Episode 54: Barrier Brewing Co & Sixpoint Craft Ales

03/08/11 • 54 min

This week on Beer Sessions, Jimmy & Ray host a loosely themed “Mardi Gras” show. Ray talks a bit about the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans and what made him open a bar down there and explains why craft beer and Mardi Gras are not a match made in heaven. Later on the show, Shane Welch and Jeff Gorlechen from Sixpoint Craft Ales stop by to preview the upcoming Beer For Beasts event. The Barrier Brewing Company guys also stopped by to explain why their garage brewery in Long Island isn’t so different from the big guys. This episode was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com = the #1 beer site on the internet.

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This week on Beer Sessions Radio (TM) sees Jimmy, Ray & Sam finally getting a chance to talk to Ed Berestecki of Mugs Ale House. Ed recalls the days when Ray was applying to bar tend at his bar and the guys discuss how things have changed in the meantime. Later on the show, the focus is shifted to homemade cider. Tune in and learn the nuts and bolts from Joy Doumis & Jeremy Hammond and find out how you too can learn how to make cider from home. Beer Sessions Radio (TM) is brought to you by GreatBrewers.com

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