Part 2 of my sours tasting with Nate from Marty’s Liquors. We drink three more impossibly amazing sours and Nate talks a bit about what makes Marty’s different from your typical package store.

Todays beers:
Upstate New York’s Ithaca Beer Company Brute
Belgium’s Brouwerij Drie Fonteinen (3 Fountains Brewery) Ouede Gueze
Belgium’s Brasserie Cantillon Iris

PS: Yes. I am pretty tall. Nate is ridiculously tall.

What beer are you most looking forward to?

Meeting Marty in person was a pleasure. He was absolutely thrilled about my mentioning his store on my appearance on Wine Library TV (yes, I plan to mention that at least 700 more times), and was delighted that I wanted to do a show in his very store. You may recall that I brainstormed with Nate and Dave about the very beers that I should bring to GaryVee. The bottom line is that not only do they know beer, they are incredibly accessible and will not judge you if you come into the store looking for a Heineken. I will say that you are doing yourself a disservice if you do not tell them what you like, what your budget and needs are and let them recommend a bottle for you. Aside from their massive selection, one beautiful thing about Marty’s is that you can split up a six pack. Yes. You can buy individual bottles.

Nate and I have been talking about this show for a while and if you know Nate, he does not like to mess around. He went to his personal cellar and the Marty’s shelves to grab bottles of some of the world’s finest sour beers for us to try. Sour beers and wild ales are complex. They’re an acquired taste and they are in many ways close to wines.

In part 1 of this episode, we review three sours:

Portland Oregon’s Raccoon Lodge and Brewpub / Cascade Brewing The Vine
Fort Collins Colorado’s New Belgium La Folie
Saignelégier, Switzerland’s BFM Brasserie Des Franches-Montagnes Abbaye De Saint Bon-Chien

Hope you enjoy part one.

Recently on the Jersey Shore, I tried Troegs Dreamweaver and their Pale Ale from their summer brews pack. One of these beers did not knock me off my seat, but the other one did. Watch to see which one and let me know what you think of Troegs in the comments. It’s amazing how different these two beers are. One is simple and elegant and I was not impressed by the simplicity. The other brought a little more sophistication to the table.

In this episode we drink the beers of McAuslan Brewery. Their St Ambroise series: Apricot Wheat, Pale Ale and Oatmeal Stout. We also pay tribute to GaryVee and Dennis Crowley who debuted on Sirius Satellite radio that evening.

Here’s the rundown of beer.

At the 5:00 mark, we try Grey Lady
At 9:37 we dive into the Pink Lady
At 15:44 we talk about “How to taste a beer” and dive into the Summer of Lager around 18:30.
At 25:55 we tackle the Bailey’s Blonde and the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (for comparison)
The Whale’s Tale Pale Ale follows.

Hope you enjoy the show, let us know in the comments.

Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout
Trout River Oatmeal Stout
Lancaster Brewery Milk Stout

Beers from two of my very favorite American breweries. Great Divide Hoss Rye Lager and Avery Depuceleuse, an American Wild Ale.