Give It A Shot – Stone Brewing Smoked Porter with Vanilla Bean

How do you take Stone Brewing’s already delicious Smoked Porter and make it better? We had several ideas kicking around: Pinto bean, lima bean, baked bean (our personal favorite) and even garbanzo bean. Apparently these ideas were a little too off the beaten path so they took a suggestion from small batch…

ByAboutBeveragesDecember 24, 20120Comments

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Give It A Shot – Sierra Nevada Narwhal Imperial Stout

Oh Sierra Nevada. We know your skill at making beers with wonderful hop character, but an Imperial Stout? Sure you have gone to the dark side before with your porter and stout, but in all honesty that’s not what first comes to mind when we think of you. It is with great…

ByAboutBeveragesDecember 21, 20120Comments

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Give It A Shot – Oskar Blues Ten Fidy Imperial Stout

A beer in a can kicks off our salute to the Imperial Stout this week. The Ten Fidy from Oskar Blues Brewing is so named because of its alcohol content of 10.50%. It brings not only a heavy dose of dark malts and 98 IBUs, but also a substantial list of accolades. …

ByAboutBeveragesDecember 19, 20120Comments

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Give It A Shot – Left Hand Brewing Fade to Black Vol. 4

It’s time once again for us to Fade into one of our most anticipated beer series of the year; The Fade to Black from Left Hand Brewing. Now on their 4th Volume in this series they have chosen the style of “Rocky Mountain Black Ale”. The previous versions in order were a…

ByAboutBeveragesDecember 14, 20120Comments

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Give It A Shot – Woodchuck Barrel Select Cider

Apparently winter is the season of the woodchuck. Woodchuck Cider that is! Today on the show we will be tasting the Woodchuck Barrel Select Cider. What type of barrel? None other than Kentucky Bourbon barrels. As much as we loved the Winter Cider, which also had wonderful notes of bourbon,…

ByAboutBeveragesDecember 12, 20120Comments

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Give It A Shot – Marin Brewing Tripel Dipsea Belgian Style Ale

The second and final beer of our focus on Marin Brewing is the Tripel Dipsea Belgian Style Ale. This beer is an ode if you will to those made by the Trappist Monks of Belgium. Contained within is a blend of three Belgian yeast strains and three additions of European noble hops. Unlike the other…

ByAboutBeveragesDecember 5, 20120Comments

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Give It A Shot – Marin Brewing Albion Amber Ale

We kick off Marin Brewing week with their Albion Amber Ale. This year round offering is named in memory of Sonoma’s New Albion Brewing which was the first commercial micro-brewery to open after prohibition in 1976. This particular amber is of the sessionable variety coming in at 5% ABV and can be purchased…

ByAboutBeveragesNovember 28, 20120Comments

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Give It A Shot – Brewery Ommegang Hennepin Farmhouse Saison

The Saison style of beer is now being brewed year round, but originally was made during the fall and winter for comsumption during the late summer harvest. Brewery Ommegang Hennepin Farmhouse Saison is a year round offering. We had decided that this was going to be featured on our Thanksgiving week show, but…

ByAboutBeveragesNovember 21, 20120Comments

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Give It A Shot – Samuel Adams Verloren Gose

Gose (pronounced goes-uh) is a long forgotten style first brewed in Germany in the early 18th century. It became so popular in Leipzig that at one point it was considered to be the local style. Fast forward to the late 1960s and this once very popular style had all but been forgotten. …

ByAboutBeveragesNovember 16, 20120Comments

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Give It A Shot – Woodchuck Hard Cider Winter Seasonal

Located in Middlebury, Vermont Woodchuck Hard Cider has a multitude of cider creations. Along with several year round cider options they also produce four limited releases that correspond to the seasons. So it is with no surprise then that today we are trying their Winter Seasonal. To create a unique and hopefully…

ByAboutBeveragesNovember 14, 20120Comments

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