What’s on tap for the week of March 17th – March 23rd 2013

Just a little reminder of what will be going on at AboutBeverages.com for the week of March 17th - March 23rd 2013. Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone! Time to (responsibly) enjoy some Guiness Foreign Extra Stout, Ohara's Celtic Stout or maybe even some Jameson Irish Whiskey. It will be a little slower this week on the site as we prepare for our next full show that our listeners voted on. The winner of our poll was Kombucha! What is Kombucha? We will get into all of that in more detail during the show, but to give you a quick hit of knowledge, Kombucha is a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY). This culture or mother as it's called is placed in a batch of sweetened tea and allowed to ferment for a few weeks producing the beverage. Sounds very strange and kind of gross if you look at photos of the fermentation, but we understand it to be uniquely good! For the beer geeks out there who are fans of the sour style (that includes us) the Kombucha culture often contains yeast strains of Saccharomyces and Brettanomyces common to that beer style. That should be enough to get you prepared for the show, but if you have any suggestions or recipes for this tea you would like to share let us know. Make sure you're following us on twitter for all of our other beverage tastings and info. Click the link here to get to our twitter page. Also, don't forget to check out our channel on youtube and if you go to our website from your mobile phone you can also get our app! If you haven't, take a moment to sign up for our email subscription. Get all the latest articles and podcast information delivered right to your inbox. If you have any questions or ideas for things we should try, send us an email to AboutBeverages@q.com. Keith & Andrew