What’s better than sitting at home drinking beer? For John, one thing is going to Canada to drink beer! See the beers he brought back from his trip to Canada including beers from Grizzly Paw and The Wild Rose breweries.

Cheers!
Brian and John

Feeling a little Pumpkiny? Tune in to see our Dynamic Beer Duo chug down some great, local pumpkin varieties. See the new show format evolve with our new segments! Fun Facts, the Brews and Guest Beer Drinker featuring Josh Lenzini.

Cheers!
John and Brian

http://AbsOfBeerTV.com presents the next exciting episode of AbsOfBeerTV where Brian Smith and John Jansen continue to explore the wonderful world of craft beer. Now, in their Plank Bier Garten (OK, the studio) they are sampling four fantastic beers from Germany’s family owned Plank Brewing by Brauerei Michael Plank. What a treat!

They also get to show off their super cool and multi-purpose watches thanks to the folks at HappyHourTimePieces.com

John sends his apologies to the nice beer distributor in Michigan who provided the beers for the show and who’s name escaped him. He said he would make it up to you somehow!

Also… Dave Stein makes his debut as The Voice of Trip Od, our camera guy. Thank you @SkatterBrainzz for your German interpretations!

Sit back, grab a bier and enjoy!

Prost,
AbsOfBeerTV

Oh heck yeah! Sit back, grab a beer and relax as you watch the BeerNamic Duo do what they do best… Drink Beer! This time they are sampling Abita Jockamo IPA while taking in some Dead. Watch, Learn and Enjoy!

Cheers,
Brian and John

Ahhh… The Pike Brewing! Watch here as our Beernamic Duo was fortunate enough to received three FANTASTIC Pike Brewing Beers; Auld Acquaintance Hoppy Holiday Ale, Entire Wood Aged Stout and Old Bawdy Barley Wine.

Be sure to check out Pike Brewing Company website for more information about their great beers!

Thank you VERY MUCH for checking out the show!

Cheers,
Brian and John

Look!  We got Sophie in a picture afterall!

Brian Smith, Uli Bennewitz, Sophie Bennewitz and John Jansen

Beers in the Flight:

1. Radler – A Radler is a mixture of lemonade and beer. Weeping Radish uses Real Lemonade sweetened with the Stevia plant and Weeping Radish Kolsch beer. ABV? Low. Perfect for a hot day.
2. Corolla Gold – A German lager style. If you are a lager drinker, this is a must try… Light (but not a “lite” beer) and not filling. I’m feeling a session coming on! ABV – 5.0
3. Weitzen – German wheat style beer… Brewed with 100% German wheat, banana on the nose and taste. Very drinkable weitzen! ABV – 4.7%
4. Black Radish – This spectacular German Schwartzbier is listed as “One of the 50 Beers before you die!” This one was slipped into the show by Uli and we’re so glad he did! ABV – 4.6%
5. Christmas Bier – And the crowd goes wild!! The seasonal Dopplebock Christmas Bier was certainly the reason for the season this year. What an amazing beer… Dopplebocks are definately one of Brian’s favorites. They won’t say how many Christmas Bier’s they brought back from North Carolina or how many lasted through the weekend! ABV – 8.2%

You MUST visit the Weeping Radish Farm Brewery when you can:

6810 Caratoke Hwy
Jarvisburg, NC 27947
(252) 491-5205
Located on 24 acres in Jarvisburg, NC on Highway 168/158 between Norfolk, Virginia & Outer Banks, NC

Take advantage of the beer (of course) and the fantastic local meets prepared by a German Master Butcher. Or, order some beer from their website http://www.WeepingRadish.com unless, of course, you’re in Texas in which case you’ll have better luck getting an uzi. <grin>

Weeping Radish Fire Truck

Visit us on the web at http://www.AbsOfBeerTV.com

Cheers!
Brian and John

Watch and learn about these special beers! Ever asked yourself, “I wonder if Schloss Eggenberg’s Samichlaus Beer would be a good session beer?” Click play and find the answer!

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In this show, our hereos are tasting:

Samuel Smith – Winter Welcome 6% ABV
St. Bernardus – Christmas Ale 10% ABV
Dubuisson Scaldis – Noel 12%
Schloss Eggenberg – Samichlaus a festive 14% ABV plus some change… <grin>

and…

You have to drop by the Bier Garden!

The Bier Garden

438 High Street
Portsmouth, Virginia

If these beers don’t leave you festive, we don’t know what will!

Merry Christmas and..

Cheers!
Brian and John

In this episode, Brian and John get into the Christmas Spirit with some Ridgeway Brewing beers. These beers progress from Bad Elf to Criminally Bad Elf plus the special Santa’s Butt!

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Ridgeway Brewing

We tasted:

Bad Elf – 6% ABV
Very Bad Elf – 7.5% ABV
Seriously Bad Elf – 9% ABV
Criminally Bad Elf – 10.5% ABV
Santa’s Butt – 6% ABV

Hope you are having a great holiday season…

Cheers!
Brian and John

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The Oskar factor:

First off, we’d like to point out that there was a couple “pauses” in the show…  Ahhh!  The magic of ad-lib!  So, if you haven’t heard us say this before, we’ll simply say now that we love beer…  and the beer drinking culture.  You probably won’t hear many negative comments from us about any beer other than it may not be something we drink on a normal basis.  We try to concentrate on sharing craft beers / micro brews because we feel like these are the beers some of the beer drinking community may be missing out on.  Although we have Macro beers and Macro Micro beers from time to time, you probably won’t see us covering too many of them on our shows..  but that certainly doesn’t mean we have anything bad to say about any beer.

Now…  here are some additional facts about the beers we chose to share with Sekshun8.

Oskar Blues – The Little Brewery that Cans!  (We think that’s funny!)
The Brewery is located at:
1800 Pike Road, Unit B
Longmont, Colorado  80501

Oskar Blues brewery opened in 1997 and, lucky for us, also opened a brewpub in 1999 which is located in Lyons, Colorado.  They opened their canning operation in the fall of 2002 with a hand-canning line in the 60-year-old barn next door to the pub.  Now for some stats on the beers you saw (or will see)!

Dale’s Pale Ale – Somewhere between an American Pale Ale and India Pale Ale, 6.5% ABV, 65 IBU
Gordon – Somewhere between an Imperial Red and a Double IPA, 8.7% ABV, 85 IBU
Mama’s Little Yella Pils – Czechoslovakian style Pilsner, 5.3% ABV, 35 IBU
Old Chub – Scottish strong ale, 8% ABV and both an AbsOfBeerTV and Sekshun 8 favorite

…and what Sekshun 8 shared with us!

Shipyard Brewing
Located at:
86 Newbury St.
Portland, Maine  04101

We tasted the Pumpkinhead Ale – 4.5% ABV..  Great pumpkin and holiday spice flavors, smooth, very drinkable ale.  They kept some aside for almost 3 weeks before we could get together.  Thank you for saving us some Sekshun 8!

And oh, by the way….  Check out more Sekshun 8 music by picking up their latest CD Black Wing Butterfly and/or listen to some streaming tracks online from their myspace page:  http://www.myspace.com/Sekshun

Finally, since this show was edited on this Veterans Day, all of us here at AbsOfBeerTV would like to thank everyone in our Arms Forces for your services!

Cheers,
Brian and John