Brews, Booze, & Reviews

Sherry wine. What is it, besides being a cask that some distilled spirits finish their aging in? Besides being something your grandma cooked with when she was feeling adventurous during the holidays? Sherry is a fortified wine (like port) that can be both sweet (like cream or PX) or it can be dry (fino and manzanillo). The difference being that Port gets fortified while it is fermenting (the added brandy is what stops fermentation) versus  Sherries ferment completely before being fortified, so all the grape sugars get turned into alcohol. We sit down with Sean B from Bear Creek Winery to get his expertise on this style. We invite comedian Marquay on the show to round out this interesting panel, so enjoy the debauchery! 

In this episode we sample and review the Fino and Amontillado from La Garrocha, Delicioso Manzanilla, the Don Nuno Oloroso and Capataz Andre Deluxe Cream from Lustau, and the El Maestro Sierra Pedro Ximenez.

Stop by www.bearcreeknd.com to find out more about this local winery.

You can check out Marquay at -----> The Cellar <-----so be sure to click that link to learn more.

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On behalf of everyone at Brews, Booze, & Reviews, may your glasses be full, and your spirits high!

Cheers!

The BBR crew partnered up with the fine folks over at Icewind Brewing in Mapleton, ND to bring this episode to you listeners out there! We chat with the three owners Tyler, Rick, and Scott about their beginnings of the brewery, about everybody's gateway beer(s), including a funny story about taking the wrong clamp off at the wrong time, to the disappointment of a bad mint stout.

In the episode we sample Zero Gravity Watermelon Hard Seltzer, The Quickening Scottish Ale, Springfest Maibock, West Ground and Brown Coffee Ale with Thunder Coffee, Hard Tickles Guava Sour, and Hop Tub Time Machine Pale Ale.

For more on Icewind Brewing head over to icewindbrewing.com

Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at [email protected].

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On behalf of everyone at Brews, Booze, & Reviews, may your glasses be full, and your spirits high!

Cheers!

The BBR crew wanted to showcase some Fargo/Moorhead brews on the show, but we didn't want to do it alone. We invited John Kennedy, John Narum, and Duster onto the show. The two John's are comedians, and Duster is a musician, hanging with a drunk podcast crew. Nothing can go wrong, right? Tune in to find out!

In this show we sample and review Zero Day dry cider and Mango & Peach Full Squish smoothie style cider by Wild Terra, Hopped Up on Pils German pilsner and Double Hollow DIPA by DrumConRath, Swing Barrel's Northwoods Taphole Maple Winter Ale, Junkyard Brewing's For Heavens Cake strawberry angel food cake sour, and Lizard People DIPA and Vibes Only margarita sour.

You can check out John Kennedy’s podcast here: Can I Go Home Now? with John Kennedy

Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at [email protected].

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On behalf of everyone at Brews, Booze, & Reviews, may your glasses be full, and your spirits high!

Cheers!

What happens when two podcasts with drunk people combine forces? It sure isn't the Wonder Twins! In this episode Dustin and Gunner from Drunk Letters to Famous People (referred to as DL2FP from now on) join us in the dungeon as we chat about their podcast, come up with more nicknames, and drink beers in the wrong order!

In this show we sample and review Lupulin Brewing's collaboration with Melvin Brewing in their Operation CoHoperation West Coast Style DIPA, Great Notion Brewing's Recalibrate IPA with hop terpenes, Drekker Brewing's 2 Right Eyes DIPA, Stacked Deck's Trident TIPA, Southern Tier Brewing's Strawberry Dream Milkshake IPA, Eagle Park Brewing's Milkshake IPA with triple vanilla, and New Holland Artisan Spirit's Hatter Royale Hopquila.

To check out Drunk Letters to Famous People go to DL2FP

Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at [email protected].

If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by clicking on the support link at the bottom of this episode description, or by heading to https://www.patreon.com/brewsboozeandreviews

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On behalf of everyone at Brews, Booze, & Reviews, may your glasses be full, and your spirits high!

Cheers!

What some people in the craft beer scene call a 'Porch Bomb' hit The Dungeon recently, and we had to share the wealth. A porch bomb is a shipment of brews that gets delivered to your front porch. It's usually where the delivery person leaves all your packages from amazon and whatnot, ya know? So we got these goodies courtesy of Alex, aka @beardhopsandbarley on instagram, including a very special homebrew that his 6-year-old son helped with the recipe for. We have special guests Andrew Karr (from Beer People), Don Kenna, and Blake Bushy on to join in on the bottleshare experience. Cheers from us to Hartland, WI buddy!

In this episode we sample and review Badger State Brewing's Porte Des Morts coffee cocoa and maple porter, along with their Mega Mangoberry Udder Chaos Milkshake IPA, Pink Houses Blackcurrant Berliner Weisse and Imperial Set List DIPA both from Eagle Park Brewing, Strawberry Guava Shlushee from Lions Tail, and Raised Grain Brewing's Paradocs Red Imperial Red IPA.

Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at [email protected].

If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by clicking on the support link at the bottom of this episode description, or by heading to https://www.patreon.com/brewsboozeandreviews

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On behalf of everyone at Brews, Booze, & Reviews, may your glasses be full, and your spirits high!

So what's a vertical tasting, you may (or probably may not) ask? Well, let us tell you in this week's show! We invited Andrew Karr, an admin from the online group 'Beer People', onto to the show, and he brought us a vertical of Bent Paddle's Double Shot Double Black dating back to 2014 all the way up to 2018! VERY EXCITE! We get to know Andrew a little bit as we chat about Beer People's beginnings, his very popular yearly brackets, and of course a story about admining a page you might find amusing.

Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at [email protected].

If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by clicking on the support link at the bottom of this episode description, or by heading to https://www.patreon.com/brewsboozeandreviews

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On behalf of everyone at Brews, Booze, & Reviews, may your glasses be full, and your spirits high!

Cheers!

Welcome once again to another yearly venture into everything Irish. In this week's episode we invite good ol' Guest #2 Ben Revier back along with nephew Tucker. Nox gives a little lecture on who Patrick actually was and what he did to become a saint, then we dive right into it.

In this episode we split our tastings into two groups: beers, then whisk(e)ys. In the first group we sample and review Boulevard's Irish Ale, Swing Barrel's Rustica Irish Red Ale, and Smithwicks Red Ale. In the second group we sip on Slane Irish Whiskey, Tullamore D.E.W. 12 year, Redbreast Single Pot Still 12 year, and West Cork's Glengariff Series Peat Charred Cask, which was super similar to episode 64's Bog Oak Charred from last year. Be sure to check that episode out, too!

If you would like to check out the Dirty Hurlers music, go here: https://www.amazon.com/Songs-Fresh-Pints-Dirty-Hurlers/dp/B005FYCHZC

Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at [email protected].

If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by clicking on the support link at the bottom of this episode description, or by heading to https://www.patreon.com/brewsboozeandreviews

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On behalf of everyone at Brews, Booze, & Reviews, may your glasses be full, and your spirits high!

Cheers!

This episode here is no super soft birthday party, but it might have a Letterkenny quote or two! BBR got together with Dan Virchow, (photographer, wrestling fan, SDSU alumni) to have a proper snack of poutine before settling in for some Canadian Whiskeys. We chat about what makes Canadian Whiskey unique from other whiskey styles, and have some laughs along the way.

In this show we sample and review Windsor Canadian, Gibson's Finest Rare 12 Year, Forty Creek Whiskey's Premium Barrel Select, J.P. Wiser's 18 Year, Caribou Crossing Single Barrel Select, Canadian Club Small Batch Sherry Cask, and Pendleton Midnight.

You can find out more about Chow over here at his website: https://www.danvirchow.com/ 

Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at [email protected].

If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by clicking on the support link at the bottom of this episode description, or by heading to https://www.patreon.com/brewsboozeandreviews

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On behalf of everyone at Brews, Booze, & Reviews, may your glasses be full, and your spirits high!

Cheers!

This is our version of a West coast versus east coast battle, and we find it quite amusing! We invite Don K. and Blake B back to the show to discuss the differences between the two styles (and even the subtle difference in east coast ipas vs new england ipas), and poke some fun at each other.

In this episode we sample and review on the West Coast side Stone Brewing's Stone IPA, Firestone Walker's Union Jack, Junkyard's Gone Hollywood West Coast style IPA, and Surly's Axe Man IPA. On the New England side we drink Portage Brewing's Other Plans, Modist Brewing's Dream Yard, Swing Barrel Brewing's Cheater Hops, and Drekker's Synaptic Cleft.

Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at [email protected].

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On behalf of everyone at Brews, Booze, & Reviews, may your glasses be full, and your spirits high!

Cheers!

One of us watched the movie Sideways the other day, and hearing Paul Giamatti vocally express his distaste for Merlot wines, we decided to take that as a challenge and dive head first into some for ourselves! We invited Sean Ballinger from Bear Creek Winery over to get his expert opinion this 'controversial' style that saw a huge decrease in sales for a time thanks to that particular film. We even get our hands on some home made wine from Julie Wilson, and we couldn't be happier with this eclectic bunch we try today.

In this episode we sample and review Dark Horse 2018 California Merlot, L'Agnostique French Merlot, Marco Felluga 2016 Italian Merlot, Chai De Bordes 2018 Bordeaux, Chateau Belles-Graves 2010 Grand Vin De Bordeaux, and a 2019 DeLaHunt Family Competition Wine Merlot.

Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at [email protected].

If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by clicking on the support link at the bottom of this episode description, or by heading to https://www.patreon.com/brewsboozeandreviews

For more information, or to listen to our back catalogue of episodes, head over to https://brewsboozeandreviews.com/

On behalf of everyone at Brews, Booze, & Reviews, may your glasses be full, and your spirits high!

Cheers!