Tag: Cans

Beer With Pleasant Strangers – Episode 15 – Shake it Up and Stout it Out

In this episode, Joel got together with both Small Pour Sean and Craft Beer 007 in order to flood their systems with Mikkeller San Diego Beer Geek Vanilla Shakes along with some barrel-aged variants. Basically the liquid equivalent of binge-eating a quart of ice cream and half of a chocolate cake. Listen in as their blood sugar levels spike and taste buds are forever scarred.

Beer Geek Vanilla Shakes

Show Notes:

Guests: @smallpoursean & @craftbeer007
Small Pour Sean on Untappd: Smallpoursean
Craft Beer 007 on Untappd: craftbeer007sd

Beers:

Mikkeller San Diego – San Diego, CA

Beer Geek Vanilla Shakes & Traeblod

Beer Geek Vanilla Shake – (batches 1 & 2) An Imperial Stout made with coffee and vanilla.

Beer Geek Maple Vanilla Shake – An Imperial Stout with coffee, vanilla and maple syrup.

Traeblod – An Imperial Stout with maple syrup.

BA Vanilla Shakes

Beer Geek Vanilla Shake aged in Bourbon Barrels – An Imperial Stout with coffee and vanilla aged in Bourbon barrels.

Beer Geek Vanilla Shake aged in Rum Barrels – An Imperial Stout with coffee and vanilla aged in rum barrels.

Pure Project Brewing & Abnormal Beer Co. – San Diego, CA

Carpe Noctem

Carpe Noctem – Imperial Stout with Organic Vermont Maple Syrup, Organic Cacao Nibs, and Organic Hazelnuts

 

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Beer With Pleasant Strangers – Episode 14 – How to Describe Beer Flavors with Chris Byerly

In this episode, Joel spent some time learning how best to describe the fleeting and enigmatic flavors hidden within the deep recesses of fine, high-quality beers. And who better to learn from than Untappd wordsmith Chris Byerly. Seriously, go read some of his descriptions of the beers he has tasted. They’re gold. Pure gold.

Show Notes:

Guest: Chris Byerly
Chris on Untappd: @chrisbyerly
Silver Fleet: BandCamp

Beers:

Modern Times Beer Co. – San Diego, CA

Modern Times Beer Co. - Countermagic

Countermagic – An American IPA made with Enigma, Mosaic, Cascade, Denali, Simcoe, and finished off with lots of Citra cryo (lupulin powder)

Mikkeller Brewing San Diego – San Diego, CA

Mikkeller Brewing San Diego - Beer Geek Maple Vanilla Shake

Beer Geek Maple Vanilla Shake – An Imperial Stout made with coffee, vanilla and maple syrup.

Bottle Logic Brewing – Anaheim, CA

Bottle Logic - Stronger Than Fiction

Stronger Than Fiction (2017) – A Strong Ale brewed with coconut and coffee and aged in a combination of Bourbon and Rum barrels.

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Beer with Pleasant Strangers – Episode 13 – “Whale” Tasting with Robbie

For this episode, Joel enlisted the talents of his friend Robbie, who has a fairly selective palate and tends to use concise, superlative language to describe a beer he tastes. To that end, we lined up a small selection of hard-to-find beers (sometimes referred to as “whales” depending on the relative level of demand and rarity) and foisted them upon his tastebuds.

Show Notes:

Guest: Robbie Fernandez
Robbie on Instagram: @rfeternal

Beers:

 

Fridge Full of "Whales" LOL

Allagash Brewing Company – Portland, ME

Allagash Farm to Face

Farm to Face – An American Wild Ale originally brewed as a pale ale and then fermented for ten months in stainless tanks with Allagash’s house yeast. After primary fermentation, they add Pediococcus, Lactobacillus, and a whole lot of peaches. For every gallon of beer they add three pounds of peaches from Applecrest Farm in New Hampshire.

Founders Brewing Company – Grand Rapids, MI

Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout)

KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout) – An Imperial Stout brewed with a massive amount of coffee and chocolates, then cave-aged in oak bourbon barrels for an entire year.

Mikkeller San Diego & 3 Sons Brewing Co. – San Diego, CA & Dania Beach, FL

Mikkeller San Diego / 3 Sons Brewing Co. Power Smoove

Power Smoove – An Imperial Stout brewed with blackberries and spices.

Bruery Terreux – Placentia, CA

Bruery Terreux Rueuze (2012)

Rueuze (2012) – Terreux’s take on the traditional Belgian-style blend of lambics of different ages. They carefully select a number of oak barrels from their warehouse that have been aging our sour blonde ale for anywhere from several months to several years and blend the beers together to what they find to be the ideal flavor.

Monkish Brewing Co. & Omnipollo – Torrance, CA & Stockholm, Sweden

Monkish Brewing Co. / Omnipollo Space Cookie

Space Cookie – A Double IPA brewed with Cookies, Milk Sugar, & Vanilla Beans.

Abnormal Beer Co. & Superstition Meadery – Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, CA & Prescott, AZ

Abnormal Beer Co. / Superstition Meadery Goodbye Tomorrow

Goodbye Tomorrow – An Imperial Honey Stout with Dates, Vanilla and Mostra Coffee.

Bottle Logic Brewing & Superstition Meadery – Anaheim, CA & Prescott, AZ

Bottle Logic / Superstition Meadery Iridium Flare

Iridium Flare – A Strong Ale brewed with honey and marionberries and aged in bourbon barrels.

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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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