TTC Podcast Episodes

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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