Craft Beer Radio

Beer is food according to Rogue Advocate, Sebbie Buhler. Some of our favorite comfort foods (and haute cuisine) are best enjoyed with ales, lagers, stouts and porters. This tasting experience will touch on the versatility of beer as the ultimate beverage for sweet, salty, bitter and sour along with the fifth sense, Umami. Explore the flavors of Rogue Creamery Cheese, Nueske's Bacon, and Tcho chocolate; paired with a selection of beer from Rogue Ales and Issaquah Brewhouse.

Coffee Beer, Chocolate Beer and Chocolate Coffee Beer. Oh yeah.

Beers:

• Ommegang - Chocolate Indulgence
• Arcadia - Coco Loco
• Southern Tier - Choklat
• Southern Tier - Mokah
• Real Ale - Coffee Porter
• Terrapin - Wake and Bake Imperial Oatmeal Stout

Rankings:

• Greg: 1. Choklat, 2. Real Ale, 3: Terrapin, 4. Arcadia, 5. Ommegang, 6. Mokah
• Jeff: 1. Choklat, 2. Terrapin, 3. Arcadia, 4.Real Ale, 5. Mokah, 6. Ommegang

• Preshow
• Postshow

At the GABF we interviewed Dr. Patrick Mc Govern. He is the professor who worked with Dogfish Head to make beers like Midas Touch, Chateau Jaihu, Theobrama, and Chicha. Dr. McGovern's book is Uncorking the Past. and you can get it on Amazon.

We cull the fridge and cellar for a style show and came up with Scotch Ales and Wee Heavies. Greg finds that he's not a huge fan of the style.

Beers:

• Dark Horse Brewing - Scotty Karate
• Dragonmead - Under the Kilt
• Founders - Dirty Bastard
• Sly Fox - Gang Aft Agley

Rankings:

• Greg: 1. Scotty Karate, 2. Gang Aft Agley, 3. Dirty Bastard, 4. Dragmead
• Jeff: 1. Scotty Karate, 2. Gang Aft Agley, 3. Dirty Bastard, 4. Dragmead

• Preshow
• Postshow

This time Jeff brought back some beers from one of his business trips to North Carolina. We did hit a bit of a problem where the French Broad beers didn't travel / age well. But it did make for way too many puns that we kept stepping into.

Beers:

• Big Boss - Angry Angel Raleigh, NC
• French Broad - Gateway Kolsch Asheville, NC
• French Broad - Altbier Asheville, NC
• Highland - Cattail Peak Wheat Asheville, NC
• Highland - Black Mocha Stout Asheville, NC
• Highland - Kashmir IPA Ashville, NC
• Big Boss - Aces and Ates Raleigh, NC

Rankings:

• Jeff: 1. Cattail Peak, 2. Aces and Ates, 3. Mocha Stout, 4. Kashmir IPA, 5. Angry Angel
• Greg: 1. Kashmir IPA, 2. Mocha Stout, 3, Cattail Peak, 4. Aces and Ates, 5. Angry Angel

• Preshow DragonMead - Eric the Red
• Postshow