The Beer Temple Podcast (HD)

Each year at Christmas time, California-based The Bruery releases a beer inspired for a differen verse from the song "12 Days of Christmas". Today, Margaret and Chris and lucky enough to try the last three offerings side-by-side-by-side!

In the final part of our home for the holidays series, we taste beers from Chris' home state of Pennsylvania.

For the second home for the holidays episode, Chris and Margaret taste two beers from their present home state of Illinois

Chris and Margaret won't be making it home for the holidays this year, so they've decided to do the next best thing, and drink some hometown beers instead. First up is The First State - Margaret's old stomping ground.

Founded in 1829, D.G. Yuengling and Son is the oldest brewery in America. A family business lasting through prohibition, two world wars, and an ever increasing consolidation of the beer market , Yuengling is currently experiencing an unprecedented spike in popularity which has set it up to become the largest American-owned brewery in the U.S.

For our second book review, Chris discusses Randy Mosher's Tasting Beer, and talks about why he feels it is the best concise book on beer written to date.

Chris throws objectivity out the window in this episode as he tastes one of his desert island beers - Three Floyd's Alpha Klaus.

It's always interesting to compare the same beer year after year and evaluate how it ages. Today, Chris and Margaret and lucky enough to have a two year vertical of the Troegs limited release barleywine, Flying Mouflan.

Whether traveling for business or pleasure, there's a good chance that where you're going will have at least one quality brew pub. Chris and Margaret discuss incorporating beer into your travels, and taste three growlers they picked up over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Always looking to try something new, Chris opens up a bottle of Rockhopper IPA from RJ Rocker in Spartansburg South Carolina.

The unquestioned kings of craft beer, Russian Imperial Stouts are hugely flavorful and high in alcohol. No wonder the Russian court ordered these beers by the barrel. In the third part of our series on stouts, Chris and Margaret try three Imperial Stouts with the bona fides to put them at the top of their class. This one goes a little long, but trust us, it's worth it!

The unquestioned kings of craft beer, Russian Imperial Stouts are hugely flavorful and high in alcohol. No wonder the Russian court ordered these beers by the barrel. In the third part of our series on stouts, Chris and Margaret try three Imperial Stouts with the bona fides to put them at the top of their class. This one goes a little long, but trust us, it's worth it!

For the second episode in our series on stouts, we take a look at the deliciously creamy Milk Stout

The first episode in our four part series on stouts deals with the most common and popular type of stout in the world: Irish Stout. Chris tastes the three best-selling Irish stouts in the World, as well as a relative whippersnapper from the states.

Short's brews some of the most imaginative, inventive beers available. Too bad they're soo hard to get outside Michigan. Thanks to a generous listener of the show, Chris get's his hand on a whole bunch of Short's beers.