Posted by nocallnoshow on May 22, 2013
We are joined in the two-parter by Bill DeBaun, co-editor of DC Beer to talk shop and brews. We are drinking the Blimey English-Style Pale Ale by Three Heads Brewing and discussing the DC beer scene, the recent Slate.com article on why hoppy beers are apparently ruining craft beer (pshaw!) as well the National Transportation Safety Board's recommendation to cut their threshold for drunken driving. We also manage to answer some listener email (yes we got some) about tipping. Make sure you're back next week for part two!
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Posted by nocallnoshow on May 15, 2013
In celebration of the now past Cinco de Mayo Daniel and Michael sit down with Bano, bartender at Solly's U St Tavern to sit and jibber jabber about bartending life. We are drinking margaritas made with Tanteo jalapeno infused tequila and discussing a large range of topics from glow-in-the-dark Mountain Dew to stupid bar customers, and 86 Rules of Boozing to video games.
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Posted by nocallnoshow on May 8, 2013
We are joined once again by John Gartner representative for popular craft brewery New Belgium talking about the scene in Washington, DC, the rise of sour beers including the two New Belgium Lips of Faith beer's sampled in this week's second parter the La Folie (Brown Sour) and Le Terroir (Golden Sour - tee hee) and the importance of one off beers like the Lips of Faith series themselves. We also discuss the upcoming marketing strategy of New Belgium including the Tinkerer, the Van Halen/Crystal Pepsi connection and what the brewery's plans are once the Asheville, NC expansion takes effect.
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Posted by nocallnoshow on May 1, 2013
We've got a new two-parter coming your way as we sit down with New Belgium sales representative John Gartner to talk about the popular Colorado craft brewery (and other stuff). He brought us many delicious brews including the Transatlantique Kriek from the Lips of Faith series, discussing how these specialty beers get made, Colorado's recent policy shifts on marijuana and how it relates to its close cousin the hop, and the focus New Belgium has on DC as a craft beer market. Make sure to check back next week for part two!
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Posted by nocallnoshow on April 24, 2013
We are drinking Shiner Ruby Redbird summer seasonal (made with grapefruits!) as we revisit the all important, and oft asked about topic of tipping once again and how it correlates to you having a great night out at the bar while also giving a shout to one of our favorite twitter feeds on the topic of being a bartender @BartenderRants. Also be sure to check out the progress of the state of Maryland's newest nano-brewery opening up soon in Michael's home town Realerevival Brewing. And keep sending in those favorite things that bars do well and we'll be sure to shout you out on the next podcast!
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Posted by nocallnoshow on April 17, 2013
Nate, bartender at Nanny O'Brien's joins Michael and Daniel over a tasty bottle of Heavy Seas DIPA. Herein we talk about the perils of April 15th when you are a bartender before asking you, the listeners to help us out! Prompted by the Washington City Paper's Best of 2012 we discuss what we love most about bars, not our favorite bars per se but what some of our favorite bars and restaurants do well like secret menu items (mmm quesarito), outdoor seating and general ambiance. So let us know what you think via email, Twitter and Facebook! Finally don't forget to check out the 35 Year Old Alcohol Virgin's new project District Beer Bellies!
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Posted by nocallnoshow on April 10, 2013
Michael and Daniel split a bottle of Tilted Smile Imperial Pilsner by Salt Lake City's Uinta Brewing to discuss a few recent articles detailing everything from the 10 states making the most on beer, the newest fight in DC between restauranteurs and a U Street ANC and the trend of cocktails on-tap including past guest Derek Brown's newest business venture Brigade which builds cocktail-on-tap systems.
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Posted by nocallnoshow on April 3, 2013
Daniel is back for our somewhat in depth recap of last week's Craft Brewer's Conference held in DC this year while drinking a bottle of Beggar's & Thieves a session-able rye lager created for the symposium by local breweries Devil's Backbone, DC Brau and The Brewer's Art. We also discuss Young & Hungry's recent articles about DC dining trends (chicken and donuts!) and how bars got their names, A-hole Wall St bigwigs blocking bar openings and the return of Nationals baseball.
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Posted by nocallnoshow on March 26, 2013
We are dropping a day earlier fair listeners, for you! With the Craft Brewers Conference in full swing here in DC, Daniel is absent and easily replaced by the returning Brian Leonard of beer monger of Ripple to discuss the conference and all of the events surrounding it (hence dropping a day early). We are drinking Schlafly's delicious Coffee Stout, and give you a preview of Ripple's New Holland Beer Dinner TONIGHT (Tuesday) starting at 6:30pm as well as the Throwdown in Chinatown bar crawl TOMORROW (Wednesday). Finally, we tackle a recent Gizmodo article about the lack of respect light beer gets and the wonders of March Madness.
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Posted by nocallnoshow on March 20, 2013
We are once again joined by Julian Kimble of Complex Magazine over a couple of St. Patrick's Day hangover cures a.k.a. Bloody Mary's made with Jameson and Guinness to talk about his mini-feud with John Solly over an article he didn't even write, the culture of World Star Hip-Hop, DipJars, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's new venture and how it will affect the bar business, Julian's recent article about a lawsuit against a Howard University sorority and weird Presidential phone calls caught on tape.
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Posted by nocallnoshow on March 13, 2013
Jay Irizarry of Chocolate City Beer returns for part two of this episode as we continue to sip on a growler of CC's spring seasonal, the Mothership Connection and discuss all of the trials, tribulations and rewards of owning and operating a microbrewery in the District, including the origin of their red fist tap handle, the art of self-delivery and the brewery's distinctive delivery van, and Chocolate City's future plans including bottling beers (for more profit!) and their events for this month's Craft Brewers Conference. Finally, a shout out to Lay's Potato Chips and their crazy new flavors and as always Pork Chop.
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Posted by nocallnoshow on March 6, 2013
Michael and Daniel are joined this week by Jay Irizarry of Chocolate City Beer completing our bingo card of operational DC-based brewers (along with past guests from DC Brau and 3 Stars) to talk the craft beer business here in the District. Jay made sure to bring a long a growler of the Mothership Connection, Chocolate City's great spring seasonal Weizen Bock, which we sip on while discussing the why's and how's of Jay starting up his own brewery, including the origins of the brewery's name, how to market without a marketing budget and the amazing workout delivering your own product provides. We also pat ourselves on the back a little bit after the City Paper's article from last week regarding Episode 75's topic about the Weights & Measure's raid on H St. Make sure to check in next week for Part Two with Jay!
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Posted by nocallnoshow on February 27, 2013
DISCLAIMER: Daniel is an idiot, and we will tell you why at the end of this paragraph. First up! We are joined again by Brian Leonard of Nanny O'Brien's, and The Board Room as well as a Beer Scavenger Hunt participant to help us sip on a couple of tasty glasses of Evan Williams Single Barrel Bourbon to talk about the Discovery Channel's Moonshiners, the recent raid of bars on H St., NE, by the Office of Weights & Measures (and its impact on other businesses) the possible impending war of words between previous guests Julian Kimble and John Solly and fancy bottle openers. Shout out to last week's guest John Fleury and his mention by Andrew Sullivan on the Daily Beast in regards to Dive bar death! And finally please visit Nanny's on Thursday 2/28 for an Anderson Valley Brewing Company Tap Takeover starting at 5pm. Iron Horse's Harpoon Brewery Tap Takeover is not until NEXT Thursday 3/7 hence the reason that Daniel is truly an idiot.
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Posted by nocallnoshow on February 20, 2013
We are again joined this week by DCist beer blogger John Fleury, who came bearing the delicious gift of New Glarus' Rasperberry Tart (one of Michael and Daniel's Beer Scavenger Hunt brews) to discuss the recent craft beer article in US News & World Report, what exactly Redd's Apple Ale is and Monsieur Fleury's article about the state of dive bars in DC. Finally, a big shout out to Big Boss Brewing and their ingenious marketing stunt that is The Last Barfighter.
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Posted by nocallnoshow on February 13, 2013
We tackle the recent big news coming out of our native Washington, DC: the Justice Department putting the kibosh on AB-InBev's attempt to acquire Grupo Modelo, the effect on the bar and craft beer business in the United States and the lenths the Macros seem to be going through to keep their stranglehold over the market. We are joined by friend of the show Robin of Cantina Marina to talk the nuances of the story over what else, but the most craftiest of craft beers in our fridge, the Boogoop a collaboration between heralded, but hard to come by, American craft brewery Three Flyod's and Danish gypsy brewer Mikkeller. Also, Super Bowl Commercials!
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Posted by nocallnoshow on February 6, 2013
With Black History Month in full effect we welcome back Rocket Bar managers Markus and Rodney to talk a little more about race relations in the bar scene. We are still drinking the delicious Blue Mountain Barrel House Dark Hollow Stout, swapping bar stories not strictly limited to race, but also the plight of being a door man, the continual changing demographics of Washington, DC and our mutual hatred of Yelp!
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Posted by nocallnoshow on January 30, 2013
Happy (pre) Black History Month! Daniel and Michael welcome Markus and Rodney, managers at Rocket Bar in DC's Chinatown to talk the oh so touchy subject of race at and behind the bar. First up though, we're drinking the delicious Dark Hollow Stout by Blue Mountain Barrel House and talking the impact of having the Capitals playing back at the Verizon Center on our respective bars. We also get into the minutiae of working at a corporate versus an independent owned bar and just ever so slightly begin to touch on the different perspective a black bartender may experience behind the taps than anyone else. Make sure to come back next week as well to listen to part two of this (possibly) controversial episode (it's not really)!
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Posted by nocallnoshow on January 23, 2013
It's part 2, and Complex Magazine's Julian Kimble is back drinking some oh so trendy Fireball Whisky with us. Nanny O'Brien's GM Brian Leonard joins us as we continue talking about the NFL Playoffs, DC's appearance on two recent lists, one for being the 9th Drunkest City in America and the other, the prestigious #1 in porn consumption (SFW link by the way) and finally a couple thoughts on this year's Golden Globes and awards show in general.
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Posted by nocallnoshow on January 16, 2013
Julian Kimble from Complex Magazine is back for this two-parter drinking Fireball Whisky with Michael and Daniel as we discuss the popularity of the cinnamon flavored spirit, the upcoming 2nd Inauguration of President Barack Obama and its affects on DC bars and nightlife the NHL's return and whether or not fans will actually return in full, the Seahawks' playoff loss off of a Pete Carroll induced field goal mulligan and our hate for Tanqueray's Tony Sinclair.
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Posted by nocallnoshow on January 9, 2013
Michael and Daniel perform a little taste experiment in this week's episode sampling a bottle of the Widmer Brothers Brr Winter Seasonal ale from 2011, the 2012 version of the beer and the 2012 barrel aged version of the beer, the Brrbon. We also delve into the beer scavenger hunt Daniel and Michael are participating in throughout 2013 (and feel free to drop us a line if you want help us get some of those hard to get beers!). We also talk the return of the NHL the bitter disappointment (but not unexpected) of the latest Washington Redskins playoff loss and how it affect business. For those curious: Grady Little was the Red Sox skipper who pulled a Shanahan with Pedro Martinez. Check out the Peak Organic Tap Takeover at Iron Horse this coming Thursday 1/10!
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