Stoutcast

Lead Dog Brewing, Epic Brewing, Movement Brewing and The Bruery all take a crack at the title of best-ever. Three of them may have actually done so.

Last time we came to New Helvetia in Sacramento, we stunk up the joint with some skunky beer. This time, we brought the goods. As fun as learning about old beer was last time, we may have had even more fun this time.

This interesting flight features Bellhaven Black, Allagash North Sky and Evil Twin Biscotti Break and, of course, our interesting hosts.

Match Game, The Great British Baking Show and The Funky Bunch supreme leader all are part of the conversation in this episode, which also features two new members for our "Best Of" list. The answer to the Match Game question is roasted malts. Why? What were you thinking?

The big 5-0 has hit in more ways than one and we are back on campus in more ways than one. Celebrate the beginning of Season Four, much like Season One began: with a beverage from David Weiss.

For a couple of years, the Stoutcast founder has been hiding in corners of bars recording his thoughts on stouts while his family wonders why Daddy takes so long to pee. He may or may not have been accused of being a federal agent and/or a spy. This is the result of those efforts.

The Oregonian suds fairy, which is a close cousin of Sasquatch, gave our gentle tasters more than a dozen craft-brewed stouts to ponder. They've pondered and this is the last episode of that series.

Whilst the Dodgers and Braves battled nearby in Game 6 of the NLCS, the Moffitt/Wards battled the elements: lack of respect for ranch on pizza, helpful ale house staff, and the irresistible urge to throw down some cornhole, while one of our merry band discovered that some stouts might not be that bad. On tap for this flight: two beers from 903, and one each from Left Hand, and Texas Ale Project.

Our merry band of beer connoisseurs continue to battle technical challenges and find inspiration in the words, "Hold on for one more day." Need a laugh? Need some good beer? This is the place

In this episode, Joey and Chris and Bob and Dan and Glenn and Jorge sample some of the best Oregon has to offer. Special appearance by Ricardo Montalbán.

Filled to the brim with pop culture references, this episode might remind you of the time Jack Nicholson got his nose sliced open. Possibly the worst flight ever on the cast. But man, we had fun doing it.

Bob and Glenn find a hidden gem of a stout in eastern Portland in this mini episode.

It took a lot of effort to get four beers to five people in three states without infecting anyone. And then someone drank half the beers.

This light-hearted episode takes Bob down one road he wasn't expecting and another road he doesn't know if he wants to visit. Great insight in craft brewing can be found on a '68 Volkswagon.

Brewers love to tell you how great their beer is. They should. They're usually right. But not Knee Deep's Chris and Dean. They tell it like it is and give some pretty unique insight along the way.

We don't have enough musical interludes in our episodes. That complaint can be made no longer. And no, the Titanic will not be included.

Who needs a laugh? We did! And we got some with this episode, which was without a doubt the most difficult to set up and produce, at least since the first one.

To many people, a chancla is simply the Spanish word for flip-flop. But in many Spanish-speaking households, the thought of a chancla used as hard foam, plastic beating device brings shudders.

Party time in Vegas with four stouts, two from Tenaya Creek and two from Mother Earth leave our host and guest deep in thought amidst the lyrics of Hall n Oates swirling in their heads.

Eleven stouts in a skosh over half an hour. Not a clinker in the bunch, but a bunch of nutty beers.

Ohhhh, there's some fluffernutter goodness to be had, the first "Excellent" ratings of the year and Todd feeds his first stout to the Stoutcast cat.

Several years ago, Guinness was about the only stout on local supermarket shelves. But then Bike Dog's milk stout landed in the refrigerator and confirmed our suspicion that you could introduce dairy, or something like it, with the malted goodness that make a stout.

Two years ago, the Stoutcast's creator celebrated a birthday by co-hosting the first episode. It only took five months to post. Fast forward and you're getting this inside of a week. Mammoth, Sierra Nevada, Alesmith and Lucky Luke are put through their paces.