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Episode 087 – Efes Pilsner

Dave Martorana — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:18:44 +0000

Our first beer from Turkey! Efes is the largest beer brand in Turkey, with about an 82% market share. Although originally a national brand, Efes is now owned by the international Efes Beverage Group, who are responsible for distributing Coke in Turkey, and contract-brewing other brands, such as Warsteiner, for the region.

Efes Pilsner, an “American Adjunct Lager” style beer made partially with rice (which usually elicits low ratings from both of us) scores in the mid-80s – not bad for a mass-produced adjunct lager.

Episode 075 – Kirin Ichiban, Sapporo Reserve

Dave Martorana — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:56:50 +0000

A freshly-shaven Johnny and an always shaven Dave head east to try a couple of mass-production lagers from Japan. The two beers have an odd, intertwining past, and dealings with other well-known brewing conglomerates to create a bizarre web of ownership, contract brewing, and shared pasts. That said, they turn out to be exactly what you would expect – light on flavor and profile, sitting nicely in the mass-production-lager niche that Bud and Miller have come to define.

Episode 034 – Happy New Years 2009! – Kronenberg 1664 and Young’s Double Chocolate Stout

Dave Martorana — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:55:37 +0000

We (Dave and Johnny) ring in 2009 with two possibilities for your New Year’s party – a mass-consumable but tasty euro-pale lager, Kronenberg 1664, and one of the best beers we’ve tried since we started Two Guys On Beer – a milk stout – Young’s Double Chocolate Stout.

Episode 030 – Breckenridge Oatmeal Stout, St. Feuillien Cuvee De Noel

Dave Martorana — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:02:31 +0000

We take a look at Breckenridge’s Oatmeal Stout and are slightly disappointed, but perhaps due to prior expectations. The Cuvee De Noel, from St. Feuillien, scores much better, but not perfect. Perhaps we were just crabby.

Beer Diaries!

Dave Martorana — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:26:28 +0000

We’ve been thinking of starting beer diaries for a while – short, one-beer clips that happen kind of on the fly. Unscripted, slightly unprepared, but fun and still within the heart of what Two Guys On Beer stands for.

For certain reasons, we were unable to bring you a full episode of Two Guys On Beer this week, so we present to you Beer Diaries – an idea we’ve been tossing around in our heads since we started Two Guys On Beer almost 3 months ago.

We hope you enjoy!

Dave

Episode 007 – Victory Whirlwind Whitbier, Brewdog Wild Blueberry

Dave Martorana — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:05:13 +0000

We review some new beers – a Brewdog Wild Blueberry beer that turns out a little odd, and Victory’s seasonal Whirlwind Whitbier which scores big for its well balanced spices!

Episode 003 – Italy, China, and the Czech Republic!

Dave Martorana — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:13:29 +0000

I just got back from a trip to Italy, and Johnny suggested that we review an Italian beer. While we were picking one out, we decided to make the show’s theme an international one, and also picked up a Chinese and Czech Republic brew.

PLEASE NOTE: We are aware of the glaringly bad sound problems – we’ll have them fixed by the next episode! A proper unidirectional microphone will be on order shortly. This episode is cut down, mostly to cut out on excessive noise. We will do better!

Hope you enjoy the episode!