Listener Sean Grogan sent a huge box full of enough beer for 2 shows. First up are 5 beers from Olde Mecklenburg Brewery, which somehow sent Rubio into a mean, somewhat surreal drunk. This one got a touch raunchy.

Captain James Jack
Copper
Yule Bock
Dunkel
Bauern Bock

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Every year, Rubio throws a party over the holidays for his beer geek friends. Last year, we started recording parts of it for the show. This year, the tradition lives on in this monster of an episode. Please remember to kick us $5 to get the new year started out right.

Segments:

1. Intro with John Rubio, Anastacia Kelly, Grant Davis, and Mike Lambert.

2. John Rubio, Mike Lambert, Dan Rader, and Bill Brink:
Firestone Walker Thirteen (2009)
Iron Hill Russian Imperial Stout (2007)
Deschutes Jubel 2010

3. John Rubio, Mike Lambert, John Harvey, and Beer (Zack) Pilgrim:
NoDa Hop, Drop ’n Roll
Hill Farmstead Susan
Midnight Sun Berserker (2009)

4. John Rubio, Grant Davis, Juan De Luna, and Jon Haupt:
Kuhnhenn 4th D (2011)
Cantillon Saint Lamvinus

5. Grant Davis, Beau Paul, Jason Murphy, and Jeff Schussler:
Prairie ‘Merica
Deschutes Abyss (2012)

6. John Rubio, Anastacia Kelly, Miguel De Luna, and Zachary Savoie:
Lawson’s Finest Liquids Maple Triple Ale
Anchorage The Tide and Its Takers
Cigar City Life is Like

7. John Rubio, Anastacia Kelly, Bill Brink, and Miguel De Luna:
Hair of the Dog Fred (2004)
Hair of the Dog Bourbon Fred From The Wood
Hair of the Dog Adam
Hair of the Dog Cherry Adam From The Wood

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Cypress Grove Chèvre found out we’d mentioned their delicious cheeses about a thousand times on the show. To show their appreciation, they sent us 12 lbs of cheese and $100 to come up with a pairing episode. Oh, what a beautiful day.

Bermuda Triangle (Jester King Atrial Rubicite)
Humboldt Fog (Orval)
Truffle Tremor (Avery Odio Equum)
Midnight Moon (Duchesse de Borgogne & Founder’s Breakfast Stout)
Lamb Chopper (The Alchemist Heady Topper)
Sgt. Pepper (Brooklyn Sorachi Ace)

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Tis the season for Christmas and holiday beers. Santa’s brought us 5 of them this time, but are they what we asked for, or lumps of coal?

Full Sail Wreck the Halls
Anchor Our Special Ale
Southern Tier 2XMAS
St. Bernardus Christmas Ale
Delirium Noel

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Ah, Goose Island. Once the darling of the craft beer community, the brewery has come under criticism after being purchased by AB Inbev. So how’s the beer doing? We dig into some of their vintage ales series to see.

Pepe Nero
Matilda
Halia
Juliet
Pere Jacques
Lolita

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Our buddy Beau Paul of loungegeeks.com and oneofus.net joins us for what turn out to be 3 great beers, 2 good ones, and a stinker.

Paradox The Nihilist (from Joshua Blake)
COOP F5 IPA (from Evan Gundy)
New Belgium Le Terroir
Mikkeller Spontankriek
Odell Fernet Aged Porter
Two Brothers Bare Tree (From Joe Money)

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All 5 of this episodes beers were aged in bourbon barrels. 2 of them, with some of the hottest chili peppers on the planet. Grant may never be the same.

Smuttynose Zinneke (Thanks to Joe Money)
Uinta Cockeyed Cooper
Stone Southern Charred*
Stone Crime*
Stone Punishment*

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Listener Evan Gundy is a beer-sending maniac. We taste some of the beers from the 3rd box he’s sent us, and Rubio gets ultra mega drunk.

Lift Bridge Hop Dish
Rough Tail Hoptometrist
Knee Deep Hop Shortage
Prairie Puncheon
Prairie Bomb! & Pirate Bomb! Comparison

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We got to visit Crooked Stave in Denver on our GABF trip this October and were blown away by their beers. So, we brought 6 of them back to share with you.

Vieille Artisanal Saison
St. Bretta Summer
Surette Provision Saison
Hop Savant Galaxy
Origins Batch 2
L’Brett D’Or

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The American Homebrewers Association invited us to interview some folks at their rally at Jester King Brewery in Austin, TX.

Interviews with:
AHA Director Gary Glass
Ricardo Ruiz and Dave Moore of Definitive Ales
Sam Adams Longshot Winner Corey Martin of the Austin Zealots
Matt Nixon of Texas Beer Brigade
Eric Lowe of Meridian Hive Meadery
Brian Stevenson of the Austin Zealots

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