide to go hop happy. Enjoy the hoppier side of the Great Lakes State. Beers: Dragonmead Sir William's ESB Founders Pale Ale Michigan Brewing High Seas India Pale Ale Dark Horse Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree IPA Bell's HopSlam Ale Rankings: Jeff: Founders, Bell's, Michigan, Dark Horse, Dragonmead Greg: Michigan, Dark Horse, Founders, Bell's, Dragonmead Preshow - [Dragonmead Erik the Red] Postshow

Sean Paxton, The Homebrew Chef; Will Meyers, Cambridge Brewing Company; and Ron Jeffries, Jolly Pumpkin Brewing Co. will focus on cooking and pairing food with Belgian and Sour ales. Flavor profiles will be discussed with food and beer samples for seated attendees. Experience the variety of flavors that can be brought out by cooking and pairing with beer!

Free State Brewing Company Executive Chef Rick Martin describes the benefits of eating and drinking local with Head Brewer Steve Bradt. Rick and Steve will provide handy tips on how to match local produce, meats and cheeses with the local craft beer in your town while preparing some delicious samples for the audience.

On Wednesday we toured New Belgium Brewing Company with the staff from The Bruery. Eric Salazar the namesake of Eric's Ale and manager of the wood cellar was our tour guide.

The beers have been stored, the glasses have been washed and the hangovers are a distant memory. We share our thoughts on the Big Daddy of American beer fests, the GABF.

When we were out in Colorado for the Great American Beer Festival we toured Odell Brewing in Fort Collins Colorado.

Living in the city of champions has it's privileges. One being anytime someone challenges us to one of those playoff wagers we tend to win. In June Craig from the The Brew Bubbas challenged us a sixpack of Pennsylvania Beer vs Michigan beer on the outcome of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings. Craig went above and beyond securing way more than a six pack from breweries. Not to mention several limited releases. Thanks Craig, as well as Mario, Sydney, Evegeni, and Marc-Andre. This show is to you! Beers: Michagan Brewing Company - Mackinac Pale Ale Dragonmead - Crown Jewels IPA Founders Porter Big Rock Chop House - Saison St. Clair Dark Horse Brewing - 3 Guys Off The Scale Barleywine Rankings Jeff: 1. Founders Porter, 2. Mackinac Pale Ale, 3. St. Clair, 4. Off the Scale, 5. Crown Jewels Greg: 1. St. Clair, 2. Mackinac Pale Ale, 3. Founders Porter, 4. Off the Scale, 5. Crown Jewels Preshow - Big Rock Chop House - Maple Road Postshow

Greg made several interviews during SAVOR with the aspirations of editing them into a NPR type story about the small brewers tax differential and the brewers association qualifications to be a craft brewer. The idea never came to fruition, but he wanted to share the interviews none the less. Enjoy the Lost SAVOR Interviews.

We do a Virginia vertical show, almost getting it right. We learned at publishing that one of our beers actually came from South Carolina. But what matters is the beer, right? Let's call it a northern-southern corridor show. Beers: Williamsburg AleWerks Rapadou Porter Williamsburg AleWerks Ironbound Ale Williamsburg AleWerks Springhouse Ale Blue Mountain Brewery's Evil 8° Belgian-Style Dubbel Ale R J Rockers Brewing Company Bell Ringer [SC] Rankings Jeff: rapadou, ironbound, evil 8, Bell Ringer, springhouse Greg: evil 8, rapadou, ironbound, bell ringer, springhouse Preshow [Clay Pipe Hop-Ocalypse] Postshow

A listener from the wilds of Kentucky visited the Craft Beer Radio studios armed with a trunk load of beers from the Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan area. We attempt to break out some special beers from the cellar but that didn't carry favor with the beer gods. In hopes to change our fortunes we finish up with a couple Three Floyds beers that Rick brought. Beers: Maui CoCoNut Porter Hitichino Next XH Monk's Café Flemish Sour Red Ale Three Floyds Gumball Head Three Floyds Fantabulous Resplendence XI Anniversary Ale Ranking: Greg: 1. Maui, 2. Resplendence, 3. Monk's, 4. Gumballhead Jeff: 1. Maui, 2. Resplendence, 3. Gumballhead, 4. Monk's, 5. Hitichino Nest Rick: 1. Maui, 2. Resplendence, 3. Gumballhead, 4. Hitichino Nest, 5. Monk's Extras: Preshow Posthow