CBR Extras Podcast

"CBR 31: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery","This week we are taking a look at 4 specialty beers from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery from Milton, Delaware. While they make some beers that adhere to traditional beer styles, Dogfish Head is also known for pushing the boundries of craft beer and put out some pretty wild beer. Tonight we are going to check out 4 of these 'off-centered ales for off-centered people'.

Beers Reviewed:

Midas Touch

Au Courant

Pangea

Raison D'Extra

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New High Alpha Hop

Beerdrinker of the year finalists

Here's to Beer

RateBeer - Best Beer

Anheuser-Busch 4Q Earnings Drop to $201M

Global Beer Belgian Beer Tour

Ranking:

Jeff - 1. Midas Touch, 2. Au Corrant, 3. Immort Ale, 4. Raison D'Extra, 5. Pangea

Greg - 1. Midas Touch, 2. Au Corrant, 3. Raison D'Extra, 4. Immort Ale, 5. Pangea

What beer am I clues:

I am an award winning Farmhouse Saison, 7.5% abv.

I am named for a Flemish explorer from the 1600's

My brewery is located on a former hop farm.

My four siblings are also Belgians Style Ales

Sports fans would especially enjoy a trip to my brewery.

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"CBR 30: Mixed Sixpack Show","We didn't have time to get beers of the same style to this week we are mixing it up a little bit with some beers out of the cellar. We had some skunking issues with two of the beers, but the other were a-ok.

Beers Reviewed:

Summit India Pale Ale - Summit Brewing Company (MN)

Samuel Adams Imperial Pilsner 2005 Harvest - Boston Beer Company (MA)

LaConner India Pale Ale - LaConner Brewing Company (WA)

Loose Cannon - Clipper City Brewery (MD)

Adam - Hair of the Dog Brewing Company (OR)

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Drinking joins smoking as cancer risk

Distributors balk at racy beer label

Ebay Auction for Naming Rights to a Fermenter.

Wine Drinkers Buy Healthier Foods

Trappist Brewery Photographs

John Barleycorn Folk Song

How Hangovers Work

Gluten Free Beer in the Burgh

Ranking:

Jeff - 1. Adam, 2. Tuppers, 3. Sam Adams, 4. LaConner

Greg - 1. Adam, 2. Tuppers, 3. LaConner, 4. Sam Adams

What beer am I clues:

I am a bock made with cocoa from Ghana.

I am aged on a bed of chocolate.

I am served in a 750 ml bottle and I am made by a sixth generation brewer.

I am the third bock to be offered by this brewery, one of which came in a small corked bottle.

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"CBR 29: Barleywine Part 2","Week two of Barleywines. We wrap up several months of winter beers by tasting some great examples of American style Barleywines and chat a bit about Jeffs BJCP exam. Stick around till the end and see what we blow on the breathalizer.

Beers Reviewed:

Bigfoot Barleywine Style Ale - Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (CA)

Old Horizontal - Victory Brewing Company (PA)

Old Boardhead - Full Sail (OR)

Fred – Hair of the Dog (OR)

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Ranking:

Jeff - 1. Victory, 2. Fred, 3. Bigfoot, 4. John Barleycorn, 5. Full Sail

Greg - 1. Bigfoot, 2. Fred, 3. John Barleycorn, 4. Victory, 5. Full Sail

What beer am I clues:

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"CBR 28: Barleywine Part 1","The first of two weeks on Barleywines, the perfect winter warmer to get you through January and February. We taste some that are very malty, and others that are hopped like an IPA. Join us as we attempt to get through the highest alcohol show to date.

Beers Reviewed:

Old Nick - Youngs (England)

Old Foghorn - Anchor Brewing Company (CA)

Talon - Mendocino Brewing Company (CA)

Old Numbskull - AleSmith Brewing Company (CA)

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Liquid Solutions

Beverages and More (BevMo)

Beer Pong Makes Forbes.com?!

Heineken to Launch a Light

Is it possible for Alabama to become more unfriendly to beer?

Brewer uses Jesus in an ad.

Beermapping.com

Ranking:

Jeff - 1. Old Salty 2004, 2. Old Numbskull, 3. Old Foghorn, 4. Talon, 5. Old Nick

Greg - 1. Old Foghorn, 2. Talon, 3. Old Salty, 4. Old Nick, 5. Old Numbskull

What beer am I clues:

I am an English bitter

I am brewed in a brewery owned by a father and son.

I am 4.3 % abv with 35 IBU's

I have the color of a "golden sunset."

I am the flagship beer of this brewery that is also the home of a famous brewing school.

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"CBR 27: Imperial Stouts Part 2","In this episode we have some killer beers, lots of listener feedback, and we have our first 'do over' beer where we re-examine the Stone Imperial Russian Stout, to see if we like it more now that it's icy and cold outside.

Beers Reviewed:

Black Chocolate Stout - Brooklyn Brewery (NY)

Expedition Stout - Bell's Brewery (MI)

Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Stone Brewing Company

Storm King Stout - Victory Company (PA)

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All About Beer Alaskan Brew Cruise

Ben's Beer Blog

Celis to Brew Again in US?

Goose Island & A-B in talks.

Warmest Beer in Town

Carlton Big Ad

Ranking:

Jeff - 1. Expedition, 2. Brooklyn, 3. Fat Dog, 4. Storm King, 5. Stone

Greg - 1. Expedition, 2. Brooklyn, 3. Fat Dog, 4. Storm King, 5. Stone

What beer am I clues:

I am an American Double Stout.

I am 12% abv.

I was made only once.

I part of my name is a number.

I have five other brothers that are also stouts made by this brewery.

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"CBR 26: Imperial Stouts Part 1","

"CBR 24: Winter Seasonals Part 3","The third and final week of our winter seasonal beer special. It by far was not a exhaustive survey of the winter seasonal landscape, but we made small dent. The selections this week were all good, even the one from Golden Colorado, but there was one beer in particular that knocked our socks off.

Beers Reviewed:

Celebration Ale - Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (CA)

Winterbraun - Lost Coast (CA)

Brown Shugga' - Lagunitas Brewing Company (CA)

Holiday Porter - Samuel Adams (MA)

Winterfest Ale - Coors Brewing Company (CO)

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CBR Frappr Map

Joe Owades Dies

House (and Senate) of Beer

InBev outbids A-B for Chinese brewer

Rankings:

Jeff - 1. Brown Shugga', 2. Holiday Porter, 3. Celebration, 4. Winterbraun, 5. Winterfest

Greg - 1. Brown Shugga', 2. Winterbraun, 3. Holiday Porter, 4. Winterfest, 5. Celebration

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"CBR: 23 Winter Seasonals Part 2","In this episode we taste several west coast winter seasonal beers and to our surprise we didn't care for some of the beers that our listeners have been buzzing about. However we end the show on a high note with this year's offering from Anchor.

Beers Reviewed:

Ebenezer Ale - Bridgeport Brewing Company (OR)

Our Special Ale - Anchor Brewing Company (CA)

Jubelale - Deschutes Brewery (OR)

Full Sail Wassail - Full Sail Brewing Company (OR)

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Oskar Blues Releases Two Hand-Canned Seasonal Beers

Parliament members question why Young's Bitter was replaced with San Miguel

A-B Seasonal Beer Round Two

History of Philly Craft Brewing

Belgian Pronunciation

Rankings:

Jeff - 1. Anchor, 2. Ebenezer, 3. Mad Elf, 4. Jubelale, 5. Wassail

Greg - 1. Mad Elf, 2. Ebenezer, 3. Anchor, 4. Jubelale, 5. Wassail

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"CBR 22: Winter Seasonals Part 1","The first of 3 shows on winter seasonal beers. With snow on the ground, and beer in my glass, I can't but help to think of the opening song from Bad Santa, "It's the most wonderful time of the year."

Beers Reviewed:

Winter Solstace - Anderson Valley Brewing Company (CA)

Winter Hook - Red Hook (WA)

Old Fezziwig Ale - Samuel Adams (MA)

Winter Welcome Ale - Samuel Smiths (England)

Christmas Ale - Great Lakes Brewing Company (OH)

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Rankings:

Jeff - 1. Winter Solstace, 2. Fezziwig, 3. Lancaster, 4. Great Lakes, 5. Winterhook

Greg - 1. Winter Solstace, 2. Fezziwig, 3. Lancaster, 4. Winterhook, 5. Great Lakes

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