Root Beer

Root Beer is the invention of Charles E. Hires. As legend has it he discovered, developed, stumbled upon or borrowed (aka stole) the recipe while on his honeymoon. Charles trained as a pharmacist so he was probably keen to tastes and smells. He also was aware of what people liked of didn't like as they were sure to complain while picking up the stuff to end what ailed them. Hires become the tycoon of root beer overseeing it's production until 1925 when his son's took over the business. He died in 1937.

There is no right way to make root beer. Brewers from around the world are up to the task of developing their own take. Several things is consistent though: it should have bite, it should feel creamy, adn the head should be big for this sassy drink to be considered classic.

links:

High Fructose Corn Syrup is okay to eat "fact" site.

http://www.hfcsfacts.com/

Barq's podcast about root beer.

http://www.barqs.com/

homework:

Get a bunch of different Root Beers from your market and have a tasting party. everyone, especially the kids, are welcome to join in. be sure to get some awesome ice cream to make floats.

Root Beer on the show:

Dad's Old Fashioned

Sioux City Sarsaparilla

Boylan

Henry Weinhard's

Rat Bastard

Sea Dog

Thomas Kemper

Virgil's

Hansen (in a can)

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Host: John Foster,

Guests: Tom, Kyle and Jordon

Be sure to visit 21st Amendment, Thirsty Bear or Magnolia in San Francisco, CA

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Good noon! Recorded in San Francisco on 08/27/2008.

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Rock & Roll

Beer has always included music. For centuries in fact. Whether it was live music played by professionals in the club, sung by everyone sitting around the campfire or the locals at their local breaking out instruments and voice just because. 

if you want a particular song removed you must 1) invite yourself onto a future show. 2) explain why you really hate your fans, that you didn't write it for the money in the first place, complain about not getting paid by your label, play the song for us live. 3) if you do all that and it's still gone we won't listen to you anymore. we promise!

played on the show:

Party at Ground Zero Fishbone

Cleveland Rocks Presidents of the United States of a America

Drunken Lullabies Flogging Molly

Working Man Rush

California Man (With Roy Wood) Cheap Trick

Ruby Soho Rancid

Land Down Under Men at Work

Beer Live! Reel Big Fish

Beer Reel Big Fish

Zoot Suit Riot LSJUMB

Zoot Suit Riot Cherry Poppin' Daddies

All I Wanna Do Sheryl Crow

Piano Man Billy Joel

In A Little While U2

One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer Amos Milburn

One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer George Thorogood

Take Your Whiskey Home Van Halen

Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers ZZ Top

Polkas on 45 Weird Al Yankovic

Hell or High Water Y & T

Titties and Beer unknown

American Pie Don McLean

Beer Beer Beer (YOB mix) Youth of Britain

Beer Beer Beer (Jonti mix) Rob Manuel

beer song Lloyd Knight and Devils Slide

Every Dog Has Its Day Flogging Molly

Are You Drinkin' With Me Jesus The Beat Farmers

I Drink Alone George Thorogood

Margaritaville Lung Cookie

Titties `N' Beer Frank Zappa

links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Milburn

http://www.floggingmolly.com/

the band that played Zoot Suit Riot

http://bwitz.com/lsjumb/

http://bwitz.com/lsjumb/Ultrasound/

homework:

Tell us what beer songs we missed. tell us your beer song stories. and go hear or play local music.  

Beer on the show:

Green Lake (organic) Deschutes Brewery

We're only in it for the Money Lagunitus

Lucky 13 Lagunitus

Stone Vertical Epic 08-08-08

music used on the show under Fair Use under education, critique and news:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use

http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html

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Hosts: John Foster and Motor

Be sure to visit Lagunitus in Petaluma, CA

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Good noon! Recorded in San Francisco on 08/17/2008.

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OBF

The Oregon Brewers Festival is held on the last full weekend in July. This was the 21st year of the event. There are 75 beers to try over four days.

The audio on this program is wack. Sorry about that.

Beers on the show:

Comparing Watermelon Wheat out of the tap to Hell or High Watermelon in a can.

Homework: go to a festival and report in. make a beer butt chicken.

Beer School everywhere:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6351328213

http://youtube.com/beerschool

Host: John Foster and Motor

Be sure to visit City Beer Store in San Francisco, CA

Email us at [email protected]

Good noon! Recorded in San Francisco on 08/03/2008.

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© 2008 Ayer Media, Inc.

Not Belgium

Belgium beers are sought out because of they've been brewed the same way for centuries. But you don't need to go all the way there to experience these styles of beer. Instead, look to your local brewery for great examples. Many of the breweries in the US (or anywhere else for that matter) see this style as the pinnacle of brewing. So there are lots of beers to try.  

Beers on the show:

Lost Abbey Judgement Day, Brewery Ommegang Three Philosophers, Allagash Curieux, Russian River Damnation, North Coast Brother Thelonious, Dog Fish Head Midas Touch, Avery Fifteen.

Homework:

Try a local "Belgium Style" beer. Get some random local beers with names like tripple, double, lambic, etc. Then invite your friends over for a tasting.

Beer School everywhere:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6351328213

http://youtube.com/beerschool

Host: John Foster and Motor

Be sure to visit City Beer Store in San Francisco, CA. See you at the 21st Amendment, Magnolia or Toronado.

Email us at [email protected]

See you next year!

Not recorded at the Rat Pad. Recorded in San Francisco on 04/20/2008.

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© 2008 Ayer Media, Inc.

Fruit Beer

Lots of people have the impression that fruit beer is "girly beer." That it tastes like sugared up soda pop. Fact is, fruit beer has been made for centuries. While some beers are made for a specific market and in fact do taste like sugar water some fruit beer can be more complex than wine. Exploring these wonderful beers can be lots of fun. We've chosen some of our favorites for the show.

Beers on the show:

Marin Brewing Blueberry

Pyrimid Apricot

Leinenkugel Brewing

Berry Weiss

Honey Weiss

Coconut Porter Maui Brewing

New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red

New Glarus Raspberry Tart

McMenamins Ruby

21st Amendment Water Melon Wheat

Homework: try some fruit beers with your friends. report about what you like and don't like.

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Host: John Foster and Motor

Guests: Melissa, Katherine, Stephan, Melissa (aka the rookie), Brandy, & Jaime

Thanks to everyone that got us the beer for this show. We could not have done it without you!

Be sure to visit 21st Amendment in San Francisco, CA

Email us at [email protected]

Good noon! Recorded in San Francisco on 07/13/2008.

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Safe

While it's okay that your friends like the beer they like why not bring other beer to the party that will help them expand their taste horizons. We talk about four styles of beer that might make you the hit of evening.

Leftover Beers on the show:

Hamm's, PBR, Widmer Hefeweizen, Trumer Pils, and Lagunitas Pale.

Homework: take beer to a party.

Beer School everywhere:

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Host: John Foster and Motor

Guest: None

Be sure to visit City Beer Store in San Francisco, CA

Email us at [email protected]

Good noon! Recorded in San Francisco on 05/25/2008.

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© 2008 Ayer Media, Inc.

Leftovers

It was time to clear out beer leftover from past shows. While we talk about the beer we covered all the stuff that's been going on around our local. Like Russian Rivers new Brewery, Magnolia's face life, Booneville and the marching band, Portland Brewers fest, the new front page and why you should tell your friends about the show.

The German restaurant we talked about is called Schroeder's Restaurant located on 240 Front St. http://www.schroederssf.com/

other beer blogs that we didn't meet up with at Booneville:

http://www.betterbeerblog.com/

http://thethirstyhopster.wordpress.com/

http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/

http://hedonistbeerjive.blogspot.com/

Stealth Ship [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_ship ]

Leftover Beers on the show:

Landshark, Spaten, Samual Adams Summer Ale, Negro Modelo, Radeberger, Bass, Trumer Pils, Sierra Nevada, Stout, Negro Modelo.

Homework: put the foam of the beer on different parts of your tongue.

Beer School everywhere:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6351328213

http://youtube.com/beerschool

Host: John Foster and Motor

Guest: None

Be sure to visit City Beer Store in San Francisco, CA

Email us at [email protected]

Good noon! Recorded in San Francisco on 05/25/2008.

BeerSchool and BeerSchool.com are a trademarks of Ayer Media, Inc.

© 2008 Ayer Media, Inc.

Love Beer

The Craft Brewers Conference is held in different places around the country once a year. Brewers from all of the world attend. During the week its talks about beer, sessions about beer, judging beer and of course drinking. This year it was held in San Diego allowing us to tour local beer such as Stone Brewery, Avery, Green Flash, Karl Strauss and San Deigo Brewing Company.

Along with the CBC is the World Beer Cup. It lands in the US either other year.

Who is Richard Guidelines?

Pink Boots Society

http://hop-talk.com/tag/pink-boots-society/

Beers on the show:

Coors Lite

Homework:

Drink the freshest beer you can find at your local, brew pub or brewery.

Beer School everywhere:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6351328213

http://youtube.com/beerschool

Host: John Foster and Motor

Be sure to visit City Beer Store in San Francisco, CA. See you at the 21st Amendment, Magnolia or Toronado.

Email us at [email protected]

See you next year!

Not recorded at the Rat Pad. Recorded in San Francisco on 04/20/2008.

BeerSchool and BeerSchool.com are a trademarks of Ayer Media, Inc.

© 2008 Ayer Media, Inc.

Beer has been shipping as beer for 75 years.

Hop Crisis

A "perfect storm" has caused the price of hops to ski 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 when growing corn to be used for ethanol production commanded a higher price. The beer that we know and love may go away or may become more expensive to drink.

the Homework

Grow some hops! Or enjoy a big hoppy beer at your local.

the Beer list

Repeal Rye from 21st Amendment

Drunk dial the robot at leave a message at 206-666-5338.

Host: John Foster, Motor

Guests: Stu Stuart and Shaun O'Sullivan

Be sure to visit:

http://21st-amendment.com/

http://belgianbeerme.com/

Looks for us in San Francisco, CA.

Email us at [email protected]

Good noon!

Not recorded at the Rat Pad. Recorded in San Francisco on 03/24/2008.

BeerSchool and BeerSchool.com are a trademarks of Ayer Media, Inc.

© 2008 Ayer Media, Inc.