The Beer Temple Podcast (HD)

Despite not distributing outside their home state, Hill Farmstead has quickly developed a cult following across the country. Today Chris tries their highly acclaimed porter, Everett. Special thanks to Dave H. for the generous gift.

It's not every day that you feel like drinking a chocolate beer. So when you do reach for one, you at least want it to be a good one. Today, Chris tries to figure out which ones to avoid and which to grab the next time you've got a beery sweet tooth.

Chris always claims that Bourbon county stout is his favorite. So when fan of the show Benjamin asked him to put his money where his mouth was, the result was a blind tasting of six bourbon barrel stouts.

Shelton Brothers is famous in beer geek circles for the world class, and often hard to obtain imports such as Fantome and Cantillon. But recently, one of the Sheltons began dabbling in the brewing arts himself. The result is High and Mighty Brewing.

Bourbon County Brand Stout is simply one of the best bourbon barrel aged stouts in the world. It's a massive Russian Imperial aged for six months in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels. So what happens when you put it in Pappy Van Winkle 23yr barrels for two years?!?! Good things.

Tasting the a kriek brewed with rare wild cherries for the grand opening.

The next beer in The Beer Temple's virtual grand opening is a new take on one of Chris' old favorites - Alpha Klaus. This time, FFF has barrel-aged their hoppy porter with the addition of plums.

During The Beer Temple's recent grand opening, Chris opened up some bottles from his cellar to share with customers. First up - Cigar City's Russian Imperial Stout with Chile and Cacao, Hunahpu's Imperial Stout!

Few recent beers have seen the type of hysteria that Bell's barrel-aged stout blend, Black Note, has. Does it live up to the hype?

There's a fine line between revered artist and laughing stock. Today Chris sees which category the latest beers from three of the worlds most well-known gypsy brewers should fall.

In much of the beer world, the "wild" yeast Brettanomyces is feared and avoided at all costs. Once it infects your brewhouse, it can be difficult to get rid of it's earthy, funky flavors in your beer. Traditionally, this yeast was typically only seen in the sour ales of Belgium, where Brett's farmhouse characteristics were desired. Enter gypsy brewer Evil Twin, who goes ahead and brews one of the first, if not THE first American-style IPA with 100% Brettanomyces!

Winter Warmer is a catch-all style for high alcohol, malt forward ales. Historically an English style, today's winter warmers are as varied as ever. Today Chris tastes two American interpretations of the style.

What's better than one super rare imperial stout? Four of them! For their 15th anniversary, three floods combined their motor-oil thick Russian Stout, Dark Lord, with three other top-tier RISs: Surly Darkness, Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch, and De Struise Black Albert. Is the finished product better than the sum of its parts? Let's find out! A big shout out to super-fan Ben for providing the liquid.

The second Deschutes show in a row! This time, Chris tastes their Double IPA "Hop Henge" which uses Citra, Centennial, and an unnamed experimental hop variety.

Oregon is in the running for best beer state in the union, but you wouldn't know if from watching The Beer Temple. For too long we've been neglecting the beaver state, but that stops now. Today, Chris tastes three beers from the great Deschutes brewery in Bend, Oregon. And as an added bonus, he films the show from inside his upcoming beer shop!