We headed up to La Vista to visit the new location of Nebraska’s newest brewery. Lucky Bucket Brewing Company has been Brewing since 2009. We were excited to visit the brewery as they also house Sòlas Distillery. Sòlas is currently the only Nebraska distiller with a product on the market (Joss Vodka).
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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- |
Want a second opinion? Check out the beerme.com review.
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Schell’s Brewing – Maifest
Posted By John on June 5th, 2009
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.
| John: C+ | Brian: C+ | Ryan: B- | Overall Grade: |
B- Pretty Good |
| Marissa: C- | Anne: B | Kelvin: B |
Want a second opinion? Check out the beerme.com review.
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Schell’s Brewing – Schell’s Stout
Posted By John on June 5th, 2009
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.
| John: B | Brian: B- | Ryan: B+ | Overall Grade: |
B Good |
| Marissa: B | Anne: B | Kelvin: B |
Want a second opinion? Check out the beerme.com review.
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