The Pentecostals of Sydney

The perfect way to celebrate the holidays, drinking beer! The broads try Shiner's Holday Cheer, Belle's Christmas Ale, Barista Chocolate Quad, and of course St Bernardus Christmas Ale.  What are your favorite Christmas beers??? 

Tis the season to get buzzed with our fams!!! What do we recommend for bomber sharing?? Something bold, something smooth and something light and fruity! Epic Brewing Company - Big Bad Baptist Epic Brewing Company - Big Bad Baptista Sam'l Smith Organic Cherry  

Where's the pie at Trixie??? Wait til you hear what happened to Trixie's beautiful pie, it's enough to make you cry!!!    Recipe: http://thebeeroness.com/2013/11/15/bruleed-pumpkin-beer-pie/ Pie Crust we mentioned: https://ohmyveggies.com/vegan-gluten-free-pie-crust/    

How hard is it to be certified organic? Jessica enlightens us to the struggle of tracing all indredients for Giant Jones beers back to their source.  Why join the crazy world of craft brewing now? We'll find out how much the community of beer means to this brewmaster. Robin gives us some insight on super localized marketing of this new brewery in Madison. 

Trixie and Hath share some old school Madison beer scene memories, we get the Ale Asylum birth story, learn about philanthropy in the beer biz and how can we make the beer world more diverse?  Just FYI this is recorded in a bar so there's definitely some crowd noise :) 

How do great breweries start? Turns out pretty organically in the case of Karben4.  Friends become biz partners and the rest is beer history.  One of my favorite podcasts we've ever done as we find out what the future is for Karben4, what are the best and worst parts of the beer biz, and what was Alex drinking in college? 

The broads give their tips on which beers you can drink all day in the summer and not end up passed out with bad tan lines.  Refresh Radler from Wisconsin Brewing CompanyColada-ral Damage from O'soSuburban Beverage from Perennial Artisan AlesHopalicious vs Hopalicious Skyrocket

Here's the recipe for Beergaritas!! We used Dogfish Head Seaquench Ale and Indeed Brewing Mexican Honey Imperial Lager 2 cans or bottles beer4 Cups limeade concentrate (such as Minute Maid®)2 Cups tequilaIce CubesLime WedgeSalt for Rim Here's the Shrimp recipe 1 pound of 21-25 shrimp, peeled, cleaned, & deveined½ bottle of SHW1 ½ tbsp honey½ tbsp chili paste2 green onions, small diced1 tsp salt Combine beer, honey, chili paste, salt and onions into a large bowl and mix well. Add the cleaned shrimp to the mixture and marinate for up to 24 hours. Place shrimp onto bamboo skewers, 5 or so on each. Place skewered shrimp onto a hot, oiled grill, and cook for roughly 2-3 minutes a side. Makes 5 servings. 

What's the best part of summer? ICE CREAM FLOATS!! What ccould make it better?  BEEEEEEEEEEER!!! So Delish! Try your own and tell us what you loved!!!

Ciders we covered:  Restoration Cider Door County Cherry Mershon's Artisan Cider The Cider Farm  Ace Space  Quote of the day "How cool to be married to one of Jabba's possibly bitches."   

Get to cookin'!! The recipe and pix of the process will all be posted on our facebook page as well!!! We pick which porter is best for the soup, Winter's Mistress, Contorter Porter, or Dark Knight Returns! 

Trixie gotta care package from her sister!! So we try some high powered beers from Joymongers Wine Bourbon Barreled Tripel and an Bourbon Barreled Old Fashioned Ale. We also cover the advantages of crowler vs growler! Cheers!

Trixie and Dee are feelin' the Saint Patrick's Day vibe and the beer choices show it!!!  What are your staples for the drinkin' holiday? We picked Guiness, Innis & Gunn Kindred Spirits, Boulder Beer Company Irish Blessing and Great Lakes Conway's Irish Ale. Cheers!

Trixie and Dee try some strange brews this episode!  Decadent Ales Creamsicle DIPA Dog Fish Head Midas Touch Mobcraft Dudeism White Russian Stout Against The Grain - Kamen Knuddeln    

Shorts Brewing Company - Bloody Beer Odd Side Ales - Citra Pale Ale  New Holland Brewery - Hoptronix Founders - KBS  

Social media is hard enough to navigate around when you're just an everyday person.  Running a Brewery's social media or being associated with a brewery and having personal social media pages has a whole new set of problems.  How have people in the beer world messed up royally online? Find out 3 very different examples of social media faux pas.

What is a vertical tasting?  It's when you take the same beer from different years and sample them back to back! Give it a try and get back to us on your findings!

Trixie and Dee try 4 different brews from Minnesota!!! Including beers from Summit Brewing, August Schell Brewing, Indeed Brewing, and Surly.  

We dive into the Christmas season with bbbbeeeeeeeeeeeer!!!!  Great Lakes Christmas Ale, Samichlaus, St. Bernardus, and Peppermint Bark Porter from Two Brothers,       

What makes a beer a lambic?  What are the tastiest ones out there?? Find out on this episode of 2 Hopped Broads!!