TTC Podcast Episodes

Episode 32 - The Great Pumpkin Craze
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Episode 32 - The Great Pumpkin Craze

It's the season for pumpkin flavored beers and in Episode 32 we go full gourde on bringing you everything you need to know to find the right pumpkin beer for you. We bring you the style guidelines for autumn seasonal spiced beers, as well as discuss our experience at the 11th Annual Great Pumpkin Festival and bring you our noteworthy pumpkin beers. In our Check it Out segment we talk about our experiences watching the Blood, Sweat and Beer craft beer documentary. You can prepare for our listener tasting notes segment in Episode 33 by picking up the Southern Tier Pumking.

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Episode 31 - Get Your GABF On
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Episode 31 - Get Your GABF On

The 2015 Great American Beer Festival just concluded and in Episode 31 we discuss the event and some of the prize winnings beers. We also have our beer tasting notes with the Paulaner Oktoberfest Marzen and Wiesn beers...so prepare for our listener tasting notes segment by picking up one of the two versions of the Paulaner Oktoberfest.

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Episode 30 - Marzen in Style
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Episode 30 - Marzen in Style

It’s Oktoberfest season so in Episode 30 we review the BJCP style guidelines for Marzen style lagers. We also discuss the recent news of Lagunitas Brewing selling 50% of their brewery to big beer Heineken International, San Diego based brewery Saint Archer selling to Miller Coors and Stone Brewing’s Greg Koch stepping down as CEO. You can prepare for our listener tasting notes segment in Ep31 by picking up the Paulaner Oktoberfest...so join in on the fun by grabbing a bottle or six to taste along with us.

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Episode 29 - When Friends Visit
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Episode 29 - When Friends Visit

John opens the doors to the studio and invites his friend Wes to join us for Episode 29 of Tap the Craft. Find out if Wes spills all of John’s secret beer stories. We learn about Wes and his craft beer journey, as well as discuss a few special beers. And stay tuned for the announcement of our iTunes review contest winners. Prepare for our listener tasting notes segment by picking up the Full Sail Brewing Session Premium Lager (the red label)...so join in on the fun by grabbing a bottle or six to taste along with us.

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Episode 28 - The IPA Craze
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Episode 28 - The IPA Craze

We hit the new articles hard in Episode 28 of Tap the Craft and cover such topics like the 10 sub categories of IPA, the positive economic reports for craft beer in the first half of 2015 and the top 20 craft beers of 2015. We also answer a few listener questions concerning hard cider and apple ales. Prepare for our listener tasting notes segment on the next episode by picking up the Full Sail Brewing Session Premium Lager (the red label)...so join in on the fun by grabbing a bottle or six to taste along with us. Plus a whole lot of other random beer talk.

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Episode 27 - Rate That Beer
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Episode 27 - Rate That Beer

Episode 27 of Tap the Craft starts off our second year of providing craft beer content to the masses. Find out if Malt Liquor is craft when we answer a listener question. We focus this show on discussing listener feedback to our question on how you rate your beers...by style or overall across all styles. We had some fantastic answers that may help you expand your beer rating technique. We also have our tasting notes segment with the Victory Brewing Hop Devil IPA, so join in on the fun by grabbing a bottle or six to taste along with us. Plus a whole lot of other random beer talk.

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