Podcast: Brews, Booze, & Reviews

Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 116 – Sour Beers part 2

Sour beers are a divisive group of brews. You got your old school took-a-long-time-to-master sours like lambics n such, and you have the new school pack-as-much-fruit-as-possible-until-you-cant-taste-beer sours. Here, we finish the discussion about what sour beers are, the different kinds of sours, and how they’re made. We invite Don back as a guest host, and…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 115 – Intro to Rye Whiskeys

The Poet William Cowper once said, “Variety is the very spice of life, that gives it all it’s flavor.” Well, on TODAY’S show, there’s plenty of spice to go around as we delve into Rye Whiskeys for the first time. We invite Jarek Kath from Proof Distillery and Travis G. back to have some fun….

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 114 – Macro Light Beer Blind Tasting

Well, we done did it again, but this time we invited comedian Marquay Belcher over to try and sift through the madness with us. We blindly taste test 7 of some of the top selling light beers in the US in the order listed below, so please, follow along with us throughout the episode, today:…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 113 – NA Beers part 3

Dry January. Starting on the 1st and going without alcohol of any kind until February 1st. That idea is catching on globally, and for some it’s a way to hit the reset button, make some pandemic-inspired resolutions, and find new ways to relax and destress. Starting in 2013 in the UK with around 4,000 people,…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 112 – Sorta Spumantes?

We know we should have put out this episode on champagnes/sparkling wines two weeks ago, but things have been hectic and busy at the BBR studio. So instead we release today’s show in celebration of heading into year three of us telling dad jokes, learning new things, and generally getting a bit tipsy with you…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 111 – Hard Apple Ciders

Our elusive yet witty cohost Jayde is back with a special assignment: Hard Apple Ciders. Ciders are Jayde’s favorite adult beverage, so she took the reigns on this show. In this episode we sample and review Angry Orchard’s Crisp Apple, Loon Juice’s Honeycrisp, Magner’s Irish Cider, Stella Artois’s Cidre, Strongbow’s Original Dry, and Woodchuck’s Amber….

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 110 – Pastry Stouts

Well folks, it’s definitely winter time here in the upper midwest of the US, because this past week we finally got our first blizzard of the year. And what do you do when it’s cold as hell out? You snuggle in for some tasty brews by your partner, and bake up some holiday cookies or…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 109 – Meads

Welcome to another mead episode of BBR with special guest and LEVEL FOUR GRANDMASTER judger of beverages Susan Ruud from Prairie Rose Meadery where we kick back and sample 5 delicious meads and chat about how a person can get to a level four Grandmaster in tasting brews. In this episode we sample and review…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 108 – Holiday Brews 2020

Happy Holidays, neighbors! Welcome to an episode of the podcast that doesn’t really get anymore seasonal, than one with brews made specifically for this time of year! We get festive and chat about some of our holiday traditions while while sampling and reviewing Bud Light Seltzer Ugly Sweater pack that contained apple crisp, ginger snap,…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 107 – Bottle-share #1

Welcome to a brand-new experiment: an ALL-GUESTS bottle share chat! Nox gets together with a couple returning guests, and a new one! Don, Blake, Alex from Terps Candy, and Sam from DrumConRath Brewing are back and welcome newcomer Jarek Kath of Proof Distillery here in Fargo, ND. Each person brought their own beverage to sample…

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