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
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
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)
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*
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
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
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
We’re recording on Halloween and thought it appropriate to drink beers as dark as the night. Remember to vote for us at podcastawards.com!
Ommegang Game of Thrones Take The Black Stout
Copper Kettle Mexican Chocolate Stout
Alaskan Smoked Porter
Stone Suede
Epic Big Bad Baptist
Jourdan Miller sent us another box full of beer! This episode gets a lot dark. Hopefully, we can get through it together.
Devil’s Backbone Vienna Lager
Devil’s Backbone Eight Point IPA
Old Dominion Morning Glory
Old Dominion Oak Barrel Stout
Weyerbacher Old Heathen
Weyerbacher Merry Monks
Stone’s QM series is an experimental, barrel-aged series of 500ml variations on their beers. Steve Gonzalez sent us all 6 of their 2013 lineup, and we fight impending death to taste them.
Stone QM 2013 Series 1-6