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This weeks show featured an interview with Furthermore Brewmaster Aran Madden. Aran talked with us about his unconventional beers, his unconventional brewing set up, and his brewery's "ready, fire! aim" attitude. Follow the link below to listen to the show:



This weeks question: which Furthermore beer is your favorite? Vote in the poll on the side or comment on this post and tell us what you think.

For those of you who wish to download rather than stream the show, go here Look under the track list and click on "free download" next to Show 004.

Cheers!

Show 003

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This show was all about Belgian Beer, and we interviewed two guys who own great bars that serve Belgian and Belgian style beer right here in Madison, Matt Van Nest of Brasserie V and Brian Haltinner of Maduro. Both had some great insight on what's going on with Belgian beers in America today.

This weeks question: do you think the popularity of Belgian Beer in the US is a fad or a new trend poised to last? Vote on the poll or post a comment on this blog entry. Any other questions, comments or suggestions can be sent to beertalktoday@gmail.com

Cheers!

Show 002

Click the Play Icon to Stream this weeks show: Beer Talk Today – Show 7/12/08

Today's show was all about wood aged beers, including an interview with Ron Jeffries from Jolly Pumpkin and a taste of Dogfish Head's Palo Santo Marron wood aged beer. Below is a little picture to tickle your imagination. It is the barrel operations at Jolly Pumpkin.






This weeks question: With breweries such as Jolly Pumpkin and experimenters like Dogfish Head, what do you think about these wood aged beers, and what do you think is the future of wood aged beers in the American Craft Beer Industry? Chime in on the comments section of the blog, send us at email at beertalktoday@gmail.com or wait and call us in on the air next week.

Outakes!

Ron from Jolly Pumpkin gave us a ton of great stuff, some of which had to get cut to make the piece fit. This clip has Ron talking about a bunch of the beer Jolly Pumpkin brews, giving lots of detail information. For the true beer geeks!
Beer Talk Today – Ron on Specific Beers

No July 5th show

I just wanted to let all of our loyal listeners know that there won't be a new Beer Talk Today this Saturday, as we're out of town for the 4th of July weekend. But never fear, next week we've got a great show planned, including an interview with Jolly Pumpkin Brewmaster Ron Jeffries! We're really excited to be talking with someone on the cutting edge of todays American brewing scene, and we hope you all tune in.

Show 001

I would like to welcome all of the Beer Talk Today listeners to the blog. Here, we hope that you will become involved in our beer discussions, whether it be by asking questions or expressing your opinions on the beer news that is happening today. We will try our best to answer any questions that we receive on the following week's show.

If you have any suggestions for beers that we should do tastings of, or if you are interested in coming into the studio to talk about beer news, we hope that this blog provides you with a way to contact us. Another way to contact us is at our show email address, beertalktoday@gmail.com.

Lastly, we will be asking questions on air relating to the present week's subject matter. Feel free to post your responses in the comments section. This week's question dealt with the the mergers that are currently happening in the beer world. Do you feel that these mergers are helping or hurting the beer industry? And as a consumer, what are your opinions on these mergers?

Thanks to everyone who listens to our show. We hope you enjoy beer and beer talk as much as we do.

-The Firehouse Brewers.
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Show 001 Tasting Outakes! **Click the little Play arrow**
Saison Dupont:
- Beer Talk Today – Saison du Bud dry
- Beer Talk Today – Just another beer?
Siera Nevada Fresh Hop:
- Beer Talk Today – Ultimate Beer Cellar
- Beer Talk Today – The Perfect Pour

Some Good Beer Articles

A few things I found that I wanted to share
-A story in the New York Times about cellaring beer
-The rise of the craft brew industry
-An interview with Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head

New Glarus Trip

A couple weeks back your fearless radio hosts and a few friends went down to New Glarus Wisconsin to tour the New Glarus brewery and see the town. Jon and Kyle wanted to make the trip as epic at possible, so they long boarded the whole 30 miles from Madison. Here's a few pictures from the trip.
There was some flooding:





















This is where the famous fruit beers are aged: