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Pubcast 159 – We’ve hit Rock Bottom!

October 2, 2015Barrel Aged, Brewery, Craft Beer, Kolsch, Oktoberfest, Porter, PubcastsKolsch, Porter, Rock BottomLandlord

Continuing with a seasonal theme, in this edition we talk with Rock Bottom brewers Ray Gonzalez and Shanya Polowczak, at the Warrenville location, and discover great things are brewing over there for Oktoberfest.

Also, a new segment, Style of the Week, where we feature a BJCP style each week and learn more about it from Mark Naski. This edition is Kolsch, and Mark tells us all about the roots of this brew, and we taste Three Floyd’s Calumet Queen as a sample.

All this and we finish with a barrel aged Shipwreck Baltic-style Porter from Arcadia Brewing in Michigan, and agree this is one to put on your tasting list.

Pubcast 158 – Fall Beers and Fall Guys!

September 26, 2015Craft Beer, Marzen, Oktoberfest, Pubcasts, Sour AleLandlord

It is at this time of year that the annual Fall styles begin to appear. While all the brewers are at GABF, the pub crew plus guests get together and try three October styles, and horror or horrors, one pumpkin ale!
We try Two Brothers Atom Smasher, Church Street Itascafest, Urban Chestnut Oachkatzlschwoaf, and Almanac’s Dark Pumpkin Sour.
Prost!

ChurchItasca — Church Street Itascafest Marzen Beer

Pubcast 157 – A Meading of the Minds…Mead and Trappist Ale

September 19, 2015Craft Beer, Mead, Pubcasts, Trappist AleChicago, Craft BeerLandlord

We stretch our comfort zones in this episode, and jump into the world of mead! We taste a homebrew, and two commercial versions, B. Nektar and Crafted Artisan Meadery – which do you think we prefer?

Plus we taste a bonus beer, Spencer, the first Trappist Ale to be brewed in the USA, and we don’t Monk-ey around! Cheers!

B. Nektar's Necromangocon — B. Nektar’s Necromangocon

Crafted Artisan Meadery - Pollinator — Crafted Artisan Meadery – Pollinator

Pubcast 156 – Beer Dogging and #1 Beer Fan

September 11, 2015PubcastsLandlord

A special edition of the Pubcast today, where we have a great conversation with Beer Dogging torchbearer, Don DiBrita, and find out why 10,000 beer afficienados have joined this member organization. We also find out how you can enter a competition to become the #1 Beer Fan. Fancy your chances of being the next beer reality star?