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Pubcast 194 – Forever Perennial

Craft Beer

Today’s show focuses on brews from Perennial Artisan Ales, from St. Louis, MO.

We have three samples of their offerings on the show today, plus a gose from our friends at 2nd Shift Brewing.
First up, Perennial Saison de Lis, a saison brewed with chamomile flowers.
Second, a collaboration saison with The Commons Brewing (Portland, OR) called Meriwether.
To keep with the lighter brews initially, we heading back to our friends from 2nd Shift Brewing in Missouri, and their Greenbird Gose.
Then back to Perennial for their Sump Coffee Stout, which we discover is over the recommended ‘best by’ date, but is still a darn good brew.

There is a ‘bonus’ beer that turns out to be a “stinker”, the Ballast Point Homework series, Robust Porter. Can’t win ’em all!

Credit for The Commons piece here on YouTube

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Pubcast 193 – Memorial Day Brew Reviews

American Pale Ale, Belgian Style IPA, Craft Beer, Red IPA, Saison

Join the Brit, the Fin AND the Yankee for a miscellany of Instant Brew Reviews, recorded at the Brit and Yankee annual Memorial Day BBQ.
Mike Lingafelter brings a selection of brews back from the Ohio area, and Mark Naski throws in a contribution from Nebraska.
We review:

North High Brewing, Jalalima – “A super-fresh aroma of jalapeno peppers jumps from this beer without much of the spicy heat. Accented with a kiss of lime juice. The perfect beer for Cinco de Mayo.”
Platform Beer Co., Red Cup – Red India Pale Ale, Crimson, Bitter, Dank. A piney red IPA, with hints of grapefruit.
Pipeworks Brewing Co, Glaucus, Belgian Style IPA
Nebraska Brewing Co., Tarte Apricot Saison, variant of their popular Apricot au Poivre Saison
Platform Beer Co. (again!), Cherimoya Project with Bergamot Orange, APA style.
Fat Head’s Shakedown, Imperial American Stout

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192 – CCBW, Bittermann, and New Brews!

Craft Beer, Mild, Saison, Smoked Ale

Join the pub staff and guests, plus a full house of patrons as we closeout Chicago Craft Beer Week.  Our show is recorded from the The Brit and Yankee Pub studios and Mark and Phil welcome guests John Karwoski, and Mr. Illinois Beer, John Bittermann.
Reviewed brews segue from the last episode where we sample Brew Werks Farmhouse Contra, and then try beers that are from breweries in the Chicago suburbs and Illinois that we have not yet tried.

Our line-up looks like this:

Brew Werks, Plainfield Il – Farmhouse Contra, Saison, 6.4%, 24 IBUs, also available in a brew-your-own kit.  Special!

Hailstorm Brewing, Tinley Park, IL – 2nd Anniversary Brett Saison, 8% ABV, a Brett Saison with Black Currants  fermented in Oak wine casks.

​Crystal Lake Brewing, Crystal Lake, IL – Beach Blonde, Golden Lager,ABV: 5.3%, 18 IBUs.  A bronze medal winner in the “Muenchner-Style Helles” category at the 2016 World Beer Cup.

​White Oak Brewing, Normal IL – Me Llama Llama, English Mild Ale with Coffee, Vanilla, Cinnamon & Cocoa, ABV: 4.0%, IBU: 20

Scorched Earth Brewing, Algonquin, IL – Foraging Swine, Smoked Ale, 7.7% ABV, IBU 12, malty sweet and smoky ale.

It cheers from the crew to the great brews we are producing in this state!

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Pubcast 191 – Werk Force Brewing

Craft Beer

The Pubcast staff head south down Route 59 and head to Plainfield, IL to visit with brewer Brandon Wright at Werk Force Brewing.
We taste some of their brews, and Brandon heads to the back and hooks up a keg of one of his Otters series.  Of course we sample some of his range of brews on tap on that day, starting with Steve’s Going To Helles…, Helles Lager at 5.5%.
Next up is Apricot Farmhouse, 7.0%,  followed by Galactic IPA, Dry Hopped Pale Ale, 6.4%.
We have a surprise visit from one of Brandon’s neighbors, Chris ‘Unpronounceable’ from Ten Drops Coffee.
Finally, one of Brandon’s very popular Otter series, Wild Otters, fermented for 18 months in gin barrels.

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