Each year, Sam Adams holds a nationwide competition to find some of the best homebrew being brewed in the States, with the winners getting a production run of their recipe brewed and bottled by Sam Adams.

Chris drinks two GABF winning beers from brewery that started the craft beer canning craze.

We've been doing quite a few dopplebock shows lately, but when Capital Brewing released three versions of a dopplebock, a style they've become known for, Chris couldn't resist.

With most beers, the fresher it is, the better. This is especially true with hoppy beers, so when Chris found two a California Double IPA that was 3 days old, and another that was 11 days old, he knew what he had to do - pit them against each other to determine final supremacy.

Two Brothers Brewing recently began a new beers series where they let their brewers decide all aspects of a beer, from recipe to label art. Circus Penguin is their first offering, combining a hoppy pale ale with local beets and blood orange.

There is little debate that Michael Jackson was the most important beer writer in modern times, exploring the world of craft beer and exotic styles well before the boom hit the States. For our third book review, Chris takes a look Jackson's classic guide to all things Belgian, Great Beers of Belgium.

Chris usually gives dating information about the beers he reviews to ensure that only fresh beer is tasted. In this episode we do a complete 180 to see if you can buy expired beer and still have it taste great.

Way back in episode one, Chris tried several beers inspired by the legendary Trappist Ale, Orval. Since then, San Diego craft brewery Green Flash has created their own homage to Orval, a dry hopped Belgian ale with Brettanomyces called Rayon Vert.

Chris and Margaret mess with Texas in this episode of The Beer Temple podcast, tasting beers sent by a viewer from the Lone Star State.

Hop Burn is the latest creation from Mikkeller, a Danish gypsy brewery who travels around the world, brewing on other people's equipment as he goes, and always adding to his unique and prolific beer portfolio.