Tap The Craft - Craft Beer Education

Episode 8 of Tap the Craft focuses on beer freshness.  Learn about oxidation and “skunked” beer and how to prevent these conditions from ruining your craft beer drinking experience.  We also discuss the news of 10 Barrel Brewing being bought by big beer company Anheuser-Busch InBev.   Prepare for Ep9 listener participation tasting notes with the

Find out what makes a brewery “craft” in Episode 7 of Tap the Craft.  We discuss the beer style Winter Warmer or Winter Ales and provide a number of good beers to try.  We also review our tasting notes of Deschutes Brewery Jubelale and we invite our listeners to taste along with us.   Prepare for

In Episode 6 of Tap the Craft we discuss the art of pouring the perfect beer.  We also answer a listener question concerning how to decode the ABV value found on a beer and turn it into US serving units.  We even take the ABV lesson and apply it to blood alcohol content estimations for

It’s fall and in Episode 5 of Tap the Craft we go full speed into Oktoberfest and pumpkin beer seasonal offerings.  We discuss the history and style notes, as well as list a few beers for you to try.  We also do our listener participation tasting notes with Samuel Adam’s Oktoberfest, so grab a beer

Be prepared for a lengthy show with Episode 4 of Tap the Craft.  John and I had the best intentions of keeping the show on task at less than 60 minutes, but failed as we had just too much to talk about.  We went into detail on common glassware used to enjoy quality craft beer

Be prepared for a pleasant surprise in episode 3 of Tap the Craft.  I am pleased to announced the addition of my buddy John Ream to second chair and provide the missing element.  John is not only well informed on craft beer, but he is also an award winning homebrewer that will be able to

In episode 2 of Tap the Craft we go a little review heavy with beer reviews of 10 Barrel Brewing Company’s Beer No. 2, Stone’s collaboration with Beechwood and Heretic Unapologetic IPA and Farias Clara Helles Lager from Full Sail Brewing.   Other key topics include an in depth discussion on using your nose during a

In the inaugural episode of Tap the Craft the listener is introduced to a sample of the content being delivered every two weeks along with a little background on the man behind the mic.  Key topics in this episode include a beer review of Cavatica Stout by Fort George Brewing, we define the style American