The Beer Temple Podcast (HD)

Single hop beers make use of only a sole hop varietal, making them the perfect canvas for showcasing a hop's potential. Today, Chris tastes two of the best single-hop IPAs out there, Founder's Centennial IPA, and Bell's famous India Pale, Two Hearted. Both both beers use the same hop, Centennial.

Chris and Margaret get a preview of the upcoming Bramble Rye Bourbon County from Goose Island!

Chris and Margaret taste The original bourbon barrel stout, Goose Island's Bourbon County Brand Stout.

Following ironically in the footsteps of the 'easy to get beers' episode is a beer that is surely NOT going to be easy to get. Goose Island's Bourbon County Coffee Stout is one of the most sought after beers in America. Chris and Margaret get their hands on a bottle early to find out if the hype is worth it.

All too often, beers that are ranked among the best in the world are also some of the hardest to find. But that isn't always the case. In today's episode, Chris and Margaret taste beers that are among the world's best, but are still easy to find at your local beer bar.

Each winter hop heads around the country clamor to get Bell's hoppiest offering of the year, Hopslam. Is this 10% ABV monster up to the hype? Chris and Margaret taste it to find out.

Left Hand's flagship Milk Stout, available for the first time in a nitro bottle, stacks up to either the original or the nitrogenated version available on draft.

In part two of the IPA show, Chris tastes four more examples of what may be the stylistic king of craft beer.

A healthy dose of IPA is a staple part of any beer-lover's diet. Perhaps the flagship style of the craft beer revolution, American IPAs are a brewers chance to showcase hops. Filmed in two parts, Chris tastes through seven American IPAs

When people hear about abbey beers, usually, Belgium is the first place they think. But Germany also has a long tradition of monastic brewing. Today Chris and Margaret taste two Dunkels from German Klosters. Dunkels are a delicious tradition dark lager from Germany that deserve to get more love here in the States.

Weihenstephan and Weltenburg are two of the oldest breweries in the world, each approaching 1000 years of brewing history. Chris and Margaret pair these two old-timers head to head for a tasting of a classic German style - Dopplebock

Lagunitas couldn't produce their annual Christmas seasonal Brown Shugga this year, so they've brewed a replacement beer with the awesomely self-deprecating name Lagunitas Sucks. Chris and Margaret will taste the beer to see if in fact Lagunitas Sucks, sucks.

Friend of the show Omar donates some more beers for Chris to taste. This time it's from tiny Keweenaw brewing from the backwoods of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

People immediately think of Champagne when New Years rolls around. But there are also many wonderful beers that are equally appropriate to celebrate with. Brasserie Dupont's Avec Les Bon Voeux was orginally brewed as a New Years gift to their best customers.

Black IPAs are so new to the beer scene, that people can't even agree on what they're called. Some say black IPA, some say American Dark Ale, and still others call it Cascadian Dark Ale. Whatever you call it, when done right, the Black IPA combines tones of fresh american hops against a wonderful roasted malt backbone.