TTC Podcast Episodes
Episode 58 - GPBF vs GABF
In Episode 58 we bring you a ton of content from Ohio brewery tours, to Boise Hoptober Freshtivals, to Seattle Great Pumpkin Beer Festivals to Colorado Great American Beer Festivals...a lot of beer talk for sure! John talks about visiting a few Columbus, OH area breweries and Denny talks more fresh hop beer goodness. Find out what happened at the GPBF this year and we ask the question if there are too many categories at the GABF. We encourage you to participate in our listener tasting notes segment in this episode by picking up a bottle of the Elysian Dark O’ The Moon Pumpkin Stout and tasting along with us.
In Episode 58 we bring you a ton of content from Ohio brewery tours, to Boise Hoptober Freshtivals, to Seattle Great Pumpkin Beer Festivals to Colorado Great American Beer Festivals...a lot of beer talk for sure! John talks about visiting a few Columbus, OH area breweries and Denny talks more fresh hop beer goodness. Find out what happened at the GPBF this year and we ask the question if there are too many categories at the GABF. We encourage you to participate in our listener tasting notes segment in this episode by picking up a bottle of the Elysian Dark O’ The Moon Pumpkin Stout and tasting along with us.
If you would like to contact the show you can reach the hosts through email at tapthecraft@gmail.com, or follow us on twitter @tapthecraft, interact with us on Facebook at facebook.com/tapthecraft or leave comments on the show post on tapthecraft.com.
You can follow Denny on Twitter, Instagram and Untappd @lucescrew. You can follow John on Twitter @primebrewing and on Untappd @primeWA and follow his blog at www.homebrewengineer.com.
Beers mentioned on the show:
Ballast Point Orange Vanilla Fathom
Reuben’s Brews Gose
Homestead Brewing Back Porch Pale Ale
Land Grant Brewing Deep Search Baltic Porter
Hoof Hearted Crossing Swords, Dry Hopped Sour Saison
Fremont Field to Ferment Simcoe
Fremont Field to Ferment Citra
Fremont Field to Ferment Mosaic
Fremont Field to Ferment Centennial
Backwoods Citra Fresh Hop IPA
Grand Teton 2016 Fresh Hop IPA
Terminal Gravity Friggin Fresh Hop
Cloudburst Boom! Roasted!
Wolfs Ridge Brewing Coffee Vanilla Dire Wolf
Sideswipe Brewing Punch Out Pale
New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red
Dru Bru Oktoberfest
Reuben’s Brews Roasted Rye IPA
Avery Pump[KY]n
Elysian Ursa Orange Berlinerweisse
Black Raven Squashy McBourbonface
Saint Arnold Pumpkinator Imp Pumpkin Stout
Dru Bru Nutty Black Pumpkin Black Ale
Schooner Exact Whiskey Dick Cantwell
Elysian Dark o’ the Moon Pumpkin Stout
Episode 57 - Fresh Hop Happiness
It’s fresh hop beer season, so in Episode 57 we discuss what fresh hop is all about and provide some examples to try. Denny tells about his adventures in Bend, OR visiting Boneyard Beer and tasting some great beer in Eugene, OR with Hop Valley and Ninkasi Brewing. Find out how you can be entered into a contest and win some prizes. We encourage you to participate in our listener tasting notes segment in the next episode by picking up a bottle of the Elysian Dark O’ The Moon Pumpkin Stout and tasting along with us.
It’s fresh hop beer season, so in Episode 57 we discuss what fresh hop is all about and provide some examples to try. Denny tells about his adventures in Bend, OR visiting Boneyard Beer and tasting some great beer in Eugene, OR with Hop Valley and Ninkasi Brewing. Find out how you can be entered into a contest and win some prizes. We encourage you to participate in our listener tasting notes segment in the next episode by picking up a bottle of the Elysian Dark O’ The Moon Pumpkin Stout and tasting along with us.
If you would like to contact the show you can reach the hosts through email at tapthecraft@gmail.com, or follow us on twitter @tapthecraft, interact with us on Facebook at facebook.com/tapthecraft or leave comments on the show post on tapthecraft.com.
You can follow Denny on Twitter, Instagram and Untappd @lucescrew. You can follow John on Twitter @primebrewing and on Untappd @primeWA and follow his blog at www.homebrewengineer.com.
Beers mentioned on the show:
Deschutes Hopzeit Autumn IPA
Crucible Go To Helles
Airways Jumbo Juice IPA
Alaskan Perseverance Imperial Stout
Boneyard Notorious IPA3
Boneyard Armored Fist CDA
Hop Valley DeFreshe Mode Pale Ale
Lagunitas Born Yesterday Pale Ale
Payette Fresh Coast IPA
Fremont Brewing Field to Ferment: Centennial, Simcoe, Citra, Mosaic
Sierra Nevada Harvest Wet Hop IPA (Northern Hemisphere Harvest)
Deschutes Fresh Hop Down and Dirty IPA
Elysian Dark o’ the Moon Pumpkin Stout
Episode 56 - American Stout
We celebrate the American Stout in Episode 56 by discussing the American Stout style guidelines and doing our tasting notes with the Deschutes Obsidian Stout. We also discuss Denny’s experience using the Fizzics Home Draft System and answer a listener question concerning getting started in homebrewing. We encourage you to participate in our listener tasting notes segment by picking up a bottle of the Deschutes Brewery Obsidian Stout and tasting along with us.
We celebrate the American Stout in Episode 56 by discussing the American Stout style guidelines and doing our tasting notes with the Deschutes Obsidian Stout. We also discuss Denny’s experience using the Fizzics Home Draft System and answer a listener question concerning getting started in homebrewing. We encourage you to participate in our listener tasting notes segment by picking up a bottle of the Deschutes Brewery Obsidian Stout and tasting along with us.
If you would like to contact the show you can reach the hosts through email at tapthecraft@gmail.com, or follow us on twitter @tapthecraft, interact with us on Facebook at facebook.com/tapthecraft or leave comments on the show post on tapthecraft.com.
You can follow me personally on Twitter, Instagram and Untappd @lucescrew. You can follow John on Twitter @primebrewing and on Untappd @primeWA and follow his blog at www.homebrewengineer.com.
Beers mentioned on the show:
Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest - Mahrs Brau
Payette North Fork Lager
Other Half Space Diamonds
10 Barrel Category 57
Fremont Field to Ferment (Centennial)
Edge Brewing Oktoberfest Marzen
Stone Imperial Russian Stout
County Line Barnwood Brown Ale
Deschutes Obsidian Stout
Episode 55 - A Bit of Everything
It’s Episode 55 and we cover a variety of topics, you could say a bit of everything. Our listeners have been very active and provided a ton of feedback, as well as articles and questions. Find out if a beer changes its ingredients is it still ok to call it by the same name. As well as a few “whale” breweries John and Denny would like to visit one day. We tackle the illusion of brewery diversity in an article from Craftbeer.com and Lagunitas Brewing sets up roots in Seattle. We encourage you to participate in our listener tasting notes segment in the next episode by picking up a bottle of the Deschutes Brewery Obsidian Stout and tasting along with us.
It’s Episode 55 and we cover a variety of topics, you could say a bit of everything. Our listeners have been very active and provided a ton of feedback, as well as articles and questions. Find out if a beer changes its ingredients is it still ok to call it by the same name. As well as a few “whale” breweries John and Denny would like to visit one day. We tackle the illusion of brewery diversity in an article from Craftbeer.com and Lagunitas Brewing sets up roots in Seattle. We encourage you to participate in our listener tasting notes segment in the next episode by picking up a bottle of the Deschutes Brewery Obsidian Stout and tasting along with us.
If you would like to contact the show you can reach the hosts through email at tapthecraft@gmail.com, or follow us on twitter @tapthecraft, interact with us on Facebook at facebook.com/tapthecraft or leave comments on the show post on tapthecraft.com.
You can follow me personally on Twitter, Instagram and Untappd @lucescrew. You can follow John on Twitter @primebrewing and on Untappd @primeWA and follow his blog at www.homebrewengineer.com.
Beers mentioned on the show:
Lagunitas Stoopid Wit
Kona Big Wave Golden Ale
Fort George/Barley Brown’s/Melvin Brewing 3-Way IPA
Belching Beaver Here Comes Mango
Stone 20th Anniversary Citracado
De Proefbrouwerij/Trillium Collab Bouket Farmhouse Ale
Iron Horse Brewery 2 Live Brew - Me So Malty Brown Ale
Links to the articles discussed:
Brew Review Crew On Tap Podcast Interviewing CEO and Co-Owner of the Fizzics At-Home Draft System
LAGUNITAS BREWING IS COMING TO SEATTLE, OPENING A BREWERY AND TAPROOM IN BALLARD
Unveiling the Illusion of Choice Facing America’s Craft Beer Lovers
Episode 54 - Kolsch Korner
In Episode 54 we virtually travel to Koln, Germany to tackle the Kolsch style and discuss the style guidelines. Learn about this “controlled substance” as we explore the history as well. We finish off the style showcase with a tasting and we encourage you to participate in our listener tasting notes segment in this episode by picking up a bottle of the Ballast Point California Kolsch and tasting along with us.
In Episode 54 we virtually travel to Koln, Germany to tackle the Kolsch style and discuss the style guidelines. Learn about this “controlled substance” as we explore the history as well. We finish off the style showcase with a tasting and we encourage you to participate in our listener tasting notes segment in this episode by picking up a bottle of the Ballast Point California Kolsch and tasting along with us.
If you would like to contact the show you can reach the hosts through email at tapthecraft@gmail.com, or follow us on twitter @tapthecraft, interact with us on Facebook at facebook.com/tapthecraft or leave comments on the show post on tapthecraft.com.
You can follow me personally on Twitter, Instagram and Untappd @lucescrew. You can follow John on Twitter @primebrewing and on Untappd @primeWA and follow his blog at www.homebrewengineer.com.
Beers mentioned on the show:
Cedar Rose Brewing Krappy Kolsch
Full Sail Session Wheat
Melvin IPA
Four Generals Cascadian Dark Ale
Dru Bru Summer
Payette 12 Gauge Barrel Aged Imp Stout
10 Barrel Jamaican Me Pumpkin
Boise Brewing Burn One Brown
Ballast Point California Kolsch
Links to the articles discussed:
Seattle’s pioneering Redhook beer soon won’t be brewed in Woodinville
Episode 53 - Topic Roulette
It’s Episode 53, our first show of our third year and we bring you a few news articles covering a wide gamut of topics such as some questions brewer’s wish you would ask, four must try saisons this summer, more craft beer takeovers and a new beer historian job opening at the Smithsonian. We encourage you to participate in our listener tasting notes segment in the next episode by picking up a bottle of the Ballast Point California Kolsch and tasting along with us.
It’s Episode 53, our first show of our third year and we bring you a few news articles covering a wide gamut of topics such as some questions brewer’s wish you would ask, four must try saisons this summer, more craft beer takeovers and a new beer historian job opening at the Smithsonian. We encourage you to participate in our listener tasting notes segment in the next episode by picking up a bottle of the Ballast Point California Kolsch and tasting along with us.
If you would like to contact the show you can reach the hosts through email at tapthecraft@gmail.com, or follow us on twitter @tapthecraft, interact with us on Facebook at facebook.com/tapthecraft or leave comments on the show post on tapthecraft.com.
You can follow me personally on Twitter, Instagram and Untappd @lucescrew. You can follow John on Twitter @primebrewing and on Untappd @primeWA and follow his blog at www.homebrewengineer.com.
Beers mentioned on the show:
SixPoint Resin
Full Sail Session Cream Ale
Reubens Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Wingman Brewers P-51 Coconut Porter
Georgetown Brewing Gusto Crema Coffee Ale
Sterling Pig Pata Negra
Flying Dog Fever Dream
Lagunitas The Down Low Ale
Pyramid Breweries Coat of Ales Belgian Tripel
Green Flash Brewing Sea to Sea Zwickelbier
New Belgium Hof Ten Dormaal Lips of Faith Belgian Golden Ale
Brasserie Dupont Saison DupontLogsdon Farmhouse Ales Seizoen Bretta
The Lost Abbey Carnevale
Brouwerij West Dog Ate My Homework
Links to the articles discussed:
5 Questions Brewers Wish You Would Ask During a Brewery Tour
Fremont Brewing Sustainability
MillerCoors announces another craft beer deal
Saisons: Four beers to drink this summer
Best Job Ever: The Smithsonian Is Hiring a Craft Beer Historian