Author: Joel M.

Beer with Pleasant Strangers – Episode 10 – Interview with Matt Ferazzi

In this week’s episode, Joel is joined by Matt Ferazzi, otherwise known as “Judge Dregs” on Instagram. Matt is a Boston native with a deep, abiding love for all things craft beer. Sean also popped by.

Show Notes:

Guest: Matt Ferazzi
Matt on Instagram: @judge_dregs

Beers:

Treehouse Doppelgänger

Treehouse Brewing – Monson, MA

Doppelgänger – an Imperial version of their Alter Ego IPA with extra kettle and dry hop additions.

Haze – a Double IPA.

Mike Hess Brewing – San Diego, CA

Ordeum Rex – an American style Barleywine made with 100% barley (no adjunct sugars)

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Beer with Pleasant Strangers – Episode 09 – Burgeon Beer Co. Can Release Two

It’s been a minute! Apologies for the mini hiatus. The show is back in action now!

In this episode, Joel and Curtis returned to Burgeon Beer Co. in Carlsbad, CA for their second-ever can release! Along the way, they discuss a miniature myriad of topics, from bottle shares (which you can read about in greater detail on Curtis’ new blog) to Gentlemen Broncos & beer photography.

Show Notes:

Guest: Curtis Fjelstad
Curtis on Instagram: @bigcurt19x8
Between Beers & Other Bullshit

Beer:

New Glarus - R&D Sour - Champ du Blanc

New Glarus Brewing – New Glarus, WI

R&D Champ du Blanc –  a blend of aged sour blonde ale and Chardonnay grapes. Spontaneously fermented in New Glarus’ Wildfruit Cave through the cool winters of 2015 and 2016.

Side Project - Merci (Blend #3)

Side Project Brewing – St. Louis, MO

Merci (Blend #3) – a blend of wild ales:

14% – Saison du Fermier aged in a light toast American Oak Foedre for 6 months.

31% – Saison du Fermier aged in a heavy toast American Oak Foedre for 4 months.

46% – Missouri Wild Blond Ale aged a French Oak Foedre that they have been pulling solera-style pieces from for the past 4 years.

9% – Missouri Wild Ale that was aged in Missouri Oak Chardonnay barrels for 3 years.

Burgeon Beer Co. - Universal Secret & Mixed Greens
Photo by @mr_illectric

Burgeon Beer Co. – Carlsbad, CA

Universal Secret – a “zero IBU” IPA dry-hopped with Nelson, Galaxy and Vic Secret.

Mixed Greens – a West Coast style Double IPA brewed with a rotating selection of six different hop varieties.

Extras ~ Amazing Beer Photographers:

Beer Friends on Instagram: @beerfriends_
Craft Cult on Instagram: @craft_cult
Ozzie Sandoval on Instagram: @ozziesandoval

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Beer with Pleasant Strangers – Episode 08 – Interview with Alton Hitchcock

Joel sat down with local San Diego home-brewer, father, real estate agent and part-time philosopher Alton Hitchcock to discuss many things. In the process, they talked about shoes, ships, ceiling wax, cabbages and kings. Just kidding… actually, they talked about: BEER! Also Saké and whiskey and much more.

Show Notes:

Guest: Alton Hitchcock
Alton on Instagram: @whatsbrew
Mode Real Estate: Alton Hitchcock

Beer:

The Lost Abbey / Port Brewing / The Hop Concept

KuraCali Saké

Setting Sun Saké

Alton’s Home-brew:

  • A Blonde Ale “Dry-Candied” with Watermelon Jolly Ranchers

Burgeon Beer Co.

  • CitraSmella – a Pale Ale with Citra and Denali hops

Mikkeller San Diego
Alpine Beer Co
Arts District Brewing

 

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Beer with Pleasant Strangers – Episode 07 – Interview with Stephen Parmley & Firestone Walker Anniversary Blends

 

This week, a special blending session with the goal of recreating several of Firestone Walker’s Anniversary barrel-aged blends leads to an interview with the man whose idea it was: Stephen Parmley. Stephen waxes poetic on the emergent craft beer scene of the San Francisco Bay area over the last few decades, and his fascination with blending beer.

Show Notes:

Guest: Stephen Parmley

Beer:

Gordon Biersch

Steelhead

Firestone Walker – the blending components:

  • Anniversary XX – a Strong Ale comprised of various barrel-aged beer components.
  • Parabola 2016 – a Russian imperial oatmeal stout aged for a full year in a blend of bourbon barrels from Elijah Craig, Four Roses, Pappy Van Winkle, Woodford Reserve and Buffalo Trace.
  • Helldorado 2016 – a barrel-aged Blonde Barleywine.
  • Stickee Monkee 2016 – a Belgian Quad brewed with Belgian candi sugar and aged in bourbon barrels.
  • Velvet Merkin 2016 – an Oatmeal Stout aged in bourbon barrels.
  • Bravo 2017 – an Imperial Brown Ale aged in retired American oak bourbon barrels.
  • Rye Double DBA – an Imperial ESB aged in bourbon barrels and then moved into rye whiskey barrels for further aging.

Modern Times Beer

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Beer with Pleasant Strangers – Episode 06 Bonus – Tusker Solodome

In this brief, bonus episode, Joel finds a blast from his past on the shelf when he happens upon Tusker African Lager.  Hence, a solodome mission is commissioned to taste it again and find out whether it measures up to the fond memories he has.

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Beer with Pleasant Strangers – Episode 06 – Wicked Weed Angels

At an epic bottle share at Plan 9 Ale House, all of the OG Wicked Weed Angels got popped. The very next morning, news broke that Wicked Weed had sold out to AB InBev. In this episode, Joel & Curtis reunite over a couple of delicious beers at Smog City up in greater Los Angeles to discuss.

Show Notes:

Guest: Curtis Fjelstad
Curtis on Instagram: @bigcurt19x8
Curtis’ beer blog: Between Beers & Other Bullshit

Beer:

Invert the Sun – a barrel-aged wild sour ale with boysenberry.
Monkish Brewing

Red Angel – an American Sour Ale aged in red wine barrels with raspberries.
White Angel – an American Sour Ale aged in white wine barrels with Muscadine and Scuppernong grapes.
Black Angel – an American Sour Ale aged in Kentucky bourbon barrels with tart cherries.
Golden Angel – an American Sour Ale aged in barrels with apricots.
Angel of Darkness – An American Sour Ale aged for 14 months in Oloroso sherry casks with boysenberries, blackberries, raspberries and cherries.
Wicked Weed Brewing
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

Infinite Wishes – an Imperial Stout aged for 12 months in bourbon barrels.
Ch’nooks & Crannies – Chinook-dry-hopped sour blonde with cranberries.
Bourbon O.E. – an English Barleywine aged for 13 months in bourbon barrels.
Smog City Brewing

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