Podcast: Brews, Booze, & Reviews

Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 86 – Shandies and Radlers

While we here at BBR didn’t debate whether these beer-coctions are called Radlers or Shandies, we DID debate on which of these brews were the best on this day! While a traditional half-and-half mix of a good lighter-tasting beer and a real lemonade (or lemon-lime soda) sounds like an easy thing to try yourself at…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 85 – Ales vs. Lagers – What are they really?

Welcome to another highly educational edition of BBR! In this episode we invited Grant Wigen, formerly of Kilstone Brewing, to ponder over all things beer, like the argument that there are only really two basic types of beer: Ales and Lagers. What are these two types of beers, and how do they differentiate? We sample…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 84 – LAST CALL with WellBeing Brewing

During the holiday weekend, we here at BBR wanted to put this non-monetary bonus episode out there for our listeners who are drinking responsibly and being safe while enjoying some fireworks or are on the lake. Tom from WellBeing Brewing shipped us a care package we purchased from their website consisting of four NA beers,…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 83 – Scotches on Father’s Day part 2

For our second year in a row we tackle scotches on Father’s Day like the champs we are! In this particular episode we get high and mighty with five different single malt scotches from four different regions (Northern, Western, Central, Eastern) of the Highland variety. We sample Deanston 12 year, Tomatin Limited Edition 15 year…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 82 – WIYM – Jayde Edition

The late great Dr. Suess once said, “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose” in a book called ‘Oh, the places you’ll go’. Our friend and colleague Jayde is moving (although only an hour away), and so we wanted to make…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 81 – Swing Barrel Brewing Co.

We once again have the pleasure of being invited to another brewery, and this one is BRAND NEW! Opening for offsale for the first time about a week before we invade their space, John and Sean open their doors to us so we can sit down, find out a bit more about who they are,…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 80 – Hefeweissens

How do you say Torulaspora Delbrueckii? We have NO IDEA, but it’s a yeast that gives unique flavors to Hefeweissens, which is what we are sampling today! Ya know, in the springtime, you want a refreshing, lighter beer to go with the budding of flowers and grass growing, don’t ya? What better example of that…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 79 – Import Beers

Welcome once again to another Zoom episode of Brews, Booze, & Reviews! Being stuck in one place to often these days has us craving some vacation time, and with vacation time, comes vacation beers! We put together a short list of some of the more widely accessible import beers and pretended we were in a…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 78 – Pre-Packaged Mixed Drinks

You ever go into the liquor store and see those little cans of mixed drinks and thought to yourself, “Are these even any good?” Well do we have a surprise for you today! We picked up four different flavors at our favorite liquor store, and we’re here to tell you what WE think. In this…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 77 – Hard Apple Ciders

Welcome back to another Zoom episode of Brews, Booze, & Reviews! On this episode we discuss and rate Sociable Cider Werks’s Hop A Wheelie, Loon Juice’s Extra Juicy, Milk & Honey Cider’s Heirloom, and Seattle Cider’s Tangerine Turmeric. Then Big Ern and Chef Kev bust out Wild Terra’s Stargazer banana blueberry cider. We chat about…

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