E08 Tappin Craft Beer w/Zak Rotello + Anchor, Revolution and Miles Nielsen

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06/18/17 • 88 min

Special #FathersDay Podcast featuring Zak Rotello, resident craft beer authority at the Olympic Tavern, who shares his generational tract in this 72 year old family restaurant business. Plus we take on an Anchor/Revolution Collaboration called Fist of Liberty and listen to trap from the latest Miles Nielsen offering, Heavy Metal. HomeBrew RockStars dive into the craft beer industry, brewery rankings , its survival vs. larger breweries and what it all means to beer drinkers. We also talk 72 years in the family restaurant business, gardening for the menu, traveling to other breweries and other things that make Zak's grundle quiver. This episode also zeros in the Anchor Brewing history, their Liberty IPA, Revolution Brewing's Fist City and the story how a Chicago Cubs - SF Giants bet brought us an advance tasting of the Fist of Liberty collaboration. We gave it 4.5 drones! All this above accompanied by Pig Minds Brewing Vanilla Royal Bitch Slap on the pool table and a "Rusted Hearts" serenade.

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E07 Radical Brewing w/Cory Ellis, Pig Minds, 3 Floyds

Podcast features "outside-the-box" approach to brewing, the craziest beer ingredients ever, Pig Minds and Three Floyds tastings ... and a listen to Name the Moon Cory Ellis (Forest City Brewers) takes center stage as Brent, Mike and Kent explore the mind of a forward thinking home brewer, while sampling Cory's well-aged Olive Ale and his all-Oats brew. Tasty stuff, indeed! The show spins around the book from beer science guru Randy Mosher, Radical Brewing, and that process to brewing beer beyond BJCP styles. The gang also digs into a segment of Real or Fake: Craziest Beer Ingredients. Tastings the episode include Royal Bitch Slap (a big Elijah Craig bourbon barrel-aged 5th Anniversary offering from Pig Minds) and the "world-class" Dreadnaught Imperial IPA from Three Floyds Brewing. All while taking in the new album from Name the Moon. Please SHARE this post with your friends (buttons below)! Or better yet... [mc4wp_form]

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E09 Sours Power - Tim Lundquist, Lagunitas, ODell

Flanders Red Sours, Big Reds and Old School Funk A RED (white and blue) Home Brew Podcast featuring Tim Lundquist, his Flanders Red Merlot Barrel-Aged project and a look into the mind that operates a "big" home brew setup. Plus we do craft beer tastings of Lagunitas Lucky 13, ODell Flemish Giant, New Glarus Raspberry Tart, Pig Minds Southy Bitch Slap and flurry of sour home brews. HomeBrew RockStars dive into brewing traditional Belgian Sours. Guest home brewer Tim Lundquist has a ton of experience brewing all kinds of beer and shares some key techniques for brewing sour beer and barrel-aging. We also sample Tim's fabulous Kriek Lambic and a couple other home brews he talks about brewing. All this above accompanied by Pig Minds Brewing Southy Bitch Slap on the pool table with a review of the new Cheap Trick album, We're All Alright and a funk-spattered blast from the past via Fluid Oz. DRINK IT UP!!!