Craft Beer Radio

This week we discuss the style of Extra Special Bitter. We taste several American variations on this classic English Style. Also in the show are listener email, news, events, and Macro Muck.

Beers Reviewed:

• Redhook ESB - Redhook Ale Brewery (NH,WA)
• Brutal Bitter - Rogue Ales (OR)
• Hot Shot ESB - Great Divide (CO)
• Flying Fish ESB - Flying Fish (NJ)

Links:

• Description of IBU's

In this week's episode we cover a vareity of Summer Seasonals. These are beers of different styles that are brewed seasonally for the summer. Giving these beers our traditional end of show ranking proves to be a very difficult task.

Beers Reviewed:

• Summerfest - Sierra Nevada (CA)
• Anchor Summer Beer - Anchor Brewing Co. (CA)
• Summer Solstice Cerveza Crema - Anderson Valley Brewing Co. (CA)
• Harpoon Summer Beer - Harpoon Brewery (MA)

• Pop The Cap
• Beer Drinker of the Year
• Ontario Beer Trail
• Vote for Us.

Next stop is in Boston to try some historically re-created beers. Boston Beer Company brewed 4 beers in the Brewer-Patriot collection and we give them a try.

Links:

• Interview with Jim Koch about the Brewer Patriot Collection.

Reviewed:

• James Madison Dark Wheat Ale
• Traditional Ginger Honey Ale
• George Washington Porter
• 1790 Root Beer

Ranking:

• Jeff - 1. Porter, 2. Rootbeer, 3. Dark Wheat, 4. Ginger Honey
• Greg - (randomly selected) 1. Rootbeer, 2. Dark Wheat, 3. Ginger Honey, 4. Porter