Pubcast from The Brit and Yankee – Show 19

June 24, 2007

Farmer Piles from vobes.com is our special guest bartender, and he helps find suitable substitutes for Hawaiian Beer, which we find we can’t get in Illinois, thanks to mysterious and strange distribution laws!!

00:00 Introduction – beware, a little risqué maybe?

02:25 Farmer Piles provides us with a substitute beer, with a small connection to Hawaii…the label!

Anheuser-Busch has produced a ‘Limited Edition’ called Beach Bum Blonde Ale (We can be glad it’s limited!!)

And we can’t believe it, but beeradvocate.com gave it a 77 overall score – yikes! Ratebeer.com is much more reasonable and gives it a 14 percentile!

We agree with the latter…still, if it floats your boat…

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/29/30727

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/beach-bum-blonde-ale/59673/

Check out the fact sheet on this beer at http://www.anheuser-busch.com/beer/beer_brands.html

Blimey – look at all the brands they own!!!!

08:50 Willowbrook Wildlife Center audio tour, Part one of the final part.

Joins us as we explore more of this wild animal facility in Glen Ellyn, IL. Join USBrit and he talks to resident vet, Dr. Bill Delanus, with guide and naturalist Ron Skleney, and many of the wonderful volunteer staff.

http://www.dupageforest.com/EDUCATION/willowbrook.html

21:45 Goodbye to the 17-year Cicada. A final listen to the noisy l’il buggers, and a song from Chicago band, Beatnik Turtle titled “King of Cicada”

http://www.beatnikturtle.com/

http://www.thesongoftheday.com/

29:45 eMail from a listener. Please send more dear listeners!!!

32:50 Willowbrook Wildlife Center audio tour, Part two of the final part. The End!

45:30 Hawaii is also famous for coffee, so we’ve punted again, and Farmer Piles has found us a decent coffee porter from the Meantime Brewery in Greenwich, UK. It won the Gold Medal at the World Beer Cup 2006, and we see why!! A delicious desert beer!

http://www.meantimebrewing.com/coffee.html

51:25 Globe of Beer spin for next week and rating the Beers we tasted this week.

Beach Bum Blonde Ale 2/10

Meantime Coffee Porter 9/10

Cheers till next time!!

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