Beer Sessions Radio (TM)

It’s the Greenpoint beer show! Tune in to a brand new episode of _Beer Sessions Radio_as Jimmy Carbone and fall co-host Stephen Valand of Brooklyn Brew Shop are joined by a room full of people making their mark on Greenpoint, Brooklyn. hear Chris Prout and Erik Olsen of Greenpoint Beer & Ale Co./Dirck the Norseman and Patrick Allen of Keg & Lantern as they talk about brewing trends, neighborhood growth and cultural traditions. This program was brought to you by Union Beer Distributors.   “Home brewers are the most creative brewers around. As a home brewer, you have the opportunity to experiment with a whole bunch of different ingredients.” [21:00] –Chris Prout on Beer Sessions Radio “Maybe in 50 years people will look back on the 2010’s as the time people were making really tropical IPA’s and they will find historical recipes with citrusy hops.” [26:00] –Stephan Valand on Beer Sessions Radio See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on a special “Cider Sessions” edition of Beer Sessions Radio: Louisa D. Spencer and Stephen M. Wood are founders of Farnum Hill Cider. Field Maloney is 2nd generation cider maker at West County Cider, his parents Terry & Judith Malone founded West County Cider (and CiderDays, now it’s 21st year). The Woods & Maloneys are key founding families of American Cider revival, establishing commercial winery/cideries and developing cider orchards in the late 1970’s-80’s. This program was brought to you by Union Beer Distributors. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Explore the beer scene in the Hudson Valley on a brand new episode of Beer Sessions Radio! Jimmy Carbone and guest co-host Ben Keene are joined by Jakob Cirell of From the Ground Brewery, Dan Suarez, Suarez Family Brewery, Evan Watson of Plan Bee Farm Brewery and Mike Renganeschi of Bacchus Brewing Company. Patrick Allen of Keg & Lantern Brewpub also joins the show. This program was brought to you by Union Beer Distributors. “Grain and hops are like giant building blocks. The yeast is the mortar.” [25:00] –Evan Watsonon on Beer Sessions Radio “What I’m trying to do now is not choose the beers I want to make but let the ingredients available dictate.” [32:00] –Jakob Cirell on Beer Sessions RadioSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tune in to a brand new episode of Beer Sessions Radio as Jimmy Carbone and guest co-host Ben Keene are talking all about hops! They are joined by John Segal, proprietor of Segal Hop Ranch in Yakima Valley, Washington, and Jeff O’Neil, former brewer at Peekskill Brewery who is currently launching his own project, Industrial Arts Brewing. This program was brought to you by Union Beer Distributors. “Farming is really a challenge and I always make sure our friends support local farmers for any produce they buy because it’s a very challenging business. We’re subject to so many variables.” [13:00] “aAs my father taught me – all beers are good and some are better.” [46:00] –John Segal on Beer Sessions Radio “The intention [at Industrial Arts Brewingis to make really hoppy beers while controlling the bitterness and keeping bitterness low.” [26:00] Jeff O’Neil on Beer Sessions RadioSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Cask beer is demystified this week on Beer Sessions Radio! Jimmy Carbone and summer co-host Ben Keene are joined by Jason Hicks, chef at The Shakespeare and Jones Wood Foundry, Alex Hall of Cask Marque and Dave Lopez of Gun Hill Brewery. Tune in to hear what works and doesn’t when it comes to cask conditioned beer and what it takes to do it the right way! This program was brought to you by Union Beer Distributors. “The difference between having cask beer in a bar or not is the ability for it to turn over in 3-4 days.” [29:00] –Alex Hall on Beer Sessions Radio “If you find yourself at a beer that has cask on tap – ask questions, give it a try and learn something. There can be delicious results.” [44:00] –Jason Hicks on Beer Sessions RadioSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Join Jimmy Carbone for another full glass of Beer Sessions Radio!. This week, he’s profiling Lagunitas Chicago and the American Homebrewers Association Winners. He’s joined by Mary Bauer and Mark Sljukic of Laguintas and a group of homebrewers – Peter Salmond, Oskar Norlander and Erik Norlander. Hear them discuss brewing trends, goses and lambics the growth of homebrewing organizations and more! This program was brought to you by Union Beer. “I’ve seen these homebrew competitions that used to have 100-200 entires are now climbing to 500-600 entires!” –Oskar Norlander on Beer Sessions RadioSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It’s a perfect summer session on Beer Sessions Radio! Jimmy Carbone is joined by a great group of friends and guests including summer co-host Ben Keene from Beer Advocate, Threes Brewing’s head brewer, Greg Doroski, Anne Becerra aka Anne Likes Beer and the one and only Ale Sharpton. Together, the group talks about everything from beer cocktails to festivals and tasting events. This program was brought to you by Union Beer Distributors. “The whole point of using beer in a cocktail is to enhance those flavors, not mask them.” [12:00] –Anne Becerra on Beer Sessions Radio “One of the big things I push is trying to find ways to take people who think they don’t like beer and help [them like it].” [25:00] –Ale Sharpton on Beer Sessions RadioSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Beer and BBQ – what could be better? This week on Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone is joined by Ben Keene, editor of Beer Advocate, Kelly Taylor of Kelso and Joe Carroll, the man behind Fette Sau, St. Anselm, Spuyten Duyvil and author of the new book Feeding the Fire. In Feeding the Fire, Carroll gives readers his top 20 lessons and more than 75 recipes to make incredible fire-cooked foods at home, proving that you don’t need to have fancy equipment or long-held regional traditions to make succulent barbecue and grilled meats. This program was brought to you by GreatBrewers. “Beer is easily paired with most food and most food is easily paired with food.” [12:00] “If you grow up drinking commercial American lager or crap wine, then I think you’re immediately drawn towards the really intense high gravity over the top stuff right way because you’re looking for something so radically different than the lame insipid stuff you grew up drinking. Over time that fades and you appreciate those lighter lower gravity beers again.” [25:00] –Joe Carroll on Beer Sessions RadioSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It’s the European Brewers show! Recorded live at Jimmy’s No. 43, this episode of Beer Sessions Radio includes Dr. Garth Cambray of Makana Meadery, Giovanni Campariof of Birrificio Del Ducato, Leonardo Di Vincenzo of Birra Del Borgo and Jerome Dupont of Domaine Dupont. This program was brought to you by Union Beer. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jimmy Carbone has a cavalcade of beer stars in the studio this week for Beer Sessions Radio!. Tune in and hear from Jake Cirelli of From the Ground Brewery, Steve ‘Ben’ Middlemiss of Ben Middlemiss Brewing, Lauren & Joe Grimm of Grimm Artisanal Ales, beer writer Josh Bernstein, Ben Keene of Beer Advocate and Joel Shelton of Shelton Brothers Imports. The crew chats about beer festivals, brewing styles and trends in the industry! This program was brought to you by Union Beer Distributers. “We obviously can’t compete in price with anybody so we have to make something that’s more compelling” [34:00] –Jake Cirelli on Beer Sessions Radio “The biggest pressure gypsy brewers are facing today are brewing space.” [38:00] Steve ‘Ben’ Middlemiss on Beer Sessions RadioSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.