Hop Crisis
A “perfect storm” has caused the price of hops to sky rocket. Many things factor into to making this happen: bad crop yields, increased consumption in other countries, and hop farms going away. It doesn’t help that just a few years ago hop prices were so low that there wasn’t incentive to keep growing them. [...]
Weird
Beer can be made from all kinds of different things like Lemons, Tomatoes, Oysters, Apples, Myrrh, Ginger, and Chili Peppers. Think of it as hanging out with your odd cousin. Sometimes weird is nothing more than an interesting label.
Links:
The Guerneville video.
Burrito Tunnel doesn’t go south or north.
Motor’s favorite rockstar.
America the Beautiful by Moon Unit.
Homework: [...]
Stout
Imperial Irish Coffee Chocolate Milk Oatmeal Oyster Stout
Stout is a very old style of beer. It’s been around since 1700’s at least. The style has always been loved but it’s not always been popular. The running joke is “want a knife and fork to go with your beer” is unfounded. Stout, while thick and creamy, [...]
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Imperial Irish Coffee Chocolate Milk Oatmeal Oyster Stout [130:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (402)Touring Belgium
Instead of a vacation to the surfing safari or snow riding in the mountains consider something different: a vacation to beer. Not just any beer but Belgium beer right from the country itself. Think the ultimate beer run. There are 500 different varieties of beer made by 100 different breweries.
Stu Stuart from Belgium Beer [...]
Organic
Organic is not a new thing. It’s not a marketing buzz word. It turns out it’s a really strict thing to use the word. It’s regulated by governments that have set up rules about what a product can’t have, must have and it can’t cheat. It’s a long road to get a product labeled as [...]
I don’t feel Absinthe
It’s been a year since we first sat in front of a mic and started talking about beer. Instead of a big fun party with a band we decided to break out of format so we could drink Absinthe. Absinthe has not been available in the US or A legally since 1912 when it was [...]
Class Reunion
Rosie the Intern returns with glasses and presents.
Nothing
Robot love, one beer, the award we didn’t win, a wrong turn at Absinth and nothing else.
Beer in the Movies
Strange Brew, Beer Fest, Animal House, Van Wilder, The Sure Thing, Apocalypse Now, Smokey and the Bandit, MASH, Caddy Shack, The Bad News Bears, Cheers (the movie) never made. why not? Arthur, 1941, One Froggy Evening, Killer Clowns from Outer Space, Porky’s, Young Einstein, Beer League, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Side Ways, Moulin [...]
College
Drinking beer at college comes with surprises, statistics and lies. Honore, our college guest, talks about the beer that she and her friends like. The surprise is what they are drinking. Statistics came from collegedrinkingprevention.gov and cspinet.org.
Nouvelle Vague is the spelling of that band that covered the Dead Kennedy’s song.
Beers on the show:
Wittekerke, Shiner Bohemian [...]
