Craft Beer Radio Podcast

"CBR 171: Double the Fun with Double the IPA","Another live to tape show. Double IPA's Beers: Black Diamond Brewing - Rampage Imperial IPA (Concord, CA) Left Coast's Hop Juice Double IPA (San Clemente, CA) Caldara Brewing - Hopportunity Knocks (Ashland, OR) Valley Brewing Company - Uberhoppy Imperial IPA (Stockton, CA) Port Brewing Hop - 15 Ale (San Marcos, CA) Rankings: Jeff: Hopportunity Knocks, Rampage, Hop-15, Hop Juice, UberHoppy Greg: Hopportunity Knocks, Hop Juice, Hop-15 Uberhoppy, Rampage Preshow - St. Nikolaus Bock - Penn Brewery Postshow "

"CBR 170: Tripels Live!","Were back after some busy holidays with a show on Belgian Style Tripels that we did Live to Tape in order to get it out in a timely manner. Beers: Stoudts Triple Real Ale - Devil's Backbone Victory Golden Monkey Bournem Triple Rankings: Jeff: Greg: Preshow - Unibroue La Fin Du Monde Postshow "

"CBR 169: Texas from our Favorite Texan Bill","More bountiful beers from Bill in Texas! Don't mess with Texas, and definitely don't mess with Bill. Yes, that's as clever as I can think of for an opening. Beers: Rahr and Sons Iron Thistle St. Arnold Winter Stout Real Ale Phoenix Double ESB Shiner Smokehaus St. Arnold Divine #9 St. Arnold Divine #8 Rankings: Jeff: St. Arnold 9, Winter Stout, Phoenix ESB, Iron Thistle, Shiner Smokehaus, St. Arnold 8 Greg: Iron Thistle, Winter Stout, Phoenix ESB, Shiner Smokehaus, St. Arnold 9, St. Arnold 8 Preshow - Santa Fe State Pen Porter Postshow "

"CBR 168: Snail Podcast","Another show with a dated catch phrase, remember this movie Inception... Well the catch phrase was cool when we recorded it back in July. This show is a grab bag of beers that were sent in. Not to mention a surprising WOW beer. Beers: Karl Strauss Oktoberfest Karl Strauss Whistler Imperial Pilsner Boulevard Amber Ale Southern Star - Buried Hatchet Stout Stone Saison Du Buff Kona Coffee Macadamia Coconut Porter - Stone, Maui, Ken Schmidt Rankings: Jeff: 1. Southern Star,2. Karl Strauss Oktoberfest, 3. Whistler Imperial Pils, 4. Kona Coconut, 5. Boulevard, 6 BUFF. Greg: 1. Southern Star, 2. Karl Strauss Oktoberfest, 3. Boulevard Amber, 4. Kona Coconut, 5. Whistler, 6. BUFF Preshow - Postshow "

"CBR 167: After the Equinox","Like a fine beer this show got better with age. Recorded in July posted in September. We drink 5 witbiers, compare, contrast, and have a peachy, er orange peely, time. Beers: Michelob - Shock Top Michelob - Ginger Wheat Great Lakes - Holy Moses Michigan Brewing - Celis White Coronado - Orange Avenue Wit Rankings: Jeff: Greg: Preshow - Postshow "

"CBR 166: Without a Net","Live to tape, without a net. We wanted to see if we could do a show that was clean enough to post without editing. It keeps is on our game and, well, saves Jeff the editing work. We drink English style pale ales. And computers win again. I did up our notes and the computer ate the submission. I'm going to bed. Links to the beers, and rankings later... Beers: Fuller's London Pride Samuel Smith's Old Brewery Pale Ale Samuel Smith's Organic Ale Dominion Ale Boulder Cold Hop Rankings: Jeff: 1 fullers 2. organic, 3. old brewery, 4 .cold hop 5. dominion Greg: 1. fullers. 2. coldhop 3. dominion 4. organic ale, 5. pale ale Preshow - Middle Ages Grail Ale Postshow "

"CBR 165: We're not dead yet.","Late or never, which is better? We hope the former. Check out this episode that was recorded 2 full months ago. It was pretty good when we recorded it but it has conditioned nicely in the cellar for 2 months to mellow out the palate. Beers: New Belgium - Ranger IPA Port Brewing 4th Anniversary Odonata Saison The Bruery - Melange #3 Rankings: Greg - 1. Melange, 2. Odonata, 3. Port, 4. Ranger Jeff - 1. Melange, 2. Port, 3. Odonata, 4. Ranger Preshow - Weyerbacher Fireside Ale Postshow "

"CBR 164: Party like it's our 5th Anniversary","To make up for almost forgetting our anniversary last time we break out a quartet of tasty beers. one of which is older than the show. Beers: Karl Strauss 21st Anniversary JW Lees Harvest aged in Calcados Barrels Williamsburg Ale Works Wolfe's Trap Ale Allagash Odyssey Rankings: Greg - JWLees, Odessy, Karl Strauss, Williamsburg Jeff - JWLees, Karl Strauss, Odessy, Williamsburg Preshow - Postshow "

"CBR 162: Clown Shoes and Blind Folds","We received a package from Clown Shoes Beer out of Ipswitch Massachusetts. Jeff didn't want the funny names and lables to effect Greg's reviews so we did the blind to him. Turns out, Greg likes their labels. As for the beer? Tune and and find out. Beers: Clown Shoes Clementine Clown Shoes Brown Angel Clown Shoes Black IPA Rankings: Greg - Clementine, Brown Angel, Black IPA Jeff - Clementine, Brown Angel, Black IPA "

"CBR 163: Fifth Anniversary?","We realize with just a few minutes left in the show that this is our 5th anniversary. It continues like it started, with a wimper ;) Thanks to super listener Mike for supplying the beers. To Greg for making the drive to my place 160 times over the past 5 years. To Heather for letting me do this silly thing. And finally to all of you for listening. I appreciate it. Jeff. Beers: Alesmith Anvil ESB The Bruery - Rugbrød El Camino (Un)Real Black Ale - Stone / 21st Amendment / Firestone Walker Black Lightning Porter Rankings: Greg - Black Lightening, RugBrod, El Camino, Ale Smith Jeff - RugBrod, El Camino, Black Lightening, Ale Smith Preshow - St. Arnold's Root Beer Postshow "

"CBR 161: Strong, Black, and Beery","Coriander, Cardamom, Caraway, Grains of Paradise; Brewers have added many seeds to their beers over the years. But perhaps none are as distinctive as the seeds (or "beans") of the Coffea family of trees. Hulled and roasted, these beans form the foundation for one of other most widely drunk beverages in the world. Today we taste five coffee beers and see, once again, what the humble coffee bean has to offer. Beers: Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout [BA] Peak Organic Espresso Amber Ale [BA] Ballast Point Victory at Sea [BA] Williamsburg Alewerks Coffeehouse Stout [BA] Troegs JavaHead Stout [BA] Rankings: jeff - lagunitias, peak, ballast, coffehouse, javahead greg - coffeehouse, ballast, peak, lagunitias, javahead Preshow - homebrew pale ale Postshow "

"CBR 160: Limited Edition Stouts","Four Limited Edition Imperial Stouts. Will they live up to our expectations? Film at 11. Beers: Boulevard Dark Truth Stout Sierra Nevada XXX Anniversary: Fritz and Ken's Ale Brooklyn Black Ops Hoppin Frog Barrel Aged B.O.R.I.S. Rankings: Greg: Black Ops. Sierra Nevada, Dark Truth, Hoppin Frog. Jeff: Hoppin Frog, Black Ops, Dark Truth, Sierra Nevada Preshow Postshow "

"CBR 159: One Too Many","When you think spring you think Barley Wine right? So do we, join us while we try to stay sober and professional. The post show ohh ohh the post show. Beers: Dock Street Barley Wine Williamsburg Grand Illumination Santa Fe Chicken Killer Barley Wine Nøgne Ø #100 Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 2007 Rankings: Jeff: Illumination, Dock Street, Chicken Killer, Big Foot, Nøgne Ø Greg: Illumination, Dock Street. Big Foot, Chicken Killer, Nøgne Ø Preshow Postshow "

"CBR 158: Springtime in Belgium","Ok, so we weren't really in Belgium. Hell, most of the beers weren't even from Belgium. But it is spring time so we are 1 for 2. Cheers. Beers: La Chouffe Troegs Scratch #22 Unibroue Quatre-centième Flying Dog Raging Bitch Trippel de Ripple Rankings: Jeff: 1. Troegs, 2. Unibroue, 3. Trippel, 4. La Chouffe, 5. Flying Dog Greg: 1. Unibroue, 2. La Chouffe, 3. Flying Dog, 4. Troegs, 5. Trippel Preshow Postshow "

"CBR 157: Best Show Ever.","The second law of CBR rears it's ugly head, The quality of the beers directly effects the hosts perceived quality of the show, and show and show. 76 minutes of pure gold. Oh yeah, we drink hoppy beers. Beers: Karl Strauss To the 9's Three Floyds - Apocalypse Cow Weyerbacher India Troegs Scratch #18 Triple IPA Rankings: Jeff: 1. Weyerbacher, 2. Karl Strauss, 3. Troegs, 4. Three Floyds Greg: 1. Weyerbacher, 2. Karl Strauss, 3. Troegs, 4. Three Floyds Preshow - Church Brewworks Millennium Trippel Postshow "