Pubcast from The Brit and Yankee

Show 26

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Pardon our groggy-ness – we were at Oktoberfest last night!!

00:00 Introduction

03:37 Beers from Norway - #1 – Nøgne Ø Imperial Stout

Ratebeer.com gives this a 99 percentile. And if you can understand Norwegian, here is their website…although looks like they’re having some problems!

http://www.nogne-o.no/

http://ratebeer.com/Beer/n%F8gne-%F8-imperial-stout/49092/

19:20 Chicago Connection Musical Break

Chicago jammin’ from the Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings.

This track is called Street Musician from a self-titled album.

Check them out in person, Nov 10^th at the Big Cities Lounge

in Rockford (815-965-6026)

http://www.blindpigrecords.com/index.cfm?section=artists&artistid=16

24:08 Beers from Norway - #2 – Haandbryggeriet Dark Force Double Imperial Wheat Stout

Ratebeer.com gives this a 94 percentile. And if it is 4 guys brewing, then they’re doing a helluva job!!

http://www.haandbryggeriet.net/

http://ratebeer.com/Beer/haandbryggeriet-dark-force/71102/

35:50 Part 2 of our visit to Merlin Technologies in Geneva, IL., in which we discover the secret behind the dartboard – literally!

http://www.merlindarts.com/

48:50 Pub Chat – A special announcement about a future show.

Lingo reveals the big beer merger news, and USBrit cusses out the phone company for making him dial too many digits to call his neighbor!!

64:00 Wrap-up, rating of the beers:

Nogne O – Lingo 8.5/10 and USBrit 8/10

Dark Force – Lingo USBrit 8/10

Cheers till next time!!