The Beer Temple Podcast (HD)

Despite the current surge of American craft breweries producing Christmas beers, the country most associated with these seasonal brews is Belgium. Today Chris tastes three Belgian winters ales.

New Zealand is known for wine, hobbits, and funny HBO shows, but more and more recently the land of the Kiwis is making a name in the craft beer scene. Today Chris tastes two offerings from Marlborough brewer, Moa.

On a recent trip back East, Chris took the opportunity to pick up some beers from Troegs Brewing out of Hershey, PA.

Wet hop beers utilize hops that have been picked within 24-48hrs of brew time. The result is intense hop character with an added green, vegetal note at times. These are beers meant to be drank fresh in order to fully celebrate the hop harvest. Today, Chris tastes the appropriately named So Fresh and so Green Green from Georgia brewery Terrapin.

Zwickel is quite simply an unfiltered lager. But the combination of full flavor and refreshing qualities makes it so much more than the sum of its parts. It's also a bit of an obessesion for Chris. So when he saw the All-Star brewer from Urban Chestnut in St. Louis had decided to bottle their Zwickel, he was a happy man!

The Lost Abbey is one of America's most respected breweries. Today Chris tastes their strong ale aged in brandy barrels: Angel's Share.

Thanksgiving is perfect time for craft beer. But which to choose? Let's find out...Special thanks to Rick for the show suggestion!

Three of Central Water's most anticipated beers are their Bourbon Barrel aged stouts. Today Chris tastes all three variants: Bourbon Barrel Stout (BBS), Cherry BBS, and their Coffee BBS, Peruvian Morning.

A "vertical" tasting is when you drink the same beer from several different years. Usually, verticals are associated with Russian Imperial Stouts or Barleywines. Today, Chris pulls a random 4-year vertical of an Imperial Milk Stout, Moloko. Do not attempt this at home! Or do attempt it - It's only beer!

With the presidential election looming, we want to help all the undecided voters out there by conducting a rigorous blind tasting to determine once and for all which candidate should get your vote.

If you had to single out one town in America as being the craft beer Mecca, chances are it would be Portland. Today Chris is tasting one of Portlandia's best IPA's from HUB.

The weather is turning here in the midwest, and Chris gets the urge to try some hefty brews from Maryland brewery Flying Dog.

The AleSmith brewery is synonmous with Southern California craft beer. Today, Chris tastes what might be the best coffee stout San Diego has to offer.

Logsdon Organic Farmhouse Ales have been turning heads with their award winning Saisons. Today Chris tries Seizoen Bretta, fresh off it's gold medal run at the Great American Beer Festival.

Cigar City Brewing came onto the craft beer scene relatively recently, and has quickly become a producer of some of the most sought-after beers in the country. Today, Chris tastes their imperial brown ale, Bolita Brown.