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Episode 148 – The Hops Challenge Continues
Posted By John on July 10th, 2009
Brian M was kind enough to bring a couple beers we hadn’t tried, the Orange Blossom Cream Ale from Buffalo Bill’s Brewing and the Blue Star Wheat for North Coast Brewing. Both beers of summer.
Week four of the hops challenge came in. We are starting to see a change in perception of hoppy beers. Marissa reported that the beer didn’t taste like weeds this time and it went down smoother and the hops hit more in the aftertaste. However she is still not a lover of hops but can tolerate them better now. Brian M. on the other hand reported little to no change in hops perception.
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Beers of the Week:
Beer: Blue Star Wheat
Brewery: North Coast Brewing Co. in Mendocino County, CA
Grade: B
Full Review
Beer: Orange Blossom Cream Ale
Brewery: Buffallo Bill’s Brewing in Hayward, California
Grade: C+
Full Review
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Episode 147 – King Ludwig Comes To Visit
Posted By John on July 3rd, 2009
We tried a beer new to our market the Konig Ludwig Hefe-Weizen from Kaltenberg. Imported from Germany it is a solid wheat beer, but does it have the three flavors of a hefeweizen?
Week three of the hops challenge concluded. Both test subjects said it was a little improves this week. Enjoyment still not a word they would use for the experiment.
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Beer of the Week:
Beer: Konig Ludwig Hefe-weizen
Brewery: Kaltenberg in Germany
Grade: B+
Full Review
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Two From Chicago – Podcast
Posted By John on May 27th, 2009
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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Nothing Under 10% ABV – Podcast
Posted By John on May 22nd, 2009
Trying three beers at 11% and higher ABV is probably a questionable practice, but we did it anyway. In order of ABV and tasting; Quadrium Ale from Urthel Samaranth (11%), Belzebuth from Brasserie Grain D’Orge (13%), and The Beast from Avery Brewing (16.31%).
For music we pulled a band that we’ve enjoyed many times. The Dust Rhinos and their song Here’s to You. Think Budweiser’s real men of genius ads in catchy song form. Good stuff.
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: Quadrium Ale
Brewery: Urthel Samaranth in Flanders, Belgium
Grade: B+
Beer: Belzebuth
Brewery: Brasserie Grain D’Orge in Hombourg, France
Grade: C+
Beer: The Beast
Brewery: Avery Brewing in Boulder, Colorado
Grade: A-
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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The Three Dark Norwegians – Podcast
Posted By John on May 15th, 2009
This week we sampled three dark beer from Norway. All three good solid dark beers. In the group was a double extreme imperial wheat stout.
As promised a far more inspiration song from Jonathan Coulton this week. We featured his song A Talk With George. Good stuff, puts things into perspective.
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Beers of the Week:
Beer: Porter
Brewery: Nøgne Ø (Aka: Nogne O) in Grimstad, Norway
Grade: A
Full Review
Beer: Dark Force
Brewery: HaandBryggeriet in Drammen, Norway
Grade: B+
Full Review
Beer: Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast
Brewery: Nøgne Ø (Aka: Nogne O) in Grimstad, Norway
Grade: A-
Full Review
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Going to Extremes – Podcast
Posted By John on May 8th, 2009
Episode 139
We thought it would be fun to go to extremes this week. Bringing in Lucky beer from Australia and Sierra Nevada’s Torpedo Double IPA. The contrast of a light lager and a double IPA seemed like a good idea and fun to try.
For music this week we went with a song that describes the luck we all sometimes have. We listened to Jonathan Coulton and his song Screwed. Life is good, but every once in a while this sums up the feeling. Next week we’ll listen to something more inspirational from Mr. Coulton.Thanks to the Podsafe Music Network for providing the tunes
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: Lucky Beer
Brewery: Lucky Drink Co. in Austrailia
Grade: B+
Full Review
Beer: Torpedo Extra IPA
Brewery:Sierra Nevada in Chico, California
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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