The Ales and Tales Podcast

Part 2 of our On-Location recording and review at Marble Fox Brewing in Downtown Nashville.  We go through a flight of options and flavors offered.  Might there be some options you would like?  Listen in to find out.  Let us know what you think. Also, help us spread the word by supporting, sharing, liking and subscribing! We welcome your support: find us on Patreon or find all links at www.theales...

Just in time for your Memorial Day Weekend listening and drinking pleasure….Part one of our On-Location recording and review at Marble Fox Brewing in Downtown Nashville.  This one starts swinging hard with a nice and high ABV IPA.  Have you had the chance to try it  It’s a treat!  But is it for you?  Listen in to find out.  Let us know what you think. Also, help us spread the word by supporting, s...

This episode is dangling out there to lure you in.  A fishing branded beer by Northwoods brewery, “Glass” a DDH IPA.  Apparently, we are easily swayed…just the grippy, sandpaper-like can won us over.  But what about the beer?  Listen in to find out.  Let us know what you think. Also, help us spread the word by supporting, sharing, liking and subscribing! We welcome your support: find us on Patreon...

If you’ve been a listener for a while, you’ll know about XUL Brewing and their MixTape beer.  And this one gives us a chance to try their new releases all together.  Fruit and peanut butter everywhere!  Blueberry, Blackberry, Raspberry, Cherry, and Banana.  Listen in to get the scoop.  Have you tried any of them?  Let us know what you think. Also, help us spread the word by supporting, sharing, li...

Deep talk about beer AND professionalism/appearance on this episode.  Flying Machine Brewery out of Wilmington, NC brings us the hazy goodness with Moments In Between Hazy IPA.  Let us know if you’ve tried it and what you think. Also, help us spread the word by supporting, sharing, liking and subscribing! We welcome your support: find us on Patreon or find all links at www.thealesandtalespodcast.c...

At 8.5% ABV, a few of these might actually have you seeing pink elephants.  Delirium Tremens Belgian Ale, comes swinging smoothly in.  Could it be the perfect upgrade to a Waffle House meal?  Let us know if you’ve tried it and what you think. Also, help us spread the word by supporting, sharing, liking and subscribing! We welcome your support: find us on Patreon or find all links at www.thealesand...

Who doesn’t like a crustless PB&J?  Nashville’s Marble Fox brings us an adventurous ale.  As Carlee calls it, “A mood ring drink.”  It keeps changing.  Do you get more peanut butter…or do you get more Jelly?  Let us know if you’ve tried it and what you think. Also, help us spread the word by supporting, sharing, liking and subscribing! We welcome your support: find us on Patreon or find all li...

Our second Sierra Nevada non-alcoholic drink in the Dry January block.  Can they come back from our last review? That was rough!  Lemon and pine, and more focused on the actual flavors of a solid IPA, it surprised us.  Let us know if you’ve tried it and what you think. Also, help us spread the word by supporting, sharing, liking and subscribing! We welcome your support: find us on Patreon or find...

Sierra Nevada’s Hop Splash Sparkling Hop Water, a non-alcoholic drink for those of you interested in the Dry January joys of trying weird stuff.  Lots of funny discussion about dumb decisions…might this drink be one of them?   Let us know if you’ve tried it and what you think. Also, help us spread the word by supporting, sharing, liking and subscribing! We welcome your support: find us on Patreon...

Crazy Gnome Brewing’s Amaretto Amarillo Armadillo Non-Alcoholic Nut Brown Ale.  A mouthful of a name.  Our first of the non-alcoholic beers for Dry January….a personal struggle for me…Is it still beer?!  Let us know if you’ve tried it and what you think. Also, help us spread the word by supporting, sharing, liking and subscribing! We welcome your support: find us on Patreon or find all links at ww...

Part of Yazoo Brewing’s “Embrace the Funk” series:  Cranberry and cinnamon Deux Rouge, a Flanders Red ale with wild yeast aged in Merlot barrels from around 2015.  Then closet-aged by Ben, and brought from his collection.  Does it pay off to age some beers?  Some say yes, some say no. This episode has all the emotions.  Let us know if you’ve tried it and what you think. Also, help us spread the wo...

Whoa Bear!, an IPA collaboration from Fonta Flora and Trophy Brewing makes us ask the question…does a bear like beer?  Well, yes, it turns out.  Listen in to see how, and to find out if this beer for you.  Let us know if you’ve tried it and what you think. Also, help us spread the word by supporting, sharing, liking and subscribing! We welcome your support: find us on Patreon or find all links at...

Pumpkin.  Ah, the season of pumpkin flavored everything.  Today we try Market Garden Brewery’s Franklin Castle Pumpkin Spice Ale.  A Double IPA to be specific. This one split the group.  Listen in to see if it’s for you, and let us know if you’ve tried it and what you think. Also, help us spread the word by supporting, sharing, liking and subscribing! We welcome your support: find us on Patreon or...

Tis the season for Oktoberfest Beer!  Festbier brewed by an authentically difficult to say German name (Störtebeker Brauspezialitaten, and Sierra Nevada, here for your Autumnal enjoyment.  Also…some learnins about NC brewing companies.  Listen in to see if it’s for you, and let us know if you’ve tried it and what you think. Also, help us spread the word by supporting, sharing, liking and subscribi...

Well this is very different!  Makgeolli or “Sool”  is a Korean Rice Brew.  This one, flavored with coffee, brings sweet, milky smooth alcohol to the party.  It’s drastically different than what we expected.  You’ll get some interesting faces when people try it.  Listen in to see if it’s for you, and let us know if you’ve tried it and what you think. Also, help us spread the word by supporting, sha...

From Asheville NC brewery Burial Beer, we have “Sturdy.”  One of the simplest named beers from Burial (if you are familiar with their different offerings, you understand).  Confusing imagery, and unique flavor profiles abound.  Listen in to see if it’s for you, and let us know if you’ve tried it and what you think. Also, help us spread the word by supporting, sharing, liking and subscribing! We we...

From local Nashville Brewers, Barrique Brewing and Blending, the Barrique Northumberland English Style Summer Ale comes swinging in for the end of Summer.  Interesting fruit notes, clean, crisp, and yet slightly tart.  Listen in to see if it’s for you, and let us know if you’ve tried it and what you think. Also, help us spread the word by supporting, sharing, liking and subscribing! We welcome you...

From the makers of fine cheeses, beers, and holy vows…It’s a Trappist Abbey-Monk-Made Belgian Blond.  Say that five times, fast.  Unique flavors, and cool history coming at you in this episode. Listen in to see if it’s for you, and let us know if you’ve tried it and what you think. Also, help us spread the word by supporting, sharing, liking and subscribing! We welcome your support: find us on Pat...

 Beer flavored beer!  What a novel concept...and with all the different flavor additions out there, it’s good to get back to the basics sometime.  The first one is from Divine Barrel Brewing out of NC.  The second, comes to us from Costco.  Kirkland brand Helles Lager.  Can it compete?  Well….it’s actually Deschutes Brewery’s “Prinz Crispy.”  Both are needed after a shopping stint at Costco.  List...

From New Glarus Brewing out of Wisconsin, the New Glarus Raspberry Tart is here to make your mouths water….literally.  There’s some pucker.  There’s some sweet.  There’s definitely, some raspberry.  Listen in to see if it’s for you, and let us know if you’ve tried it and what you think.  Also, help us spread the word by supporting, sharing, liking and subscribing! We welcome your support: find us...

A pretty easy to find beer, and one of the O.Gs.  Malty, caramel, butter, and some interesting notes in this brew by Oregon based Rogue Ales.  Also, we could have had some fun with editing…BEN!  There’s some pop-up social commentary…always enhanced by beer…so there’s that too.  Oh well.  Let us know if you’ve tried Rogue Dead Guy Ale and what you think.  Also, help us spread the word by supporting...

Cigar City Brewery out of Tampa Florida brings the fastball with their flagship beer Jai Alai IPA.  At 7.5% ABV, it packs full flavor and a punch.  Drink a few of these and you just may feel like you got hit by a Jai Alai ball.  Frequently able to be found on tap, and in most stores, it’s a solid IPA.  Also in this episode, learn all and more you could ever want to know about the Hoover Dam.  Let...

When the first scent is “sweetness AND sugar AND Chocolate,” what will that lead to?  Southern Grist brings the breakfast with Marbits. IPA brewed with cereal marshmallows.  You may love it….you may not. Oh, and some research led to the knowledge that “marbits” is the official name for Lucky Charms cereal marshmallows….MARshmallow BITS….that makes sense.  Let us know if you’ve tried it and what yo...

Today’s beer is a Japanese Rice Lager brought to us by Proper Saké Co. and Southern Grist Brewing. Koji, or Aspergillus oryzae, is used to ferment soy sauce, miso, and of course….saké.  Yay for fungus poop.  Listen in to see if you want to give Koji Gold a try! Let us know if you’ve tried it and what you think. Also, help us spread the word by supporting, sharing, liking and subscribing! We welcom...

Today’s beer is a collaboration between Nashville’s Yazoo Brewing and Austin’s Jester King Brewing, is an IPA called A Pale Green Horse. It also brings with it a wide range of scents. Fruit, Leather?...and wet dog?!  Ok, maybe lollypops…  Well…Listen in and find out if it makes sense to you.  Let us know if you’ve tried it and what you think. Also, help us spread the word by supporting, sharing, l...