Episode 584 Craft Beer Ranked: Style Guidelines and Brewers Trends
Aired: Thursday, June 3rd 2021
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HOSTED BY Jimmy Carbone
This week on Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy is breaking down the Brewers Association style guidelines for craft beer. On the show is Chris Swersey from the Brewers Association in Salmon, ID; B.R. Rolya, formerly with Shelton Brothers Importers and a BJCP nationally ranked judge; and James Tai, an advanced cicerone, and BJCP certified from New York, NY.
Chris kicks off the show with an introduction to the Brewers Association, offering a bit of history into the key power players behind the style guidelines. BR gives an inside look into what it’s like to be a judge, and the two discuss Kentucky Common beer, a great example of a historic style that had fallen out of favor but recently reemerged. Chris breaks down the pillars to judging beer, breaking down the process, and each event and category a beer can qualify fo
Spring brews on Staten Island: What to expect as the weather warms
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Posted Apr 14, 2021
Killsboro of Tompkinsville has sold quite a bit of Island Vibes, their only year-round IPA offering. (Courtesy of Sean Torres)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Wayne Roccarro of Holiday Beverage said April is significant in the Eltingville beer store 4569 Amboy Rd., 718-356-0100, Holidaybev.com. Not only is it the prime season for the appeal of some of his brands but it’s also an opportunity to step into the fresh air and get together, he said, as social distancing formally allows.
“Cherry blossom time now means I will be reuniting with customers who have been hibernating for the winter,” said Roccarro with a chuckle. He says that traditionally patron hanker for Strongbow’s Cherry Blossom, a pink-y cider that parent company Heineken USA recommends served over ice, and Hofbrau Maibock. The latter, copper-hued brew was invented by William V, Duke of Bavaria