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  • Show 125 - Mikkeller Beer Show

    We get to sample some really great beers this show from a very talented Danish Brewer.  Mikkel Borg Bjergsø is running Mikkeller as a one man operation. Mikkel is a gipsy-brewer - he rents into breweries, brewing in Denmark, around Europe and the United States. We also recorded the Christmas Beer Ta …

  • Show 124 - Port Brewing

    We get all up in the hops with our selections from Port Brewing on this latest installment. Musical pairings and selections by Fab T-Birds, Blondie, Jethro Tull, and Wynonie Johnson, and the ever-popular Whats Bugging Mike. Rick shares a seasonal dose of Class and Culture with Twas the night before …

  • Show 123 - Post GABF Beer Show

    Okay, what do you do after 3 days at the Great American Beer Festival followed by a downtown Denver pub crawl?  Go home, drink some more beer and record a podcast.  This is a rare show recorded at the BigFoamyHead Studio West.   We are a little incoherent, somewhat obnoxious.  but generally funny.  …

    on Nov 26, 08 0 comments
  • Show 122 - MBAA/ASBC Meeting

    BigFoamyHead was invited to attend a legitimate beer industry event - the Master Brewers Association of the Americas Rocky Mountain District held a joint technical meeting with the American Society of Beer Chemists (website) at the MillerCoors brewery in Golden, CO.  The highlight of the evening was …

    on Nov 10, 08 0 comments
  • Show 121 - GABF 2008 WBF 14

    This is a great show.  Join us at the World Brewers Forum - the Keg Ran Out Clubs KROC annual fund raiser.  Interviews with notables such as James Spencer Basic Brewing Radio/Video with Andy Sparks in tow, Gary Glass AHA, Randy Mosher author of Tasting Beer, Tony Simmons President and Head Brewer of …

    on Oct 23, 08 0 comments
  • Show 120 - Not So Beer Show

    We stopped drinking beer. Sweet! At least for this show anyway. Zaccman hooked us up with some outstanding berry mead (cause I cant say melluh, memel, uh mel-o-mel), Mikes prison-like hooch (courtesy of Johnny Max) is ready, and Rick has a few other bottles he pilfered, so we get to drinking! Some b …

    on Oct 03, 08 0 comments
  • Show 119 - The Bittersweet Beer Show

    This show was recorded weeks ago and some of the topics are dated.  Actually, you should skip the third segment all together if youre easily offended by language, race or politics.  Hey, that means you easily offended person - skip the third segment!  Dont say you werent warned! We show our friends …

    on Sep 23, 08 0 comments
  • Show 118 - Down Under Beer

    Join us as BigFoamyHead hosts a VIP guest - friend of show Joe Galea (http://www.joegaleaband.com) visits us from Down Under.  Its an Australia-American collaboration.  Joe visits Graceland, STAX records, and performs on Beale Street - then we drink beer and talk about it.  Imagine that?! Beers we s …

    on Sep 03, 08 0 comments
  • 22nd Annual Great Taste of the Midwest

    Join Rick as he wanders around the 22nd Great Taste of the Midwest in Madison, WI.  The weather was perfect, the beers were fantastic!  Interviews include the MHTG Club Mom Judy, Christine and Jeremy from the live event webcast, Isaac from New Holland Brewing, Dean Coffee from Ale Asylum, Mike from …

    on Aug 12, 08 0 comments
  • Show 117 - Chicken and Beer

    Yum. Although no chickens were harmed in the production of this show, we did kill a few quality beers as well as do permanent liver damage. Join us as we get a live-from-the-field report from Rick about Great Taste of the Midwest and several other events. We also do a Rufus Thomas (Mister Funky Chic …

    on Aug 10, 08 0 comments
  • Show 116 - Odds and Ends Beer Show

    Yet another show where we clean out the beer cooler. Mike and Dick lean towards IPA while Rick cruises all over the place, we do a clone taste test to see how close Mikes homebrew gets to a Bells classic, and discuss merchandising opportunities for Womens Volleyball. Cool tunes by Michael Hill Blues …

    on Aug 03, 08 0 comments
  • Show 115 - Anniversary Beer Show

    Yes, hard to believe, but we are 3 years old! We celebrate this milestone with the typical third anniversary gift, beer! Not just any beer, but some special homebrew offerings from our friends James Spencer (Basic Brewing), Phil (Clarkehead Brewing) and Craig (BrewBubbas), and a special Avery 15th A …

    on Jul 19, 08 0 comments
  • Show 114 - Pirate Beer Show

    WARNING: Not Safe For Work (NSFW) due to explicit language. Send the kiddies out of the room. Ahrrrr. Gratuitous pirate noises abound in this episode as we hit Brouwerij Van Steenberge for some high seas (and high alcohol) beverages. And we become victims of pirates ourselves, as wives and neighbor …

    on Jul 03, 08 0 comments
  • Show 113 - THE END IS NEAR… so lets drink a beer!

    WARNING: Not Safe For Work (NSFW) due to explicit language.  Send the kiddies out of the room. BigFoamyHead goes emo and adds to the national hysteria.  If you watch CNN, even casually, youll start to notice that the reporting is formulaic - disaster and financial ruin, pretty much in that order.  C …

    on Jun 27, 08 0 comments
  • THE END IS NEAR… so lets drink a beer!

    WARNING: Not Safe For Work (NSFW) due to explicit language.  Send the kiddies out of the room. BigFoamyHead goes emo and adds to the national hysteria.  If you watch CNN, even casually, youll start to notice that the reporting is formulaic - disaster and financial ruin, pretty much in that order.  C …

    on Jun 25, 08 0 comments
  • Show 110 - The Spare Beer Show

    You might think, to paraphrase Jerry Seinfeld, that this is a show about nothing.  Au Contraire mon cheri - this show is about the things we love - beer, blues and BBQ!  I know, you are stunned.  Its our wrap up show from the Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival 08.   Dick and Rick sitting aro …

    on Jun 14, 08 0 comments
  • Show 112 - The Boulder Beer Show

    We had so much fun recording this show, we decided to just jump to it and defer the editting nightmares of our last two shows.  Boulder Beer Co is one of the oldest micro breweries out there (43rd to be precise) and the first one Colorado.  Nestled in Boulder Valley in a building known as the goat s …

    on Jun 05, 08 0 comments
  • Show 109 - The Homecoming Beer Show

    Rick joins us live in the studio! After a non-stop debacle of airline jackassery, he finally makes it home. Cary and Allen join Dick and Mike in the nail-biting waiting. Okay, no nails were bitten during the production of this podcast, but we did drink a lot of beer. And we provide Filipino language …

    on May 18, 08 0 comments
  • Show 108 - Drinking to Forget show

    It was just one of those days. Time to drink to forget your blues. We have some great music this session from Chris Thomas King live on Beale St, Omar and the Howlers and some Tab Benoit. Listen in as we do a mini rants on actors and earth week, the state of health care and gubment run health car …

    on May 14, 08 0 comments
  • Show 107 - Hopped Up Beer Show

    We have multiple oh sh*t moments in this show. Leading off with a near alcohol abuse moment, we continue to spiral downward. Luckily the beers dont. With some great hopped up offerings we smack up our taste buds. Beers sampled on this show: Mojo Rising DP IPA Mikes IPA Anderson Valley Imperial IPA N …

    on Apr 30, 08 0 comments