I love beer so much, and i love wine. Beer is my wife that i come home to and wine is the girlfriend i screw around with on the side, just becuase she is so hot and crazy. Anyway leaving a comment on this old episode solely for the QOTD

QOTD: My grandfather, he was my second father and an avid beer drinker. I never got to have a cold one with the guy. I wish i could.

Hi Gary, So glad to see you doing Beer. At a tasting last Fall in Minnesota I met this Belgian Guy, Johnny, who is an incredible storyteller. He introduced all these delicious tasting Belgian Beers-Piraat, Gulden Draak, Bruegel, Borem, Troubadour and Wittekerke to name a few. They call them Living Beers. The flavors are explosive.

I think you should sit down with this Johnny. Talk about PASSION, he's insane, just like you. He tells about recipes from Monks of 1295. Thanks for doing beer. Would love to see Beer Library. Cheers. Joseph

Love the epp, glad I found it in the archive. My beer sharing person would be The Apostle Paul, Julius Ceasar, Benjamin Franklin..or my ol' pops after he's had a great round of golf.

excellent show, would love to see more beer, beerlibrary anyone, aslo, one small correction, altho dipas are boiled long the fermentation process is the same, ie no double fermentation, unless you count bottle conditioning and not all dipas are bottle conditions. but gary please more beer show.

Good show, but its hard for me to get into beer. I just dont think it will ever be my thing. QOTD: A friend of mine from Indiana. We'd just kick back and pass the time telling weird stories and whatever nonsense snapped into our heads.

QOTD: Ben Franklin

What a nice young man. Of course he's from NE.
QOTD: Ooooh, my beer-drinking Dad who passed away when I was 13 and too young to share a beer with then.

A nice show, Gary & Brett...always glad when seeing people who know there's beer (type Bud) and BEER (the real stuff) and who can appreciate it! My favourite beer is Belgian of course, the Rochefort 8 or 10, but over Summer I prefer a "bolleke" (=de koninck) or a "palmke"...as I live in Spain, I buy some crates of these beers in Belgium and take them with me when driving back after Xmas.
Just a comment for Brett : the lambiks are made in Brussels and west of it, in Pajottenland (Cantillon is almost in the centre of Brussels, but some nice ones like Boon and Drie Fonteinen are in Pajottenland-region...not south of Brussels, as you said.
QOTD : with Larry Bird or Karl Malone (being a great basketball fan), with Stevie Winwood or Warren Haynes (over a nice music conversation) or just with anyone who can enjoy beer!
Greets,
Ilse

QOTD: My father

QotD: Probably Bob Dylan. Or Frank Zappa.

Loved this episode for many reasons.. love a great beer, love the collaboration, love the variety, and of course... love my Pats ;-) !

QOTD My grandparents, who have all passed on.

QOTD: A beer with my dad- never had the chance.

A little late in reply but... QOTD: My mom who passed away in 1995. She loved beer but I would probably share a nice pint of a nice pale ale. She sure loved Pabst (yuk).

My both my Grand fathers, because I love and miss them

QOTD: Easy, The Beer Hunter Michael Jackson.

I think that craft beers are starting to get their seats at the 'white table cloth' restaurants; not in the numbers that I'd like to see, but they're getting more and more prominent.

I participated in a "Head to Head" beer vs. wine dinner at a local brewery. I chose and poured the wines and the Brew Master chose the beers. 7 courses with 7 beers pitted against 7 wines. The diners had to choose their favorite for each course. I was bit disappointed because the beers won by a small margin, but I did realize that I was in a brewery and many of the attendees were beer fanatics.

QOTD: Julia Child

My dad! He clipped out a newspaper article about the rarest beer in the world - The abbey of Saint Sixtus of Westvleteren. So, me being a person who doesn't think that anything in not for sale; found it on EBAY! Bought a 6-pack for $40 (outrageous for the common man!). Was able to share a couple of bottles with him; and, man, was it GOOD!!!!

I still have 3 bottles, saving them for a special occassion!

But, seriously, you should do a show on Belgium beers! There are plenty of good ones out there and affordable to do a show!

Peace out,

Paul

MY DAD

QOTD: I'd have a beer with my Dad who passed away in March of '04. The last game we watched together was the Pats Superbowl. He was a huge Sox fan who didn't see them take it in '04. Man, I feel like crying. I miss him.

Good Beer TV episode Gary & Brett!
I started with wine years ago then in 1985, met a friend in the beer/publican business with 50 beers on tap, it was her passion for microbrewed beers that also became mine.
After finding your show and enjoying your relaxed but serious attitude about wine, I've started coming back to wine. Enjoying Rosemblum 2003 Rockpile Syrah & 2004 Maggies Reserve Zin.

BUT I have to take umberage with your statement about, only the seasonal nature of wines.
All of us know in the beer world, one of the most pleasing things about beer is the anticipation of seasonal beers/ales, that we can look forward to all year round.

Jan.- Feb.: Barleywines
March - May: Bock & Miabock
June - Aug.: Wheat beer/Pilsner/Kölsch style beers
Sept.: Harvest Fresh Hop Ales(http://www.sierranevada.com/beers/harvest_series.html)
Sept. - Oct.: Octoberfest/Marzen Lagers
Nov. - Dec.: Winter/Christmas Strong Ales & Stouts
(http://www.anchorbrewing.com/beers/christmasale...)
(http://www.sierranevada.com/beers/celebrational...)

Also more interesting/inventive beers -Pumpkin Ale for Thanksgiving,
Fruit beers for summer refreshers-Watermelon Wheat-Raspberry Brown,Coconut Porter. IPA, Double IPA, ESB, Rye Beers.
And that's not even touching on the renewed interest in the complex flavors of Belgium beer styles made here and abroad.
Not to mention some beers pair better with cheese and chocolate then most wines.

Not all of us Beer Geeks drink the same bland beer day after day, most of us actually enjoy the vast amounts of different flavor profiles that the microbrew revolution has brought us the last 20 years. Visit your local brewpub and discover a world of complex flavors, you may not have known existed.
Well all that said, I guess I am a lurker know more.

What a great episode, big fan of the stouts, not so much on the IPA's.

QOTD: Gary V for sure

Is it odd that i'm Belgian, and don't know the Belgian beers they had? Maybe! But i'm definatly going to change that!

Great episode, Bret's the man!! Go Pats from a fellow New Englander!

QOTD: I'd share a beer with my grandfather on my father's side, whom I've never met because he passed away when my father was just seventeen.

QOTD: Jimi Hendrix!

QOTD: If I could share a beer with anyone, it would either have to be Bill Gates or if I could understand him, Da Vinci.

Great Show, love beer esp. the stuff that is not found at your local Mega Super Mart. We are lucky here in Rochester to have a couple of great taphouses that carry a vast selection. Anything that is a cask beer is worth a try.

QOTD - I am very happy sharing a pint with anyone that will have a good chat, but if I could pick someone would have to say Simon Pegg.

Terrific -- but will you ever cover the hard stuff? I'd love to get your take on various whiskeys, etc.

Cool show, good guest!
QOTD - I would have a pint of British midland ale with Eric Clapton (when he was in Cream).

Great show...QOTD: If I could share a beer with anyone alive or dead I would want to share a beer with my grandfather's father on my mother's side. If I could share a glass of wine with anyone it would be Maynard James Keenan.

Good show, Scottish ale next time!
QOTD: Penn & Teller

As a wine lover I am getting more into good craft beers and really enjoyed this show. QOTD - I would have beer with my Dad - due to health issues he has not been able to drink beer for many years and I know he misses it.

I've been lurking for about a year now. You really brought the Thunder in this episode, Brett too. I won't go into how much Thunder I thought it brought but real top notch stuff Gary, favourite episode ever.

I really hope the wine community will one day give beer its due. However I hope to never spend more then 50 bones a bottle for the stuff.

QOTD: My Brother.

QOTD : My best man, saw him last week after many years. Was great to see him and have some brews.

I.P.A. - we never relly got the story. India (not indian) Pale Ale was originally brewed in the UK, with extra hops, and more alcohol, to help it to keep, on the long journeys to the colonies in India, hence the name. THe extra hops of course is responsible for the bittersweet symphony they so often deliver. MY favourite type of ber.

Great show guys!

QOTD: I would definitely have a beer with my grandfather, my mother's father, who I never had the chance to know, as he died in 1971, seven years before I was born. I heard through stories that he was a great person.

Louis Pasteur. I have often used his famous quote "Chance favors the prepeared mind" I'd like to see what he had to say about beer in the 21st century.

another great show. I just had my first traditional-style lambic and I loved it. i don't know much about beer, but I thought IPA had to do with the amount of hops put into the beer (as the high amount of hops would help to preserve beers that were shipped by boat to India).
qotd: without thinking for too long, I'll say Dennis Kucinich.

I'd share my beer with... anyone who'd like a chat!
New people are great! ; )

Nice one Gary!

qotd- gary's dad

Love to see you doing beer on the show. I definately like to mix it up. Trained my pal on beer 1st then scotch and now wine thanks to the thunder show...

QOTD: Carl Sagan

As a Philly original living in Seattle, I miss the Yuengling (technically not a craft beer, but a historic experience none the less) and visits to my favorite Vermont Brewery 'Long Trail Brewing' (their Blackberry Wheat beer IS summer).

..and you won't find me w/ any COWBOYS fans this Monday night - GO BIRDS!

QOTD - Ice cold beer with my wife on a hot summer evening. I know Gary, it hides the taste and I wouldn't do it will a really fine beer. But, that first sip in the backyard with the love of my life is pretty great.