AboutBeverages.com Podcast: Give It A Shot - Samuel Adams Griffin's Bow Barleywine

It is time once again for our "Give It A Shot" podcast where we share with you, our valued listener, something we discovered that needs to be shared immediately.  If you have any ideas for future episodes of "Give It A Shot" or just have a question, you can always send us an email to AboutBeverages@q.com.  As much as I give Keith a hard time about his lack of enthusiasm towards barleywines, I sure do get him to try an awful lot of them.  In fact the Samuel Adams Griffin's Bow we are trying today is one that he brought over.  I'm sure it was because this one is a little different since it is characterized as an oaked blonde barleywine.  It's also possible that he's just a glutton for punishment.  If anyone picked up a bottle based on my post for Sunday and is trying it while listening to the podcast, let us know in the comments section what you think.

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AboutBeverages.com Podcast: Give It A Shot - Kona Brewing Koko Brown (Video)

It is time once again for our "Give It A Shot" podcast where we share with you, our valued listener, something we discovered that needs to be shared immediately.  If you have any ideas for future episodes of "Give It A Shot" or just have a question, you can always send us an email to AboutBeverages@q.com.  In honor of Valentine's Day we have a Winter/Spring seasonal from Kona Brewing.  Their Koko Brown is a nut brown ale, brewed with toasted coconut.  Sound interesting?  We thought so.  What made it even better is that we were given this beer by a listener of the show, Marilyn, who also happens to be a co-worker of Keith.  Which means we have nothing to lose.  Except on the off chance we don't like it and then in the interest of truth and honesty, we have to disclose that to her and the rest of our listening audience.  Let's hope that doesn't happen.  

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AboutBeverages.com Podcast: Give It A Shot - Rogue Brewing Dead Guy Ale (Video)

It is time once again for our "Give It A Shot" podcast where we share with you, our valued listener, something we discovered that needs to be shared immediately.  If you have any ideas for future episodes of "Give It A Shot" or just have a question, you can always send us an email to AboutBeverages@q.com.  I'm as shocked as you are that this podcast turned into a video.  I mean, I knew we were recording it, but I didn't think it would come together as well as it did.  In fact it also gave me the opprotunity to try out our new editing software.  I'm still getting the hang of it, but I think with each video we do, it's only going to get better.  I guess before I ramble anymore I should mention that the beverage being tasted today is the Dead Guy Ale from Rogue Brewing.  Originally created to celebrate the Mayan Day of the Dead, this German style Maibock comes in at an ABV of 6.5% and has been around since the early 1990s.  How it hadn't found its way to our tasting table until now is just crazy, but today we make things right.

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AboutBeverages.com Podcast: Give It A Shot - Saranac Imperial IPA

It is time once again for our "Give It A Shot" podcast where we share with you, our valued listener, something we discovered that needs to be shared immediately.  If you have any ideas for future episodes of "Give It A Shot" or just have a question, you can always send us an email to AboutBeverages@q.com.  The Saranac Imperial IPA is one of only two beers in their High Peak Series.  These beers are touted as being "bigger, more complex and flavorful."  They are difficult if not impossible to find here in Arizona.  So when a couple of loyal listeners (Jason & Heidi) agreed to smuggle some back with them from their trip to the Far East (North Carolina) we were excited.  Will we be rewarded with good flavor?  We and our special guest (Eric) will decide.  

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AboutBeverages.com Podcast: Give It A Shot - Rogue Brewing Voodoo Doughnut (Video)

It is time once again for our "Give It A Shot" podcast where we share with you, our valued listener, something we discovered that needs to be shared immediately.  If you have any ideas for future episodes of "Give It A Shot" or just have a question, you can always send us an email to AboutBeverages@q.com.  If we said bacon maple donut, what would be the first thing that comes to your mind?  If you said, "One of the latest seasonals from Rogue Brewing" than you obviously read the title of this post and cannot be trusted to play guessing games.  No matter.  Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Maple Ale is what we are trying today on the podcast and in the video.  We know this beer may sound like just another strange gimmick, but just watch and find out.  You'll notice the tasting room is a little barren at the moment, but soon it will be filled with assorted memorabilia and all things beverages.

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AboutBeverages.com Podcast: Give It A Shot - Bruery, Elysian, Stone Collaboration Beer La Citrueille Celeste de Citracado

It is time once again for our "Give It A Shot" podcast where we share with you, our valued listener, something we discovered that needs to be shared immediately.  If you have any ideas for future episodes of "Give It A Shot" or just have a question, you can always send us an email to AboutBeverages@q.com.  I think George Thorogood said it best, "One brewmaster ain't enough jack you better make it three."  Of course I'm paraphrasing, but who cares when it comes to the latest collaboration beer involving The Bruery, Elysian, and Stone Brewing.  The beer, called La Citrueille Celeste de Citracado, is an ale made with pumpkin, yams, toasted fenugreek, lemon verbena, and birch bark.  Sounds crazy and exciting all at the same time.  That's why we love trying these unique experiments.  Let us know if you have had it and what you think in the comments.

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AboutBeverages.com Podcast: Give It A Shot - San Tan Brewing Devil's Ale

It is time once again for our "Give It A Shot" podcast where we share with you, our valued listener, something we discovered that needs to be shared immediately.  If you have any ideas for future episodes of "Give It A Shot" or just have a question, you can always send us an email to AboutBeverages@q.com.  What better way to start the year off with than tasting a beer from a local brewery and one that comes in a can.  We continue the search for the ultimate beer in a can thanks to San Tan Brewing in Chandler, Arizona.  Their Devil's Ale or Pale Ale to be precise, is available year round and is close to sessionable at 5.5% ABV.  One other note.  We apologize for the audio being a little on the echo side for about the first 40 seconds.  We are working through some new equipment and unfortunately a setting had gotten tweaked.  Let us know if you have had this beer and what you think of it by posting a comment below.

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AboutBeverages.com Podcast: Give It A Shot - Alaskan Brewing Perseverance Ale

It is time once again for our "Give It A Shot" podcast where we share with you, our valued listener, something we discovered that needs to be shared immediately.  If you have any ideas for future episodes of "Give It A Shot" or just have a question, you can always send us an email to AboutBeverages@q.com.  Alaskan Brewing brings us our beverage of choice for the podcast today.  Perseverance Ale is named after a local mine in the are that closed over 6o years ago, but still holds strong in the hearts of all who live and work in the area.  Made with birch syrup, fireweed honey, and some of their alder-smoked malts, this Russian Imperial Stout should be a feast for the senses.

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AboutBeverages.com Podcast: Give It A Shot - Port Brewing High Tide Fresh Hop IPA

It is time once again for our "Give It A Shot" podcast where we share with you, our valued listener, something we discovered that needs to be shared immediately.  If you have any ideas for future episodes of "Give It A Shot" or just have a question, you can always send us an email to AboutBeverages@q.com.  If we say 180 pounds of fresh hops per batch, what is your first thought?  If it's, "That sounds awesome!" then this seasonal beer may be a must have.  Today on the show we will be tasting the High Tide Fresh Hop IPA from Port Brewing.  Made once a year to coincide with the hop harvest in Washington, this beer is nothing if not an ode to the glory of the hop.    

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AboutBeverages.com Podcast: Give It A Shot - Collaboration Beer Coffee Black IPA

It is time once again for our "Give It A Shot" podcast where we share with you, our valued listener, something we discovered that needs to be shared immediately.  If you have any ideas for future episodes of "Give It A Shot" or just have a question, you can always send us an email to AboutBeverages@q.com.  Coffee in a Black IPA?  Can it be done?  Should it be done?  We'll find out the answer to those questions and more as we try a collaborative home brew on the podcast today.  The Coffee Black IPA as created by AboutBeverages.com and Eric Greene Brewmaster at Dragoon Brewing, has been a long time in the making.  The project was started several months back with the desire to make a Black IPA with some of the more nuanced notes of a good cup of coffee.  Arbuckle Coffee to be specific.  Let's find out if we succeeded.

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Tasting Notes - Collaboration Beer Coffee Black IPA

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