"CBR 19: American IPA Part 2","It's Hops are on parade this week with our second part of the American IPA Series. This week we find some surprisingly balanced IPA's, another winner from that brewery in Colorado, and enjoy a special 1 time only treat from Lion Brewing.

Beers Reviewed:

Harpoon IPA - Harpoon Brewery (MA)

Titan IPA - Great Divide Brewing Company (CO)

Hop Ottin' IPA - Anderson Valley Brewing Company (CA)

Stegmaier 100th Anniversary IPA - Lion Brewery, Inc. (PA)

Links:

Rankings:

Jeff - 1. Titian, 2. Stegmaier, 3. Harpoon, 4. Hop Ottin', 5. Barley Creek

Greg - 1. Titian, 2. Harpoon, 3. Stegmaier, 4. Hop Ottin', 5. Barley Creek

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"CBR 18: American IPA Part 1","Jeff and I are both hop-heads, so we relished the thought of comparing one of our favorite styles, the exquisitely hoppy American IPA. We weren't disappointed in these tasty selections.

Beers Reviewed:

Stone IPA - Stone Brewing Company (CA)

Tuppers Hop Pocket Ale - Old Dominion Brewing Company (VA)

White Hawk Original IPA - Mendocino Brewing Company (CA)

HopDevil Ale - Victory Brewing Company (PA)

Links:

Rankings:

Jeff - 1. Stone, 2. Tuppers, 3. White Hawk, 4. Hop Devil (bad bottle)

Greg - 1. Stone, 2. White Hawk, 3. Tuppers, 4. Hop Devil (bad bottle)

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"CBR 17: American Porter Part 2","We continue to taste American Porters, and get blindsided to learn that one of our favorites may not be the star we once thought it was.

Beers Reviewed:

Edmund Fitzgerald Porter - Great Lakes Brewing Company (OH)

Blackhook Porter - Red Hook Brewing Company (WA/MA)

Sierra Nevada Porter - Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (CA)

Anchor Porter - Anchor Brewing Company (CA)

Links:

Rankings:

Jeff - 1. Sierra Nevada, 2. Anchor, 3. Great Lakes, 4. Wild Goose, 5. Blackhook

Greg - 1. Sierra Nevada, 2. Great Lakes, 3. Anchor, 4. Wild Goose, 5. Blackhook

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"CBR 16: American Porter Part 1","This week is part 1 of a two part series on the dark, malty, roasty American Porter. We find that the porters tend to be malty, roasty, or occasionally malty and roasty. Imagine that!

Beers Reviewed:

Coal Porter - Atlantic Brewing Company (ME)

Stove Pipe Porter - Otter Creek Brewing (VT)

General Washington's Tavern Porter - Yards Brewing Company (PA)

Rogue Mocha Porter - Rogue Ales (OR)

Links:

Rankings:

Jeff - 1. Yards, 2. Rogue, 3. Leg Humper, 4. Coal Porter, 5. Otter Creek

Greg - 1. Coal Porter, 2. Rogue, 3. Leg Humper, 4. Yards, 5. Otter Creek

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"CBR 15: Pumpkin Ales","This week, we taste beers made with our favorite summer gourd and autumn icon, the pumpkin. Typically spiced with pumpkin pie spices, these beers at times defy convention.

Beers Reviewed:

Saranac Pumpkin Ale - The Matt Brewing Company (NY)

Post Road Pumpkin Ale - Brooklyn Brewery (NY)

Dogfish Head Punkin' Ale - Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (DE)

Wild Goose Pumpkin Patch - Frederick Brewing Company (MD)

Links:

Jeff - 1. Dogfish, 2. Post Road, 3. Saranac, 4. Wild Goose

Greg - 1. Dogfish, 2. Post Road, 3. Saranac, 4. Wild Goose

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"CBR 14: Trappist Ales Part 2","We continue to sample beers from the six Trappist breweries. Will these final three stand up to the well-received first three?

Beers Reviewed:

Rochefort 10 - Brasserie de Rochefort

Chimay Grande Reserve - Bieres de Chimay

Westmalle Trappist Tripel - Brouwerij Westmalle

Links:

Rankings:

Jeff - 1. Rochefort, 2. Westmalle, 3. Chimay

Greg - 1. Chimay, 2. Westmalle, 3. Rochefort

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"CBR 13: Trappist Ales Part 1","Today we begin our two part series on Trappist Beers, brewed by only a select

few monestaries in Belgium. Be sure to listen to our review of the vaunted

Westvleteren 12! We also taste Orval and Achel 8 Brune.

Beers Reviewed:

Orval - Brasserie d’Orval S.A.

Trappist Achel 8 Brune - Brouwerij der St.Benedictusabdij de Achelse

Trappist Westvleteren 12 - Brouwerij Westvleteren

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Rankings:

Jeff - 1. Westy, 2. Achel, 3. Orval

Greg - 1. Westy, 2. Orval, 3. Achel

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"CBR 12: Oktoberfest Part 2","We quickly pound out part 2 of our Oktober, well, fest, with a few American Oktoberfests. Then we go on a sojourn to a local tavern to try out the Spaten we couldn't drink last time.

Beers Reviewed:

Brooklyn Oktoberfest - Brooklyn Brewery (NY)

Stoudt's Oktoberfest - Stoudt's Brewing Company (PA)

Victory Festbier - Victory Brewing Company (PA)

Spaten Oktoberfestbier - On Tap

Links:

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"CBR 11: Oktoberfest Part 1","This week, we begin a two part show on the quintessential Autumn beer: the Oktoberfest. Three European examples are tried (with one failed attempt) along with a local Pittsburgh choice.

Beers Reviewed:

Hacker-Pschorr Original Oktoberfest

Köstritzer Oktoberfest

Spaten Oktoberfestbier

Penn Oktoberfest

Links:

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"CBR 10: Summer Released Stouts","This week, we try some seasonal stouts meant for easy Summer drinking, and find that some fit the bill more than others. We also cover the usual news and emails. Also, e-mail us and suggest some Oktoberfest beers to try!

Beers Reviewed:

Blue Ridge Steeple Stout - Frederick Brewing Company (MD)

Peg Leg Imperial Stout - Clipper City Brewery (MD)

Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Stone Brewing Company (CA)

Links:

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"CBR 10: Summer Released Stouts","This week, we try some seasonal stouts meant for easy Summer drinking, and find that some fit the bill more than others. We also cover the usual news and emails. Also, e-mail us and suggest some Oktoberfest beers to try!

Beers Reviewed:

Blue Ridge Steeple Stout - Frederick Brewing Company (MD)

Peg Leg Imperial Stout - Clipper City Brewery (MD)

Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Stone Brewing Company (CA)

Links:

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