Liquid Bread

Rich leads a lesson on hops, Larry knows what kudzu looks like, Matty doesn't know what acorns look like, and chocolate is ruined for everybody.

This week Rich has chosen a great American beer to try, the Tank 7 American Saison Ale from Boulevard Brewing Company. Grab a bottle at your local bottle shop and drink along!

Lewis McCallister, head brewer at Mountains Walking Brewery in Bozeman, Montana, joins us to talk about milkshake IPAs and smoothie ales! Larry loves milkshakes.

Rich leads us in tasting of one of his favorite beers, the Westmalle Dubbel. Find it at a bottle shop near you and drink along!

We're talkin' Kölsch, the pride of Cologne, as Larry finally gets his pickle beer, Matty does a so-so job putting a quiz together, and we see the duality of Rich as both the ultimate culinary man of the people and a geographic snob,

For Oktoberfest, Rich leads us in a tasting of Hofbräu's Oktoberfestbier! Plus a little diversion about beer that tastes like pennies.

The boys get a little tipsy talking all things Oktoberfest: what to expect when you head to Munich in October, and what to expect from styles like festbiers, Marzens, and Oktoberfestbiers.

Rich gives one of his most useful lessons yet, on how to store our beer so it doesn't taste like skunks and whether the reason our beer seems a little off at our favorite spot is because they're not pouring it right. Plus we talk Fiery Crunchy Cheesie Bois, mustard beer, and whether or not we're all comfortable with our future toilet-drinking society.

Sourmer continues! Rich takes Matty and Larry to Germany for Goses and Berliner Weisses, then on to a quick stop for vatted porters in the UK, then it's on to the US for American Wild Ales and Rich's controversial thoughts on farmhouses. Also, a vital message about exploding beer.

For our first tasting episode, Rich leads Matty and Larry on a tasting of a sour lambic, the delicious Lindemans Cuvée René!