Brews, Booze, & Reviews

Welcome back to another yearly edition of Christmas with Santa Al! In this show we chat with Santa about some logistics of gift giving, about the nice/naughty list, and discuss some of Santa's relatives. We also sample and review Franziskaner Weissbier, Paulaner Hefe-Weizen, along with Hoegaarden Witbier. We also sample some holiday cocktails such as the Holly Jolly Punch and a Bourbon Apple Cider! Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at info@brewsboozeandreviews.com. If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by heading to https://www.patreon.com/brewsboozeandreviews For more information, or to listen to our back catalogue of episodes, head over to https://brewsboozeandreviews.com/ On behalf of everyone at Brews, Booze, & Reviews, may your glasses be full, and your spirits high

The BBR crew has done it again and drank a whole slew of weird and different beverages on today's show. We invited Kimberly Reeves from DCR Brewing, Pixeled Brewing, and Prairie Rose Meadery (PT) and fan of the show Jacob Klueber to come on today's bottleshare episode (aka WIYM).    In this episode we sample and review a revolver drink made with Bulleit Bourbon and Grind Espresso Shot coffee liqueur, a Raspberry Lime Honey/Mead Session Seltzer from Prairie Rose Meadery, Raspberry Tart Framboise Ale from New Glarus Brewing, Jam the Radar BA Imperial Raspberry Stout from Bottle Logic Brewing, BA Eastern Sea Baltic Porter and BA Polarnattens Paradis Imperial Stout with coffee and cacao nibs, 9th Anniversary Holly Jolly edition Russian Imperial Stout aged in Willet barrels with Toasted Coconut Vanilla and Chocolate, the Motorhead Ace of Spades signature series straight bourbon whiskey from Proof Artisan Distillery, along with a sidecar of Hamm's. Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgevie

In our second episode in Sioux Falls, SD, we head to Remedy Brewing where we sit down with Tyler and Donovan to chat about how the brewery started and some fun stories about brewing! We sample and discuss their Queen Bee imperial honey cream ale, Skolberry blueberry wheat ale, Heilenweizen dunkelweizen, Helles If I Know smoked hefeweizen, Amaretto Sour, Army of Tartness Berliner Weisse with midnight wheat, and their Sacking of York English Pale Ale. To find out more about Remedy Brewing head to https://www.remedybrewco.com/ Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at info@brewsboozeandreviews.com. If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by heading to https://www.patreon.com/brewsboozeandreviews For more information, or to listen to our back catalogue of episodes, head over to ht

Welcome back to another remotely recorded show, this time from Sioux Falls, SD! Our first stop is Severance Brewing as we chat with Mark and Scott about their brewery, their brews, and other oddities like peanut butter tie dye. In this episode we sample and discuss SiouxperCon Heroes Homecoming wheat ale, De Witte Belgian Witbier, Love Notes Hazy IPA, Amber ALExander amber ale, DB Cooper’s Big Jump Double IPA, and Smoketoberfest Smoked Marzen-style Lager. For more on Severance Brewing head over to https://severancebeer.com/home Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at info@brewsboozeandreviews.com. If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by heading to https://www.patreon.com/brewsboozeandreviews For more information, or to listen to our back catalogue of episodes, head over t

Welcome to another yearly edition of Pumpkin Beers and Horror Flicks! This year, however, we get together with the podcast crew from "How To Survive a Horror Movie" with Ryan Stacy and regular guest host Derek Kubicek. With these guys we ponder some of the rules that they put out on how to survive and discuss some of our favorite scary flicks! Of course we also slam down some great holiday brews! In this episode we sample and review the Pumpkin Pack from Elysian with their Night Owl Pumpkin Ale, The Great Pumpkin Imperial pumpkin ale, Punkuccino Coffee Pumpkin Ale, and their Dark O' The Moon Pumpkin Stout, along with Wasatch's Black O' Lantern Pumpkin Stout. You can find "How To Survive A Horror Movie" on all podcast platforms, and social media at twitter @how2horror. Also, check out their other podcast "The Castaway Consultants" about the show Survivor. Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions

Welcome back to another of our yearly installments on Oktoberfest-style beers. In this special episode, the BBR crew welcome newcomer Karl Gunderson from the Prairie Homebrewing Companions homebrewing group in the Fargo/Moorhead area, along with comedian (and yo-yo champ) John Narum, we blindly taste test 6 local Oktoberfest style brews and give our notes on them, ending with the averaged rank of all 6 beers! Follow along as we sample these brews in this order: 1) Fargo Brewing Company's O-Fest 2) Junkyard Brewing's Junktoberfest 3) Icewind Brewing's Oktoberfest 4) Drekker's Hauster Hosen 5) DCR Brewing's Oktoberfest 6) Swing Barrel Brewing's Mr. Oktober Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at info@brewsboozeandreviews.com. If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by heading

Back again with Caitlin and Mari to finish up our chat about Saisons. We cry laugh alot in this one. In this episode we sample and review two mixed fermentation saisons from Portage Brewing: their Others Gather and their Tiny Approach. We also drink Boulevard Brewing's Tank 7, and finally Vieille Provision Saison Dupont from Brassque Dupont. Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at info@brewsboozeandreviews.com. If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by heading to https://www.patreon.com/brewsboozeandreviews For more information, or to listen to our back catalogue of episodes, head over to https://brewsboozeandreviews.com/ On behalf of everyone at Brews, Booze, & Reviews, may your glasses be full, and your spirits high! Cheers! --- Send in a voice message: https://pod

We had so much fun chatting up saisons with Caitlin and Mari from the podcast "Alcohol and Anecdotes" podcast that we had to split this one up into a 2-parter! In this episode we sample and review Lift Bridge Farm Girl, Icewind Brewing's Lost Sandal, and Fargo Brewing Company's Funk Monster. To be continued next Tuesday... Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at info@brewsboozeandreviews.com. If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by heading to https://www.patreon.com/brewsboozeandreviews For more information, or to listen to our back catalogue of episodes, head over to https://brewsboozeandreviews.com/ On behalf of everyone at Brews, Booze, & Reviews, may your glasses be full, and your spirits high! Cheers! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com

Welcome back neighbors to part 2 of our show we did with Grant, Ryan, and Tommy from the "We Cool?" podcast! In this episode we sample and review Canarchy's Seven Doomsberry, and the Guava Jalapeño and Watermelon Chili from Flying Embers, as well as give a sample of the apologies that the We Cool podcast is all about! Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at info@brewsboozeandreviews.com. If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by heading to https://www.patreon.com/brewsboozeandreviews For more information, or to listen to our back catalogue of episodes, head over to https://brewsboozeandreviews.com/ On behalf of everyone at Brews, Booze, & Reviews, may your glasses be full, and your spirits high! Cheers! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/

We had the distinct pleasure of hanging out with the gentlemen from the "We Cool?" podcast based out of the Minneapolis / St. Paul area, and we had a blast! Tommy, Ryan, and Grant were really fun, and we hope you will check out their show!  In part 1 of a 2 part series, we sample and review Bud Light Platinum Blood Orange, White Claw Surge Blood Orange, and Founder's Mas Agave Lime flavored hard seltzer. Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at info@brewsboozeandreviews.com. If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by heading to https://www.patreon.com/brewsboozeandreviews For more information, or to listen to our back catalogue of episodes, head over to https://brewsboozeandreviews.com/ On behalf of everyone at Brews, Booze, & Reviews, may your glasses be full, and your spirit

In true BBR fashion we decide to tackle the topic of summer crushable beers that you could hammer back. Nox kept it at 5%abv or lower as the only solid rule, the rest was up for debate. We invited Cousin Torry back down to the dungeon, along with Beau F. the label master at Swing Barrel Brewing (and Beau's Arthole) along with Scott and artist Kris, to discuss the topic of summer crushables, and have a good time doing it! In this episode we sample and review Hofbrauhaus Seission Lager 3.3, a pair from Leinenkugels including their Session Helles and their Summer Shandy, Rolling Rock, DCR Brewing's Kolsch and the Gang, three from Portage including their Zero Day Lager, their Coffee Cake Blonde Ale, and their Abstract Substance Table Beer, also sampling O'Dell's Good Behavior Crushable IPA, and finally Mich Ultra Lime & Prickly Pear. Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episo

Holy smokes, neighbors! We finally get the chance to dive into some Mezcals in this show! We are by no means experts since we are smack dab in the middle of the North American continent and have a limited supply here, so we enlisted Evan from Bridgeview Liquors (one of our sponsors) to come on and drop a little knowledge to us and to you! We also invited local game show host Dick Wrinkle into the dungeon for the first time! In this episode we sample and review Monte Alban Mezcal Con Gusano, 2 from Yuu Baal including their Espadin and their Artesenal Pechuga, Koch El Espadin, Burrito Fiestero, Banhez Espadin and Barril, and Cruz De Fuego. Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at info@brewsboozeandreviews.com. If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by heading to https://www.pa

Oh boy, oh boy, did we miss going to festivals, and there's not a lot of beer festivals that are located INSIDE of a zoo! On today's episode we combine our love of nature with our love of craft beer, and we get the privilege of interviewing some fine folks and drinking some fine beers, so let's get to it! During the show we sample and chat with; Mason from Empyrean Brewing who brought us Sun Slinger XPA, Super Nova California Common, Dark Side Vanilla Porter, and Long Route PB Porter, Michelle from Lupulin who brought us Tropical Fun Pants Fruit Beer and 8 Count IPA, Derek and Ben from Castle Danger who brought us Honey Raspberry Wheat Fruited Wheat Ale and White Pine Project IPA, and our friend Kimberly R. who stops by to help us close out the show with Deschutes Brewing's Fresh Haze IPA and Squeeze Rider West Coast IPA. For more on the Red River Zoo and any other events they have lined up, visit their website at https://redriverzoo.org/ Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgevie

"Stouts in the summer" you ask? Why would the BBR crew do that? Because we have to make room in the fridge for more beer, and Nox has been cellaring these for while and wanted to see how that might have changed the flavors! In this episode we have first time guests Holly L. and long time fan and supporter Adam G., as well as returning guest Don K.! Today we sample and review Founder's CBS and KBS stouts, Lupulin's Lateralus, and Surly's Fourteen, and three Darkness variants: Double Vanilla Darkness, Vietnamese Coffee Darkness, and Mole Darkness. Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at info@brewsboozeandreviews.com. If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by heading to https://www.patreon.com/brewsboozeandreviews For more information, or to listen to our back catalogue of epi

Being as the BBR crew are from the Midwest, it should come as no surprise our love for things wheat. In today's episode we get down in the dirt and drink some fantastic wheat beers while having a gaggle of guests in studio!  Comedian John Narum, artist Beau Fraase, and healthcare professional Erica Raguse sit down with Nox and Big Ern to sample and review three from Blue Moon: Belgian White, Honey Daze, and Mango Wheat, Bell's Oberon, DCR Brewing's Cloverfield, Schell's LoCal Twist, Lupulin's Hen Pecks, and Swing Barrel's Chuck Wild Berrry Wheat Ale. Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at info@brewsboozeandreviews.com. If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by heading to https://www.patreon.com/brewsboozeandreviews For more information, or to listen to our back catalo

In this special Cask Finish vertical episode of BBR, the crew takes on the latest Thomas S Moore (2021) releases with the Chardonnay/Cabernet Sauvignon/Port wine barrel finishes, along with Blood Oath pacts 6 & 7. We sample these fine whiskeys with comedian Nathan Roe while discussing the merits of tandem unicycles and other such oddities.  We then finish up LAST CALL style with Junkyard's Appropriate Moment fruited mixed culture sour. Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at info@brewsboozeandreviews.com. If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by heading to https://www.patreon.com/brewsboozeandreviews For more information, or to listen to our back catalogue of episodes, head over to https://brewsboozeandreviews.com/ On behalf of everyone at Brews, Booze, & Revi

Welcome to another exciting edition of Brews, Booze, & Reviews! On today's show, we invited an admin from the facebook group North Dakota Bourbon Drinkers, Nick Hornbacher, to the studio to discuss such topics as bourbon aging requirements, neck pours, letting your glass breathe after your bourbon pour, and the practice of bourbon allocations and the dreaded secondary market. In this episode we tackle a topic Chris has been itching to do for MONTHS! Buffalo Trace's Mashbill #1. To do this episode right, we sample and review the White Dog Mash #1, Benchmark, Buffalo Trace Single Barrel Select from Bottle Barn, Eagle Rare 10 year Single Barrel Select from Happy Harry's, E.H. Taylor single barrel, and the Stagg Jr. batch #15. Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at info@brewsboozeandreviews.com. If you like this podcast, share us with

The BBR crew sat down with Jordan Everaert, owner and head brewer/distiller over at Bismarck Brewing, to chat about how he got started brewing, the history behind BB, and what he has planned next! Of course we sampled some brews and chatted them up a bit! We drank Red, White, & Brady's Wheat Ale, the Crosstown Brewdown Shandy offering which was a Watermelon Shandy made with their Helles Lager, Cranberry Blood Orange Khimara Kettle Sour, Dazy Double Dry Hopped NEIPA, Liquid Lunch Scottish Ale, and Pain Perdu French Toast Imperial Stout. Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at info@brewsboozeandreviews.com. If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by heading to https://www.patreon.com/brewsboozeandreviews For more information, or to listen to our back catalogue of episodes,

The BBR Crew hit the road and headed to Bismarck, ND where they hit up Stonehome Brewing Co. Brewpub. We sat down with co-brewer Ivan and chatted about the beginnings of HIS brewing, and about the brewery's start. In this episode we rate and review (while eating delicious food) their Cinco Celebration Mexican Lager, their version of the Crosstown Brewdown shandy which had lime puree and salt, Razzle Dazzle Raspberry Lemonade Sour, Stonehome Strong Wheat, Bulllfighter Brown Ale, and the Two Worlds IPA. Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at info@brewsboozeandreviews.com. If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by heading to https://www.patreon.com/brewsboozeandreviews For more information, or to listen to our back catalogue of episodes, head over to https://brewsboozeandrevi

Welcome to another exciting edition of BBR! In this show we invited Travis G. and Cousin Torry over to rate some ounces of Wild Turkey bourbons! In this episode we sample and review Longbranch, Russel's Reserve 10 year, WT 101, Kentucky Spirit, Russel's Reserve Single Barrel, and Rare Breed. While we were sipping on these, we decided we needed some doubly American side beers to go with, so we chose Lupulin's American Pils American style pilsner. Thanks to https://fargounderground.com/  and https://www.bridgeviewliquors.com/ for supporting the show. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, please feel free to e-mail us at info@brewsboozeandreviews.com. If you like this podcast, share us with a friend. If you would like to support our show, you can do so by heading to https://www.patreon.com/brewsboozeandreviews For more information, or to listen to our back catalogue of episodes, head over to https://brewsboozeandreviews.com/ On behalf of everyone at Brews, Booze, & Rev