Brews, Booze, & Reviews

Our first recording of the new year, we decided to finally tackle brown ales. We sample 9 beers on this one, so hold onto your hats, neighbors! We sample Lift Bridge Fire Side Flannel, Half Brothers Bully Brew Coffee brown ale, Laughing Sun McKinley Brown ale, Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale, Newcastle Brown Ale, Surly Coffee Bender, Uinta Bristlecone Brown ale, Revelation Ale Works Brown ale, and Ommegang My Watch Has Ended.

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Welcome back to part 2 of our Junkyard Brewing company taproom takeover.  During part two, we continue some conversations with Aaron about how to pour a crowler,  thoughts on peanut butter beer, the new culture of families coming to the taprooms, and speak about 'beer snobs' and defining roles in the brewery business.

We sample, review, and rate a whole lot of beers on tap there, including Midnight Spider, Swimming in Chaos, Experimental Sour w/Pomegranate, cherry, and lemon zest.  There's also Terminal Delight Strawberry Banana Cream Soda Sour,  Ice Auger Lager, Steamin' Greens, and Top Gorilla.

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Welcome neighbors to another taproom takeover special edition with Aaron Juhnke, owner of Junkyard Brewing Company! This special edition of BBR is clean from all swear words for the listening pleasure of our younger than 18 audience. Part 1 of our two part series involves a fun interview where we answer the crowler question, we chat about the brewers Aaron has making his fine beers, Aaron gives some advice to homebrewers, we chat about some of the collaborations Junkyard has had with other breweries in the region, and Aaron shares some stories about how some of the beers got names, and how a couple of the label arts were made. Part 2 will involve the tasting of the beers he had on tap at that moment.

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Ever feel like you have too much stuff around the house, and you can't wait until spring to do the cleaning? Well Nox had too many different kinds of beer in the ol' fridge that he saved up for sampling on the podcast that he had to force an episode on everyone even after recording another episode before. This is like a "What's in Your Mouth", but a bit longer, looser, and more fun (We think).

During this one the gang samples some collabs first, with Promise Ring from Blackstack in collab with Junkyard, we continue with the verticle with Passing Notes from Junkyard in collab with Blackstack. Fair State Brewing did a collab with Modern Times called Spirit Foul, Half Brothers collaborated with Drekker with their Brothers Gotta Hug Black IPA. Then we calm things down a bit with City Light's Mosaic Pale Ale, and the A-team from Fargo Brewing. Then comes something wild with Colors That End in "Urple" from Drekker, Ultracloud from Junkyard, and finishing up with tasting notes on the 2019 release of Hopslam from Bell's.

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Welcome back, neighbors! In this tech-glitchy episode, we chat with Christopher Larson about good basic tips on the equipment and liquors one should have in creating your own home bar that's Super Bowl party ready to entertain your guests! Chris mixes up an Old Fashioned, a Manhattan, and Whiskey Sour, and a Winter Whiskey Cider for our enjoyment. Finally, we sample and review Eagle Rare and Buffalo Trace bourbons to end the episode.

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Welcome to this special taproom takeover episode, neighbors! Today, we head over to Prairie Rose Meadery and chat with owners Susan and Bob Ruud about their meads. We sample and review 8 of these craft varieties while telling stories about how the two Ruuds came to own and operate their own business here in Fargo.

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Happy 2020, neighbors, and welcome to another episode of BBR! Continuing on from our Champagne episode, we figured folks might be a little hungover from having libations on New Years Eve, so here is our take on Bloody Marys! On this one, we chat about Bloody Marys, Bloody Caesars, Bloody Marias, Green Bloody Marys, and Micheladas (Bloodies with beer).  We welcome back Travis and Ben to give their insights and comedy for the enjoyment of you, our listeners!

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Happy New Year, neighbors, and welcome to this special edition of Brews, Booze, & Reviews! In today's episode we chat about champagnes and more with Travis Gilbertson and Darwin.  Besides the two surprise ending beverages, we chat about Andre Spumante, Voirin Jumel Premier Blanc De Noir, Veuve Clicquot, and Moet & Chandon Rose Imperial, With the latter being the winner today. 

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Welcome back to another episode of Brews, Booze, & Reviews! In this mini-sode, we have Jon and Tyler from the Prairie Homebrewing Companions back on to chat about 4 brews from New Glarus. We sample and rate Two Women Lager, Kid Kolsch, Staghorn Oktoberfest, and Moon Man No Coast Pale Ale.

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Happy Holidays, neighbors, and Welcome to a very special Christmas edition of Brews, Booze, & Reviews! In today's episode, we interview Santa Al Jastram, about what Santa's four favorite beverages to have while in the North Pole. Santa Al is a very respected and well-known Santa in our region, and we just wanted to spread the holiday cheer with everyone by asking hard-hitting questions about not only his suit, but his reindeer, and finally answer the question of how many reindeer there actually are! 

Stay tuned as we sample and rate Southern Comfort and Coke Zero cocktail, Ribbonman Red from DrumConRath Brewery, Vodka Cranberry cocktail, and finally an eggnog recipe worth your listen alone.

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