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 99 of the podcast features the latest release from Lagunitas: NightTime. It’s a dark ale – decidedly, a black IPA – that stands in contrast to the brewery’s DayTime Fractional IPA. This puppy, however, is about two-times bigger than the DayTime session-style IPA – both in terms of strength and size. Lagunitas NightTime comes in at 8.2% ABV in 22-oz.… The post Lagunitas NightTime | Ep. 99 | Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (Black IPA) appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Episode 98 features Avery Rufus Corvus. It’s a barrel-aged sour ale whose sum is greater than its parts, taking a 6% ABV red sour ale aged in fresh cabernet sauvignon barrels, a 6% ABV dark sour ale also aged in cabernet sauvignon barrels and another 14 orphan barrels from the corners of the brewery’s cellars, altogether coming… The post Avery Rufus Corvus | Ep. 98 | A Statement in the Sour Ale Landscape and a Land Grab as a Style Leader appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Episode 97 pulls together some of the top three things on God’s green earth: coffee, vanilla beans and craft beer. Call it a convenient distraction from everyday life – quite literally, because that’s what this imperial porter from Oso Brewing Co. in Plover, Wis. is called. The central Wisconsin brewery partnered with local coffee roaster, Ruby… The post Oso Convenient Distraction| Ep. 97 | Coffee and Beer – Skip Dessert and Get Your Second Wind appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Episode 96 features Against the Grain Citra Ass Down. It’s not the first double IPA featured on the podcast, nor is it the first beer featuring the golden child Citra hop. But it is the first time a beer from Against the Grain has been on the podcast. So pull up a chair and enjoy… The post Against the Grain Citra Ass Down | Ep. 96 | Pull up a Chair and Enjoy the Citra Clinic appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Episode 95 features Orange Avenue Wit from Coronado Brewing Company. The beer is positioned as a California Wit, and with good reason: it takes a stroll down the island’s main avenue for inspiration from oranges rather than rely solely on the traditional characteristics found in Belgium-style wit beers. Listen to the Beer Podcast on Coronado Orange… The post Coronado Orange Avenue Wit | Ep. 95 | Belgium by Way of Coronado appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Episode 94 features Almanac Wild Sourdough Ale. It’s a beer that stood out in the cellar, with a label that speaks to both beer geeks and bystanders looking to live life on the wild side. And it doesn’t fail to live up to those expectations or dissapoint. Wild Sourdough Ale is brewed with lemons and at… The post Almanac Wild Sourdough Ale | Ep. 94 | Truth in Labeling appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Episode 93 gets you a seat at the table for a five-course Surly beer dinner at Bartolotta’s Rumpus Room in Milwaukee. Don’t worry, you won’t be the third wheel. It already happened earlier this month. But we went in to it with the expectation of sharing the experience with you on the podcast. Surly isn’t currently distributed… The post Surly Beer Dinner | Ep. 93 | Five Course Pairing at the Rumpus Room with Founder Omar Ansari appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Episode 92 is our monthly Q&A episode serving up listener beer questions and answers. Hear answers to questions about buying beer online and researching beers and breweries in outside markets when traveling. Plus, find out about getting beer news and beer recommendations from Craft Beer Compass. Listen to the Monthly Beer Questions and Answers Podcast: http://traffic.libsyn.com/craftbeercompass/92-May-QA.mp3 Or… The post Listener Beer Questions and Answers | Ep. 92 | Buying Beer Online, Researching Local Scenes, Beer News appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Episode 91 features Immort Ale from Dogfish Head. It certainly plays into the brewery’s off-centered playbook, using maple syrup and two yeast strains and aging it in oak to wind up at an 11% ABV barleywine. This beer was one of the first beers to turn me on to barleywines (and barrel-aged barleywines in general) back in February 2005.… The post Dogfish Head Immort Ale | Ep. 91 | Where Does the Age-Old Barleywine Stand in Today’s Marketplace? appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Episode 90 features Sunlight Cream Ale from Sun King. It’s the first time we’ve featured a cream ale and a beer from Sun King on the podcast. What’s the style and Sun King’s most approachable beer all about? Listen in to find out. Parameters are a little loose for the cream ale style. They were… The post Sun King Sunlight Cream Ale | Ep. 90 | A Rival for Light Lagers this Summer appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Episode 89 gives you a special inside look at the Milwaukee beer scene and events taking place as part of Milwaukee Beer Week 2014 with special guest, Andy Guy, from BeerFM. If you’re not near the Cream City, don’t worry. Chances are you have a craft beer week within spitting distance of where you’re listening… The post Milwaukee Beer Week | Ep. 89 | A Breakdown of the Local Scene with BeerFM appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Episode 88 features Goat Boy Imperial Weizenbock from Southern Tier. Beers made with the German weizen yeast are some of the favorites around the Craft Beer Compass household. When you take my wife’s favorite style (dunkeleizen) and brew it to an imperial level with bock-like strength (my favorite), it’s a match made in heaven (and one happy household).… The post Southern Tier Goat Boy Weizenbock | Ep. 88 | A Family That Drinks Together Stays Together appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
The concept of bottle trading isn’t new to the craft beer community. But, just like craft beer, it’s becoming more approachable and accessible than ever before. Bottle Trade is the world’s first social platform dedicated to craft beer trading, and it’s making waves at bridging the gap between beers within your reach and beers outside… The post Bottle Trade | Ep. 87 | With Great Beer Comes Great Accessibility appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
It’s primetime for doppelbocks. Episode 86 delves into the birth of the liquid bread and history behind the Lenten beer, which helped hold German monks over for 40+ days while they fasted until Easter. Find out about the first beer mail from Munich to Rome, and then listen to a tasting of the style-leading Generator Doppelbock… The post Doppelbocks: Liquid Bread | Ep. 86 | A Brief History of the Style and Tasting of Metropolitan Generator Doppelbock appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
Forget what multi-million dollar marketing campaigns have told you about pilsners. Episode 85 puts pilsners in their place, featuring three German-style pilsners from August Schell Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minn. The original pils, which Beer Hunter Michael Jackson called, “one of the best American examples of the Pilsner style,” is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. To… The post August Schell Pilsners | Ep. 85 | “One of The Best American Examples of the Style” – Michael Jackson appeared first on Craft Beer Compass.
