Brewtal Battle Podcast

Cellaring beer is often times a bad idea, so hear what happens when Carlin and Rebecca reach in to their cellar, pull out two very old beers, and get to tasting.

Carlin and Rebecca visited Sapwood Cellars again recently and decide there are two beers they need to share on the podcast.

Rebecca has been searching for this year’s beach beers, and this pack may just have the right mix. Listen as she and Carlin taste through five beers in a summer themed pack.

After a very long hiatus from the beer and food episode format, Carlin and Rebecca sit down with three cheeses and three beers to see what pairs well.

Carlin and Rebecca finish this run of on the shelf episodes with two hoppy beers. One tastes quite good, while the other ends up being disappointing.

After the last episode produced some stinkers, Carlin and Rebecca turn their attention to a sour beer from New Jersey and a hoppy offering from Maryland. One of the two impresses.

One beer for this episode is a hoppy offering from a Vermont brewery that has never been on the show before. The other is something creamy from a brewery Carlin and Rebecca have not tried any beers from in years.

Carlin and Rebecca start a stint of on the shelf episodes featuring breweries that have never been featured on the podcast before. This first one features something crisp and clean along with a hoppy offering.

Carlin and Rebecca found an interesting 3 Floyds variety pack, so they had to grab it for an episode. Hear how these hoppy beers pan out.

Carlin and Rebecca taste and evaluate two bbers from their favorite Maryland breweries.

Carlin and Rebecca end up tasting two local brews. One is very light and crisp, while the other is light and fruity.

Two more mystery beers are evaluated as one gives off a really odd aroma and the other is surprisingly tasty.

With assistance from an employee from a local beer store, Carlin and Rebecca have secured more beers for blind tasting. Hear how this first pairing fares with the Brewtal Battle rating system.

Reaching in to the beer cellar, Carlin and Rebecca pull out a beer that has been sitting for about 10 years and one for just over a year. Hear how these two pan out.

Carlin and Rebecca taste one of their best on the shelf episode pair of brews with a solid hazy and a very good fruited sour.

Carlin and Rebecca dig in to a hoppy beer from a New England brewery and a fruited sour from one of their favorites for the style.

Carlin and Rebecca try a baseball themed lager and an imperial IPA that harkens back to the days of the IBU wars.

Large distribution breweries are the focus of this on the shelf episode as Carlin and Rebecca taste two hoppy brews in twelve ounce cans.

Carlin and Rebecca took a trip to a beer store they have not been to in a while and grabbed some interesting new offerings. First up is from a German inspired brewery and the second is from a brewery well known for milkshake IPAs.

Carlin and Rebecca taste a very light and low ABV beer with fruit and a dark high ABV barrel aged beer.

The city of Havre De Grace, Maryland hosted its first beer festival and Carlin and Rebecca were in attendance. Hear about how it went and how the beers tasted.

In this episode, Carlin and Rebecca try one beer inspired by Rebecca’s favorite type of cake and a beer packed to the gills with fruit.

The final three gifted near beers are tasted and they do not disappoint. It seems this portion of the industry is on the rise.

Carlin and Rebecca received a gift of six new non-alcoholic beers recently. In this episode, they sit down to try the first three.

Two beers in black cans. One with an important past for Carlin and one that speaks to some of Rebecca’s favorite flavor profiles.