Four Brewers | Craft Beer And Homebrew Podcast

Season 1, Episode 7 - This week, we’re shaking trees and drinking something old and tasty with award-winning local homebrewer, Robert French. Denise Ratfield of Pink Boots Society and Stone Brewing Co. is also along for the ride.   Fort George Brewery – Sunrise Oatmeal Pale Ale and 3-Way IPA Jason is, once again, bringing the Fort George love with these two excellent offerings, Sunrise Oatmeal Pale Ale, and 3-Way IPA, which is a collaboration between Fort George, Block 15, and Boneyard Beer. Suffice to say, we’re all becoming huge fans of Fort George. The topics of the localization of breweries and prioritized markets also come up in the discussion. Feature: Homebrew – Robert French’s “Old Bandersnatch” and “Shake Your Tree.” Robert French is a long time friend of ours, and he’s been brewing for about 18 years. Recently, he built this super-dope single tier brewing stand that’s just beautiful. But he’s not just a pretty dude, with a pretty brewing stand—he makes excellent beer, too. Robert French and His Br

Season 1, Episode 6 - This week, we dive into some tasty farmhouse ales, first from Bellwoods Brewery, and then a fun From the Cellar segment featuring Prairie Ale from Prairie Artisan Ales, finishing up with a session of the always fun Guess That Brew.    Bellwoods Brewery – Farmageddon We start off this week with Farmageddon from the not-well-known (to us, at least) Bellwoods Brewery in Toronto, Ontario. We alienate some Canadian fans, mix up our accents, and contemplate peaches. We really, really enjoy the beer, too. Plus, Steve Jobs is dead. Feature: From The Cellar For our first true From the Cellar segment, we taste a delicious Saison from Prairie Artisan Ales – Prairie Ale. We have a fresh bottle side-by-side with a bottle aged for about a year, and we do some fun contrasting and comparing. Prairie Artisan Ales – Prairie Ale Feature: “Guess That Brew!” Finally, we bring back the reverb for a game of Guess That Brew! We have a beer with no slut fruits, John loves and hates this game, a beer that definit

Season 1, Episode 5 - This week, we chat about Session IPA and safely chug Beachwood BBQ Alpha Waves out of Long Beach, California, followed by Going in Blind! Then, Nagel’s non-beers: Sake and Cider.  We start off the show this week with a sessionable IPA from Beachwood BBQ, Alpha Waves then dive into non-beer homebrews from Nagel. Beachwood BBQ & Brewing – Alpha Waves Alpha Waves from Beachwood BBQ & Brewing in Long Beach, CA, is a described by the brewery as a “trickster of a ‘session IPA’ that will knock you down with surges of flavor and aroma.” “Session IPA” have been all the craze this year. Beachwood Brewing’s stands out from the rest in that it is a true session ale, clocking in at 3.8% ABV. It has a healthy malt backbone, and quite a big hop presence, even though it’s only 50 IBU. Feature: Homebrew – Greg‘s Homebrew Sake and Cider Greg’s Sake, named “Kamakazi Gang Bang” was an experiment to see how good a homebrew Sake can be. Much how Japanese WWII pilots would get tons of ass before their

Season 1, Episode 4 - This week, a really enjoyable rye IPA from Mike Hess Brewing out of San Diego, California, followed by John Holzer‘s Cantaloupe pale ale named “Jill.” We start off the show this week with a delicious beer from Mike Hess Brewing in San Diego, California, called “Habitus.” It’s an 8.0% ABV IPA made with rye malt, and Sterling and Chinook hops. Overall, a nice spicy rye character comes though, but isn’t overbearing. The unique combination of hops really sets it apart and makes it an very quaffable IPA, even at 8.0% ABV. Mike Hess Brewing – Habitus Feature: Homebrew – John‘s cantaloupe pale ale, “Jill.” John brings us his cantaloupe pale ale made with Meridian, Simcoe and Amarillo hops. Fermented with one pound of cantaloupe, the original idea for the beer was for it to have some big tropical notes, but not be too hoppy, and too high in alcohol. Made in collaboration with David and Adam Gillanders, Jill was brewed in memory of their mother, Jill Marie Thibodeau, who fought a tough battle wit

Season 1, Episode 3 - A plethora of delicious craft brew on this week’s show reminds us that we are living in a great time in craft beer. This week on the show, we are quite possibly, drinking all the beers. Well, more like seven different beers, but hey, it’s still a lot of brew. Jason brings us some brews from the northwest from Bale Breaker Brewing and Fort Gorge Brewing. We wrap things up in the first segment with a tasty brew from Los Angeles based brewery, Monkish Brewing. Monkish Brewing, Fort George, and Bale Breaker Brewing Co. Feature: “Guess That Brew!” In the second segment of the show, we introduce our game of sorts, “Guess That Brew.” Basically, we read reviews of different beers from the internet and try to guess which beer the reviewer is describing. It’s actually pretty entertaining. Give it a listen, then try it out with your friends. Feature: “Going In Blind…” Hangar 24, Firestone Walker, Dogfish Head, and Ballast Point Brewing Co. beers for “Guess That Brew!” The final segment of the show

Season 1, Episode 2 - Modern Times Beer Fortunate Islands brings the wheat and hops… Welcome to episode two! This week on the show, we’re drinking wonderful a hoppy wheat beer from Modern Times Beer named “Fortunate Islands.” Modern Times is one of the newest breweries to sprout up in San Diego, California, and they’re making incredible beer. They’ve only been open since September 2013, and they’re already making a big name for themselves. Modern Times Beer – Fortunate Islands Feature: Homebrew - John’s Oatmeal IPA, “Oats N’ Hoes” John’s oatmeal IPA has really garnered a lot of attention in the local Riverside, California homebrew scene. Inspired by Lee Chase and Automatic Brewing Co.‘s Will Powered IPA, Oats N’ Hoes is a west coast-style IPA, made with one pound of oats and Falconer’s Flight hops. Recipe: Oats N’ Hoes 10 gallon batch, 82% mash efficiency. 148º mash temp for 40 min, 20 min mash out to 168º. 60 min boil. 65º fermentation temperature. 1.069 OG. Malts: 25 lbs 2 Row Malt, 2 lbs US Caramel 15 malt

Season 1, Episode 1 - Anchorage Brewing’s Rondy Brew Saison w/Lemongrass and Brett kicks off the inaugural episode of Four Brewers. Welcome to Four Brewers! Four Brewers is a new podcast from Matt Becker, John Holzer,Jason Harris, and Greg Nagel that celebrates craft beer and homebrewing.  This week on the show, we’re celebrating our collective return to the interwebs, and welcoming our newest member, Greg, to the show by opening some really special brews: A saison from Anchorage Brewing Company called “Rondy Brew,” and a wonderful sour from The Lost Abbey called “Veritas 007.” As with all new ventures, we’re working out the bugs of doing a new show (bugs, beer, title of the episode, get it ?…heh), and getting a feel for the overall flow. Episode one beers. Anchorage Rondy Brew, The Lost Abbey Veritas 007, Homebrew and force-carb bottle Feature: From the Cellar - Lost Abbey Veritas 007 – Sour Blend w/cab franc grapes. Matt brought a bottle of Veritas 007 from The Lost Abbey to celebrate the first episode. In

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