Beer Talk Today

On this episode of Beer Talk Today, we head out to the new Vintage Brewing Company to try the first three beers produced in the new brewpub, the Weiss-Blau Heffeweizen, Dedication Belgian Abbey style ale, and the Scardey Cat Double Oatmeal Stout. We also talk briefly with brewmaster Scott Manning. Editor's note: I call Scott "Eric" for most of the clip before he corrects me, and I have no idea where I got Eric from. Here's the mp3. Cheers!

On Part Two of this weeks podcast, we continue our discussion with Surly Head Brewer Todd Haug, as he shares his thoughts about what inspired Surly's core beers and the ups and downs of internet buzz. Here's the mp3Cheers!

On the first part of this weeks podcast we talk with Todd Haug, Head Brewer of Brooklyn Center Minnesota's Surly brewing company. In this clip we discuss his origins as a brewer, the overall ideas behind Surly and why cans are better for some things and bottles are better for others. Here's the mp3

On part two of this weeks podcast, we return with our panel to taste Lakefront's Local Acre, the first beer since prohibition produced with 100 percent Wisconsin ingredients. We then discuss the viability of "100 percent Wisconsin" as a style, and if Wisconsin beer has a recognizable style when it comes to craft beer. Thanks to all the panelists and The Old Fashioned for hosting us. Here's the mp3

On the first podcast of 2010 we've teamed up with Jeff at MBR to discuss an exciting new product, the first craft beer brewed with 100 percent Wisconsin grown ingredients, Lakefront Brewery's Local Acre. We've put together an all-star panel of local food and beverage enthusiasts, including folks from the Underground Food Collective, The Old Fashioned, Fromagination and Blue Mont Dairy, to discuss how beer fits into the local food movement and the broader landscape of Wisconsin produced food. Stay tuned for part two, where we actually get around to tasting the beer. Here's the mp3Cheers!

Today we taste the newest beer from the New Glarus Unplugged series, Wisconsin Cran-bic. Here's the mp3.

On today's podcast we have news in 60 seconds, including info on the most expensive bottle of beer ever sold.Here's the mp3cheers!

On the first part of this week's podcast we explore what time does to a pumpkin beer, tasting a five-year-old bottle of Dogfish Head's heavily spiced Punk. Here's the mp3Cheers!

Continuing with this week's sort-of-theme of tasting beers from breweries we've talked about but never tried, we taste Lost Abbey's Avant Garde. Also, some sidetracks about carbonation and food pairings. Here's the mp3Cheers!

We're back! Now that we've gotten the swine flu out of our systems, we got a chance to sit down and chat about recent craft beer related experiences and to taste a beer by a brewery that has come up many times on the podcast, but whose beer none of us had ever had, Brewdog. Today we get to try Brewdog's Riptide Stout. Here's the mp3Bonus clip: Kyle talks about brewing bum wine and his offensive costume choices:

On Part one of this week's podcast we get into the fall spirit with a tasting of Avery's The Kaizer Imperial Octoberfest. How is an Imperial Octoberfest different from a Doppelbock? Can a 9.3 % abv lager taste good? Listen in to find out. Here's the mp3Cheers!

Part two of this week's podcast is news in 60 seconds, covering a successful Palestinian brewery, a new chapter of the BrewDog controversy, and the Great American Beer festival results. Here's the mp3Cheers!

On the first part of this weeks podcast, we check in with Aran Madden of Furthermore Beer to talk about their third annual Shitty Barn Party and the release of their fall seasonal Fallen Apple. Here's the mp3Cheers!

In part one of this week's podcast, we taste Goose Island's reserve series Sophie, a Belgian golden ale with a portion aged in wine barrels. Here's the mp3 Cheers!

On this weeks podcast, Jon and Matt taste the most sessionable beer made by Minnesota's Surly brewery, Bitter Brewer. Can this beer hold up to all the buzz created by beers like Furious and Darkness? Here's the mp3Cheers!

On Part Two of this week's podcast, we continue our talk with Joe Walts of the forthcoming RePublic Brewpub. On part two of this weeks podcast, we get an excited caller asking Joe about homebrewing, a discussion of the merits of organic versus conventional malt, and all about the beers Joe will brew at RePublic. Here's the mp3Cheers!

On the first part of this weeks podcast, we interview Joe Walts, owner and brewmaster at the forthcoming Sun Prairie brewpub RePublic. We talk to Joe about his start as a brewer, brewing at JT Whitneys and Otter Creek, the difficulties of starting a business in a recession, and choosing Sun Prairie over Madison. Here's the mp3Cheers!

On Part Two of this week's podcast, we continue our end of summer Lawnmower Beer tasting. In this clip, we taste Leinenkugel's Honey Weiss, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Grain Belt Premium, Furthermore Proper, New Glarus Spotted Cow, a second bottle labeled Capital Island Wheat (one of the two we tasted was Capital's "experimental"), and Goose Island 312. Plus our reactions as Kyle reveals what was what. Here's the mp3Bonus Clip:We reflect on the adventure that was our Stout tasting:

In this week's episode of Beer Talk Today, we join with Madison Beer Review for an end of summer Lawnmower Beer Tasting. On Part one, we taste Capital Island Wheat, coon Rock Cream Ale, Miller Genuine Draft, Victory Prima Pils, Budweiser, Cheesehead (a Capital beer), Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, an Fat Tire Amber Ale. Then we get in a long conversation about New Belgium and the Wisconsin beer market. Here's the mp3Cheers!

On part two of this weeks podcast, we have our interview with Jeff Shehan, pub brewer for the New Holland brewing company. Does Jeff have the best job in craft beer? We think he just might. Here's the mp3Cheers!

Part one of this weeks podcast is our coverage of the Great Taste of the Midwest 2009. We scoured the festival to find out what the best brewers in the Midwest are up to. What breweries are brewing sour beers? Who has a beer called "Brett Farve?" Who's beer did a Belgian brewing professor claim could not have been made outside of Belgium? Who did we call "the Bobby Flay of craft beer" and what was he doing at the festival? You must listen in to find out. Here's the mp3Cheers!

On Part one of this weeks podcast, we taste the new New Glarus R&D Golden Ale, the first in their R&D series. Stay tuned Thursday and next week for our coverage of the Great Taste of the Midwest 2009, including more on this beer! Here's the mp3Cheers!

On the second part of this week's podcast, we check out Beer on the Twit-o-sphere, and in news in 60 seconds we discuss Brew Dog's "irresponsible" high alcohol beer, and Sierra Nevada's new Estate Ale made with 100% hops and malt grown on their own estate. Is Sierra Nevada on it's way to a $700 bottle? Does Kyle know what terrior is? Listen in. Here's the mp3Cheers!

Although this is already a bit out of date, as it was recorded just before the new infamous White House Beer Summit, today's podcast has our opinion on the Obama-Gates-Crowley beer, as well as a tasting of Old Dominion Brewery's Dominion Pale Ale. Here's the mp3Cheers!