Round two ... FIGHT! This week we're wrapping up our Six Pack Series featuring stouts, by crackin' open a few more cans and then ranking everything to help Beerfessor Mike figure out why they're one of Elyse's least favorite types of beer ... Or are they? Tune in to find out! Cheers!

Crackin' One Open

Seventy Eight: Six Pack Series - Stouts Part Two!

Maybe went overboard on the title of this episode, but we're excited to bring you another beer challenge! This installment of the Six Pack Series will feature Mike as the Beerfessor, challenging Elyse to come face to face (or mouth to glass?) with her least favorite style of beer. This challenge features 6 stouts - new, old, and classic. Tune in for round one and a lot of fun! Cheers!

Seventy Seven: Six Pack Series - Stouts Part One!

This week we're crackin' open Perch, a blonde ale from Nod Hill Brewery located in Ridgefield, CT. Are New Zealand hops our new favorite thing?! Tune in to find out how these hops make this beer special, and what else makes this brewery so unique! Cheers!

Seventy Six: Perch Blonde Ale

This week we're crackin' open Blue Raspberry from Evil Twin Brewing by way of the Twelve Percent Beer Project. Evil Twin's main brewery is out of Queens, NY and Twelve Percent as our listeners know, is out of North Haven, CT. This sour IPA is a delightfully light and balanced beer that is not too sour and not too sweet and altogether very refreshing. A great introduction to sour beers for someone who maybe doesn't like most other beer varieties, Blue Raspberry might be a beer, but its almost like a seltzer. Tune in to find out more about this interesting concoction! Cheers!

Seventy Five: Blue Raspberry

Happy St. Patrick's Day! This week we're taking it back ... waaay back ... to learn about Guinness and Smithwick's (aka the classics) and even St. Patrick himself! Tune in because, well, we had a lot of fun and we know you will, too! Slainte!

Seventy Four: Let's Get Shamrocked

This week we're crackin' open Little Lungs, an IPA from Short Throw Brewing Co. out of Richmond, VA and North Haven, CT. This one is an interesting yet simple mix of familiar and new hops, that took us both by surprise! Tune in to find out more. Cheers!

Seventy Three: Little Lungs IPA

This week we're crackin' open Czech Mix, a pilsner from Back East Brewing Company located in Bloomfield, CT. We've been meaning to try this one for a while, and it does not disappoint! Czech it out ... I mean, tune into the episode to learn more and find out what makes a pilsner, a pilsner! Cheers!

Seventy Two: Czech Mix

This week we're crackin' open #SORRYNOTSORRY, a peach IPA from Evil Genius Beer Company in Philadelphia, PA. But, you say, Elyse hates peaches, why would you choose a peach beer? Because she's brave! That's why! Mike and Elyse try this low IBU, extremely drinkable beer that seems like the perfect beer for the summer, in the middle of winter. Plus it's peachy! So that's a plus. So let's crack on open and learn about some beer!

Seventy One: #SORRYNOTSORRY Peach IPA

This week we're crackin' open Unwind, a hoppy pilsner from Offshoot Brewing Co. in Placentia, CA. Join us to hear about this unique group of breweries and what makes this hoppy pilsner stand out among the rest! How will you Unwind from a hard day's work?

Seventy: Unwind Hoppy Pilsner

This week we're crackin' open Fluffinity, a hazy New England IPA from Night Shift Brewing in Everett, MA. Tune in to learn all about this jack-of-all-trades brewery that gifted us with a refreshing new take on an NEIPA! Cheers!

Sixty Nine: Fluffinity NEIPA

This week we're crackin' open Nugget Nectar Ale, an imperial amber ale from Troegs Independent Brewing in Hershey, PA. Tune in to find out what makes this imperial amber special, and why it took us by surprise! Cheers!

Sixty Eight: Nugget Nectar Ale

This week we're crackin' open Handline Kolsch from Devil's Purse Brewing Company, located in South Dennis, MA. Tune in to learn more about kolschs and what makes this one unique! Cheers!

Sixty Seven: Handline Kolsch

Guten tag! This week we're traveling overseas to crack open Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Weizen straight from Bamberg, Germany. Tune in to learn all about this traditional smokebeer and the rich history of the tavern itself. Prost!

Sixty Six: Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Weizen

Do you feel it? That ... Cosmic Connection? Well, in case you missed it, this is a sour New-England style IPA collab from Victory Brewing Company and Sixpoint Brewery. It was too interesting to pass up and we're sure glad we snagged it, so tune into this week's episode to learn more! Cheers!

Sixty Five: Cosmic Connection Sour IPA

Happy New Year, and congratulations on surviving 2020! This week we're crackin' open Mount Pisgah IPA from Norbrook Farm Brewery in Colebrook, CT. Grab one for yourself and tune into this episode as we welcome 2021. Cheers!

Sixty Four: Mount Pisgah IPA

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