Beer Geeks Radio

This week in honor of Mead Day we are drinking and discussing some great commercial examples of mead as well as a few homebrewed versions and exam meads with local homebrew club Scranton Brewers Guild, lots of great information! The meads featured are from Moonlight Meadery, B. Nektar Meadery, and Chaucer's Meadery along with several homebrewed meads.

This week we discuss the wonderful New Holland Brewing Company with co-owner Fred Bueltman, we also sample and discuss some of their craft spirits including a hop whiskey and beer barrel aged bourbon! This week's lineup: Hatter Royale Hop Whiskey, Beer Barrel Bourbon, Imperial Hatter, Dragon's Milk Reserve w/ Chiles, and Michigan Awesome Hatter

This week we take a look at some of the best beers available from some Boston area brewers with a few pit stops along the way. We also discuss Stone Brewing Co.'s new w00tstout 2.0 with one of its collaborators, Drew Curtis from Fark.com This week's beer lineup is: Clown Shoes- Muffin Top, Stone Brewing Co.- w00tstout 2.0, Harpoon- Leviathan IPA, Sam Adams- Double Agent IPL, and Sam Adams- Utopias

This week we sit down with brewmaster Mike Simmons from Nimble Hill Brewing to discuss their wide range of beers, sample some brand new ones, and also shared a lovely bottle of Jolly Pumpkin's La Roja!

This week we take a look at 5 fantastic examples of the Saison style, discuss a bit of the history of the style, pair with some fantastic food, have a small "argument" live on air, and of course drink some great beers! This week's beer lineup: Stone Brewing Co.- Saison, Allagash- Saison, Boulevard Brewing Company- Tank 7 Saison, Brooklyn Brewery- Sorachi Ace, and Firestone Walker- Opal.

This week we sit down with local brewery Breaker Brewing Company to sample some of their newest and best beers yet! Thie week's beer lineup from BBC: Mine Fire Blackberry Jalapeno Ale, Sour Tomato Ale, Quiet Canary Coconut Saison, Black Diamond Dark IPA. We also shared a bottle of the fantastic Foot Print Ale from Odell Brewing Company!

This week we examined 4 different American IPA's by doing a blind tasting. Everyone brought their favorite American IPA and we picked our favorites after trying them all to see if our favorites were still truly our favorites and we ended the show by sampling Stone Brewing Co.'s wonderful RuinTen! The beer lineup/contestants this week is: Sierra Nevada- Torpedo, Ithaca- Flower Power, Green Flash- West Coast IPA, and Odell Brewing Company- Odell IPA.