Saisons or farmhouse ales have been traditionally brewed during the winter months and then stored for drinking by the farm workers during the summer months. The Stone Brewing Saison has decided to put the “farm” back in farmhouse ale by adding some items grown in their organic garden. Lemon zest, lavender and lemon…
As the weather begins to creep towards the triple digits here in the Old Pueblo, we begin looking for the latest summer seasonals. The Bell’s Brewery Oarsman Ale is their take on a classic Berliner Weissbier. While this may be a year round offering, to us it seems very seasonally appropriate given the…
Our love of Scotch along with our brother Joe and his wife Leslie is what brings you this show today. The Dimple Pinch blended Scotch whisky would not have been on our radar if not for it’s multiple cameo appearances in Breaking Bad. It’s Aged 15 years and produced by Haig, Scotland’s oldest…
Anything within the Lips of Faith Series from New Belgium Brewing always garners our interest. From the La Folie to the Le Terroir to the Pluot, there is always something unique worth giving a…. well you know. So it should come as no shock that at the tasting table today we have the…
Being a Brewmaster requires a few very important things: A knowledge of chemistry, a desire for extreme cleanliness and of course a beard. So after 15,000 batches at Rogue Brewing, John Maier decided to bring his two passions together; beer and the hair on his chinny chin chin. It only makes…
Those of you who follow us on either Twitter or Untappd probably have already heard me (Andrew) sing the praises of this beer. For those of you who don’t use those services and to do a little more in-depth analysis we decided to bring the Odell Brewing Runoff Red IPA to the tasting table.…
At the tasting table today we will be feeling some “Good Vibrations” thanks to the Unity Vibration Ginger Kombucha American Wild Ale. We previously had the Kombucha Pale Ale which is double hopped and contained juniper. While we liked it overall, the hops and juniper got lost in the kombucha shuffle. We’re…
Iron Maiden, specifically Bruce Dickinson, in conjunction with Robinsons Brewery created a beer. Need we say more? We should? Ok. The beer simply called Trooper is in honor of their song by the same name off the Piece of Mind Album. The song is inspired by the brave 600 British…
It may be a new local Tucson brewery and a new beer at the tasting table today, but the brewmaster himself is not new to his craft. The Diego IPA from Iron John’s Brewing Company brings with it a legacy of over 20 years of home and commercial brewing experince from head brewer John…
This show originally aired on March 15th 2012. I can’t believe I didn’t realize this earlier, but this has been IPA week here at the website. So to finish things off we have the Ruthless Rye IPA from Sierra Nevada. Rye beers are something we have only recently been exposed to, but…