Beer School

The Eighteenth Amendment 6/9/07 It took activists 75 years to get alcohol products banned from consumer use. Starting after the civil war groups made their way from state to state. A decade after the turn of the century much of the nation was "dry" and it was only a matter of time before government was swayed to put the final nail in the coffin. But it wasn't just one of these forces at work. It took money, politics, religion, big business, public opinion and a world war to make this happen. Homework: Read the book Ambitious Brew by Maruen Ogle. http://www.ambitiousbrew.com/ Amazon has a lots in the used section for five bucks plus shipping. Guests: Motor and Rosie the Intern Host: John Foster Beer: 4 different beers from SpeakEasy in San Francisco, CA Check out beerschool.com and thebrewingnetwork.com Email us at info@beerschool.com Good noon! Not recorded at the Rat Pad. Recorded in San Franciso, CA on 06/09/2007. BeerSchool and BeerSchool.com are a trademarks of Ayer Media, Inc. � 2007 Ayer Media, I

The Beers of Summer BeerSchool™ Class: Memorial Day weekend is the official start of the summer. Thus the need to sample some of the beers of summer. Craig steps in to ask beer related questions, like how it is made, how it is described and other things from his great big book. Homework: Get some summer beers and taste them with your friends. Be sure to add real lemonade. Book: Good book of McGee is called On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold. http://www.amazon.com/Food-Cooking-Science-Lore-Kitchen/dp/0684800012 the menu: Chips and Salsa the beer list: Sierra Nevada Summer Fest Samuel Adams Summer Ale Anchor Summer Beer Widmer Hefeweizen  and a mixing all the above with Lemonade. Special guests: Craig from http://gruntmedia.com/home.html Host: John Foster, Motor. Rosie the Intern will return next week. Band: The Ataris played The Boys Of Summer. Check out comic life from www.plasq.com and thebrewingnetwork.com  Be sure to visit 21st Amendment, Magnolia and Toronado in San

Pint of Whatever BeerSchool™ Class: For the 16th show we decided to dedicate it to the thing that holds the beer. And that is a pint. But that wasn't subject enough so we talk about the mechanics of tasting beer. We picked up a bunch of random beers then talk about what and how we are tasting. Homework: Get some random beers and taste them with your friends. Be sure to note what you don't like. As you don't have to like every beer. the menu Left over Kettle Chips and Pickles. the beer list Mothership Wit - New Belgium Peche Lambic - Brouwerij Lindemans Ommegang - Witte Fred - Hair of the Dog Eindecker Ur-Bock (brauerei abfüllung) Vigorasa - Eisenbahn Unfiltered Wheat Doublebock Special guests: Cris from www.plasq.com  Host: John Foster, Motor and Rosie the Intern Band: Presidents of the United States played Peaches. Check out comic life from www.plasq.com and thebrewingnetwork.com Be sure to visit 21st Amendment, Magnolia and Toronado in San Francisco, CA Email us at info@beerscho

Extravagant Tour of Taste BeerSchool™ Class: Sean Paxton from the HomeBrewChef.com visits. He brought the beer. We brought the food. Then we paired them up for an extravagant tour of taste. Unlike the guys on the "Beer and Salad" show Sean is the real deal. Homework: Get three beers you don't know and one that you do know and taste them against food basics like we did. the menu Kettle Chips, Pickles, Columbus Salami, Gehirardelli chocolate, Pizza, Blue Cheese from Wisconsin, local Salsa and a Brownie. We skipped the wings. the beer list Hair of the Dog Double IPA Firestone Walker Double Barrel Ale Hoegaarden Berliner Weisse Wittekerks Witt Special guests: Sean Paxton from HomeBrewChef.com  Host: John Foster, Motor Check out beerschool.com, thebrewingnetwork.com and HomeBrewChef.com  Be sure to visit 21st Amendment, Magnolia and Toronado in San Francisco, CA Email us at info@beerschool.com Good noon! Not recorded at the Rat Pad. Recorded in San Francisco on 05/17/2007. BeerSchool and BeerSchool.com are

Another Four Beers 5/12/07 The show is called "Another Four Beers". Stories we tell are about how the styles originated, the brewing process and why the tastes of these beers is unique. Of the four the first two are available globally while the GB and the Anchor are widely available in the US. With the Anchor being available Europe because we got feedback saying that they've found it in pubs there.  http://www.spatenusa.com/ http://www.duvelusa.com/ http://www.gordonbiersch.com/ http://www.anchorbrewing.com/ Homework: Try a Porter, Pilsner (one local and one imported) and a Duvel with you and your friends. Participate in the American Craft Beer Week. Download your passport at www.americancraftbeerweek.org Dial Beer School and tell us what you think. 206-337-1233 Thanks for listening! Don't forget your keys. Guests: Motor Host: John Foster Beer: Gordon Biersch Pilsner, Spaten, Anchor Porter and Duvel. Check out beerschool.com and thebrewingnetwork.com Email us at info@beerschool.com Good noon! Not re

Beer Touring - San Francisco 4/27/07 People are writing in from all over the world asking what/where/when they should do while visiting San Francisco. Philip Nelson from What Ales Thee podcast joins us for the discussion and takes notes the whole time. We talk about this from three points of view: the business traveler, the couple or family, and the beer geek. Each group has a different needs in their quest for beer. And while the places may be the same for each we lay out a strategy that might work best for your particular visit. This is the first of a multi part series on travel based around beer. Drunk dial Beer School and tell us what you think. 206-337-1233 Thanks for listening! Guests: Motor, Philip Nelson Host: John Foster Beers include: Bear Republic Racer 5, Marin Brewing Pale and Anderson Valley Brother David Double. Check out beerschool.com, thebrewingnetwork.com, and whatalesthee.com Email us at info@beerschool.com Good noon! Not recorded at the Rat Pad. Recorded in San Francisco, CA. Bee

Live from City Beer! Buy us your favorite beer. 4/22/07 It's a three hour tour, a three hour tour. Rules... don't dup it's your story eenie meenie miny is okay have fun! Craig talks about his store at 1:10. Homework: There was home work? I don't remember if there was home work. Thanks Beth and Craig (owners of City Beer). Guests: Motor and all of our friends. Host: John Foster Beer: 20 different beers. Check out beerschool.com and thebrewingnetwork.com Email us at info@beerschool.com Good noon! Recorded in at City Beer in San Franciso, CA on 04/22/2007. BeerSchool and BeerSchool.com are a trademarks of Ayer Media, Inc. � 2007 Ayer Media, Inc.

Pail of Pale 4/15/07 Bass Ale, Sierra Nevada Pale and Full Sail Pale are fine examples of the style. This is the first show that singles out a specific beer style. Homework in two parts: Try a some different Pale Ales with you and your friends. Either at your local brewery, tap room or from bottles. Drunk dial Beer School and tell us what you think. 206-337-1233 Thanks for listening! Guests: Motor Host: John Foster Beer: Bass Ale, Sierra Nevada Pale and Full Sail Pale Check out beerschool.com and thebrewingnetwork.com Email us at info@beerschool.com Good noon! Not recorded at the Rat Pad. Recorded in San Franciso, CA. BeerSchool and BeerSchool.com are a trademarks of Ayer Media, Inc. � 2007 Ayer Media, Inc.

Lowenbrau and Bohemia 4/08/07 Homework in one part: Drunk dial Beer School and tell us your story. 206-337-1233 Thanks for listening! Guests: Motor Host: John Foster Beer: Lowenbrau and Bohemia Check out beerschool.com and thebrewingnetwork.com Email us at info@beerschool.com Good noon! Not recorded at the Rat Pad. Recorded in San Franciso, CA. BeerSchool and BeerSchool.com are a trademarks of Ayer Media, Inc. � 2007 Ayer Media, Inc.

Beer and Salad 4/01/07 We pair beer with a variety of different salads with a salad chef and the inventor of the toasted raisin. Thanks for making Beer School #1 on iTunes! Check out Merlin's homework at http://ifallthingswereequal.blogspot.com/ Tom is salad chef from Beaver, PA between the Ohio and Beaver rivers. Tom talks about his fried salad and the award he received from the governor for getting kids to eat salad. Salad Salad - iceberg, croutons, bacos, and ranch doesn't go well big beers. Taco salad from taco bell is 850 calories and bowl you can eat. Goes well with Modelo or Hamm's beer. All meat salad was made from steak, ham, sausage, turkey, bacon and chicken. RockStar Salad! Make a reduction using RockStar, sugar, lemons and pepper. Don't use the diet version. Add to pine nuts, salad shootered cucumber, and shredded carrots. Salad that went with a stout has arugula, beets, and goat cheese. Homework in two parts: It's baseball season. Write us with the beer that you are drinking at the ba

Everybody knows your name. 3/25/07 We're talking about pubs. Fav's and rave's, never going back, the special, out of the way place, the past, the place to go to be invisible and how to make a new place your own. Fav's start with Triple Rock and 21st Amendment. Connecticut Yankee has a secret pipeline to Anchor Steam. We need to hang out more at Washington Square Bar & Grill. Never going back to Blooms on Potrero Hill. Infusion (now Nova) was the epicenter of the dot com. Buster's is the cheapest burger in all of San Francisco. O'Reilly's has Racer 5. We kinda like Jack's in new Giridelli Square near the Fisherman's Warf. John made Sulley's Grey Goose, Seattle, WA his own. His sister is known at the Lakota, Lexington Nebraska. Marina Bars, ugggh. What is a Marina girl, what is a Marina guy. When visiting the Marina beware of cougars. Maritime Brewery aka Jolly Roger Tap Room. Russian River is always worth the trip. Triangle bar in Oregon is called Ringlers Annex. Take the ferry to Marin Brewing Comp

Class: We talk about the beer that you should try next. Which are four beers that are not too far from the beer that you might be drinking now. The difference? These are world class examples of the style.  Homework: Try them yourself: Widmer Hefeweizen, Pilsner Urquell, Negra Modelo, Guinness Draught (in a can). If you can't find these examples at your local then look for something that matches the style.

We try out a lot of beer that nobody will ever be able to try. There are leaf blowers, dogs, kids and motorcycles.. Fortunately none of it lasts that long. Hang in there. Special Guests: Nico Freccia (cofounder of the 21st Amendment Brewery in San Francisco) Homework: Take apart a can of Guiness Stout and discover the "widget". BeerSchool and BeerSchool.com are a trademarks of Ayer Media, Inc. © 2007 Ayer Media, Inc.

Epiphany and Now - Part 2 BeerSchool™ Class: Our epiphany beer and the beer we seek out today! Or the beer that turned us all into beer geeks followed up with the taste profile we drink everyday. Homework: Post your epiphany beer and what you are drinking now after doing your own tastings with your friends. 

Epiphany and Now - Part 1 BeerSchool™ Class: Our epiphany beer and the beer we seek out today! Or the beer that turned us all into beer geeks followed up with the taste profile we drink everyday. Homework: Post your epiphany beer and what you are drinking now after doing your own tastings with your friends. 

Class: Tasting the same beer from a can and a bottle. AKA cans versus bottles. Homework: Taste the difference between the same beer in a can and a bottle.

Bar etiquette. Jokes not to tell a bartender. How not to order a drink. Regulars or irregulars. Tips on tipping. Cash or credit. The girls are just like the boys. Last call. And a riotous (okay, you had to be here) after show.

Learning to taste the four basic tastes using a Heineken, Miller High Life, Guinness Stout in a bottle (from Canada), Sapporo (also from Canada) and Modelo (from Mexico). Those beers introduce sweet, bitter, sour and shunk.

Intro, What, Terms, Your Homework, Outtro, and After show. Better beer notes go here. Homework: Buy a 6 pack of beer that costs $3 more then the beer you normally drink.