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This week was the second of our Schell’s Brewing podcasts. We looked at another beer from the August Shell’s Brewery in New Ulm, Minnesota.

Always on the quest for good beer we sampled some beer from a local brewer. Three beers all of good quality with a some lively discussion.

We also started the four week Hops Challenge™. Devised by a wise beer sage in Kearney, NE, it is an experiment to see whether a love of hops can be acquired.

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Beer of the Week:
Beer: Fire Brick Vienna Style Lager
Brewery: August Schell’s Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minnesota
Grade: C+
Full Review

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Beer: Fire Brick Vienna Style Lager

Brewery: August Schell’s Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minnesota

Reviewed: 10-Jun-09 on Episode 144

Appearance: Copper colored with an off white head.

Aroma: Sweet malty aroma.

Taste: Sweet malt with a roasted flavor.

Mouthfeel: Medium body with a crisp dry finish.

Aftertaste: little to none.

Overall: Ok beer. Not great and not bad. The grade describe it well.

Notes: While not a bad beer we think you may be better served by other beers from Schells, like their stout.

Want a second opinion? Check out the beerme.com review.

This week featured the first of three episodes reviewing the beers of Schell’s Brewing. We tried their dark, maifest, and stout with mixed results. For music this week, we featured Marc Gunn’s tribute to a great BBC sci-fi comedy with his song The Mining Ship Red Dwarf. If you have never seen Red Dwarf, it is available on DVD and is one of the greatest TV shows ever made, in our humble opinion.

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Beers of the Week:
Beer: Schell’s Dark
Brewery: August Schell’s Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minnesota
Grade: D+
Full Review

Beer: Schell’s Maifest
Brewery: August Schell’s Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minnesota
Grade: B-
Full Review

Beer: Schell’s Stout
Brewery: August Schell’s Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minnesota
Grade: B
Full Review

Do you have a suggestion for a beer we should try or any other comments? Send them to info@brewcast.net or call 402-817-0351 and leave us a voicemail.

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Beer: Schell’s Dark

Brewery: August Schell’s Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minnesota

Reviewed: 4-Jun-09 on Episode 143

Appearance: Brown with a white loose head.

Aroma: Roasted malt and vegetal, with undertones of a soapy aroma.

Taste: Dark malt, with vinegar and soapy undertones.

Mouthfeel: Light body with medium carbonation.

Aftertaste: The soapy taste lingered a bit.

Overall: Perhaps we received a bad batch, but the soapy flavor ruined the beer for us.

Notes: Potentially good beer ruined by flaws. If you have had better luck with this beer shoot me an email at john@brewcast.net.

Want a second opinion? Check out the beerme.com review.

Beer: Schell’s Maifest

Brewery: August Schell’s Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minnesota

Reviewed: 4-Jun-09 on Episode 143

Appearance: Golden brown with white head.

Aroma: Roasted malt with floral undertones.

Taste: The taste contained roasted and sweet flavors with a slight floral taste.

Mouthfeel: Medium body with a dry finish.

Aftertaste: Acidic finish. Seemed almost out of place for the other flavors in the beer.

Overall: Decent malty beer.

Notes: Other than the finish being a bit off it is a pretty good beer. It would be a nice Summer evening beer.

Want a second opinion? Check out the beerme.com review.

Beer: Schell’s Stout

Brewery: August Schell’s Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minnesota

Reviewed: 4-Jun-09 on Episode 143

Appearance: Deep brown with a tan head.

Aroma: Coffee and bitter sweet chocolate.

Taste: The bitter sweet chocolate comes through with the coffee playing in the undertones.

Mouthfeel: Medium light body.

Aftertaste: Roasted sweet finish.

Overall: The coffee and bitter sweet chocolate flavors define this beer.

Notes: A good stout, nothing great and nothing bad. We thought it would make a nice desert beer with chocolate cake.

Want a second opinion? Check out the beerme.com review.

We have been informed that the newest beer to be bottled in Nebraska is hitting shelves. According to Zac from Lucky Bucket Brewing Co. you will be able to get a hold of it at the following locations:

• Beertopia (36th and Farnam) has the Lager available now.

• Whole Foods (I-80 and Dodge) will have Lucky Bucket available Thursday, May 28th.

• Mr. Butts (36th and Q) will have the beer available by next Friday, June 5th.

We have had the pleasure of having this beer on the podcast and found it to very enjoyable.

Check out the podcast and review here.

Show your local beer pride and go grab a six pack or four to enjoy.

Episode 142

We finished up the beers Ryan acquired on his trip to Chicago this week. We enjoyed a bready farmhouse ale and a very stout brown ale. Always nice when both beers are tasty. We are sure the good people of take pride in their local breweries. No time for music to drink to this week, but we’ll see if we can’t fit it in next week.

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Beers of the Week:
Beer: Domaine Dupage
Brewery: Two Brothers Brewing in Warreville, Illinois
Grade: B+
Full Review

Beer: Pullman Brown Ale
Brewery: Flossmoor Station Brewing Co. in Chicago Illinois
Grade: A-
Full Review

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Beer: Domaine Dupage

Brewery: Two Brothers Brewing in Warrenville Illinois

Style: French Farmhouse Ale

ABV: 5.9%

Reviewed: 26-May-09 on Episode 142

Appearance: Copper with off white head.

Aroma: Bready, with sweet malt undertones.

Taste: Sweet malt and white bread flavors dominate the taste.

Mouthfeel: Medium light body with light carbonation.

Aftertaste: Lingering white bread taste.

Overall: Nicely made bready beer.

Notes: A fine bready beer that would really shine when paired with food. We would recommend smoked cheeses and meats.

Beerme.com Review

Beer: Pullman Brown Ale

Brewery: Flossmoor Station Brewing Co. in Chicago Illinois

Style: Brown Ale

ABV: 6%

Reviewed: 26-May-09 on Episode 142

Appearance: Deep black in color with a tan head.

Aroma: Chocolate, molasses and alcohol were prominent in the aroma.

Taste: Sweet malt, dark chocolate, coffee and alcohol were in the flavor.

Mouthfeel: medium body, creamy with alcoholic warmth.

Aftertaste: residual sweetness and lingering alcoholic warmth.

Overall: A well made dark beer. We don’t know if it’s a brown ale, but it is tastey.

Notes: To our panel it came across more like a Imperial Stout. The alcohol we tasted and smelled would have been very agressive for a 6% beer. If by some chance of fate we recieved stout in a brown ale bottle the grades for this beer would be even higher.

Beerme.com review

After reading Richard’s notes, I’m pretty sure this wasn’t the brown unless the recipe has dramatically changes.