CBR 58: American Pale Ale
Sat, 2006-11-04 00:20 — jbearer
- Artist: Craft Beer Radio
- Title: CBR 58: American Pale Ale
- Album: Craft Beer Radio
- Track: 58
- Year: 2006
- Length: 54:51 minutes (18.83 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 48Kbps (CBR)
"Usually a moderate to high hop flavor, often showing a citrusy American hop character." The BJCP Guide has it right, these APA's use generous amounts of hops to make some pretty good beers. Tune in and get it stuck in your head all week.
Links:
Reviewed:
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Boulevard Pale Ale (MO)
Back Road American Pale Ale (IN)
Lost Coast Pale Ale (CA)
Eel River Extra Pale Ale (CA)
Ranking:
- Jeff - 1. Lost Coast, 2. Eel River, 3. Boulevard, 4. Back Road
- Greg - 1. Boulevard, 2. Lost Coast, 3. Eel River, 4. Back Road
Extras:
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Comments
Pumpkinizer
Greg from Stone had a creative take on the pumpkin cask.
That is an interesting idea.
That is an interesting idea. and pretty easy to implement. First the Randal, now the pumpkinizer, what will be next?
Back Road
Hey guys, I gave you the Crookedtree but I didn't give you the Back Road. Sorry.
-Steve, Lansing MI
Dammit all to hell, I'm
Dammit all to hell, I'm sorry Monkey Toe!
Why does macro taste like macro?
Interesting that your conversation today kind of went the way of why American beer has the flavor that it has. Yesterday I ordered the book Ambitious Brew which covers just that topic. There was a short article in the Sunday paper about the book and the author of the article seemed to really like it. Might want to have a look, I'll probably post up my thoughts after I read it.
-Steve, Lansing MI
What the...
Closing song... no words.
What the indeed...
Opening song: BANANAPHONE!!!
We used to drive a co-worker nuts with that. She'd border on violence! :) It was really odd to hear it so out of context.
So odd to hear that there is
So odd to hear that there is a context for that...
No worries about posting my recipe
I was listening to the show this week and my ears perked up at the mention of my name, homebrew recipe, and Drew's name too.
I maintain my brew log firstly so I can access it wherever I am. But I also put it out there so anyone else can take a look and use any recipes they find interesting.
As for the post show.... gay porn audio discussion? Geesh.
"what a sick f--k you are Jeff..." Indeed. ;)
gay porn audio inserted as
gay porn audio inserted as zombie moans, in a zombie story. Sick or not, it's what I call funny.
TFAK clone
Don's recipe _is_ Mighty Fine Beer. In the interest of accuracy...I used a slight modification of the recipe, substituting Nugget for Warrior (due to the fact that I'm lazy and NB doesn't sell Warrior.) My interpretation of it got me a 41 on the Magic Monkey Milkshake BJCP scale...I'm sure someone with a little more experience could have made it better.
The only problem with the beer is that it has a little too much of a caramel note. Thing is, that's the 'hop-cookie' aspect of TFAK that I find so damn tasty...so hell with it. Brew it in good health. I'm brewing an AG version of it tomorrow.
Good beer towns
Your comments on good beer towns stuck with me. A lot of places don't have big choices on where to get really good beer. No matter what city I've been to, there are only a few places to get really good beer. There are brewpubs in almost every major city in the U.S., some obviously better than others, and there are probably 1 or 2 beer bars in each city that specialize in European beers, but really the landscape for great craft beer is a little barren. Usually because those types of places attract the more urban dweller crowd/snooty college kids who live in the city centers and are more discerning about where they go, whereas the average suburbanite is content with a Bud Light at the nearby Applebee's. There are always exceptions to what I've just said, but generally the market for craft beer is very small.
I live in Atlanta and there is really only one true local brewpub, 5 Season Brewing, and their beer is very good. There is also a place call Max Lager's, but I think it's more for the convention crowd because it is located right next to one of the major convention centers in Atlanta. But, we also have a Rock Bottom and Gordon Biersch. That is about it for brew pubs. There are a few great beer bars/restaurants in town too, but once you get outside the city center, there is not much out there beyond Sam Adams at any bar or restaurant. I also lived in California for 6 years, and honestly, sometimes the selection wasn't much better. There were a few more brewpubs around, and most places had at least 1 or 2 locals beers available, so that was nice. The selection of microbrews from outside CA could be a little lacking, but that is just typical Cali attitude for you. People that like good beer will go where the beer is. It is growing, so let's hope every place in America will be able to grow their beer selections as demand grows.
Beer Anthropology, Montreal
Been catching up on the shows so, maybe this isn't the episode in which you mused about when beer became associated with entertainment...
As it turns out, there's a theory out there (proposed by a professor at IU) that the distinction between beer and wine (along with associations between beer and drunkenness or wine and cuisine) dates back to ancient times.
There's something to all of this. And it's really hard to fight the preconceptions people have about beer. But we're all part of a movement to give beer a better name. I get the impression it's working.
As for beer cities... Haven't heard what you say about it yet but there was an article recently describing Montreal as one of the ten best beer cities.
(One page printable version.)
What I'd say about Montreal is that, as opposed to most other places in North America, we do have a very diverse and fun local beer scene. A Czech/German brewpub, a Belgian brewpub, a British brewpub, as well as other brewpubs where experiments are frequent. As for micros, we get the whole range from awkward beers made with good intentions to very high quality beers available at every corner store (and beer-selling convenience stores are quite literally at every street corner in most neighborhoods).
We also have a rather messed up beer import system. For instance, we get exactly no craft beer from other parts of Canada or the U.S. and our European selection is quite limited. We do complain about this situation very loudly and there's been campaigns to make things better. Still, we're quite close to (about an hour away from) Ontario, Vermont, and New York, so we can get beer from the outside world fairly easily.
Altogether, I would advise any of you to come and visit Montreal as a beer city. If you do so, feel free to contact me or other Montreal beer lovers. Many of us are willing to go on the occasional pubcrawl, even in the dead of winter. Most of the cooler brewpubs are within walking distance from one another and our public transportation system is quite good.
Oh, wait... One more thing. The U.S. will soon require a passport from anyone entering from Canada. So, if you don't have a passport, it might be a good idea to come before the change (on January 1st, 2007, IIRC).
Cheers!
Alexandre, in Montréal, Québec, Canada