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?

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.

The sound quality is again, terrible. It is time to do something about it. I have had it with making a second rate show.

Thanks to the Austin GingerMan. Follow them on twitter.

Photos by Jim Storer

4:36 chadnorthrup: ok, I’ll respect that. Can’t relate, but I’ll respect it
4:37 chadnorthrup: I want to virtually try them.
4:38 gregdelima: Does it taste as fruity as the smell?
4:40 jasmine_starr: I GOTTA QUESTION
4:40 cphadley: Well blow me down
4:40 cphadley: there you two are
4:40 gregdelima: I’d have to say the leftover taste on the tongue can be more important… ya know, the residue
4:40 chadnorthrup: the gnome!
4:40 Peplau: He really gets around
4:41 chadnorthrup: yep, I can hear
4:41 gregdelima: Yeah they’re good!
4:41 gregdelima: Guava or Pineapple more?
4:42 belchingmonkey: @qthrul
4:42 Peplau: Belching Monkey is rated ‘R’ for potential strong language and plastic gnomes.
4:43 belchingmonkey: @redsoxgnome
4:43 chadnorthrup: Jim!
4:43 chadnorthrup: what an all-star cast today
4:45 cphadley: Why am I not on the show
4:45 chadnorthrup: wait- what was the first beer called?
4:45 chadnorthrup: think I missed it
4:45 chadnorthrup: ahhh, gotcha
4:46 gregdelima:
4:46 gregdelima:
4:47 Peplau: sure
4:47 Peplau: try it now, greg
4:47 gregdelima: http://twitter.com/512brewing
4:47 gregdelima: http://512brewing.com
4:47 chadnorthrup: a passive IPA? Not sure I’d like that
4:48 cphadley: I’m with ya Chad. Need more punch than that in an IPA if I’m going to decide I want an IPA
4:48 chadnorthrup: agreed. I’d rather go for a different style if it’s going to be a weak IPA
4:49 MattUD: i also agree with that statement
4:49 Peplau: Belching Monkey is rated ‘R’ for unpleasant olfactory images.
4:49 gregdelima: Yeah cause Sierra Nevada is a garbage IPA…
4:50 gregdelima: yeah but too much malt in a “hoppy” IPA just sounds like an off kilter IPA
4:50 chadnorthrup: Is Sierra officially IPA though? I think it’s just pale, not India pale
4:51 chadnorthrup: yep, gotcha Jim
4:51 Peplau: Thanks, men.
4:52 gregdelima: @chad, just went to Sierra, they do not actually offer an INDIA PA, just a Pale Ale.
4:52 chadnorthrup: yep, thanks Greg. That’s what I was thinking
4:52 chadnorthrup: tried their Glissade last night btw. Not bad, very drinkable but not all that remarkable
4:53 gregdelima: Cannot say I’ve tried it, in Spain so my most recent beer explore was Belgian – Leffe Blonde
4:53 chadnorthrup: me too Mike- imperial ipa’s FTW
4:54 chadnorthrup: nice, haven’t had that one but I do like the Belgians
4:54 gregdelima: Which beer is this? Not the shin-guard beer right?
4:55 gregdelima: How many #NCRulesSXSW we have over there today?
5:01 MattUD: time to head out, later all
5:01 chadnorthrup: Columbus hops? Wow, can’t say I’ve tried that
5:01 chadnorthrup: later Matt
5:01 gregdelima: Read from here: http://www.liveoakbrewing.com/beer/
5:01 Peplau: So, it’s like the Stockholm Syndrome of beers, then?
5:02 chadnorthrup: now that’s an analogy!
5:02 gregdelima: 6.0% AVB
5:02 gregdelima: ABV*
5:04 gregdelima: Sorry Gents & Lady, must be off – hit me up later @gregdelima on twitter
5:05 Peplau: Is it too much trouble to turn the camera around and give us a shot of the bar & audience?
5:05 belchingmonkey: oh
5:05 Peplau: woops
5:05 Peplau: guess so
5:05 Peplau: I’ll check out the website
5:05 belchingmonkey: hold on
5:05 belchingmonkey: we back on?
5:05 chadnorthrup: yep, wayy too much trouble D
5:05 chadnorthrup: nope
5:05 belchingmonkey: refresh
5:05 belchingmonkey: refresh
5:05 chadnorthrup: yep!
5:05 Peplau: Don’t need to refresh, it came back on its own
5:06 Peplau: Wow
5:06 chadnorthrup: that place IS heaven!
5:06 Peplau: They’d never allow a place like that in Boston. Too much fun. #MassIsAFunSponge
5:06 chadnorthrup: sweet. thx guys
5:06 chadnorthrup: hahaha
5:07 cphadley: show again!
5:07 chadnorthrup: so true
5:07 cphadley: Hi all!
5:07 cphadley: that’s is way too cool
5:07 chadnorthrup: yeah, let’s do it!
5:07 Peplau: Good show, safe travels guys. Give Greg a high five for me for just general awesomeness.
5:08 belchingmonkey: i effed it up
5:08 belchingmonkey: sorry
5:08 chadnorthrup: no prob
5:09 cphadley: no worries. I’m heading home anyways
5:09 cphadley: good to see ya again
5:10 chadnorthrup: gotta run as well. Good show, have a safe trip home!

Chat Stream

Great Divide Samurai – Rice Beer – B+
Great Divide Hades – Belgian Ale – B+
Fat Tire Belgian – Amber Ale – C+
Brasserie de Brageries – La Moneuse – Saison – B+
Dogfish Head – Palo Santo Marron A+

Raveen and I reviewed 7 beers tonight!

Portsmouth Brewery -> Black Cat Stout -> Irish Dry Stout -> B
Great Lakes Brewery -> Edmund Fitzgerald Porter -> American Porter -> A-
Avery -> Grand Cru -> Strong Belgian Dark -> B+
Southern Tier -> Pale Ale -> American Pale Ale -> C-
Southern Tier -> Pale Wheat Ale -> American Pale Wheat Ale -> C
Southern Tier -> American Double Imperial Pilsner -> Krampus -> A-

Guest hosts: Brian Donovan and Bob the Dog.

I review Eel Brewing Company’s Climax Noel in a live show.