Brewery: Oskar Blues Grill and Brew, Lyons, Colorado, USA
Brewery Description: “Old Chub is a Scottish strong ale brewed with hearty amounts of seven different malts, including crystal and chocolate malts, and a smidge of US and UK hops. Old Chub also gets a dash of beechwood-smoked grains imported from Bamburg, Germany, home of the world’s [...]

This episode should be listened to with towel-in-hand. We discuss customs laptop searching, shutting down social-networking in schools and libraries, Apple’s iTunes safe from French lawmakers, Monopoly money going away, Splinter Cell delayed, E3 cancelled, new exhibit at the Museum of Science, and August Moon Festival in Chinatown.
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Brewery: Wychwood Brewery, Witney, Oxfordshire, England
Brewery Description: “Hobgoblin is a powerful full-bodied copper red, well-balanced brew. Strong in roasted malt with a moderate hoppy bitterness and slight fruity character that lasts through to the end.”
Brew Style: Strong Dark Ale, 5.2% ABV
Recommended Glassware: English Pint
The Ugly Truth: Another offering from the brewery that brought you Scarecrow [...]

On this somewhat abbreviated episode, Colin bravely comes out of his cold-induced near-coma to co-host, and we discuss Apple rumors ahead of WWDC 2006, Microsoft’s Zune, and the groin-grabbingly tasty purchase of ATi by AMD on the Tech Top 3.  On the Gaming Table, we look at Theophrastus, a strategy card game (sort of) that [...]

Brewery: Wye Valley Brewery, Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Brewery Description: “Mainly available bottle conditioned. Occasionally available on cask. Also called Our Glass.
Dorothy Goodbodys Country Ale was first brewed in 2003 for export to the Unites States of America. This strong complex ruby ale is brewed using Amber, Pale, Crystal and Wheat Malts combined with the magic of [...]

With all respect to Carl, this is a far better explanation of the Net Neutrality Act given by John Hodgman on the Daily Show

Brewery: Brauerei Heller-Trum, Bamberg, Germany
Brewery Description: Our dark, bottom fermented speciality, brewed with Original Schlenkerla Smokemalt from our maltings and tapped according to old tradition directly from the gravity-fed oakwood cask.
Brew Style: A Smokebeer/Rauchbier, 5.1% ABV
Recommended Glassware: Dimpled mug, Lager, Stein
The Ugly Truth: I have never had a true Raucnbier/Smokebeer before [...]

Starting a new job has sucked all my free time away.  It’s always so exhausting trying to absorb all sorts of new information, and I just haven’t had the motivation to write anything here.  I am slowly starting to adjust, and as such, I hope to begin writing a bit more.
Anyway, one thing I was [...]

Brewery: Harviestoun (Caledonian), Alva, Scotland
Brew Style: English IPA/Golden Ale, 4.2% ABV
Recommended Glassware: English pint, Shaker
Brewery Description: Bottled with approximately 1/3rd less Carbon Dioxide than most beers. This results in a fresher more natural tasting beer. Combines Hallertau Hersbrücker with Challenger. Late hopped with Styrian Goldings, which gives a sharpness like the twist of a lemon.
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Brewery: Shmaltz Brewing Company, somewhere in New York or San Fransico, USA
Brewery Description: It’s the Beer You’ve Been Waiting For! A deep, bold nut brown ale beautifully balanced with rich dark malts and a complex hop character converging to reveal a simply enchanting elixir. Malts: 2-row, Carapils, Dark Crystal/ Caramel 80L, Dark Chocolate, Victory. [...]

On this episode, we discuss ABC’s take on fast-forwarding to the good parts, Sony’s quiet bid to put movies on me sticks, and the United States secret conspiracy to draw out conspiracy nuts by making us all carry tinfoil starting this August to cover our passports. On the gaming table we talk old-school arcade [...]

Brewery: Baltika Brewery, St. Petersburg, Russia
Brewery Description: A lager beer produced using pale barley malt, rice and exclusive varieties of hops which give this beer variety inimitable aroma, very light and velvety flavor and pleasent bitterness of hops. The addition of rice provides No2 Pale with a surprisingly fresh taste and smoothness, and for [...]

ON this whacky episode, the Tech Top Three becomes the Google Top Three. Stories include google in the dictionary, eBay banning Google Checkout, Kinderstart v. Google. Other stories discussed include, more DM tips, Carl’s DS addiction, Lantern Festival in Jamaica Plain, Neighborhood Nights at the Gardner museum.
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Google in [...]

Brewery: Harviestoun (Caledonian), Alva, Scotland
Brewery Description: A superb, rich, full-bodied beer derived from a 1970s homebrewing recipe. Wickedly smooth chocolate dominates the flavour, which is nicely balanced by the bitterness of the hops.
Brew Style: Old ale, 6.0% ABV
Recommended Glassware: Dimpled mug, Stein
The Ugly Truth: This beer is correctly named, I’ll give it that. It [...]

File under: The Wikipedia will cause the downfall of civilization.
So Carl sent me this link, so blame him for this post. He should know better than to taunt me with things such as this. Sam Vaknin of American Chronicle recently wrote another story about the horror that is the Wikipedia. I couldn’t [...]

Brewery: Baltika Brewery, St. Petersburg, Russia
Brewery Description: A classic lager beer that has been produced in accordance with classic technology since 1992. The harmonious combination in this beer of “pure” hops aroma, pure hops bitterness and mild taste make No3 Classic inimitable.
Brew Style: Pale lager, 4.8% ABV
Recommended Glass: Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager, Shaker, Stein
The [...]

On this freedom-filled episode, we discuss Myanmar, how the French hate Apple, ‘Net neutrality yet again, Louisiana video game ban, free RPGs, and watermelon on the Common.
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Myanmar bans Google (The Times of India)
Bon voyage, DRM? (BusinessWeek)
Stevens takes on hte ‘net (The Inquirer)
Suspension of video game ban extended (Shreveort [...]