{"id":7226,"date":"2014-04-18T14:13:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T02:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=7226"},"modified":"2026-02-07T10:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:59:54","slug":"beer-diary-podcast-s03e09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2014\/04\/18\/beer-diary-podcast-s03e09\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer Diary Podcast s03e09: 2013 Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time again, at last, for our Year in Review: a look back at 2013, a pondering of its best beers and beer-related-things, and contemplation of what kind of &#8216;theme&#8217; the year developed as it went. Our\u00a0traditionally unhurried approach to these things (we&#8217;ve recorded all these episodes in <em>March<\/em>) met a few additional delays this year, but here we are. Plans are already underway for some Very Special Episodes in season four, but first let&#8217;s wrap up our third year \u2014 and thank you all for coming along for the rambles.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: medium;\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/2789288\/height\/128\/theme\/modern\/size\/standard\/thumbnail\/no\/custom-color\/24890d\/time-start\/00:00:00\/playlist-height\/200\/direction\/backward\/download\/yes\/font-color\/FFFFFF\" width=\"100%\" height=\"128\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As always,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beerdiary\/s03e09.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a\u00a0direct download\u00a0is available<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">, there\u2019s a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/beerdiary.libsyn.com\/rss\">podcast-specific RSS feed<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">, and you should be able to get us\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"The Beer Diary Podcast, on iTunes\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/nz\/podcast\/the-beer-diary-podcast\/id438440794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on iTunes<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">.\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"@GeorgeLanglands\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/GeorgeLanglands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"@Phil_Cook\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Phil_Cook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">myself<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0can also both be reached on the Twitterthing, or you can leave comments here or\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thebeerdiary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on the Bookface<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">. Cheers!<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_7240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7240\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tuatara-Lager.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7226]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7240\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2014\/04\/18\/beer-diary-podcast-s03e09\/tuatara-lager\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tuatara-Lager.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1389413900&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tuatara Helles \/ Lager\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tuatara Helles \/ Lager&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tuatara Helles \/ Lager&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tuatara-Lager.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7240\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tuatara-Lager-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Tuatara Helles \/ Lager (New World Chaffers, 11 Jan 2014)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tuatara Helles \/ Lager<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_5888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5888\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-Dog-Black-Lung-III.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7226]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5888\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2013\/09\/02\/sunday-reading-130901\/moon-dog-black-lung-iii\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-Dog-Black-Lung-III.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,668\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Moon Dog &amp;#8216;Black Lung III&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Moon Dog &amp;#8216;Black Lung III&amp;#8217;, one of many Birthday Treats&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-Dog-Black-Lung-III-1024x570.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5888\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-Dog-Black-Lung-III-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Moon Dog 'Black Lung III' (Hashigo Zake, 31 August 2013)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moon Dog &#8216;Black Lung III&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_7241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7241\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Panhead-Blacktop.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7226]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7241\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2014\/04\/18\/beer-diary-podcast-s03e09\/panhead-blacktop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Panhead-Blacktop.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1375600221&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Panhead &amp;#8216;Blacktop&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Panhead &amp;#8216;Blacktop&amp;#8217;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Panhead &amp;#8216;Blacktop&amp;#8217;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Panhead-Blacktop.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7241\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Panhead-Blacktop-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Panhead 'Blacktop' \u2014 the first, inexpertly photographed on actual film (Matariki at the Hunter Lounge, 20 July 2013)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panhead &#8216;Blacktop&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_6072\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6072\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yeastie-Boys-Gunnamatta-in-a-teacup.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7226]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6072\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2014\/04\/18\/beer-diary-podcast-s03e09\/yeastie-boys-gunnamatta-in-a-teacup\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yeastie-Boys-Gunnamatta-in-a-teacup.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1067\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Yeastie Boys &amp;#8216;Gunnamatta&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Yeastie Boys &amp;#8216;Gunnamatta&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Yeastie Boys &amp;#8216;Gunnamatta&amp;#8217;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yeastie-Boys-Gunnamatta-in-a-teacup-767x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6072\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yeastie-Boys-Gunnamatta-in-a-teacup-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Yeastie Boys 'Gunnamatta' (Golding's Free Dive, 17 October 2013)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teacup\u00a0Gunnamatta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_7243\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7243\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bridge-Road-Aurora-Borealis.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7226]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7243\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2014\/04\/18\/beer-diary-podcast-s03e09\/bridge-road-aurora-borealis\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bridge-Road-Aurora-Borealis.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,538\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bridge Road &amp;#8216;Aurora Borealis&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Bridge Road &amp;#8216;Aurora Borealis&amp;#8217;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Bridge Road &amp;#8216;Aurora Borealis&amp;#8217;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bridge-Road-Aurora-Borealis.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7243\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bridge-Road-Aurora-Borealis-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Bridge Road 'Aurora Borealis' (Tallow's Beach, 15 March 2013)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Aurora Borealis&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_7244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7244\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rex-Altercation.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7226]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7244\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2014\/04\/18\/beer-diary-podcast-s03e09\/rex-altercation\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rex-Altercation.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,449\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rex Altercation\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Rex Altercation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Rex Altercation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rex-Altercation.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7244\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rex-Altercation-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Rex Altercation (Table Top Day, 30 March 2013)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rex Altercation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3>\u2014 Show notes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>(1.40) &#8216;The Flat of the Axe&#8217; is George&#8217;s <a title=\"'Cold Chisel', on Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_Chisel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cold Chisel<\/a> cover band, he informs me.<\/li>\n<li>(3.30) Apparently, it is officially\u00a0<a title=\"'Ride of the Valkyries', on Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ride_of_the_Valkyries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Ride of the Valkyries<\/em><\/a>, but &#8220;Flight of ~&#8221; seems a common-enough mistake \/ mutation that I forgive myself.<\/li>\n<li>(3.50)\u00a0<strong>Beer of the Week #1:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Almanac Honey Saison.<\/strong> My apologies for the lack of a photo. You&#8217;ll all just have to seek out an Almanac, Left Coast, or Speakeasy beer (all imported by the nice folk at <a title=\"beerwithoutborders.co.nz\" href=\"http:\/\/beerwithoutborders.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beer Without Borders<\/a>) to see the gorgeousness.<\/li>\n<li>(6.20)\u00a0<strong>Blog of the Year: <a title=\"The Beerhive, on Stuff.co.nz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/dominion-post\/capital-life\/the-beerhive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Beerhive<\/a><\/strong>, says George, and\u00a0<a title=\"The Bottleneck\" href=\"http:\/\/thebottleneck.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Bottleneck<\/strong><\/a>, says I\u00a0\u2014 with a mandatory <a href=\"http:\/\/petebrown.blogspot.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More Pete Brown<\/a> caveat, and an honorable mention to <a title=\"@jasegurney on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasegurney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Gurney&#8217;s<\/a> two efforts. Also, I\u00a0<em>have<\/em> submitted my bin <a title=\"'Recycling Bin Bingo'\" href=\"http:\/\/thebottleneck.net\/2014\/03\/03\/recycling-bin-bingo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for judgment<\/a>; please hold.<\/li>\n<li>(10.40)\u00a0<strong>Useful Digital Thing of the Year:<\/strong>\u00a0<a title=\"www.feedly.com\" href=\"www.feedly.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Feedly<\/strong><\/a>, because there really is a ridiculous wealth of good (<em>and<\/em> of interestingly \/ usefully not-good) beer writing in the world. My intermittent <a title=\"Beer Diary: 'Sunday Reading'\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/tag\/sunday-reading\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunday Reading<\/a> posts\u00a0<em>try<\/em> to keep up.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>(12.50) George lasted nine minutes with a saison; easily a new record.<\/li>\n<li>(13.50)\u00a0<strong>2013, Year of the <em>x<\/em>:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>The Homebrewer<\/strong>, says George, which possibly ties into my less-elegantly-phrased <strong>Commercial Realities Settling In<\/strong>, in several different ways, ranging from subtle to\u00a0<em>not at all subtle<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>(23.20)\u00a0<strong>Beer of the Week #2: Moon Dog &#8216;Black Lung III&#8217;<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>(26.20)\u00a0<strong>Beer of the Year<\/strong> \u2014 which one day we won&#8217;t have to explain in such detail anymore, but until then:\u00a0<strong>Panhead &#8216;Quickchange&#8217; XPA<\/strong>, for George \u2014 with honorable mentions for Baylands Red Ryder, and 8 Wired&#8217;s &#8216;Semiconductor&#8217;. And for me \u2014 after a fair amount of (now traditional, but this time with a vague evidence base) faffing around \u2014 it&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>ParrotDog &#8216;Otis&#8217;<\/strong>. (Meanwhile, I wonder if the Panhead &#8216;Days of Thunder&#8217; George remembers from Beervana has morphed into &#8216;The Vandal&#8217;, an IPA of notably-similar style and strength.)<\/li>\n<li>(31.00) Year of the\u00a0<em>x<\/em>\u00a0prediction for 2014: Moral Panic. (Maybe with fringe benefits.)<\/li>\n<li>(34.30) <b><em>Glass of<\/em> Beer of the Year:<\/b> <strong>Yeastie Boys &#8216;Gunnamatta&#8217;<\/strong>, for George, which we shared over some Big News \u2014\u00a0with a silver medal (&#8220;Tasting Glass of Year&#8221;, perhaps) to Garage Project&#8217;s Triple Day of the Dead. My shortlist stretches into a longlist: <a title=\"'Everything in its right place'\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2013\/11\/23\/everything-in-its-right-place\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my (one) Crafty Beggars &#8216;Wheat As&#8217;<\/a>, Moon Dog &#8216;Black Lung III&#8217; sitting in as Antipodean <a title=\"Diary II entry #72: Flying Dog 'Gonzo'\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/03\/11\/flying-dog-gonzo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gonzo<\/a>, Bridge Road \/ N\u00f8gne \u00d8\u00a0&#8216;Aurora Borealis&#8217;, Renaissance &#8216;Elemental&#8217;, and Yeastie Boys \/ Lobethal Bierhaus &#8216;Wendy&#8217;. But:\u00a0<strong>Yeastie Boys &#8216;Rex Attitude&#8217;<\/strong>, on the inaugural Table Top Day, playing Lost Valley of the Dinosaurs.\u00a0<em>Accidentally<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>(41.00) Seriously, though: <em>Planetary<\/em>. And\u00a0<em>Transmetropolitan.<\/em> George and I couldn&#8217;t recommend each highly enough.<\/li>\n<li>(47.30) My apologies for not getting this up in time to warn you of Table Top Day 2014. Join in for 2015, maybe. And anyway:\u00a0<em>play more games<\/em>. Meanwhile, the Call For Help is sincere \u2014 if any one can be a Beer Mule to California for us, get it touch.<\/li>\n<li>(48.50) Stone&#8217;s &#8220;City Tap Takeover&#8221; was buckets of fun, <a title=\"'Stone's City Tap Takeover'\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2014\/03\/24\/stones-city-tap-takeover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as previously reported<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>(52.00)\u00a0<strong>Beer of the Week #3: Rodenbach Grand Cru<\/strong>. Easily &#8220;Recommendation of the Year&#8221;, if we had one; <a title=\"Beer Diary Podcast s03e07\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2014\/01\/20\/beer-diary-podcast-s03e07\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jono&#8217;s suggestion<\/a> for this and fish &#8216;n&#8217; chips has changed lives.<\/li>\n<li>(54.00)\u00a0<strong>Pleasant surprises \/ Miscellaneous bouquets:\u00a0<\/strong>A surprise ParrotDog &#8216;Otis&#8217;, and a Garage Project &#8216;Beyond the Pale&#8217; \u2014 though Em points out that if it&#8217;s just hibiscus flowers, it&#8217;s more\u00a0<em>tisane<\/em> than &#8220;tea&#8221;. A mutual shout-out, also, to Luke and Dave&#8217;s <a title=\"'Ale of a Time' podcast\" href=\"http:\/\/aleofatime.com\/category\/podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Ale of a Time&#8217; podcast<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Alternate Universe Us, perhaps. And a bribe \/ beer, for <a title=\"@timfoster, on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timfoster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Foster<\/a> who provided some excellent feedback and earned himself a Yeastie Boys &#8216;Her Majesty&#8217;, which I should get into his possession any day now.<\/li>\n<li>(1.01.15) Cue the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\">music:\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"'SPLIT!' EP by The Coconut Monkeyrocket &amp; Martinibomb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comfortstand.com\/catalog\/016\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Shopping for Explosives\u2019<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">, by\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"coconutmonkeyrocket.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coconutmonkeyrocket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Coconut Monkeyrocket<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">. Audio editing done in\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/audacity.sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audacity<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">. Habitual thanks to both.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time again, at last, for our Year in Review: a look back at 2013, a pondering of its best beers and beer-related-things, and contemplation of what kind of &#8216;theme&#8217; the year developed as it went. Our\u00a0traditionally unhurried approach to these things (we&#8217;ve recorded all these episodes in March) met a few additional delays this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2014\/04\/18\/beer-diary-podcast-s03e09\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beer Diary Podcast s03e09: 2013 Year in Review<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast-episodes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7520,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2014\/09\/14\/beer-diary-podcast-s04e04\/","url_meta":{"origin":7226,"position":0},"title":"Beer Diary Podcast s04e04: Women &#038; Beer \u2014 part 2","author":"Phil","date":"September 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Following straight on \u2014 after a quick re-play of the introduction, thanks to some clever editing by George \u2014 from last weekend's episode, we're delighted to present the second half of our Very Special podcast takeover on Women & Beer, by women, drinking beer. 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