The Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines festival in Vail, CO is a brewers favorite. Location and time have helped build this to a world class event. Greg Koch, Adam Avery, Sam Calagione, Peter Bouckaert, Tomme Arthur and others help make this an industry top notch event. They bring their biggest and best offerings.

This year, BigFoamyHead focuses on startup breweries - our first interview is with Brian from Upslope Brewery. New to one of the most competitive markets in the world. Upslope started off canning their delicious beers which is a pretty ambitious way to go.

Lots of good information is coming for home brewers who dream about making the big leap - going pro!

Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines 2011 - Upslope Brewing Company of Boulder, CO

The third of the lost interviews series. Mick interviews Rick.

Simply put, Mick is brilliant. He has one of the most sophisticated homebrew systems I've ever seen. It's computer controlled, SRC relayed, PID controlled, yada-yada. The guy can control his brew day while watching a football game upstairs. When Mick was bored being a EE he went to school to become a pharmacist. This guy is smart.

Rick is a multiple-mega-award-winning guru - and no slouch when it comes to technology. He is an entreprenuer, businessman, father, man-about-town. Multiple Golds, ribbons, awards and a Pro-Am brewer.

Give a mic to one, listen to the other... podcast GOLD! Here's the audio.... well, perhaps 2 minutes of audio. Alcohol was involved!

GABF WBF 2010 Interview THREE (3)!!

The second of our "Lost Interview" series. If you've been living under a rock, you may not know who Jamil is. He's a fixture on the Brewing Network and most homebrewers aspire to get to his level of brewing to style - he's won 2 Ninkasi awards (2004 and 2007)! Coauthor of "Brewing Classic Styles" and more recently a collaboration with Chris White - "Yeast: The Practical Guide to Beer Fermentation"

This was a good interview! Hope you enjoy it.

GABF WBF 2010 Interview 2

What happened? One day it's September, then you turn around and it's a new year. No excuses - just simple humble apologies!

I'm going to fire these out in pretty quick order - there are 5 total interviews from the 2010 Great American Beer Festival and the World Brewers Forum.

Our first features brother Mike interviewing Chuck Skypeck - brilliant brewer and beer advocate in the Midsouth area. Chuck is the brewer for Bosco's and Ghost River Brewing.

GABF WBF 2010 Interview 1

This week we continue our exploration into beer with «stuff», including cheese. Gah. Also check out our holiday guide with reports from Phil of My Life as a Foodie and Groucho from The Beer Report. New beers and new blogs round this quality 9 minutes out. Listen up!

The debut of the BigFoamyHead.com show spin-off. Short Ones is a quick show that focuses on craft beer happenings on the web - who's talking about what beer and where, trends and events, and blogs and podcasts you need to know about, and its ONLY on Facebook and BigFoamyHead.com. Take 9 and 1/2 minutes of your life and listen up! And give me FEEDBACK! Join our group on Facebook - click on any of the Facebook icons on bigfoamyhead.com.

Reports of our death have been greatly exaggerated. Okay, so nobody reported it, and like we really need a reason to drink some good beer! Dick, Rick, Mike and Chris explore new realms of beer deliciousness in this show.

In Memoriam: Southern Tier - Imperial Creme Brulee Stout Laughing Dog - Dogzilla Stone - Emperial Weyerbacher - Simcoe Double IPA Boulder Beer - Hazed and Infused Founder's - Nemesis Bell's - The Oracle

Rick and Mike recollect their visits to GABF and the Beer Bloggers get together. Rick also waxes philosophically about the BrewDog End of History that he almost got to drink - but he did get to rub the stoat...

Get your live, uncensored interviews from the GABF here! And don't forget to vote for our boy Phil and his fabulous podcast «My Life As A Foodie» in the Best Food and Drink podcast at http://www.podcastawards.com

Music Samplings:

• Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Workin'
• James Brown - Blues for My Baby
• AC/DC - Hells Bells LIVE

Rise up and be one of the undead with us here.