On this week’s 150th episode of Beer Sessions Radio™ (listen here) host Jimmy Carbone welcomes two-fifths of the Kings County Brewers Collective, along with John Kleinchester of Beertography. KCBC members Kyler Serfass and Jason Sahler discuss the evolution from homebrewing to micro/nano brewing, along with giving a breakdown of the annual NYC Homebrewer’s Guild’s competition, Homebrew Alley 7, which has grown from a few dozen entries to almost 800 in 2013. (Spoiler alert… not a single beer won best of show: first place was a mead, second was a cider, third was a gluten-free pale ale.)
Along with John, they also talk about how to continue to grow craft beer among traditional beer drinkers in NYC and beyond, including through education and social media that makes beer drinking a collective activity.
Jimmy finds humor in a serious subject when Rick Lyke, founder of Pints 4 Prostates, calls in to talk about the connection between men and beer (and, not coincidentally, men and prostate cancer). His own early detection led him on a beer crusade to let men know about this disease.
And it’s not just men’s health we’re thinking about. Flying Fish owner Gene Muller calls in to tell us about his Sandy relief beer going online this Saturday (2/16) in New Jersey. Flying Fish is serious about its global footprint, so you’ll have to go to Hoboken or Jersey City if you want to drink his brew, but his solar powered brewery and recycled water (for gardening) shows the brewer puts his money where his beer is!
Plus everyone’s favorite beers of the week.