Hallelujah - A Toast to Leonard Cohen

12/07/16 • 90 min

Chas and Mike give a special toast to singer/songwriter and altogether renaissance man Leonard Cohen. Powered by two featured brews including a black IPA Dark Matter from Blackstone Brewery and an imperial stout Bang from Prairie Artisan Ales, Chas and Mike check out the Top 6 Leonard Cohen songs according to listeners.

Chas gives us the lowdown on "skunky beer" science in a segment of Brewery School Dropout and Mike gives us an inspired performance of his original song "Abbeville."

And, of course, we have the latest in craft beer news including the skinny on a new craft beer served in a stuffed squirrel....are you kidding?

Links related to this show:

Rolling Stone Readers Poll - Leonard Cohen

Best Leonard Cohen Covers

Skunky Beer

102 Year Old Woman Says Beer is the Secret To Life

Beer Packaged in a Squirrel

New Craft Beer Board Game

Best Craft Beers of 2016

Special thanks to these artists for their wonderful background music:

Kevin MacLeod

Ben Sound

Chas gives us the lowdown on "skunky beer" science in a segment of Brewery School Dropout and Mike gives us an inspired performance of his original song "Abbeville."

And, of course, we have the latest in craft beer news including the skinny on a new craft beer served in a stuffed squirrel....are you kidding?

Links related to this show:

Rolling Stone Readers Poll - Leonard Cohen

Best Leonard Cohen Covers

Skunky Beer

102 Year Old Woman Says Beer is the Secret To Life

Beer Packaged in a Squirrel

New Craft Beer Board Game

Best Craft Beers of 2016

Special thanks to these artists for their wonderful background music:

Kevin MacLeod

Ben Sound

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