Give It A Shot – Stone, Green Flash, & Pizza Port Brewing Highway 78 Scotch Ale

It’s Scotch Ale week here on the podcast and what better way to start the week then with a collaboration brew. This beer is from the collective brain trust of Stone, Green Flash, and Pizza Port Brewing called Highway 78 Scotch Ale. Stone has done several of these collaboration brews with many different…

ByAboutBeveragesMay 31, 20110Comments

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Give It A Shot – Flying Fish Brewing ESB Amber Ale

Flying Fish Brewery is a name you will recognize from a previous podcast when we tried their Exit 4 American Trippel which we liked quite a lot. I (Andrew) have also had one other from their exit series, the Exit 13 Chocolate Stout, which was also very good. Hoping they can go three…

ByAboutBeveragesMay 27, 20110Comments

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Give It A Shot – Collaboration Home Brew Part 1

In a continuing effort to educate ourselves about not only what’s new in the beverage world, but also how things are created, we have decided to brew a completely new beer. The itch to take on such a project probably started when we first did our Mr. Beer Home Brew Series podcasts which you…

ByAboutBeveragesMay 17, 20110Comments

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Give It A Shot – Goose Island Brewery Matilda

In a continuing effort to always try something different, we took our podcast on the road so to speak. This weekend our family had a get together to celebrate our nieces birthday and we thought it was finally time to record outside of the usual tasting room setting. We were able to find…

ByAboutBeveragesMay 13, 20110Comments

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Give It A Shot – Elbrewery Hevelius Kaper Euro Strong Lager

Today we take a trip to Poland by way of a new beer on the podcast. Hevelius Kaper from Elbrewery Co. is a euro strong lager similar to the Baltika #9 which we have not had on a podcast, but mentioned a few times. This beer also may be name after the astronomer…

ByAboutBeveragesMay 10, 20110Comments

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Give It A Shot – Port Brewing Old Viscosity

Today on the podcast we have a year-round beer from Port Brewing called Old Viscosity. What makes this beer interesting is twofold: First, the beer is a blend with 20% of the original batch being aged in bourbon barrels before bottling. Second, we have tasted this beer at different times on several…

ByAboutBeveragesMay 6, 20110Comments

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Give It A Shot – Great Divide Brewing Hercules Double IPA

We’re not sure why it took us so long to finally try a beer from Great Divide Brewing on a podcast, but we will remedy that today. We have had several of their beers in the past and have always been quite impressed, so with any luck this will be no different. Today…

ByAboutBeveragesMay 3, 20110Comments

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Give It A Shot – Lagunitas Brewery Wilco Tango Foxtrot (WTF) Ale

After the podcast that came out on Monday, we’re glad to be giving Lagunitas a chance at redemption. The beer we will be trying today is the Wilco Tango Foxtrot (WTF). Hopefully this “malty, robust, jobless recovery ale”, will make us feel better about what happened in the recent past. If you…

ByAboutBeveragesApril 29, 20110Comments

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Give It A Shot – Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout

Today on the podcast we will be trying a beer from a brewery new to our website, the Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout. It’s an imperial-esque stout brewed with Sebastopol’s Hardcore Coffee. Usually when we think cappuccino, we think of a drink made with espresso, hot milk and steamed milk froth. Let’s hope they…

ByAboutBeveragesApril 26, 20110Comments

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Give It A Shot – Grand Canyon Brewing Horshoe Bend Pale Ale & Black Iron IPA

They say you don’t have to go far to find true happiness. Hopefully whoever they are will be correct as we try two beers from a brewery within our own home state of Arizona. The Grand Canyon Brewing Company is located in Williams, Arizona and today we will be trying their Horshoe Bend…

ByAboutBeveragesApril 22, 20110Comments

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