Beer Sessions Radio (tm)

This week on Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone has a “tasting” of all sorts of people from the beer industry. Andrew McLeod, Assistant Sales Manager at Union Beer is in the studio talking about getting great craft beer from all over the country into New York City bars, restaurants, and grocery stores. Cory Bonfiglio is here to tell us about the craft brew selection on tap and in bottles at his bar called Proletariat on St. Mark’s Place. Harris Damashek of Underground Eats and Sonoma Springs Brewing Co. is sharing some of his favorite Sonoma beers. Tune in to hear some of our guests’ favorite beer books and first beers. This program has been brought to you by GreatBrewers.com. “I think New York is a really competitive market [for new craft beer] that you really need to come here at the right time. It’s a hard thing to say, but you really have one chance to make it in a market like this. You might do well in your home market, but when you come to New York it’s tough…” — Andrew McLeod on Beer Sessions Radio

On this week’s episode of Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone and guests are talking about beer pairings and fermentation. Matt Bean of Men’s Health is in the studio with some sour beers that he is pairing with a rhubarb crisp. Tune in to hear what beer fairs the best! Herbalist Claudia Keel and Claire Hartten are also joining us to discuss fermentation not only in beer, but in yogurt, kombucha, and cheese. Hear about some of the health benefits of eating and drinking fermented products. Candice Santaferraro calls in from Frog’s Leap Farm and Winery to discuss some of the homemade mead that she’s been fermenting. Finally, Jimmy and the rest talk about cult beers, and whether they’re really worth the hunt. This episode has been brought to you by GreatBrewers.com. “It’s also interesting because acidity plays such a role [in sour beer], and of course in wine acidity plays a role. It sets it up for some nice pairings that are reminiscent of what wine can do.” — Jen Schwertman on Beer Sessions Radio “Beers were

Jimmy Carbone’s talking about taverns on this week’s episode of Beer Sessions Radio. Christine Sismondo, author of America Walks into a Bar, is in the studio to offer s perspective on the importance of taverns as gathering places throughout history. Also in the studio are Ken Tirado of Killmeyer’s Old Bavarian Inn and Barry Smyth of Fraunces Tavern, two of the oldest taverns in New York City. Tune in to hear about some of the beers at Killmeyer’s and Fraunces Tavern, the importance of owner involvement in bars, the consequences of Prohibition in the United States, and why it’s important to keep old tavern traditions alive. This episode has been brought to you by GreatBrewers.com. “I don’t see the American Revolution happening without taverns.” “One interesting thing about Prohibition is that people are really invested in the story as something that created more problems than it solved. To some degree, it’s true, but if you look at the beginning of Prohibition, people really did drink less. For the first ha

This week on Beer Sessions Radio, host Jimmy Carbone is joined by a bunch of guests from all sorts of breweries. We’ve got Dave Broderick and Jen Schwertman from Blind Tiger, Damien Brown and Chris Gallant from The Bronx Brewery, and Rich Bucheta from SingleCut Beersmiths. Also in the studio is Maia Raposo, secretary and representative from the New York City Brewer’s Guild. Tune in to hear about the New York City Brewer’s Guild, and their mission to organize the craft brewing community. Hear about The Bronx Brewery’s mission to create a flagship pale ale, and the first brewery opening up in Queens thanks to Singlecut Beersmiths. Jen and Dave talk about their trip to the Craft Brewer’s Conference in San Diego, and some of their favorite beers from the West Coast. This episode has been brought to you by GreatBrewers.com. “Our mission for the New York City Brewer’s Guild is to promote the New York City brewing industry which is rapidly growing. There’s a lot more breweries opening up every year, and there’s b

On this week’s Beer Sessions Radio, host Jimmy Carbone is talking about hops and alternative bittering agents in brewing. Ben Grainger of Bierkraft and Peter Kennedy of SimplyBeer.com are in the studio, talking about the hops that they grow at home, and how they incorporate them into their brewing processes. Joe and Dennis Fisher are also on the show discussing their book, The Homebrewer’s Garden. Tune in to hear about bittering herbs that you can grow right in your yard. Are you interested in brewing botanicals? Then this is the show for you! This show was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com. “[Gruits and grodziskies] are brewed without hops; they’re brewed with other bittering spices. Classic gruit is horehound, mugwort, heather- there can be sorts of stuff inside of it.” — Ben Grainger on Beer Sessions Radio “When hops came over, they were not universally embraced immediately. The was kind of a culture war, and the ones who favored hops ultimately won.” — Joe and Dennis Fisher on Beer Sessions Radio See Priva

This week on Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone is joined by several Long Island brewers. We’ve got Mark Burford of Blue Point Brewing Co., John Liegey and Greg Soroski and of Greenport Harbor Brewing Co., Paul Dlugokencky from Blind Bat Brewery, and beer blogger Niko Krommydas. Hear Mark’s wild start in brewing- hiding from the “ice mob” and killing hundreds of Long Island trout. Hear about some famous Long Island beers, from Blue Point’s Toasted Lager to Greenport Harbor’s Maibock. Listen to these Long Islanders’ local beer pride, and the difficulties starting a brewery of any size on Long Island. Tune in to hear about these different brewing companies deal with their brewing waste- spent grain and “gray water”. This episode has been brought to you by GreatBrewers.com. “So as soon as the shotgun goes off at ten thousand feet, I’ve got this ringing and explosion going around my head with the nitrous and everything…and I said to myself, ‘I have to recreate this in a beer.” “Breweries are ‘green’ by nature…

This week on, Beer Sessions Radio, our host Jimmy Carbone is joined in the studio by Dave Broderick of Blind Tiger. Also joining Beer Sessions is Jeff O’Neill of Peekskill Brewery, and Ben Sandler and Jen Lim of The Queens Kickshaw. Tune in to hear Jeff talk about Peekskill’s expansion, and Ben and Jen’s thoughts on running a combination beer and coffee bar. Bradley Latham joins the show via the phone to talk about the upcoming Craft Brewer’s Conference, and what it offers for people that are interested in brewing. This program has been brought to you by GreatBrewers.com. “No recipe is set in stone in my world. There’s no perfect beer. I brew by feel…it’s a lot more like cooking as opposed to science for me.” — Jeff O’Neill on Beer Sessions Radio “Craft brewers were up 13% by volume in 2011, and we’re seeing the same growth in 2012. We’re seeing a lot of breweries opening, as well.” — Bradley Latham on Beer Sessons Radio See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at http

Toaday’s Beer Sessions Radio is all about yeast. Our host Jimmy Carbone is joined in the studio by Garrett Oliver (Brooklyn Brewery), Tony Forder (Ale Street News), Jason Rodriguez (Columbia University), B. R. Rolya (The Shelton Brothers), and Charlie Bamforth (UC Davis) joins us over the phone. Tune in to hear about wild yeast, and yeast’s importance in adding to flavor and head retention. This episode was brought to you by GreatBrewers.com. “There’s a lot of different ways to find a yeast that works for you, but the best way is pure serendipity.” “The more bitterness in the beer, the more stable the beer will be.” — Charlie Bamforth 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 Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone welcomes frequent co-host Jen Scwertman back to the studio who tells listeners about her Belgian trip and the Brasserie Cantillon Brouwerij. Tune in to learn more about the process of making lambics and what makes them so unique. Later on, beer writer Win Bassett calls in to teach listeners all about beer culture in North Carolina. Learn about some of the regional breweries both old and new in the area and hear about B United’s incredible tank beer program! Also hear from Tim Stendhal of Union Beer, Will Stephens from BeerMenus.com and Carolyn Pincus from The Stag’s Head in Midtown NYC. Beer Sessions Radio is brought to you by our friends at GreatBrewers.com 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 Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone and Dave Brodrick of Blind Tiger sit down with a bunch of awesome beer guests. Christian DeBennedetti, author of the book The Great American Ale Trail and editor-in-chief of the Weekly Pint discusses some of his favorite brews and his love of “beer traveling”. Justin Israelson from Sycamore joins Jimmy to talk about his unique flower shop/beer heaven, Sycamore. Also in the studio are Danielle Cefaro and Benjamin Stutz of Brooklyn Homebrew. Tune in to hear about their homebrewing roots in their apartment, and the upcoming Brooklyn Wort beer festival. This program was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com. “We’re covering everything in beer culture…from homebrew culture on up to craft beer and all its iterations. It’s an incredibly diverse world- it’s beer travels and beer dinners.” —Christian DeBennedetti 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 Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone discusses beer trends, new brews and craft breweries in Ohio with an esteemed panel of beer industry player including writer/author Josh Bernstein, Seth Wright of Beer Nation TV, Jeff Cioletti of Beverage World and Justin Phillips of Beer Table. Tune in to learn about The Pantry, a new beer shop founded by Justin Phillips and how they plan on bringing table wine in beer form to the consumer. Learn more about beer in the Midwest and how local beer will really take over in 2012! This program was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com “2012 is gonna be the year when things finally really turn local. I don’t mean everybody using their own grain and hops because that’s not feasible. But you can rely upon locally sourced ingredients and also become the best small brewery in town.” –Josh Bernstein on Beer Session Radio “What’s the point of traveling for beer if you’re having stuff you could just have at home?” –Jeff Cioletti of Beverage World on Beer Sessions Radio “After a fe

This week on Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone has a great group of NYC beer guys including Jim Barnes from Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project, Jay Steinhauer of American Beer Distributing and Chris O’Leary from Brew York, New York. The crew is also joined by the authors of “Beer for Dummies”, Steve Ettlinger & Marty Nachel. Tune in as they chat about everything from “extreme” beer to historic beer and reflect on some of their favorite brews at the moment. Learn more about beer tastings, kosher beer, home brewing and more on the best beer radio show in the world! This program was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com. “When you do a reference book in the ‘dummies’ format, your job is largely to ask questions and wonder. I’m a completly befuddled consumer, so I’m a good guy for that job. We also have an obligation to teach the history of beer in this format. It opened up a whole new world for me, I wasn’t too familiar with the world on beer when I started this book.” –Steve Ettlinger, co-author of Beer for Dum

This week on Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone sits down with Garret Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery and Chris Cuzme of Wandering Star to chat about Japanese beer, cheese pairings and some of Brooklyn Brewery’s most recent special offerings. Tune in to learn why beer is much more widely consumed in Japan than sake and why Japanese beer is set to take the states by storm. This program was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com. “The history of brewing in Japan is fascinating…The first European style breweries there catered largely to Europeans and Americans that were working in Japan. It took a long time for beer to take off in Japan. Most people don’t know this, but now in Japan the main drink by far is beer, not sake.” “So far, Americans don’t know the Japanese beer scene very well. We know a few breweries, but not many of the Japanese beers end up coming here. It will probably be the next cool wave.” –Garret Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery on Beer Sessions RadioSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California

This week on The Beer Sessions, host Jimmy Carbone sits down with brewmaster Garrett Oliver of the Brooklyn Brewery and Clay Gordon of The Chocolate Life. Tune in to learn how to pair different beers and chocolates, some chocolate history, and how Garrett Oliver flavors his chocolate Brooklyn brews. Also, home-brewer Mark Zap sits in and shares some of his unique beers. This episode is sponsored by GreatBrewers.com. “You can create chocolate-ly characters that are not from chocolate… but we’ve done a number of beers that are aged on cacao nibs.” –Garret Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery on Beer Sessions Radio “[Chocolate] plays extremely well [with beer]. It’s important to think about the texture…you’re looking to compliment in flavor and compliment in texture…the warmth and creaminess of the beer should go with the warmth and creaminess of the chocolate” “The challenge for me has been to find recipes that break away from ‘port and chocolate’…now there are chocolates that have chili powder that compliment an IPA qu

This week on Beer Sessions Radio (TM) investigates that one ingredient that, though oft overlooked, without which beer could not exist: water. Joined by regulars Jen Schwertman and Dave Brodrick of The Blind Tiger and along with water researcher Kai Olson-Sawyer and sustainability expert Caleb Stratton this episode investigates the water footprint it takes to run a brewery, what they’re doing to become sustainable, and how and why water is so important in creating the flavor profile of a good beer. This episode is sponsored by GreatBrewers.com. “Beer is probably one of those things that people don’t think about in terms of water but it is the body of beer.” –Dave Brodrick on Beer Sessions Radio(TM) “Vermont a water rich state…but even in water rich places you need to be concerned with the amount of water you draw. It can never be out of your mind. If you’re doing things right, regardless of your business, it needs to be something you consider.” –Caleb Stratton on Beer Sessions Radio(TM) “People don’t realize

Celebrate Valentine’s Day on Beer Sessions Radio with Jimmy Carbone and Jen Schwertman with guests Chris Schonberger of Time Out New York, Josh Schaffner of NY Craft Beer Week and Adam Levy of the International Beer Competition. Tune in as they talk about some new and exciting craft beers and beer bars and discuss some of the recent trends in the world of brews. Want to plan a trip to check out some under the radar beer bars? This is the show for you. Also hear about the NYC American Craft Beer Festival and what it means to be a judge. This program was sponsored by Great Brewers. “One of the great things about covering all these bars is seeing places pop up in neighborhoods that have had nothing before.” –Chris Schonberger of Time Out New York “My philosophy is basically that all of our judges are trade buyers, because a trade buyer truly has a chance to interact on a day to day basis with the consumer. They know what the consumer wants.” “I’m a beer freak. I’ll say this openly, my dogs name is Garrett Olive

Beer Sessions has done it! 100 Episodes! On this milestone episode of Beer Sessions Radio (TM) host Jimmy Carbone welcomes a huge gang to the Roberta’s studio. From the trio of Joe, Eric, and Vaughan of the new Montauk Brewing Co. to Patrick Donagher of GetRealNY, to Lina Kulchinsky of the delicious Sigmund’s Pretzels, and show regular Chris Cuzme, this episode is literally packed with good beer and good food. Tune in for talks and tastes from around New York, the city where the show started started, test your beer IQ with some GreatBrewers trivia, and learn about the basics for pairing your beers (pretzels are an excellent choice!). This 100th episode is sponsored proudly by GreatBrewers.com. “We’ve started a culture of hop-heads but we kinda wanted to move away from that.” –Eric Moss of Montauk Brewing Co. 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 Beer Sessions Radio (TM) takes a trip to the North Pole, or at least Alaska, with Jason Bullen of 49th State Brewing who describes what it’s like running a super small brewery way up north. Next, Tony Forder of Ale Street News and Andrea Stanley of Valley Malt join the conversation to talk about malt varieties, the importance of water in beer, and beer trends. Is Belgian beer over the hill? How big of a production system should beer startups use? How in the heck do you ship beer supplies to Alaska? All this and more are answered on this episode of Beer Sessions Radio. This episode is sponsored by GreatBrewers.com. “If you’re making good beer it’s gonna sell . . you really need to start at big as possible.” –Jason Bullen on Beer Sessions Radio(TM)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 Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone welcomes back co-host Jen Schwertman and sits down to chat with Kelly Taylor of Heartland Brewery. They talk about the current state of brew pubs and what’s going on right now with Heartland Brewery. Later in the show, Chad Roberts from Snipes Mountain Brewery in Sunnyside, Washington calls in to join the conversation and tell listeners about brewing in the Yakima Valley. Finally, Anderson DeLima of 508 GastroBrewery talks about his establishment and what it takes to run a small brew pub in New York. Beer Sessions Radio is brought to you by GreatBrewers.com. “I’m having a lot of fun with the barrel aging stuff right now. That’s where the new Heartland Imperial Stout came from.” –Kelly Taylor of Heartland Brewery 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.

This week on Beer Sessions Radio (TM) get ready to take a walk down Homebrew Alley and learn all about the great homebrew clubs in New York. Then listen in as Jason Baldacci of Bluebird calls in to fill us in on beer trends in Chicago. Later on, Emily Garland of Tapped Craft Brewing Events and Sonya Giacobbe of Kelso Brewery talk about how they are trying to get more inspired women into the craft brewing scene with their Women In Beer event. Ever wonder when your palatte is the most acute for tasting beer? Find out by visiting our sponsor GreatBrewers.com and taking your Beer IQ test today! “To me, its exciting seeing all these core craft brews like Lagunitas and Stone making it into all the corner bars and making it onto the draught line” –Jason Baldacci on Beer Sessions Radio (TM)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.