Beercast Shoutouts

I would like to thank the @CLTBeercast 'brahs', for giving me shout-outs in their two most recent podcasts.

The first was a good old fashioned mention, while the second was a multi-multi-Stout infused drunken challenge to get off my ass and visit the upcoming CLT Craft Beer Week.



 As usual, both episodes are great listens, while the second does devolve (matriculate?) into the aforementioned Stout-infused drunkeness.  Entertaining to say the least!

Episode 21 - Brah is the new Backside Guy

 

Episode 22 - Redacted

Unfortunately, I probably will not be able to make it up to enjoy CLT Craft Beer Week's Tap Takeover at Vintner's, as I have two other upcoming beer trips which have depleted my current stockpile of kitchen passes.  Thus I will have to miss out on the warm hospitality of @CLTBeerBlog that everyone keeps mentioning...

Next week I will be heading down on a special trip to some breweries in ATL, and in May the Augusta Homebrewers Association is going to caravan up to Asheville to enjoy the vibrant craft brewery scene.  Both trips should make for some great reviews...

Charlotte Beer Envy

I hate @CLTBeercast!  But in a good way!

One of the reasons I decided to start doing this blog was the fact that I found the Charlotte Beercast.  I mean, I knew that Augusta was craft beer Purgatory, but then the fine gents at the Beercast (Josh, Jeff, and Mark) invaded my iTunes line-up with their embarrassment of beer riches and made my life all the more depressing.... Local breweries, great bottle shops, collaborative brewing w/local breweries, light rail!  Make it stop!  My self esteem can't take much more....

But I love the podcast nonetheless, as I can live vicariously through them, and imagine what it would be like to live in a city that had a vibrant craft beer scene.

The cast has changed slightly over their 18 episodes, but he good beer talk and "basckside" humor has not.  They remain just "some drunken idiots talking beer."

In their latest episode, they include in their reviews two Georgia beers, Red Hare Gangway IPA and Red Brick's 20th Anniversary Ale.

Admittedly, reviews are mixed.  But If you want to hear what they are, I encourage you to go listen to the episode.

Episode 18: You did WHAT to the Ice cream? (mp3)

Of course, if you feel the need to start at Episode 1, then by all means do so.

Episode 1: The Drunken Buffoonery Begins!

Additionally you can subscribe to the Beercast at iTunes, and have it magically appear for your listening pleasure every two weeks.  And if you like it, the guys ask that you rate them highly on iTunes as well.

All joking aside, it is this podcast that encouraged me to start this page.  And perhaps sometime in the future, Augusta can have its own Beercast as well....