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Episode 296: Cider Week Special: Wassail NYC and the Ciders of the Finger Lakes
Episode 296: Cider Week Special: Wassail NYC and the Ciders of the Finger Lakes
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55 minutes
Released:
Nov 10, 2015
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Podcast episode
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This week Jimmy Carbone is on location at the Lower East Side’s Wassail for a special Cider Week edition of Beer Sessions Radio. Wassail’s Ben Sandler, Sabine Hrechdakian, and Dan Pucci with Blackduck Cidery’s John Reynolds pour out their expertise, insights, and questions about all things cider. Located on the “new” Orchard Street, Wassail is a neighborhood restaurant and bar serving area ciders to a variety of palates. John Reynolds of Blackduck Cidery, “one of the most exciting things happening in American cider today,” discusses his choice of fruit and the variety of styles he uses in fermentation. From the perry pear to Pegasus, ice ciders to terroir, you can’t miss this Cider Week special served cold on Beer Sessions Radio.
Released:
Nov 10, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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Episode 123: Beer in the U.K. and China: On this weeks Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone is talking about beer in the U.K. and in China. Beer writer John Holl is in the studio, talking about the culture of low ABV beers in the U.K. Jeff Cioletti, Editor-In-Chief at Beverage World, is also in the studio to talk about the stigma associated with cask ales across the pond. Patrick Donagher of GetRealPresents.com and Alewife NYC discusses his recent cask festival, and how beer lovers of all ages were enjoying cask beer. Later, Jimmy and company talk with Teddy Gowan of Dr. Beer in Shanghai, China. Teddy talks about beer trends in Shanghai and Beijing, and how the beer scene there resembles that of the United States before the craft brew movement. The studio guests talk about their favorite English and Scottish beers, and why so many beer bars in NYC tend feature macrobrews on tap and leave their lines dirty. This episode has been brought to you by GreatBrewers.com. by Beer Sessions Radio (TM)