This week on Expert Drinking we travel through time and explore the history of beer, the impact it had on early civilization.
We talk and speculate about the earliest beers, whether the Egyptians were possibly the first “macro brewers”, and how prayers to the goddess Ninkasi helped you brew better beers.
We also talk about Babylonians and the earliest governmental attempts to gain control over the love of beer, and King Midas and his golden touch.
We enjoy a couple of ancient ales from Dogfish Head Brewery. Stephen drinks Jiahu, an ancient Chinese fermented beverage recreated by Sam, and Bill drinks a 2008 Midas Touch.
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This week we head out to the beach, Newport Beach to be exact, and we hang out with one of the coolest brewers in the Southern California area, Derek Bougie from Newport Beach Brewing Company.
Derek talks about the history, and future of the NBBC while we drink Pelican Pale Ale, a 6.0 ABV, nicely hopped American Style Pale Ale, which we pair with a ton of food off their menu, all of which was amazing. This beer pairs wonderfully with the Ahi and with the Ribs.
Derek then gets sent off to see Dr. Bill so he can enjoy a Master Pairings with Dr. Bill straight from the Newport Beach Brewing Company Menu. They do the NBBC ESB with a plate of the Fish & Chips.
We also talk tattoos, since Derek has a some really awesome “beer” tattoos.
Brewed by:
Newport Beach Brewing Company
California, United States
This week we head back to our studio away from our studio, Stone World Bistro & Garden where we meet up with Laurie Delk, from 100 Beers 30 Days, for her final beer for the 100 beers 30 days challenge. We talk about why she is doing the challenge, and the various charities that benefit from her beerscapades, such as Parkinson’s Research and Feeding the Hungry.
Check out her blog at 100beers30days.wordpress.com and be sure to donate to the great causes that she is supporting.
For our master pairings with Dr. Bill, we pair up a traditional American brown ale with baby back ribs and cave aged Gouda and our Craft Beer Advocate this week is Dan from Seattle who found craft beer in Japan, and has a great story about it…
Here’s the complete email from Dan in Seattle : Follow him @seattletap
Hey guys! I really enjoy the show! I hope to start my own soon. My advocacy story starts in Japan. After a long time drinking Suntory, Asahi, Sapporo and, Kirin, I was hoping more was out there in terms of flavor and community. I googled bars in Japan and found a link on ratebeer to a bar called “doll dress” in Osaka Japan. Doll dress is a belgian bar/S&M clothing store. Why? I have no idea but I quickly became aquainted with the local and famous beers of belgium. The bar owners introduced me to a vast and growing community of craft beers (called “gee beer”) in Japan that are absurdly niche yet amazing right now. Before I left Japan, I stopped at a bar in Tokyo called “Dry Dock” that actually imported Stone beers. Having never had or heard of Stone, I asked the bartender which was his favorite. He gave me the Ruination IPA. I’ve never been the same. I advocate craft beer every day now. Craft Beer is about to explode everywhere, not just the USA!
-Dan (@SeattleTap)
This week, we take a break from New Brew’s, and revisit an old friend while we talk with Chris Spradley about Pints for Prostates and being aware, and try not to make too many inappropriate jokes .. of course Stephen fails at that.
Chris is organizing an event to benefit the Pints for Prostates organization on June 19th. ; Tickets are going fast, so pause the show, and get over to http://www.pintsforprostates.com click on the Los Angeles Beer Fest to get tickets.
$45 – gets you great food, great beer, and a great sense of helping to defeat a disease that plagues thousands of men every year. Pay attention during the show for a special announcement of a beer that will also be available, for the very first time, at this event.
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We’re back in the studio! That’s right after months of traveling around and visiting awesome .. we create awesome in the studio.
We drank a great IPA from New Belgium called Ranger IPA and ate some fabulous homemade pizza from our producer Yvonne!!
We also have a decadent Master Pairings with Dr. Bill as he brings together some strong cheeses with some Creme Brulee and an English Barleywine. YUM!
We also congratulate Barry .. he is our Craft Beer Advocate of the week, and the first to send us video.
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Brewed by: New Belgium Brewing Inc.
Colorado, United States
Style | ABV
American IPA | 6.50% ABV
Here is Barry’s original, unedited, entry for Craft Beer Advocate :
Twas the night before Woodshop, when all through the house, not a craft beer fan was stirring … well except these guys who were eating a drinking some of the most decadent, fabulous foods and beers in the world.
Watch till the end as they toast the evening with an amazing concluding beer!
This week we catch up with Dr. Bill at Stone World Bistro and Gardens and we share some Pliny the Younger, that Dr. Bill pairs with amazing shrimp tacos.
We discuss “celebrity beers”, and “Do it Live!”
We also introduce our new craft beer advocate segment where we hear from Ryan from Ohio and his upcoming tasting … Congrats Ryan, you get a free Beer Wars DVD signed by Anat Baron.
The “Craft Beer Advocate” segment is brought to you by Beer Wars the movie available on iTunes, Netflix, and via onDemand through your local cable provider… watch it now!
Brewed by:
Russian River Brewing Company
California, United States
