There’s something about a beer that rises above the fray and becomes part of beer lore. We have memories of our first pints of these beers and it feels as though these beers have always been there for us, have lasted throughout the years and will continue to do so. This month on the All About Beer podcast, we take a peak at two such popular beers: Big Sky Moose Drool and Alaskan Amber, two beers that have been around for decades and yet continue to be incredibly successful. Why are these beers so iconic and what goes into producing them? Tune in to find out.
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Em Sauter
Em Sauter is an Advanced Cicerone®, cartoonist, author, beer reviewer, international beer judge and public speaker who runs the award winning website Pints and Panels, which focuses on visual beer education. Her first book "Beer is for Everyone! (of Drinking Age)" was published in 2017 by One Peace Books. Her second book "Hooray for Craft Beer!" was released in April 2022 with Brewers Publications. Em is also co-host of the All About Beer Podcast. She lives in New England with her husband Matt and two cats- Milbo and The Geen.
Don Tse
Living near seven malthouses, Don Tse is a freelance beer and malt writer and consultant known globally as The Don of Beer. He has been active in craft beer for over 25 years and has famously sampled and written tasting notes on almost 27,000 different beers. He is the co-host of the All About Beer podcast. Don has also written for magazines and presented on beer in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Ukraine and Singapore. Nobody in those countries thinks his jokes are funny.
