BeerCast #42 – Grooben’s Choice
BeerCast #42 – Grooben’s Choice. We run a democratic ship here on the BeerCast, so when panellist Grooben requested the chance to host a podcast, we unlocked his cage and let him out with the kitty. He came back with four beers, so we cobbled together a podcast. On the panel today, Shovels, Richard, and of course – Grooben.
1. Green’s Gluten-Free Herald (4.0%)
2. Left Hand Juju Ginger (6.0%)
3. BrewDog Nanny State (1.1%)
4. BrewDog/Stone Bashah (8.6%)
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Dogfish Head 90min IPA
We’ve been spoiled a bit on the BeerCast recently when we cast our minds to the subject of Imperial IPA’s. Those intensely hopped, low malt pale ales that originated in the USA are a favourite here (and a favourite of many other beer lovers on both sides of the pond). Over the past few months […]
Canned beer put to the test
Beer in cans has come a long way since the days of Stones bitter and anonymous 4%abv Eurolagers. Here in the UK we’re still subject to a great deal of tasteless bilge, but now the cans come with a space-age floating widget to aid carbonation. However, as ever when it comes to brewing the Americans […]
Stone IPA
Recently on the BeerCast we quoted BrewDog co-founder James Watt’s opinion that British brewers had lost the sense of tradition when it comes to India Pale Ales. Modern mass-marketed IPA’s from this side of the Atlantic do tend to be session strength and lacking the hop bite of the old-fashioned versions of the past. The […]
BeerCast #36 – IPA Battle
BeerCast #36 – IPA Battle. Following our recent StoutOff, we retain the format of two British and two American beers – but turn our attention to IPA’s. This time the British entrants are equally as punchy as the American, and our panel of Richard, Shovels, MrB and Steve get to grips with a full-on hopfest.
1. Hopdaemon Skrimshander IPA (4.5%)
2. Goose Island India Pale Ale (5.9%)
3. Downton Chimera IPA (7.0%)
4. Stone Ruination IPA (7.7%)
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BeerCast #34 – The StoutOff
BeerCast #34 – The StoutOff. Our second style show (following an old podcast about Scottish IPA’s) sees us turn to darker matters. We sample two British and then two American stouts, and compare the very different takes on the style. On the panel this time are Richard, Shovels, Grooben and the Hopmeister Tom – who seems to have finally met his match with the Imperial Stouts…
1. Hop Back Entire Stout (4.5%)
2. Cameron’s Monkey Stout (4.4%)
3. Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout (9.5%)
4. Left Hand Imperial Stout (10.4%)
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