Our focus for this week is a report from the Taproom at Schlafly Brewing in St. Louis, where Mark and Phil chat about their history and their beers, as served by long-time Taproom barman, Kevin Nash.
Also, left-over business from last week’s Style of the Week has us tasting a baseline Imperial Stout from the UK and the USA. We finish up with Schlafly’s Quadrupel.
We visit to Civil Life Brewing in Tower Grove, MO, part of our St. Louis interview series, and find out about their brewing style.
Civil Life, Tower Grove MO.
Logo changes annually!
Offerings on tap
Traditional Dimple Mug
Our samples
We finish with one of the best brews we have had in a long time – Katy from 2nd Shift Brewing, New Haven, MO. It’s a beer brewed with Brettanomyces Lambicus and it drinks like a wine!
The Landlord displays Katy from 2nd Shift Brewing
On the pub stage this week, from Railway Records, is a band called Wandering Dirt.
We are back in the pub studios for this edition, and it’s all tasting for Mark and Phil. The lovely Kimberlee makes a guest appearance to keep us in line!
We have a brew that is past the best-by date by 4 years, Sam Adams / Weihenstephaner collaboration, Infinium, and it has changed it’s profile, perhaps for the better.
Then we go back and retaste Noon Whistle‘s Bob Ross Did It, Bourbon Barrel Aged Scotch Ale, and we discover that it is a darn fine brew. The first bottle had lost it’s carbonation, but brewer Paul Klein have us another to taste, and it passed our rigorous taste test!
Finally, we are tasting a beer that is 30 years in the making, Bell’s30th Anniversary Imperial Stout. And it’s pretty darn good!
