Mark and Phil head down to Miskatonic Brewing Co in “bucolic bosom of suburban Darien”, and meet up with Josh Mowry, “Demi-God of Bureaucratic Malevolence”, and John Wyzkiewicz, Head Brewer.
These cohorts in hops at this relatively new suburban brewery sit down and tell us what makes them tick, and we tell them how feel about their beers.
Our Style of the Week is Old Ale, and luckily there is one on tap at Miskatonic, in the shape of Grendel.
For your post-Thanksgiving listening pleasure, Lingo and Phil get together while Mark’s away and they sample Klingon Warnog, Hoppin’ Frog Hop Heathen, and 51st Ward’s Whiskey Hill. Tune in and hear the banter, and we also have the band Alltunators on the pub stage!
Klingon Warnog Roggen Dunkle Ale, brewed under contract by Tin Man Brewing, Evansville IN.
Hoppin’ Frog Hop Heathen Imperial Black IPA
51st Ward, Whiskey Hill, Rye Porter, Hoops and Staves Collection
Our focus for this week is a report from the Taproom at Schlafly Brewing in St. Louis, where Mark and Phil chat about their history and their beers, as served by long-time Taproom barman, Kevin Nash.
Also, left-over business from last week’s Style of the Week has us tasting a baseline Imperial Stout from the UK and the USA. We finish up with Schlafly’s Quadrupel.
Lingo is back in the house! He joins Mark and I, and also Chuck Fort from Church Street to taste some incredible beers.
We start at Pollyanna with their Orenda Volume 2: Belgian-style Quadrupel Ale, then head into our Style of the Week, Imperial Stouts. The first one is the Hubbard’s Cave Imperial Coffee Stout, and the second is Boulevard Brewing‘s 2015 Imperial Stout with Aztec Chocolate. The Landlord is told he should have had a baseline Imperial Stout with nothing added, so next week we will have an Addendum!
We visit to Civil Life Brewing in Tower Grove, MO, part of our St. Louis interview series, and find out about their brewing style.
On the pub stage this week, from Railway Records, is a band called Wandering Dirt.
