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Episode 146 – The Schell Game Part III (The End)
Posted By John on June 26th, 2009
Finishing off the Schells sampler pack this week we grade the Pilsner and the Pale Ale.
Week two of the hops challenge concluded. Again little change in perception.
To listen to this episode click HERE and hit play. To download this episode right click the link and select save as from the menu.
Beers of the Week:
Beer: Pilsner
Brewery: August Schell Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minnesota
Grade: C-
Full Review
Beer: Pale Ale
Brewery: August Schell Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minnesota
Grade: C
Full Review
Full Review
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Thanks for listening
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Schell’s Brewing – Pilsner
Posted By John on June 26th, 2009
Beer: Pilsner
Brewery: August Schell Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minnesota
Reviewed: 24-Jun-09 on Episode 146
Appearance: Golden yellow with a white head.
Aroma: Sweet and roasted malt flavors.
Taste: Malt sweetness with noble hops undertones. Unfortunately the astringent flavors pulled away from what was otherwise enjoyable.
Mouthfeel: Light body with medium carbonation.
Aftertaste: The astringency lingered. This obscured the favorable flavors in teh aftertaste.
Overall: Admittedly we served this warmer than it probably should have been and will try it again in the future. If a beer needs to be served cold to disguise its flaws it doesn’t say much for the beer though.
Best enjoyed at: Some place very cold as to hide the astringency.
| John: C+ | Brian: C | Ryan: C- | Overall Grade: |
C- Worse than average |
| Marissa: D- | Anne: C+ |
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Schell’s Brewing – Pale Ale
Posted By John on June 26th, 2009
Beer: Pale Ale
Brewery: August Schell Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minnesota
Reviewed: 24-Jun-09 on Episode 146
Appearance: Light copper in color with a white head.
Aroma: Citrusy grapefruit hops aroma with undertones of malty sweetness.
Taste: The hops came off a bit off in the flavor. There was a flavor with the hop character that didn’t seem to go with the grapefruit flavors that were present.
Mouthfeel: Light body with medium carbonation.
Aftertaste: Lingering grapefruit flavors
Overall: Fair is the word. Not horrible and not great.
Best enjoyed at: A bar were it is the only hoppy beer.
| John: B- | Brian: C | Ryan: B- | Overall Grade: |
C Fair |
| Marissa: D- | Anne: C- |
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Episode 145 – Shandy Not So Bad
Posted By John on June 19th, 2009
Taking a break from the Schell’s we were given a chance to try a couple new beers. Brian M. brought Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy and Mad River Brewing Steelhead Scotch Style Porter. Next week we will finish the beers we acquired from the August Schell Brewing Co.
Week one of the hops challenge concluded. As expected there was little change.
To listen to this episode click HERE and hit play. To download this episode right click the link and select save as from the menu.
Beers of the Week:
Beer: Summer Shandy
Brewery: Leinkugel Brewing
Grade: B-
Full Review
Beer: Steelhead Scotch Style Porter
Brewery: Mad River Brewing
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.
Thanks for listening
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Leinenkugel – Summer Shandy
Posted By John on June 19th, 2009
Beer: Summer Shandy
Brewery: Leinenkugel Brewing
ABV: 4.2%
Reviewed: 17-Jun-09 on Episode 145
Appearance: Disturbingly bright yellow in color with a bleach white head.
Aroma: Lemony fresh which is slightly disturbing.
Taste: The lemon and malt flavors balance out well. This surprised the hellout of us as the lemon flavor was so dominant in the aroma.
Mouthfeel: light body with medium carbonation. Kinda like carbonated lemonade.
Aftertaste: Clean finish with no crazy lingering flavors.
Overall: There is a majority of our panel that feel shandies are an abomination before the beer gods. That said, this was the best shandy we’ve had and even though it won’t be a regular in our glass it was a well made beerish drink. Thanks to Brian M. for bringing the beer.
Best enjoyed at: an outdoor wrestling match.
| John: C | Brian: C | Ryan: B | Overall Grade: |
B- Pretty Good |
| Marissa: A | Anne: C+ | Brian M: A- |
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Mad River Brewing – Stealhead Scotch Style Porter
Posted By John on June 19th, 2009
Beer: Stealhead Scotch Style Porter
Brewery: Mad River Brewing Co
ABV: 6.0%
Reviewed: 17-Jun-09 on Episode 145
Appearance: Deep brown bordering on black with a tan head.
Aroma: Bittersweet chocolate and roasted flavors.
Taste: Nice sweetness with roasted characters. Some good bittersweet chocolate and light coffee flavors as well.
Mouthfeel: medium bodied decent beer.
Aftertaste: Roasted flavors finish it off. This is what you would expect
Overall: What the hell is a Scotch Style Porter? We know porter. We know Scotch Porter. Is it a porter with an accent? We don’t know. Other than an ambiguous style name the beer was pretty good. Nice roastey dark beer, that despite the label art did not make me want to wear a kilt.
Best enjoyed at: a Scotch style event.
| John: C+ | Brian: B- | Ryan: B | Overall Grade: |
B Good |
| Marissa: B | Anne: C | Brian M:C- |
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Episode 144 – The Schell Game Part 2
Posted By John on June 12th, 2009
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.
To listen to this episode click HERE and hit play. To download this episode right click the link and select save as from the menu.
Beer of the Week:
Beer: Fire Brick Vienna Style Lager
Brewery: August Schell’s Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minnesota
Grade: C+
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.
Thanks for listening
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Schell’s Brewing – Fire Brick Vienna Lager
Posted By John on June 12th, 2009
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.
| John: C+ | Brian: B- | Ryan: B | Overall Grade: |
C+ Better than average |
| Marissa: B | Anne: C | Brian M:C- |
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Episode 143 – The Schell Game Part 1
Posted By John on June 5th, 2009
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.
To listen to this episode click HERE and hit play. To download this episode right click the link and select save as from the menu.
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.
Thanks for listening
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Schell’s Brewing – Dark
Posted By John on June 5th, 2009
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.
| John: C- | Brian: D+ | Ryan: C- | Overall Grade: |
D+ Flawed |
| Marissa: F | Anne: D- | Kelvin: C- |
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