BeerCast #50 – Half Century
BeerCast #50 – Well, we never thought we would make it to 50 podcasts – and if you listened to our first few you probably didn’t either. But here we are! For this special anniversary edition we challenged each member of the panel to find an unusual beer to celebrate with. Massive thanks to all of our listeners, and everyone who’s ever visited the BeerCast or left us a comment or email. Cheers! Here’s to 50 more…
1. Grooben – Neuzeller Anti-Aging Bier (4.8%)
2. Richard – BrewDog Abstrakt AB:01 (10.2%)
3. Shovels – Sierra Nevada Estate 2009 (6.7%)
4. MrB – Brasserie d’Achouffe Big Chouffe (8.0%)
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Hövels Original Bitterbier
Every so often you come across something that you’ve never seen before, or heard of in any capacity. So it was when I managed to get hold of a bottle of Hövels Original Bitterbier, a large dark bottle with a swing top and rather mysterious battered label. Hövels Original “Feinherbes Rotgold” is an Altbier from […]
Lagerboy Speaks – Jever Pilsener
“Wie das land, so das Jever” is the motto of Lagerboy’s latest tempter – Jever Pilsener (4.9%). Being an internationally renowned lager expect and contributor to ‘What Shandy?’ magazine, he has to know a smattering of German to get by (not to mention Czech, Polish, Dutch, American). Loosely translated as something along the lines of […]
Lagerboy Speaks – Gaffel Kölsch
Lagerboy doesn’t like to restrict himself, as any long-time readers will know – but if he did maybe he could do worse than become Kölschboy for a short while, he’d probably be very satisfied. There are fourteen producers of this highly specific category of lager in the Cologne area, with a few more scattered nearby […]
BeerCast #25 – German styles
BeerCast #25 – German Styles. Our quarter-century podcast heads back to Germany, as we review three examples of very distinct styles. Richard, Shovels and Grooben turn their attention to a Kölsch, a Schwarzbier, and a doppelbock – not to mention Shovel’s faltering German…
1. Küppers Kölsch (4.8%)
2. Köstritzer Schwarzbier (4.8%)
3. Aventinus Weizenstarkbier (8.2%)
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BeerCast #8 – Das DeutscheCast
BeerCast #8 – Das DeutscheCast. Wilkommen! After last time exploring the beers of Japan, we return to Europe with one of the most important and historic brewing nations – Germany. Richard, Shovels, MrB and Grooben get through four German beers, and discuss local customs, food, and the best way to ask for directions…
1. Beck’s Pilsener (5.0%)
2. Franziskaner Weissbier Kristallklar (5.0%)
3. Erdinger Weissbier Dunkel (5.6%)
4. Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Marzen (5.1%)
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