From the Brewer: Pumpkinhead Ale is a crisp and refreshing wheat ale with delightful aromatics and a subtle spiced flavor with hints of cinnamon and nutmeg.

The Beer Box Score

• ABV: 4.5%
• Available September – October

From Us:  Find out if this headless horseman has what it takes to become a classic pumpkin ale.

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From the Brewer: Moose Drool is the best-selling beer brewed in Montana.  It’s chocolate brown in color with a creamy texture. A malty beer with just enough hop presence to keep it from being too sweet. The aroma mostly comes from the malt with a hint of spice added by the hops.

The Beer Box Score

• ABV: 5.3%
• OG: 13 degrees Plato
• Malts: Pale, Caramel, Chocolate, Whole Black
• Hops: Kent Goldings, Liberty and Willamette

From Us: Find out if the drool from this particular moose will numb the Monday blahs.  Especially a Monday after the GABF.  OY!

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From the Brewer: The newest member of the Firestone family, Union Jack is the aggressive IPA that you’ve been searching for. Citrus, pineapple, and a full chewy malt profile finish clean on your palate. A beer true to its origins; deeply hopped and bolstered for a long voyage.

The Beer Box Score

• ABV: 7.5%
• IBUs: 72 (High)
• Fermentation: 100% Stainless Steel Fermentation
• Malts: Premium Two-Row (Metcalf & Kendall varieties), Munich, Cara Pils, Simpson’s Light Crystal
• Hops: (4 lbs/BBL) Bittering – Warrior, Simcoe; Late Kettle – Cascade, Centennial;  Dry Hops – Amarillo, Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, Simcoe
• Availability: California (limited)
• Accolades:  2009 Australian International Beer Awards Gold Medal, 2008 European Beer Star Award Gold Medal, 2008 GABF Gold Medal, 2008 World Beer Cup Silver Medal – American Strong IPA

From Us:  See if Mr. Ed pulls into the stable with Erik and Dusty as they take on this award winning IPA from the gang at Firestone Walker.

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From the Brewer: Estate – Brewers Harvest Ale is brewed exclusively with hops and barley from the  fields at the Sierra Nevada brewery. This is one of the very few estate ales produces anywhere in the world.  Estate Ale has a rich and smooth malt body that works as the perfect platform to show off the freshness and complexity of our estate grown wet-hops.  The bready malt carries a mild sweetness that acts as the perfect counterbalance for the green, pine and grapefruit flavors.

The Beer Box Score

• IBUs: 68
• ABV:  6.7%
• OG:  17 Plato
• FG: 4.6 Plato
• Bittering Hops:  Cascade & Chinook
• Fishing Hops: Cascade
• Malts: Two-row Pale & Caramel

From Us: Anna Nadasdy from Sierra Nevada joins Erik and Dusty on this episode of Taste Buds to talk about their new Estate Ale, which is produced with 100% local ingredients and sustainably grown on-site at the brewery in Chico.

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From the Brewer: Allagash Black is a Belgian style stout brewed with German 2 row barley, Torrified wheat and oats, balanced by a large addition of Belgian dark candi to give the Black a full and silky mouthfeel. Roasted malts give this stout its classic chocolate, toast and malty taste, and contribute to chocolate notes and a hint of roasted coffee in the aroma. The Black is fermented with a Belgian yeast strain and refermented in the bottle with the methode champenoise to make this beer truly unique.

The Beer Box Score

• ABV: 7.5%
• Original Gravity: 1.072
• Recommended Serving Temperature: 55°F
• Recommended Cellaring Temperature: 55°F
• Availability: 750 ml bottles, 5.17 gal kegs

From Us:  We’ve had many a Belgian brews on the show, but never one that was also a black stout.  What will Erik and Dusty think of this unique brew?  Watch to find out!

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From the Brewer: Step right up to the Coney Island Lager and witness the delectable alchemy of 8 malts, 6 hops & Czech Pilsner yeast.  Discover the thrill of old world brewing conjoined with beguiling new world flavor.

The Beer Box Score

• Malts:  Specialty 2-row, 2 types of Pale Ale, Marris Otter, Red wheat, Cara Munich 60L, Light Munich 6L, Vienna 4L, Flaked Barley
• Hops:  Warrior, Amarillo, Cascade, Tettenange, Saaz, Hallertau;  Dry Hops: Cascade
• ABV:  5.5%

From Us:  See what happens when Eric and Dusty enter the big top and down this decidedly wacky lager from Shmaltz!

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From the Brewer: Samuel Adams Octoberfest is a malt lover’s dream, blending together five roasts of barley to create a harmony of sweet flavors including caramel and toffee. The beer is kept from being overly sweet by the bitterness imparted by the German Noble hops.  This beer style was first brewed for the annual Oktoberfest, originally held in 1810 to celebrate the marriage of the Crown Prince of Bavaria.  The village green on which it was first held is now a huge fairground known as the Theresienwiese, after the royal bride. The Oktoberfest celebration has become a world-class beer event, running for sixteen heady days every autumn in Munich, Germany.

The Beer Box Score

• ABV: 5.4%
• OG:  14 degrees Plato
• Calories:  180
• Malts:  Two-Row Harrington, Metcalfe, Munich-10, 2 Row Moravian, Caramel 60
• Hops:  Tettnang Tettnanger and Hallertau-Mittlefruh
• Yeast:  Bottom-Fermenting lager yeast

From Us:  Eric and Dusty don the Lederhosen as they ring in Oktoberfest, which officially begins in Munich tomorrow ( September 19) and runs through October 4.  See what happens when they go Bavarian on this classic brew from Sam Adams!

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From the Brewer: Rejewvenator is half doppelbock, half Belgian style dubbel, and brewed with all natural date juice. The experimental process begins with 5 specialty malts and 5 hop varieties blending European tradition with brazenly innovative American craft beer flavor and attitude. The brewers use Lager yeast to start cold, bottom fermentation then let the beer warm and pitch a hybrid Abbey/Trappist Belgian Ale yeast brought in exclusively for this brew. Finally, all natural Date concentrate pressed on the first day of California’s 2009 harvest gets infused into the fermenter. It then sits and ages for another month before centrifuge filtration and packaging. Dates were used to sweeten beer in Ancient Egypt as early as 3500 BCE.  Pliny the Elder, a 1st century Roman naturalist, lauded Judea’s Dates for their succulence and sweetness.

The Beer Box Score

• Malts: 2-Row specialty, Munich, 2 kinds of dark crystal, CaraVienna
• Hops:  Warrior, US Goldings, Cascade, Amarillo, Mt. Hood.
• Yeast:  Lager yeast, Trappist Ale yeast, Abbey ale yeast
• Dates:  Over 400 gallons of all natural date juice
• ABV:  7.8%

From Us:  Eric and Dusty put on their yamakas and polish off their… dreidel.  See what happens when they dive headlong into this date saturated Jewbrew from Shmaltz!

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From the Brewer: Perennially the “Brewer’s Choice” at Ommegang, the 2008 GABF in Denver, CO saw Rare Vos lauded with a Bronze medal in the French- and Belgian-Style Ale category out of 34 entries. GABF medals are widely considered among the most prestigious in American judgings, and Brewmaster Phil Leinhart and the entire Ommegang brew-staff are filled with pride to be in posession of this award.

The Beer Box Score

• ABV:   6.5%
• An amber ale of medium color and strength
• Coppery-amber color, rich creamy head
• Caramel, orange, hops, plus an elusive fruity-yeasty flavor

From Us:  Eric and Dusty put on their big boy britches for this big brew.  While not normally something you’d want to kick off your week with… it will definitely beat back the Monday Blues!

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From the Brewer: In 1989, when we brewed our first batch of Full Sail Amber… not only was it the first Amber ale here in Beer Mecca (aka Oregon) — it was the first craft beer to go into a bottle. And two things became immediately apparent.  It wasn’t Regular and it sure as heck wasn’t Light.

The Beer Box Score

• ABV:     5.5%
• Flavor:    sweet, malty, medium-bodied ale with a spicy, floral hop finish

From Us:  Eric and Dusty raise the sail on Full Sail’s Amber Ale.  Find out if it makes it into a safe harbor or if it’s forced to walk the plank on this TGIF episode of Taste Buds!

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