With John Gillespie, author of Beer Country
Author, beer geek and now official Beer Busters contributing writer John Gillespie returns to the Beer Busters Podcast Basement to discuss his book and blog project, Beer Country: A Beer Geek’s Guide to Southeast Pennsylvania as well as a bit about what brought him to the world of craft beer and inspired him to undertake the project. Last time John was on the show we handed him the reins, this time we took them back. Dan did the usual news thing, we played Years of Beers and we sampled some awesome brews. However, we had to do something special so we decided to do a blind tasting of five “macro” brews. We all unanimously agreed on the most palatable and the result might surprise you. (Hint: it must be in our genes.)
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The Line-up…
- Reaper’s Harvest
7% ABV Rye IPA by Helltown - Voodoo’s Child
5.2% ABV Dunkel by All Saints - Mind Your P’s and Q’s
7.5% ABV Belgian Style Triple by Roy Pitz
- St. Angus
9.7% ABV Spiced Ale by Draai Laag - The Hunter
9.9% ABV Imperial Stout by Primitive (Chris Harvey of Sons of Alchemy Homebrew Club)
Our “Macrobrew” Blind Tasting…
- Coors Light
4.2% ABV Brewed since 1978 - Bud Light
4.2% ABV Brewed since 1982 - Corona Extra
4.6% ABV Brewed since 1925 (In US since 1981)
- Heineken
5% ABV Brewed since 1873 - Miller Light
4.2% ABV Brewed since 1855
