Craft Beer Compass Podcast
Summary: Straight talk about your beer journey, not a straight line. With a wide range of episodes featuring tasting notes, special guests and on-location coverage, the Craft Beer Compass Podcast delivers something for everyone in the craft beer community, regardless of where you’re at in your craft beer journey. New episodes are released twice each week and are hosted by Joel Kennedy, a Certified Beer Server through the Cicerone program. A complete archive of past episodes is available at craftbeercompass.com.
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Episode 39 features a trio of harvest ales from three different breweries in two different states – all using wet hops from the same hop farm, Hop Head Farms, which we featured in Episode 38 to kick off our Hop Harvest Week. Three Floyds puts Nugget and Cascade wet hops to work in its harvest ale, Broo Doo. Founders… The post Hop Harvest Triple Header | Ep. 39 | Three Floyds, Founders and Greenbush Side-by-Side appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Episode 38 kicks off Hop Harvest Week on the podcast and blog with a focus on the harvest and wet hopped beers. We begin by going straight to the source, featuring Hop Head Farms. Even if the hop farm hasn’t appeared on your radar before, there’s a good chance that a beer made with their hops… The post Hop Head Farms, the Harvest and Wet Hopped Beers | Ep. 38 | Straight to the Source for Some of Craft Beer’s Best appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Episode 37 answers listener questions surrounding how to cellar beer and maximize your beer cellar experience. Special thanks to all the fans who submitted questions via Facebook, Instagram and Twitter! http://traffic.libsyn.com/craftbeercompass/37_-_Cellaring.mp3 Have another question? Post a comment and we’ll include it in a future episode of the podcast! The post Cellaring Beer | Ep. 37 | Listener Q&A to Maximize Your Beer Cellar Experience appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Episode 36 brings our GABF Winners Week on the podcast to a close, featuring GABF gold medalist, Ale Epeteios from Left Coast in San Clemente, Calif. This 9.5% ABV imperial stout bested 59 other entrants in the Imperial Stout category to bring home both the hardware and the bragging rights. Too bad it wasn’t accompanied with a pronunciation key… The post Left Coast Ale Epeteios | Ep. 36 | GABF Gold Medal Winning Imperial Stout appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
GABF Winners Week on the podcast continues with Episode 35 featuring Hop Savant from Crooked Stave. It’s a pale ale fermented with 100 percent brettanomyces in oak foeders. Crooked Stave won the bronze medal in the American-style Brett Beer category for this tart, dry, hoppy beauty. Listen in to hear why. http://traffic.libsyn.com/craftbeercompass/35_-_Crooked_Stave_Hop_Savant.mp3 The post Crooked Stave Hop Savant | Ep. 35 | GABF Bronze Medal Brett Beer appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
We kickoff GABF Winners Week on the podcast with episode 34 featuring Belgo Hoptologist DIPA, a double Belgian IPA from Knee Deep out of Lincoln, Calif. It’s the brewery’s first hardware from the Great American Beer Festival, achieving Silver in a field of 81 entrants competing in the American-Belgo-Style Ale category. http://traffic.libsyn.com/craftbeercompass/34_-_Knee_Deep_Belgo_Hoptologist.mp3 Take a Pic… The post Knee Deep Belgo Hoptologist DIPA | Ep. 34 | A Well-Deserved First GABF Medal for the Brewery appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
On Episode 33, we take Narwhal in for its one-year check up. Sierra Nevada first released this imperial stout in 2012. The 2013 batch just hit the shelves. How has this beer held up after one year in the cellar? Listen as we compare and contrast the 2012 and 2013 vintages. http://traffic.libsyn.com/craftbeercompass/33_-_Sierra_Nevada_Narwhal.mp3 The post Sierra Nevada Narwhal | Ep. 33 | The One-Year Check Up (2012 and 2013) appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
On Episode 32, we sit down with Grant Pauly, founder and brewmaster at 3 Sheeps Brewing Co. in Sheboygan, Wis. The brewing operation is now in full swing, thanks to a recent expansion both physically at the brewery and beyond Wisconsin state lines. Having had the opportunity to work with Grant and drink all of… The post 3 Sheeps Interview | Ep. 32 | The Passion and the Product appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Episode 31 serves up the biggest beer from Chicago’s Spiteful Brewing to date, a fresh off-the-shelf wheat wine called Corporate Guy, clocking in at 11% ABV. It’s a release that serves as a milemarker on the brewery’s development as a contender for the RateBeer Best award for Best New Brewery in the coming awards year.… The post Spiteful Corporate Guy Wheat Wine | Ep. 31 | A Milemarker for the Best New Brewery Contender appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
No preservatives. No additives. No pasteurization. Small and independent. That’s craft cider. Sounds like the definition of “craft beer” from the Brewers Association, doesn’t it? On episode 30 of the podcast, we make the connection from craft beer to craft cider. Joining us is Brian Rutzen, a craft cider advocate and resident expert in Chicago… The post The Craft Cider Episode | Ep. 30 | Sharing Fundamental Values with Craft Beer appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Episode 29 of the podcast features Prairie Artisan Ales ‘Merica. It’s a single malt, single hop farmhouse ale from the Oklahoma-based brewery, throwing a party for your senses… after you chew on the tongue-and-cheek name of the beer. http://traffic.libsyn.com/craftbeercompass/29_-_Prairie_Merica.mp3 Take a Moment to Post a Review to iTunes Be sure to leave a review of the show… The post Prairie ‘Merica | Ep. 29 | God Bless this U.S. Beer appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Episode 28 features Black Husky’s seasonal fest beer, Jodlerkönig Ale. It’s a bigger, maltier animal than most Oktoberfest-style beers. It’s got everything you’re looking for in a fest beer… subtly amplified in such a way that the Northern Wisconsin nanobrewery does so well. http://traffic.libsyn.com/craftbeercompass/28_-_Black_Husky_Oktoberfest.mp3 iTunes Reviews Rock! Show your support for the Craft Beer Compass… The post Black Husky Jodlerkönig Ale Fest Beer | Ep. 28 | From a Boot to Your Ears appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Episode 27 wraps up pumpkin beer week with a bang, featuring Rumple Drumkin from Cisco Brewers. This ale, from the Nantucket brewery’s Island Reserve Series, is brewed with smoked pumpkins and spices and aged in ex-rum barrels. It’s distinctly different from not only the other pumpkin beers featured on the podcast this week but also… The post Cisco Rumple Drumkin | Ep. 27 | Smoked Pumpkins and Rum Barrels appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Pumpkin beer week continues on the podcast! This bonus episode (Ep. 26) features Warlock from Southern Tier. It’s an imperial stout brewed with pumpkins, released this year in conjunction with Southern Tier’s seasonal, mega popular imperial pumpkin ale, Pumking. If you look at the ingredient lists of both beers closely, you’ll find they use the same hops… The post Southern Tier Warlock | Ep. 26 | A Pumpkin Imperial Stout Counterpoint to Pumking appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Episode 25 welcomes fall with open arms with two pumpkin beers from Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee, Wis. Listen in to the side-by-side tasting of Lakefront’s seasonal Pumpkin Lager as well as the brewery’s latest installment in its anniversary series, a limited release Imperial Pumpkin lager that was aged with vanilla beans in brandy barrels. http://traffic.libsyn.com/craftbeercompass/25_-_lakefront_pumpkin.mp3… The post Lakefront Pumpkin Beers | Ep. 25 | Welcome Fall with Open Arms appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
