Podcast: Brews, Booze, & Reviews

Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 58 – Junkyard Brewing Company Taproom Takeover part 2

Welcome back to part 2 of our Junkyard Brewing company taproom takeover. During part two, we continue some conversations with Aaron about how to pour a crowler, thoughts on peanut butter beer, the new culture of families coming to the taprooms, and speak about ‘beer snobs’ and defining roles in the brewery business. We sample,…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 57 – Junkyard Brewing Company Taproom Takeover part 1 (or Madeline’s Revenge)

Welcome neighbors to another taproom takeover special edition with Aaron Juhnke, owner of Junkyard Brewing Company! This special edition of BBR is clean from all swear words for the listening pleasure of our younger than 18 audience. Part 1 of our two part series involves a fun interview where we answer the crowler question, we…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 56 – Nox’s Notables (and some one year thoughts)

Ever feel like you have too much stuff around the house, and you can’t wait until spring to do the cleaning? Well Nox had too many different kinds of beer in the ol’ fridge that he saved up for sampling on the podcast that he had to force an episode on everyone even after recording…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 55 – Bourbon Drinks and Home Bars

Welcome back, neighbors! In this tech-glitchy episode, we chat with Christopher Larson about good basic tips on the equipment and liquors one should have in creating your own home bar that’s Super Bowl party ready to entertain your guests! Chris mixes up an Old Fashioned, a Manhattan, and Whiskey Sour, and a Winter Whiskey Cider…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 54 – Prairie Rose Meadery Taproom Takeover

Welcome to this special taproom takeover episode, neighbors! Today, we head over to Prairie Rose Meadery and chat with owners Susan and Bob Ruud about their meads. We sample and review 8 of these craft varieties while telling stories about how the two Ruuds came to own and operate their own business here in Fargo….

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 53 – Bloody Marys and some variants

Happy 2020, neighbors, and welcome to another episode of BBR! Continuing on from our Champagne episode, we figured folks might be a little hungover from having libations on New Years Eve, so here is our take on Bloody Marys! On this one, we chat about Bloody Marys, Bloody Caesars, Bloody Marias, Green Bloody Marys, and…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 52 – Champagnes for the new year (or Dr. Nigel Frothsquick and the Orange Juice Mafia)

Happy New Year, neighbors, and welcome to this special edition of Brews, Booze, & Reviews! In today’s episode we chat about champagnes and more with Travis Gilbertson and Darwin. Besides the two surprise ending beverages, we chat about Andre Spumante, Voirin Jumel Premier Blanc De Noir, Veuve Clicquot, and Moet & Chandon Rose Imperial, With…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 51 – LAST CALL New Glarus Brewing

Welcome back to another episode of Brews, Booze, & Reviews! In this mini-sode, we have Jon and Tyler from the Prairie Homebrewing Companions back on to chat about 4 brews from New Glarus. We sample and rate Two Women Lager, Kid Kolsch, Staghorn Oktoberfest, and Moon Man No Coast Pale Ale. If you have any…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 50 – Santa Al (or No Carrots, Please)

Happy Holidays, neighbors, and Welcome to a very special Christmas edition of Brews, Booze, & Reviews! In today’s episode, we interview Santa Al Jastram, about what Santa’s four favorite beverages to have while in the North Pole. Santa Al is a very respected and well-known Santa in our region, and we just wanted to spread…

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Brews, Booze, & Reviews | Ep. 49 – Homebrews and Hilarity

Good day, neighbors! On this episode of BBR, we ask Jon and Tyler from Prairie Homebrewing Companions to back on the show not only to chat about the best way to go about starting to brew beer yourself, but to sample and judge a couple of homebrews from across the globe! That’s right, our friend…

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