The Michigan Beer Show: Recent Episodes
The Michigan Beer Show
We review Darlin’, an oak-barrel-aged ale from the Bitter Old Fecker brewery in Chelsea, as well as the Black RyPA from Cellar Brewing in Sparta. We also review Brewery Vivant’s Pothole Stout. Much like its tagline, this episode is unavoidable.
Brandon, Tony and Max are back to review the 2015 version of Bell’s Hopslam as well as the triumphant return of Founder’s Black Rye. They also review the Beautiful Disaster red wine barrel aged ale from Odd Side Ales. Cheers!
Brandon and Tony welcome Max back to the show for a special edition, live from Right Brain Brewery! Phil and Nick join the guys to drink a ton of beer and discuss the process of brewing beer with pig skulls. It’s a good one. Cheers!
Brandon and Tony review Arbor Brewing’s Bollywood Blonde and Founders’ Dirty Bastard. Tony also breaks down the first week of World Cup action and we say goodbye to Kyle. The dude is moving on to actually sell beer! How perfect is that??? Thank you Kyle!!! We love you!
Jen and Joe “Carlos” from Greenbush Brewing stopped by to chat with Brandon during their tap takeover at Midtown Beer Company. They discussed the history of the brewery, when they decided to start brewing full-time and the outlook for this up-and-coming brewery.
Then the rest of the guys join in the regular banter and review Greenbush’s unique Red Bud copper wheat ale and their Sun Spot wheat ale.
What’s better than enjoying a beer only a few hundred people get to enjoy each year? Enjoying two of them. In this episode, the boys enjoy the much-celebrated Founder’s Kentucky Breakfast Stout, better known as KBS, as well as New Holland’s Night Tripper, a high gravity imperial stout.
It’s been a long winter, but we went ahead and reviewed the lighter side of things with a couple of Michigan’s best summer ales. We discussed the 2013 incarnation of Bell’s Oberon Ale, one of the country’s most anticipated seasonal releases, and whether or not it lived up to the hype.
We also tried Greenbush Brewing Company’s Closure Ale, a light and refreshing pale ale with a complex texture and taste, but none of the snobbery.
In this episode, the boys crack open a special delivery from Arcadia Ales headquarters and review the delicious, delectable and decadent BA Shipwreck Porter. Download the audio file above or grab it on iTunes.
In part 2 of our first podcast, we talk about Bell’s Black Note Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout. This beer is a very limited release, and you can read more about its release here. You can also download the podcast above and on iTunes.
The first episode of The Michigan Beer Show had Brandon, Tony and Kyle talking about New Holland Brewing’s Dragon’s Milk. As a bourbon barrel aged stout, they were expecting a truly dark and heavy beer. However, as they discovered, the Dragon’s Milk has its own ideas about how to be a bourbon barrel aged stout.
Read the Dragon’s Milk review.