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This week Erik and Eli talk about a libido-boosting brew, the Cicerone certification program going online, and ask the eternal question:   Is mother nature trying to destroy beer?  Plus the boys dole out gadgets, festivals, brews and blogs! This and more on this week’s episode of Beer Buzz!

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Show Notes:

UPDATES

Last week’s winner was Will Dunham who correctly answered that John Wagner in 1840 was the first American to brew lager.  Will gets himself a signed copy of Charles Bamforth’s book BEER… congrats Will!

All we’re going to say here about this week’s trivia question is that it’s a three parter, and you have to get all three questions right in order to win.  Oh but what a prize you shall win!  Watch to find out!

You’ll soon be able download Beer Tap TV directly to your televisions via TiVo!  Stay tune for more details.

We’re at the Great American Beer Festival right now (actually at Falling Rock getting ready to interview Chris Black and Charlie Papazian).  If you can’t make it, don’t worry… we have you covered!  With nearly 500 breweries attending this year’s sold out event, and over 2,000 different brews to sample… it’s going to take a lot of coverage to do it justice! Therefore, Beer Tap TV and Examiner.com are joining forces to collaborate on a series of videos from the festival!  Aside from having daily video updates here on Beer Tap TV, you can check out additional footage as well as articles from a host of Beer Examiners at the GABF video hub page on Examiner.com”]GABF video hub page on Examiner.com.  So check out both sites often to see all the coverage!

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BEER NEWS

Story #1: Craft Beer In A Can? A Gutsy Move Is Paying Off

Story #2: Cicerone Certification goes online!

Story #3: Is Mother Nature trying to destroy beer?

Story #4: Libido-boosting beer launches in Europe

BEER RELEASES

“Pro-Am” Merlo Stout – Ska Brewing – Durango, CO

Oktoberfest – Karl Strauss Brewing – San Diego, CA

NEW BREWERY – BEER BAR – EXPANSION OF THE WEEK

Sin City Brewing Co. opens another location at The Venetian in Vegas

BEER FESTIVAL  OF THE WEEK

The Great American Beer Festival! There is only one.

BEER GADGET OF THE WEEK

CarboPouch

BEER BLOG OF THE WEEK

Jack Curtin’s Liquid Diet  – IT’S JUST BEER. LIGHTEN UP.

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This week Eli flies his gamer geek flag and goes bonkers over World of Wacraft’s in-game Brewfest, and Erik discusses the continuing decline of shatty imports. Plus the boys delve into  fall seasonal brews, chat about the curriculum of Bristol’s Zymurgy Institute, and host of other beery news   All this (and some huge team up news) on this week’s episode of Beer Buzz!

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Show Notes:

UPDATES

Tap Head WaynetheTrain, who almost won a few weeks ago but missed posting the correct answer by mere seconds, is this week’s winner! Wayne scored himself a football DeCapper!  Congrats!

This week’s trivia question is:  Who was the first American to brew lager?  The first person to watch the show and reply with the correct answer in that respective episode’s forum thread wins!

One week from today we’ll be at the Great American Beer Festival!  If you can’t make it to the GABF, don’t worry… we have you covered.  With nearly 500 breweries attending this year’s sold out event, and over 2,000 different brews to sample… it’s going to take a lot of coverage to do it justice! Therefore, Beer Tap TV and Examiner.com are joining forces to collaborate on a series of videos from the festival!  Aside from having daily video updates here on Beer Tap TV (we’ll have a separate GABF page set up soon), you can check out additional footage as well as articles from a host of Beer Examiners at the GABF video hub page on Examiner.com”]GABF video hub page on Examiner.com.  So check out both sites often to see all the coverage!

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BEER NEWS

Story #1: Story #1:  World of Warcraft’s Brewfest – With twelve million subscribers WoW (as it’s known by gamers) is the world’s biggest and most successful massive multiplayer online game.  You probably know someone who plays it.  The craft beer phenomena hasn’t escaped their notice either as they will be holding a massive in-game Brewfest from September 20 – October 4.

Story #2: U.S. drinkers continue to leave imports on the shelf – “Things just don’t seem to be getting any better for our imported beer shipments. Beer Institute released figures yesterday indicating that imported beer shipments were down another 8.1% in July, bringing year-to-date import shipments down 9.3%, or a loss of about 160,000 case equivs a day.”

Story #3: Are you Enjoying Seasonal Beers this Fall? – Harvest Ales are incredibly popular.  According to Information Resources Inc., fall seasonal craft beers generated the highest case and dollar sales last year. Seasonal beers as a category reached new limits in 2008, with sales up 15.7% over 2007 in U.S. supermarkets.

Story #4: Bristol’s Zymurgy Institute – Beer School is back in session at Bristol Brewing Company. This year they’ve partnered with Colorado State University’s Continuing Education department to offer a 20 part lecture series on a variety of beer-related topics that started at the end of August, but you can still attend!

BEER RELEASES

Hoptober – New Belgium Brewing Co. – Fort Collins, CO

09.09.09 Vertical Epic Ale – Stone Brewing Co. – Escondido, CA

BEER FESTIVALS /DINNER/EVENTS OF THE WEEK

2nd Annual Philly Oktoberfest ‘09

BEER GADGET OF THE WEEK

The Craft Beer Board Game

BEER BLOG OF THE WEEK

Starting a Brewery – Adventures in brewing and entrepreneurism. During a recession.

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This week Eli and Erik discuss the difference between beer geeks and beer snobs, ponder over whether Obama should go Terminator on Big Beer, and reveal yet another winner!   This and more on this week’s episode of Beer Buzz!  So dive in and watch all the  beery goodness.

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Show Notes:

UPDATES

Last week’s winner was ArtVandely who won 10 weeks ago, beating our new and improved 8 week win limit… so congrats to Art for giving us 4 (instead of just 3) of the correct beer names on the shelf. Art gets himself a signed copy of Charles Bamforth’s book, BEER: Tap into the Art and Science of Brewing.

This week’s trivia question is a doooozey!  Watch to see what it is!

We thought this was so cool that we had to pimp ourselves… a few weeks ago on Taste Buds (episode #120 to be exact) we featured the Imperial Red from local brewery Rockyard.  Well, not long after that episode went live a liquor store on the East Coast gave them a call and told them they wanted to start carrying their beer in their store. Proof positive that Beer Tap TV has a pretty significant reach. So all you breweries… if you want your beer to be noticed, and apparently carried at out of region locations, get in touch with us and send us your beers!  Think of us a your free PR machine!

Tomorrow is the anniversary of September 11… be sure to take a moment out of your busy day to remember all those folks we lost on that tragic day.

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BEER NEWS

Story #1: Story #1:   Beer Geeks vs. Beer Snobs – Don’t know the difference between a beer geek and a beer snob?  Sam Calagione, founder of Dogfish Head Brewery, gave a pretty good explanation during his salon at Savor this year…

Story #2: Wanna be a brewer? Oregon dream job up for grabs – Travel Oregon is calling all food and drink enthusiasts to fulfill their dreams by applying for a cuisine internship, or “Cuisinternship” (pronounced: quiz-een-turn-ship).

Story #3: Breaking Up Big Beer – Should Obama go after the bloated brewers? – Big Beer is testing President Obama’s tolerance. Both A-B InBev and MillerCoors are raising prices at the same time, during a recession, while beer demand is slumping. With an 80% market share between them… is  an antitrust review in the making?

Story #4: Stone Brewing Co. reports strong mid-year growth

BEER RELEASES

Atlantic IPA –- BrewDog Brewing Co. – UK

Glacier Harverst ‘09 Wet Hop Beer  – Harpoon Brewery – Boston, MA

BEER FESTIVALS /DINNER/EVENTS OF THE WEEK

5th Annual Widmer Oktoberfest

RESTO and Ommegang pair up for Belgian-style pig out!

BEER GADGET OF THE WEEK

The Beer Pager

BEER BLOG OF THE WEEK

One Good Brew by John Morrissey …because everyone wants one good brew.  Aside from being a beer geek, he’s also the morning traffic reporter for two of Denver’s radio stations – KYGO and KKFN Sports Radio 104-3, The Fan.   He’ was once very active in the beer culture in Denver, got out of it for awhile… now he’s back! And  not just with his blog about Denver brews, but he’s also the new Hot Tips writer for the Rocky Mountain Brewing News, so be sure to check him out!

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On this week’s episode of Beer Buzz Eli and Erik chat about AB-InBev’s apparent lack of knowledge regarding drinking laws in the US, a woman gets caned for drinking beer,  a GABF version of The Beer Journal, and a website devoted to high-res images of craft beer!  Dive in and watch all of this week’s beery goodness.

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Show Notes:

UPDATES

Last week’s winner was Kanepole, who also won not too long ago… so congrats to Kanepole for answering that Ben Franklin in fact did not say that “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” What he did say however is this: “Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.” Kanepole gets won himself the football DeCapper!

Now for some rule changes… which we should have done before now. If you win something you can not win again for 8 weeks. It’s only fair.

OK, this week’s trivia question is… On the October 29^th episode of Beer Buzz, name 3 of the beers sitting on the shelf behind Erik’s shoulder.  If you answer correctly you get a signed copy of Charles Bamforth’s book, Beer: Tap into the Art and Science of Brewing (Hardcover).

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BEER NEWS

Story #1: Anheuser-Busch must pull “Fan Can”promotions at colleges – Janet Evans, a senior attorney at the Federal Trade Commission, said the industry’s regulations require at least 70 percent of an advertisement’s audience be above the legal drinking of 21. Evans said that simply doesn’t happen on college campuses. Chalk up another booboo for the Belgian/Spanish conglomerate that is InBev.

Story #2: Firestone Walker, Marin Brewing, and Rock Bottom Take Top Honors at the 2009 Washington IPA Challenge – On Saturday, August 22, 16 judges gathered at Beveridge Place Pub, located in Seattle, Washington, for a blind evaluation of 36 IPA and Imperial IPA entries.

Story #3: Muslim Model to Be Caned for Drinking Beer

Story #4: Big Beer Companies Must Really Think We’re Morons

BEER RELEASES

Russian River Publication -Was released at the end of July, so it may be hard to find… but find it you must. Publication is a beer commissioned & brewed by members of the Publican National Committee. The PNC is comprised of some of the owners of the leading Beer Bars around the Country including : Falling Rock Tap House (Denver), Toronado (San Francisco), Brouwer’s Cafe (Seattle), Monk’s Cafe (Philadelphia), Horse Brass Pub (Portland) The Members of the PNC flew out to Santa Rosa CA & Brewed a Batch of beer to be served in the member pubs. Vinnie’s 2 inspirations for the beer were quite lofty, Orval & DeRanke XX Bitter. The Beer is 8% abv & contains 4 Brettanomyces strains. Vinnie’s comments on the beer is that “it drinks more like 6%” so be a little careful. The Beer is also Draught only. Each pub is receiving 18 kegs. The PNC is currently contemplating it’s next bruventure.

Samuel Adams Unveils New Collection of Fall Seasonal Brews – The Samuel Adams Harvest Collection Variety Pack will be available nationwide beginning in August, for a suggested retail price of $13.99 – $15.99. The other five craft beers in the collection are: Boston Lager, OctoberFest, Cherry Wheat, Brown Ale, Irish Red Ale.

BEER GADGET OF THE WEEK

The Beer Journal, the Great American Beer Festival Edition

BEER BLOG OF THE WEEK

Beer Lens – Two friends from Newport, Wales and New York, USA share pictures of their passion for beer.

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