Give It A Shot – Ninkasi, The Alchemist, Stone Collaboration Beer More Brown Than Black IPA

Another day, another dollar, and another collaboration brew from Stone Brewing and friends. More Brown Than Black IPA is from the collective brain trust of Ninkasi, The Alchemist, and Stone. The idea was to create a beer that was still very hop forward, but not quite as roasty and dark as a black…

ByAboutBeveragesMarch 21, 20120Comments

Beer Give It A Shot Podcast Seasonal Video

Give It A Shot – Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye IPA

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 so far seem to be quite interesting. It…

ByAboutBeveragesMarch 16, 20120Comments

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Give It A Second Shot – New Belgium Ranger IPA

The old saying goes “Try it again for the first time”. Let’s just hope it goes better for our second go round with the Ranger IPA from New Belgium. We tried this beer almost two years ago and did not like it, but due to some listener comments and a recent tasting by…

ByAboutBeveragesMarch 14, 20120Comments

Bourbon Give It A Shot Podcast Video

Give It A Shot – Jefferson’s Small Batch Bourbon

When we’re not tasting beer apparently we seem to have a soft spot for bourbon and that’s exactly what we’ll be trying today. Jefferson’s small batch bourbon is distilled by McLain and Kyne using limestone water from Kentucky. What does “Very Small Batch Bourbon” actually mean? Well instead of selecting 200-300 barrels…

ByAboutBeveragesMarch 9, 20120Comments

Beer Give It A Shot Podcast Video

Give It A Shot – Clown Shoes Lubrication Black Ale

Clown Shoes Lubrication which doesn’t sound like the name of a beer, but the beginning of the most amazing joke ever, is an American black ale. I had been seeing a lot of beers at our local Total Wine from this brand for some time now and decided to pick one up. Even…

ByAboutBeveragesMarch 7, 20120Comments

Beer Give It A Shot Podcast

Give It A Shot – New Planet Beer Off Grid Pale Ale

In a year already filled with many firsts here at the site we will be adding another to that list with our first sampling of a gluten free beer. New Planet Beer has a selection of three gluten free beers for people who either have Celiac disease or are just wanting to live the…

ByAboutBeveragesMarch 2, 20120Comments

Beer Give It A Shot Podcast Seasonal

Give It A Shot – New Belgium Dig Pale Ale

A new Spring Seasonal is on the tasting table today from New Belgium Brewery. Simply called Dig, it’s a Pale Ale featuring one of our favorite new hops from New Zealand, Nelson Sauvin. This beer has a lot to live up to as it appears to be replacing one of our favorite seasonals…

ByAboutBeveragesFebruary 29, 20120Comments

Barleywine Give It A Shot Podcast

Give It A Shot – Samuel Adams Griffin’s Bow Barleywine

As much as I give Keith a hard time about his lack of enthusiasm towards barleywines, I sure do get him to try an awful lot of them. In fact the Samuel Adams Griffin’s Bow we are trying today is one that he brought over. I’m sure it was because this one is…

ByAboutBeveragesFebruary 22, 20120Comments

Beer Give It A Shot Podcast Seasonal

Give It A Shot – Kona Brewing Koko Brown

In honor of Valentine’s Day we have a Winter/Spring seasonal from Kona Brewing. Their Koko Brown is a nut brown ale, brewed with toasted coconut. Sound interesting? We thought so. What made it even better is that we were given this beer by a listener of the show, Marilyn, who also…

ByAboutBeveragesFebruary 15, 20120Comments

Gin Podcast

AboutBeverages.com Podcast: Episode 24 – Four Gins from Distillery No. 209, Rogue, Nolet’s, & Hendrick’s

Welcome to episode 24 of the AboutBeverages.com podcast! In this episode we will be tasting something very close to our hearts, gin. We think we proved with our previous podcast and the follow up “Give It A Shot” that the gins we tried (and many of the new wave of “boutique” gins) are…

ByAboutBeveragesFebruary 8, 20120Comments

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