Beer Buzz Radio - New Beer's Resolutions and Beer Mixology

Well, it’s a new year, and we sure hit the ground running with the January 8th episode of Beer Buzz. To start, we have a heck of a rundown on beer related events coming up, mostly from our friends down at Mother’s Brewing Company. We also launch into some tips on making the best damn New Beer’s Resolutions and how to make them stick. Then, I make a resolution to you guys.

After we got through that barrage of beery information, we opened the floor for some discussion about the oft-disputed land of beer cocktails. Are they a good idea? Are they sacrilege? Only you can answer that for you, but we give you some good ideas on how to make them. Oh, and we mention BeerMixology.com.

Add to that a great Haiku Beer Review and more beer information than you thought we could pack into an hour, and that makes this the best show so far this year. That and it’s the only show so far this year.

Listen to it here.

Beer Buzz Radio – Christmas Dinner Pairings, New Mother’s Beer Release, and more fun

On the December 11th, 2011 episode of Beer Buzz, brought to you by Mother’s Brewing Company, we cover a lot of ground as it relates to beer and food pairing. Most notably, we walk through several dishes you may be having at Christmas Dinner and list a few beers which would be nice to drink with that particular dish.

We also have a great Beer Lover’s Library for you, in which we cover Randy Mosher’s Tasting Beer, which is an excellent guide to understanding where the flavors in your beer come from and what different forces contribute to the final flavor of your beer. He also has a great section on Beer and Food pairing, as well.

There’s also a great Brew’s Clues question, a haiku beer review for Boulevard’s Bourbon Barrel Quad, and a Drink This! segment on Mother's Foggy Notion.

Listen to the full podcast here.

#TheSession - A Dickens of a Topic - Ghosts of Beermas Past, Present, and Future (with Xmas Ale Recipe)

I was on Twitter the other day and saw an interesting idea. It's called The Session, and it is a way to have a conversation across several independent blogs. Apparently, there are a lot of beer bloggers who try to come up with a themed post each month to post on the same day. This month’s theme caught my eye. It’s all about A Christmas Carol – the theme of past, present and future as it relates to beer. Look for the tag #TheSession to see other posts. Since this is a brewing blog (when I have time to brew), I’ll limit mine to beers I’ve brewed. Each of these was or will be consumed at Christmas time, so we’ll call them the Ghosts of Beermas Past, Present, and Future.

Beer Buzz Radio - Thanks to beer, help start a brewery, and why we should be allowed to drink outside.

I always run late on posting these. If you want to be updated as soon as the podcasts post to TAGsgf.com, you should probably just visit this page and subscribe to it as an RSS feed. You’ll get your updates sooner, but without my inane commentary.

On the November 27th episode of Beer Buzz, brought to you by Mother’s Brewing Company, we discussed why we are thankful for beer. There’s a sizable list, and most of it is surprising if you don’t know your history. This is easily one of the geekiest episodes we’ve had so far, because we cover a lot of historical trivia about beer.

In addition, I tell you how you can become a part of an Ozarks Brewery by donating to Horseshoe Bend Brewing Company in The Lake of the Ozarks. Go to their indiegogo page to watch a great video and find out what cool things you can get for helping them get their brewery off the ground. The donation tiers start at only $10, so it may be a cool way to start your Christmas shopping.

Speaking of which, we’ll be covering some interesting gift ideas for Christmas on this week’s show. Tune in and find out what to buy your brew-loving buddy.

Listen to the November 27th show by clicking here.

Beer Buzz Radio - Beer Geek or Beer Snob?

Ever meet a beer geek? If you’ve been a fan of craft beer for more than five minutes, I’ll bet you have. You may even be one yourself. That’s good. Being a beer geek means that you love beer.

Now, have you ever met a beer snob? What’s the difference? Are they mutually exclusive, or can they coexist in the same person? In the November 6th episode of Beer Buzz, we ask this question and have a pretty lively conversation about it in the studio. We even go over some of the conversation from earlier Sunday which was posted on our Facebook wall.

Beer Buzz Radio - Todd Frye of The Homebrewery, Learn to Homebrew Day, and Ozarks Beer Fest

On the October 30th episode of Beer Buzz, brought to you by Mother’s Brewing Company, we have a conversation with Todd Frye, owner of The Home Brewery. They have a lot going on out there lately, as they have just moved locations. They are now located on Boat Street in Ozark. They have a much larger showroom, and more variety available. In addition, they will now be offering periodic demonstrations and lessons. The first of these was on Saturday, November 5th in observance of National Learn to Homebrew Day. (I had intended to have this posted before that day, but things have been very busy in the TAG universe.)

In this episode, we talk to Todd about home brewing, discuss the Ozarks Beer Fest on November 19th in-depth, and have a good time in the studio. (Buy tickets here now.)

Listen to the episode here.

Beer Buzz Radio – Beer Trivia, Travels with Barley, and the Future of Beer

On October 23rd's episode of Beer Buzz, brought to you by Mother’s Brewing Company, we discuss some interesting statistics. Sounds fun, right? Well, these numbers are the numbers which show that Craft Beer has been continuing its explosive growth even while the beer market as a whole has stagnated for the past year. We discuss some possible reasons for that and also what could be the long-term effects.

After our first break, we introduced a new Trivia segment which will be airing weekly in which we will ask a single trivia question and award a prize to the winner. This week’s question was a good one involving the oldest brewery in the world which is still in operations. Don’t know what it is? Listen to the podcast to find out.

Sounds like Beer Buzz suddenly got smart or something, right? Well, don’t worry. We won’t get too cerebral on you. We also discuss what it would be like to dry hop with marijuana. According to the internet, it would be an expensive way to make a very crappy beer.

We also discuss Travels with Barley: A Journey Through Beer Culture in America, by Wall Street Journal writer Ken Wells. It’s a very cool book about Ken trying to find the perfect watering hole by traveling down the Mississippi. As he puts it, “I would begin in Minnesota among folk who, geographically speaking, are practically Canadians and by reputation descended from good beer-drinking Swedes and Germans. I would slide down soon enough into the Great Beer Belly of America, for, by lore at least, Midwesterners are presumed to be the mightiest of U.S. beer drinkers."

That’s right. We’re MIGHTY.

All this, a Haiku Beer Review, coming beer events, and a guest appearance by Allen Vaughan. Whew. What a week.

Listen in here.

Cheers!