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By admin, 17 years and 5 months ago

Show 52 - Bayhawk Ales Beer Show


Join us as we talk about The Pilsner Room - a great pub in Irvine, CA that is home to the Bayhawk Ales brewery. It might be the greatest beer you never knew you drank! Many thanks go to Chris Wright, the brewer who was decent enough to tolerate Rick watching him brew!

The music samplings start to explore the rock-a-billy sound that was born in Memphis - Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and others. We also discuss the founder of «metal» - Link Wray and the song Rumble - which you might recognize as the fight scene song from the 80's classic movie - Streets of Fire. (confirmed!)

Clarkes Manatee Pic!

We ponder the big questions in life, such as where did the Manatee go and can you find lederhosen in Memphis? Memphis had a moment of national fame - a manatee on a bender who wandered up the «big muddy» to find itself in the harbor at Mud Island.

Show snacks - jalapeƱo chips.



Bayhawk Ale beers we sampled during this show...

  • Bayhawk Ales Honey Blonde
  • Bayhawk Ales Amber Ale
  • Bayhawk Ales Chocolate Porter

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6 comments

#1. Clarke, 17 years and 5 months ago

Rick, you have some real guts, brother. You get a few beers in ya, then just waltz into the back and ask the brewer if you can look around? Awesome.

And did I get that story right? Elvis stole «Blue Suede Shoes»? Not that it would shock me. Elvis didn't originally write much of anything he sang, did he?

Dick, would you say Sam Phillip's selling Elvis' contract to RCA was the Rock & Roll equivalent of the Red Sox selling Babe Ruth's contract to the Yankees? Sounds like it.

Too bad about that manatee. Did they ever find it?

Cheers guys. Thanks for another killer show. Bayhawk makes great stuff. Next time you're in Irvine . . . look me up!

#2. Administrator, 17 years and 5 months ago

Clarke, thanks for the comments and thanks for the Manatee pic! That made me laugh. :)

I was worried about mentioning going into the brewery because ... well, lets just say I thought twice about it. But it is a cool story. He was mashing a bunch of grain! The brewer was a very nice guy, obviously a little shy. Karl Zappa is the General Manager. We might catch up with him for an interview soon... if we can figure out a decent way to do interviews from the beer studio.

I think the manatee snuck away. Maybe it's on the run. Dead beat Dad or runaway teen or something. Hard to say.

#3. Sickpuppy, 17 years and 5 months ago

Great show guys,I love manatees, they're delicious! :) Seriously I loved the whole Jerry Lee and Elvis discussion. Very interesting and entertaining.

#4. logan, 16 years and 1 month ago

listen this is not funy what you did to these manatees you don't need to do this this is not gonna get you more custamers it's not their fault you can do it on dogs ro humans for all i care just......on manatees.......now thats cruel!you should not do that i would really like it if you deleted it please don't do that that is not funny nor right you wouldn't like it if i put you all in it but most of you probabally don't care because yall are alcholics that have a family but care to much on your job or are to drunk to care for them.so you are probabally are gaining buisness but loseing your family think about that manatees have a life there not meant to be made fun of gosh and what is with tht manatees are delicious??????that is just wrong and you do know that is aginst the law!

#5. Administrator, 16 years and 1 month ago

Chill out logan. The dumb manatee came up the Mississippi river all by itself. It also died because it was winter and it froze to death. We didn't do a thing to the manatee - except a little editing of a photo.

#6. Phil, 16 years and 1 month ago

Logan, if that Manatee managed to find its way into the warm homes of Big Foamy Head, it would probably still be here with us today. But the reality of it all is that it didn't, so it died. We're paying an homage to the manatee, not making fun of it.

And how dare you call us alcoholics. We're drunks. Alcoholics go to meetings. Get your facts straight.

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