The Beer Temple Podcast (HD)

It goes by many names: Wee Heavy, Scotch Ale, 120 Shilling. Whatever you call it, these high-octane Scottish beers are a malt-lover's delight.

Thanks to a generous beer donation from a friend of the show, we get to taste Great River Brewing's 483 Pale Ale.

Usually Chris likes to talk a little bit about the history of the beer styles he's tasting, but that's hard to do with something as brand new as Belgian IPA. A style still very much in development, Belgian IPAs marry the yeasty flavors of Belgian ales with the bright hop character for which American craft beers are known. In this episode, Chris and Margaret taste three American examples of Belgian IPA.

Although the original pilsners came from the Czech Republic, they are often overshadowed by their crisper, lighter German cousins. Today we go back to the original source of Pils, tasting the first ever golden lager, as well as two more of it's Czech counterparts.

People often ask me which beer books are my favorite. I figured I'd start to record my thoughts on some of the many books about beer I've read. Please let me know what you think!

Nothing says Halloween like a bulldog dressed as a bumblebee and beers with ghosts on their labels. Luckily, we have both this episode. And as a bonus, the beer was delicious!

Coffee and beer is a match that just works. At their best, coffee beers take the best parts of both drinks and create something new and delicious.

Chris was fortunate to get his hands on a bottle of Goose Island's unreleased porter brewed to commemorate their 5000th brew.

Fall can mean many things to the beer lover - Oktoberfest, tailgating, maybe even pumpkin beers. But to the true hop-head it means one thing: the annual hop harvest in America. Each year, brewers race to brew with the freshest hops they'll have all year, often adding the hops to their brews less than twenty-four hours after they were plucked from the vine. Chris and Margaret taste three of this year's wet hop offerings. Enjoy!

This is our first "tour" of a specific brewery. Chris tastes three differnt beers from the same brewery - Dark Horse from Marshall Michigan.

Chris and Margaret needed a recovery beer after their last episode, so Chris pulled something very special from his cellar. A 10% Imperial Stout aged in 1966 Port Dundas Scotch Whisky Casks!

Chris and Margaret conduct a blind tasting of three of the most famous American macro lagers to decide which to drink the next time no craft beer options are available.

Chris tastes the very first offering from Belgium's newest lambic blender

The Great American Beer Festival is among the largest and most prestigious beer competitions in the world. Chris and Margaret sit down to taste three 2011 gold medal winners.

London porter was once the most famous beer style in the world. Despite this, very few historically accurate examples survive today. Chris tastes two attempts to recreate porters as they tasted during the height of their popularity.