Show 68 - Ale Asylum Beer Show
Join us as we enjoy beers from Madtown's up-and-coming Brewery and Brew Pub - The Ale Asylum. Hint for the unlearned, Madtown is an alias for Madison, WI. Limited availability in bottles, but always available in growlers and pints from the pub. It's beer that's «fermented in sanity.»
Class and culture abound during this show. Well, class and culture as defined by the BigFoamyHead hosts!
Book readings? Yes! We read an excerpt from Charlie Papazians book «Microbrewed Adventures.»
Movie Information? Of course! We celebrate the opening of Black Snake Moan - «everything is hotter down south.» This movie was filmed in Memphis and set in Stanton, TN which is about 40 miles from the beer studio. You can hear the sounds of the cicada, frogs and crickets throughout the movie that is synonymous with the midsouth in the summer time.
Art? Indeed. We have a discussion on some of the folk art which is featured in the liver stretching exercise preshow video. We also talk about the art of brewing and beer competitions.
More class and culture? Of course! We delve in to Haiku, the ancient Japanese form of poetry. Rub your eyes and wake the kids!
The movie inspired us to dig out some of the older blues tracks... including one of the original versions of Black Snake Moan and a cover of Memphis Minnies «Tricks ain't walking.»
That's not enough you say? Okay, we're starting something new - promoting interesting blogs! This week we recommend Beer Haiku and The Opinionated Beer Page.
Still not enough? We have a great news segment with Rick Lyke.
Beers we sampled this show...
- Ale Asylum Madtown Nutbrown Ale
- Ale Asylum Hopalicious American Pale Ale
- Ale Asylum Ambergeddon Amber Ale
Seek Asylum. Listen here!
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