Beer of the Day Podcast

After a long hiatus, the podcast returns with a brand new episode featuring beer from New Glory Craft Brewery in Sacramento. They were nice enough to send us three of their latest releases to try. We also try a special ale from Birra Nursia, brewed at a monastery in Italy.

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Turn the Season
Sunset Surge
Juicy Jolt
Birra Nursia Extra Abbey Ale

We're now well into the summer months and on today's show we try five beers brewed for the summer. We also discuss Stone's recent sellout to Sapporo and other craft beer related topics.

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Goses are Red
Summer Solstice
Summer Hazy Love
Summer Break IPA
Summer Oasis

On today's episode we revisit some of the forefathers of the American craft beer scene and take a look at some of their newest offerings. We also try a strange brew from a local Elk Grove brewery and read comments from the listeners.

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Wild Little Thing
Hazy-O!
Hopnosis
Fluffy. Like a Cloud Fluffy.
Squeezy Rider
Super Cluster
Japanese Green Tea IPA

On today's show we explore the beers of California's unofficial Craft Beer Capital and feature 8 beers from different breweries around the city. We also discuss the latest craft beer news and tell you how you can get a free Beer of the Day pint glass.

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Gotta Pay the Pils
Clever Hoppier Name
Vice Blackberry Peach
Mysterious
Citra By-The-Sea
Widened Horizons
Boss Pour
Nelson! Nelson!

On today's show we look at the increasingly popular non-alcoholic and low-alcohol beers on the market. We discuss alcohol-free and cannabis-infused beers with brewing legend Dr. Keith Villa of Ceria Brewing (creator of Blue Moon). We also talk to co-founder Sean Boisson of Bella Snow, one of the newest low-alcohol beers on the market. For those of you heading into the home stretch of Dry January, this show is for you!

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Lagunitas IPNA
Grainwave
Indiewave
Bella Snow Soft Ale (with Grapefruit)
Bella Snow Soft Ale (with Mandarin)
Natural Bridges Kolsch-Style

It's been 6 years and 87 episodes since we last dedicated a show to beers from our hometown of Sacramento. A lot has changed in the craft beer world since Episode 27, and on today's episode the whole crew is back to sit down and sample 7 different beers from around town.

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Peoples Beer
EZPZ Dry Hopped Pilsner
Island Bender
Cool Cool
Scattered Glow
Dank Clouds
Ubahdank

On today's show we finish out the Oktoberfest and Pumpkin beer season and transition into the darker Winter beer styles. We also take a look at the latest craft beer news stories and read comments from the listeners.

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America's Original Pumpkin Ale
Black Pumpkin
Haunted House
Punkin Ale
Celebration Fresh Hop IPA (2022)
KDS Dark Star Bourbon Barrel Aged (2016)

Oktoberfest has been cancelled for the 2nd year in a row due to the pandemic, but that doesn't stop us from playing a little Oktoberfest: Home Edition. We calibrate our palates with an original German Oktoberfest beer in Paulaner, and then follow that up with five American versions of the style. Prost!

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Paulaner Oktoberfest Marzen
Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest (2021)
AleSchmidt Oktoberfest
Dogtoberfest
Golden Road + Spaten Oktoberfest Bier
Breckenridge Oktoberfest

On today's show we venture off the beaten path and try two different fruit tarts and two different milk stouts that bookend our strange brew, a mead-infused IPA. We also take a look at the latest craft beer news and read comments from the listeners.

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Blueberry Muffin
Paperweight
Hobnail
DDH Cross Pollination
By and By
Fluffo Sando

On today's show we try a new beer featuring a new hop from Russian River. We experience one of the strangest beers in the world and it's green! We sample a Peanut Butter Graham Cracker beer, the latest in Stone's Enjoy By series, and a DIPA from Humble Forager. Plus we take a look at the latest beer news and read your comments.

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Apical Dominance
Peanut Butter Graham Cracker Porter
Elevated Perspective (Version 5)
It Was His Birthday and They Didn't Even Care
Enjoy By 04.20.21 Hazy IPA