The Beer Temple Podcast (HD)

Finally, the time has come! We discuss the most famous of Belgian beers, the Tripel!

It simply can't be overstated: Sam Adams Utopias, a barrel-aged beer fermented to 27% alcohol is unlike any beverage ever brewed. This is a very special show, so I'll just shut up and let you watch!

Revolution has been a staple for some time in the Chicago area. But up until recently, if you wanted to taste their brews, you needed to head to their Logan Square pub. Now with addition of a huge new brewing facility, Revolution is canning their beer for distribution.

We've all been there - Out at a strange bar, or that friend's bbq who always has a cooler full of nothing but "premium" import lagers. What do you do?!?! Let's find out...

Pumpkin beers have become one of the most popular seasonal offerings for American craft brewers. With so many to choose from, we decided to do a follow up show to last years' pumpkin tasting, with a fresh batch of four fall pumpkin beers.

We're back again with a look at some of this year's Octoberfest offerings!

Few beers have the mystique of the original bourbon barrel stout, Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout. Chris tastes the latest vintage to see if it can hold up to previous efforts.

Sour and stout are two words that you don't see together very often. But if anyone can pull off a sour stout, it's the pride of Orange County, The Bruery.

Tallgrass brewing from Manhattan Kansas is the featured brewery on today's episode.

Maine Beer Company specialized in producing hoppy american-style ales. Today Chris tastes their flagship ale, Peeper.

Tasting three beers from small Wisconsin brewery, Ale Asylum: Ambergeddon, Bedlam Belgian IPA, and Hopalicious IPA.

Alpine brewing has a cult following. Hard to get, and very tasty, these are beers people go out of their way to obtain. As a result, most people haven't had a chance to try their stuff. New Belgium to the rescue! NBB has collaborated with Alpine, allowing them to brew on a scale they have never done before. The result: An Alpine beer with mass availability.

In part 2 of our evaluation of Trappist Dubbels, we taste the heralded Westvleteren, as well as Rochefort, and La Trappe.

The Trappist monks of Belgium live a quiet and secluded life. But that doesn't prevent them from brewing some of the most sought after beers in the world. Belgian Dubbel is a beer invented by the Trappists, and is one of their most recognized styles--thanks to the iconic Chimay Red ale. In this two-part series, Chris and Margaret will taste Chimay Red, along with every other Trappist Dubbel being made today. Enjoy!

During the first English expeditions to the North pole, Allsopp Brewery of Burton-on-Trent would brew special "Arctic Ales" for the explorers. These beers, a close cousin to modern barleywines, would weather the chilly temperatures and proved to have amazingly long shelf lives. To this day, some of the original arctic ales are still drinkable over 175 years after they were brewed. Chris and Margaret taste a recreation of the Arctic Ale, based on the original Allsopp recipe.