What’s going on here? New for 2010. I’ve split the beer reviews and music reviews into 2 separate videos. Treat it as one show with 2 segments. Hopefully this provides more clarity and a better overall experience. New site design changes in the coming weeks will make things easier to find too. Enjoy. –@schneidermike

Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA

Broken Bells – The High Road

In this episode, I sit in front of the fabulous Christmas that my son picked to enjoy two fine winter offerings. The first is from a brewery that represents one of the two exciting things about Cleveland, Ohio (the other is leaving). Great Lakes Brewing Company Christmas Ale is a gem of an ale. The second comes from western New York’s Southern Tier Brewing Company and is delicious in its own right.

Great Lakes Christmas Ale is an A-
Southern Tier Old Man Winter is a B

I drink one of the biggest IPAs in the land.

Please support #TeamBoston this Movember

This week I try Harpoon Brewery’s much improve Chocolate Stout.

I also try some beer from the _insert_stinky_body_part_ of Ohio, Akron.

Tonight’s musical pairing is Mr November by The National as I am working with #TeamBoston to raise money to destroy cancer. Any amount from $1 up matters. Thank you in advance.

I interview Alex Kopf, Lead brewer at Redhook Brewery in Portsmouth, NH. This is the fourth of a 4 part series. I get an EXCLUSIVE tour and I’m sharing it with you.

Part 1 – The Interview
Part 2 – The Process
Part 3 – Lesson in Malt and Hops
Part 4 – The Tour

I interview Alex Kopf, Lead brewer at Redhook Brewery in Portsmouth, NH. This is the third of a 4 part series. We talk about the brewing process in this segment.

Part 1 – The Interview
Part 2 – The Process
Part 3 – Lesson in Malt and Hops
Part 4 – The Tour

I interview Alex Kopf, Lead brewer at Redhook Brewery in Portsmouth, NH. This is the second of a 4 part series. We talk about the brewing process in this segment.

Part 1 – The Interview
Part 2 – The Process
Part 3 – Lesson in Malt and Hops
Part 4 – The Tour

I interview Alex Kopf, Lead brewer at Redhook Brewery in Portsmouth, NH. This is the first of a 4 part series.

Part 1 – The Interview
Part 2 – The Process
Part 3 – Lesson in Malt and Hops
Part 4 – The Tour

Thanks to Amanda Telford and Alex Kopf of Redhook and NHTweetUp for making this happen. Thanks to Walter Elly for his camera work in the opening scene.

Surprising outcome on today’s episode. I drink Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin and climb a tree.