This week we take a look at two new beer(s) from Magic Hat Brewing Company. “Elder Betty” kicks the show off; an interesting take on a fruit/wheat ale by using Elderberries as opposed to more common fruits such as blueberry, raspberry or blackberry. “Pistil” shows up next with a unique ingredient..dandelion leaves, leaving the beer slightly bittered, in a new and good way. In addition, Ethan gives us a recount of his trip to San Diego for the 2012 Craft Brewers Conference with some great facts about crown caps and more!
As always, thanks for listening. Support your local and embeer! Cheers!
A bonus interview you say? Thats right! Victory Brewing Company’s Sean McCain stopped in today and we sat down for a brief chat about Victory’s beers, his passion for craft beer and how beer put him where he is today! Victory Brewing Company is Consumer’s Beverages Beer Of The Month for May so stop in a pick up a sixer, twelver, growler or whatever!
Cheers!
Bonus Interview: Victory Brewing Company's Sean McCain joins the show.[ 19:52 ]Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (644)
This week we bring you three beer picks from our friend and gracious host, Mr. Nick Mendola. Thats him in the picture to the left here <– talking about something really cool…beer…or possibly elephants! We continue the guessing game in this show where Ethan and I (Chris) are unaware of what beer is being brought to the table. We kick it off with our first ever African beer, Tusker from Kenya. We then move in to a new beer from one of Nick’s favorite breweries, Newcastle Founder’s Ale, a slightly grainy, darker yet flowery English Pale Ale. Last, we pop the cork on an Ommegang Art Of Darkness (Belgian Dark Strong from NY) and get right into its true uniqueness where the roast replaces the dark pit fruit…an interesting beer to say the least! Thanks for listening and we’ll be back with a couple new beers from Magic Hat next week.
Much debate has existed since the dawn of the beer can over the containers influence on the taste of the beer. The days of those early, crimped steel cans are long gone and we have moved into an era of what has been dubbed the “Can Revolution”. With dozens of craft breweries making the switch to this simple and effective container, we thought it would be a good idea to see if in fact the can makes a difference compared to the brown glass we see and pour from so often. Does it smell different? Does it feel different? Does it taste different? Sierra Nevada Pale Ale , the beer that defined the American Pale Ale style, is our beer of choice for this show. We know it through and through so lets see what happens.
Phew! Made it through without a “like it in the can” reference…or did we?
Thanks to work schedules and some developments (good ones) with Audio Buffalo, we had to take a couple weeks away from “Craft Beer Talk,” but fear not: not only are we returning next week, we’re putting some of our loftier ideas into practice.
Just clap your hands
We will dedicate our first episode to the cans versus bottles debate, and do more tasting alongside you. Head to your local Consumers Beverages and snag the following in both glass and can:
Sierra Nevada pale ale
Brooklyn lager
Magic Hat No. 9.
Let’s go. Buy some, then download next week and taste with us!
Hello. Welcome to episode 19 of season two of Craft Beer Talk. We’ve decided to bring you two new beers to the show today including a new Gluten-Free ale from Dogfish Head titled “Tweason’Ale”. Dogfish has come up with something mighty different (as if they haven’t already..) in the emerging world of gluten free beer…making a slightly tart, aromatic, dry and ultimately refreshing beer. Check out this link for some neat Cinemagraph imagery on the making of Tweason’Ale. Our second selection is the new Buffalo India Pale Ale from our hometown brewery, Flying Bison. It’s a really nice example of Pac NW and Australian hop aromatics balanced by an English malt backbone. I will go no further…we’ll let our mouths do the talking on these because our fingers can’t, literally.
Welcome to our 48th episode. An Irish Red Ale show after St. Patrick’s Day? Yep. We’re on the ball and doing a really early show for next year… We’ve taken three examples of Irish Reds and put them up against each other. It’s not a fist fight, it’s a “lets head down to the pub, have a pint and sing songs” type of night. Beers in this episode come to us from Great Lakes Brewing Company – Conway’s Irish Ale, Smithwick’s Irish Ale and Buffalo’s own staple, Flying Bison Aviator Red. We hope everyone had a great weekend at their local and got home safe. Thanks again for listening and enjoy the show. We’ll be back next week with more!
Hello. Happy Pi day. This is the first of three shows we have planned to bring some of our personal favorite beers to the show. We like flavorful, aka fancy beer if you didn’t know;) Listen as we go through 3 of my favorites (as of recent) that I have masterfully concealed in toner cartridge shipping labels. This is always a fun game/learning experience to play with your friends…unless you’re writing for “The Good Men Project”. It’s an exercise in sensory evaluation…learn what you like, learn what you dont. I leave you with two points…please drink responsibly and make sure you have fresh beer from your local. Enjoy the show!
Cheers!
Season 2 - Episode 17: Hide your beer from your friends...a mystery beer episode.[ 50:28 ]Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (851)
This episode we’ve invited Marc Shulz from the Ithaca Beer Company (Ithaca, NY) on the show to talk about several of his beers and the good people behind them. We take a look at their current seasonal Ground Break (American Saison), Excelsior! Series – While Gold (Rustic Pale Wheat Ale), Excelsior! Series – AlpHalpHa (Double Honey Bitter) and the ever famous Flower Power (IPA). Ithaca Beer Co has been a major force in the growth of Central New York beer culture since its inception in 1998. Ithaca truly embodies “The Spirit of the Finger Lakes” with their commitment to growing and supporting the communities who have supported them. To that we say Cheers! Think local.
Enjoy the show.
Season 2 - Episode 16: Ithaca Beer Co. - Spirit of the finger lakes.[ 57:42 ]Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1016)
This week we focus on that ever so intriguing style/spring seasonal, Bock. Bocks have quite a range of colors, flavors and ABV’s so we decided to take 4 sub styles and line them up. This week’s beers include a Helles/Maibock from Old Dominion (Dover, DE), A Maibock from Smuttynose’s Big Beer Series (Portsmouth, NH), A Weizenbock from Ayinger (Aying, Germany) and an out of this world Doppelbock, Samichlaus (Vorchdorf, Austria). Thanks for tuning in to episode #46, coming soon…you guessed it…episode #47. Marc Shulz from Ithaca Beer Company joins us in studio next week to share some of his fine beers.
This week we take a look at two new beer(s) from Magic Hat Brewing Company. “Elder Betty” kicks the show off; an interesting take on a fruit/wheat ale by using Elderberries as opposed to more common fruits such as blueberry, raspberry or blackberry. “Pistil” shows up next with a unique ingredient..dandelion leaves, leaving the beer slightly bittered, in a new and good way. In addition, Ethan gives us a recount of his trip to San Diego for the 2012 Craft Brewers Conference with some great facts about crown caps and more!
Season 2 - Episode 22: Two new beer(s) from Magic Hat! [ 50:11 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (704)
This week we bring you three beer picks from our friend and gracious host, Mr. Nick Mendola. Thats him in the picture to the left here <– talking about something really cool…beer…or possibly elephants! We continue the guessing game in this show where Ethan and I (Chris) are unaware of what beer is being brought to the table. We kick it off with our first ever African beer, Tusker from Kenya. We then move in to a new beer from one of Nick’s favorite breweries, Newcastle Founder’s Ale, a slightly grainy, darker yet flowery English Pale Ale. Last, we pop the cork on an Ommegang Art Of Darkness (Belgian Dark Strong from NY) and get right into its true uniqueness where the roast replaces the dark pit fruit…an interesting beer to say the least! Thanks for listening and we’ll be back with a couple new beers from Magic Hat next week.
Much debate has existed since the dawn of the beer can over the containers influence on the taste of the beer. The days of those early, crimped steel cans are long gone and we have moved into an era of what has been dubbed the “Can Revolution”. With dozens of craft breweries making the switch to this simple and effective container, we thought it would be a good idea to see if in fact the can makes a difference compared to the brown glass we see and pour from so often. Does it smell different? Does it feel different? Does it taste different? 
Hello. Welcome to episode 19 of season two of Craft Beer Talk. We’ve decided to bring you two new beers to the show today including a new Gluten-Free ale from Dogfish Head titled “Tweason’Ale”. Dogfish has come up with something mighty different (as if they haven’t already..) in the emerging world of gluten free beer…making a slightly tart, aromatic, dry and ultimately refreshing beer. Check out 
This week we focus on that ever so intriguing style/spring seasonal, Bock. Bocks have quite a range of colors, flavors and ABV’s so we decided to take 4 sub styles and line them up. This week’s beers include a Helles/Maibock from Old Dominion (Dover, DE), A Maibock from Smuttynose’s Big Beer Series (Portsmouth, NH), A Weizenbock from Ayinger (Aying, Germany) and an out of this world Doppelbock, Samichlaus (Vorchdorf, Austria). Thanks for tuning in to episode #46, coming soon…you guessed it…episode #47. Marc Shulz from Ithaca Beer Company joins us in studio next week to share some of his fine beers.
