Beer Is Fundamental

For Spring Break, we went up to Atlanta for a couple of days and spent the rest of the week in Asheville, North Carolina. We had a great time at the breweries that we visited in both areas. Shout out to Hippin Hops Brewery (ATL), Atlantucky Brewery (ATL), Hi-Wire Brewing (AVL), New Belgium Brewing (AVL), Wicked Weed Brewing (AVL), Bhramari Brewing Company (AVL), Burning Blush Brewery (AVL), Oklawaha Brewing (AVL), Eurisko Beer Company (AVL), Burial Beer Company (AVL), Brouwerj Cursus Keme (AVL), New Origin Brewing Company (AVL), DSSOLVR (AVL), and Wehrloom Meadery (AVL) for the great beers. The featured artist for the show is Richmond, Virginia rapper, Fly Anakin. The song is entitled Sean Price from his debut album, Frank.

It took a minute. But, we finally reached the 100th episode of the Beer Is Fundamental Show. We want to welcome you once again to the NeighBeerHood where craft beer is always the talk of the town. I am BT aka O-Beer-Wan Kenobi the Jedi Knight of craft beer and this is Lady T. We are live and on location at one of our favorite craft beer stops. We are at the Commission Beer Chamber right here at 2230 Curry Ford Rd, Orlando, FL. We have some special guest as promised. We have Nate and Rachelle on the show. We had some great beers. We introduced some great music. We had some great conversation.

This is not episode 100. This is episode 99.5. We wanted to do a show before the Holidays. We also want to introduce a new move to the show. We usually We pop open a beer after the first commercial break. However, we want to get into the beer at the beginning. That way if you are drinking with us, we can be drinking with you because we know that you are more than likely drinking before the show and you are definitely not waiting until we get to the first break. Also, this way, if we have more than one beer, we can spread it out amongst the show.  So, the beer that we have tonight is the Dogfish Head Utopias Barrel Aged World Wide Stout. The Dogfish Head Utopia is the Sam Adams little brother. The result is a jet-black, rich and roasty beer with balanced notes of espresso, cocoa, sherry and vanilla that clocks in at 17.3% ABV. There is a serious issue in the beer industry and we don’t know how this is going to turn out. There is a serious Aluminum and Can Shortage hitting the beer and soda industries. In

While sitting in one of our favorite beer establishments, we noticed that they had some of their sours and a couple of their stouts. I wanted to try them all. But we knew that the sours would go very fast. One tapped out while we were there. Yet, we didn’t know what I should have first. Sour or stout. We understand the method as it relates to bitterness and color. We know it's always the softer beers first, so starting with pilsners/blonde/amber then IPA, then red/brown ales, is normally the way to go. Dark/strong beers are always last. But where does sour fall into this line up. During this episode, we have the Perenial Artisian Ales SUMP COFFEE STOUT. It’s an imperial coffee stout is made in collaboration with Scott Carey & Co. at South City's Sump Coffee. They chose a coffee from the "La Virgen" region of Colombia. We also have the Schmoojee Strawberry Blueberry Puffsicle Cotton Candy by Imprint Beer Co. Its pretty much made of cotton candy, strawberries and blueberries. The feature tune for this epi

Its that time of the year. It’s the Fall or Autumn, whichever one you prefer. And along with this time of the year, we have none other than pumpkin beers and, of course, stouts. However, we are going to focus on the pumpkin beers on this episode. We lucked up and got a great selection from our good friend Matt over at Bone Sack Speakeasy, right here in Saint Cloud. In this episode, we have three pumpkin beers to try courtesy of O’Fallon Brewery out of Maryland Heights, Missouri. First, Pumpkin Beer Don’t be fooled by mere pumpkin flavor… This is the real McCoy! We use soooo much real pumpkin in our mash that it adds hours to the lauter. Second, Maple Bacon Pumpkin Red Ale This pumpkin Red Ale has a rich malty backbone of toasted caramel candy sweetness. We used a blend of smoked malts from Weyermann Malt in Germany and a touch of salt to achieve a soft natural smoked bacon flavor that balances with the sweet caramel notes. Third, Salted Caramel Pumpkin lives up to its name as a malt forward cara

We had a great time in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the 2021 Barrel and Flow Fest. We had the chance to meet a lot of people. We had some very good beers. All in all, it was one of the best festivals that we have attended in a while. This festival is definitely one that we will put on the calendar as an annual event. The beer of the show is from the festival. It is the Sour Rainbows by Four Points Brewing. This episodes background music is from Devon Hendryx from his Dreamcast Summer Songs album. The featured artist for this episode is Indigo Rose.

HAPPY NATIONAL IPA DAY!! We figured that this will be a great day to do a show. National IPA Day on the first Thursday in August celebrates the beer known as India Pale Ale Beer. IPA is one of the most popular types of craft beers, it’s also making a resurgence with local microbreweries. Many are experiencing success as their brew finds its way into local restaurants and pubs. First, for this episode and for National IPA Day we focused on two IPAs from two Breweries. The beers that we had were the Verification Code Double IPA from Cerebral and the Pillow Stacks Double IPA from Outer Range. The Verification Code is hopped with Nelson Sauvin, Citra, Lotus & Motueka. The tangerine and orange flavors are abundant in this one. Pillow Stacks Nose is wonderful, fresh mango and passion fruit. Taste is a nice hybrid between the IPA and NEIPA styles. Orange and tangerine combine nicely with the mango and passion fruit over a light but large malt base. Finish is a moderate citrus rind bitterness.

The Ellipsis Brewing SourFest also known as the Fruit Punch Project Day was an absolute hit. There were a very good amount of breweries present and they all had some great beers. Lady T had to work. So I was stuck doing the show by myself. However, I was able to speak with a few people as they sipped their sours. First, my three favorite beers of the festival were:1. Spreadsheet Wizard by Corporate Ladder2. Monday Morning Bluez by Design Builder/Ellipsis3. Fruit by the...Pineapple, Mango and Coconut by Ellipsis Don't get me wrong. There were a lot of good beers including some awesome mead. You know how I feel about mead. However, these were the ones that I rated a 5. I had to do the show in three parts because I became overly excited at the festival (no, I was not drunk). Lady T will be with me next time to keep me under control. LOL!

Let's Enjoy Life! It has been a while since you’ve heard from us. We’ve just been enjoying this nice summer. You know just enjoy this great Florida living. Of course, we’ve had some beers along the way. We do want to announce that we will be headed to the Barrel and Flow Beer Festival in September. It will be in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The dates of the festival is September 10 through the 12th. Tickets are still available so it would be great if you will join us. We also became the newest members of the craft beer club called Craftapped. Craftapped is a social craft beverage club with 350+ various partner breweries, cideries, distillers, restaurants and bars located in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Colorado, Missouri, Florida, Kansas, North Dakota and Iowa. Not only do we go into detail of how it works. In fact, we describe the benefits of being a member. The beer of the show is the Lone Pine Brewing Oh-J Double IPA. It is described as a carefully selected arrangement of late-addition hops to produce a

This is episode #93 of The Beer Is Fundamentals Show and we want to welcome you once again to the NeighBeerHood where craft beer is always the talk of the town. We are your hosts, BT aka O-Beer-Wan Kenobi the Jedi Knight of craft beer and the always incredible, Lady T. This was a very exciting show because we had the broadcasting and media production company, 2Hands 20Fingers Production in the building with us. We had a great time. We kicked it at Half barrel Beer Project and had some great beers, for example. The team of 2Hands 20Fingers were very open about what they have in the works. For instance, we were able to speak with about their upcoming documentary, One Pint at a Time. We hope that you have just as much fun listening to the show as we did hosting it. Make sure to keep up is happening with 2Hands 20Fingers Production by following their Facebook page, their Instagram and the One Pint at a Time website. Of course, we also featured a great beer for the show. So, definitely make sure that you listen fo

This episode is a short one. It is less than 30 minutes (not that our episodes are super long anyway). However, we do give you a great beer and some happenings that focus on craft beer. We discussed the home-brewer's competition that was held in Saint Cloud, Florida this past weekend. Though it was a small event, there really wasn't a bad beer. There were 11 contestants with around 14 or 15 beers in the competition. There was a great amount of Belgian beers. A nice selection of IPAs and a couple of good pilsners. The beer for this episode is the Sprinkle Factor by Ology Brewing out of Tallahassee, Florida. We had a good discussion about the flavors and quality of this craft beer. This show's feature artist is Sherrod Woods. Make sure that you pick up his new release, Self-Rescue.

In this episode, we try the Intergalactose Mead by Garagiste Meadery in collaboration with Arkane Aleworks out of the Tampa Bay area. This mead is expected to have a great deal of passionfruit and raspberries. They added some vanilla to create the body that they wanted. Arkane is known for their sours. So it is really interesting that they chose to make a collaborative effort with a meadery.

In this episode, we highlight some of the beers that were available for Valentine's Day. We talk the Super Bowl, the Red Robin Case and other things. The guest track for the show is Slice by Sonny Miles. The Neighbeerhood

In this episode, we recap our experiences from the 2nd Annual Orlando Beer Week. This episodes beer is by Listermann Brewing Company. Cheers!

It is almost time for Christmas. In this episode, we feature a great Christmas beer from TrimTab Brewing Company out of Birmingham, Alabama. We also talk about some of the great Christmas beers and winter ales that are available. Our feature artist for this episode is Cleo Sol.

This episode we look at one of the most well known style of beers, Lagers. The beer for this show is the X-Ray Vision DDH by Sideward Brewing in collaboration with Angry Chair Brewing. Cheers!

In this episode, we taste a beer from Hubbard's Cave and we discuss the top pumpkin beers for the Thanksgiving holiday.

In this episode, we finally had the chance to try the Space Age Sippin IPA by Beale Street Brewing. This beer pays homage to 8ball and MJG. Its a play off of their classic song, Space Age Pimpin.

In this episode, we sat down with some of our favorite craft beer drinkers and sampled 12 different variations of the Black Is Beautiful Stout from 12 different breweries. Check out which ones were our top three.

We are back! After another month long hiatus, we are back and talking about what we all love, beer. In this episode, we discuss some of the key components of sour beers and consider whether sour beers are still popular. Our beer for the show is the Show Me Your Sour by Two Tides Brewing out of Savannah, Georgia.