Category Archives: Craft Beer Talk

My musings about craft beer and the craft beer world. Topics will range from beer reviews, tastings, events, chats with brewers, etc.

New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Liquid Paradise IPA Review – Craft Beer Review

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The most interesting thing about the Voodoo Ranger series from New Belgium is all the variants the brewers create. Some are hoppier. Some have a higher alcohol. Some are juicy. Some are hazy. And somewhere in the middle comes Liquid Paradise. All of them are some form of IPA.

Brainmuffin, also known as Channel Dad Bryon Lape, reviews the New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Liquid Paradise IPA. How will this version of the IPA stack up against all the rest?

The New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Liquid Paradise IPA review is the next in the line for the Beer and Soju reviews. Is there a beer or soju you want to see Brainmuffin and Kelloggs review? Drop a comment and it will get reviewed.

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This’ll Hop Your Ass Pale Ale Review – HorrorHound Cincinnati 2020 – WCBS Beer

The HorrorHound convention in Cincinnati was scheduled to be held in March, then it was moved to May. In the end, it was cancelled outright and fans of the World Class Bullshitters could not attend. Channel Dad Bryon Lape, however, did make a beer for the occasion and now he is reviewing it.

Many may not know, but Channel Dad Bryon Lape is quite a skilled homebrewer and this pale ale was quite good. There was a slight chill haze and he is working on correcting that. This one came in at over 10% and was very smooth.

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Short’s Brewing Spruce Pilsner Review

Channel Dad Bryon Lape reviews another great beer from Short’s Brewing. Ever wonder what a pilsner mixed with spruce would taste like? How about bumping the ABV to 9.5% and call it a day? Yes, it is quite the Imperial Pilsner with Spruce.

Here is how Short’s Brewing describes the Spruce Pilsner on their website:
Imperial Spruce Pilsner is fermented with local, hand-picked blue spruce tips and the quintessential symbol for Joe Short’s love of hops and craft beer. The spruce presence, rooted in historical brewing practices, is enormous and gives the beer a refreshing gin quality. This beer is impressively light bodied, considering the immense spruce flavors and the prodigious additions of hops.

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Dragon’s Milk Reserve: Raspberry Hibiscus Review

New Holland is known for some very good beers and ideas. The Dragon’s Milk stout has become a line of interesting crossovers and variants in its own right. The father/daughter dynamic duo of Brainmuffin and Kelloggs is back with another review. This time Kelloggs plunges into the dark depths of the Raspberry Hibiscus version of Dragon’s Milk Reserve. How will it go?

Channel Dad Bryon Lape is not only a reviewer of craft beer, he is also a home brewer. Be sure to check out his videos on home brewing.

The Brainmuffin beer reviews are getting better and Kelloggs is showing up more and more. Should they be renamed the Brainmuffin and Kelloggs reviews? The pair does review more than just beer. Check out the Kelloggs soju review as well.

Paulaner Spezi Review

The Brainmuffin beer review recently expanded with soju. Now they expand a bit more and review a soda. Not just any soda, but one from Germany made by Paulaner. Enter Spezi into the archive of reviews. Joining Channel Dad Bryon Lape is his daughter Kelloggs. He had the drink Spezi as a youth growing up in Germany, but Kelloggs has never had it. Will she like it as much a Schnurmann?

Paulaner is a brewery of good German beers. Do they also make a good Spezi? Will Radlers be next on the list of drinks to try?

Channel Dad Bryon Lape purchased the Paulaner Spezi from Jungle Jim’s International Market in Fairfield, Ohio. The selection of goods from all over the world is something both Brainmuffin and Kelloggs have enjoyed for years. Being able to try things from all over the world without having a passport is an incredible privilege they both pursue.

Bitburger Premium Pils Review

To Americans, pilsner is a weak and pale yellow style of beer made to be chugged and not enjoyed. That is quite sad and is the result of the mega breweries and their pale beers. In reality, the Pilsner style has good flavor and compliments food very well. Though it was created in Plzeň (Pilsen in German) of the Czech Republic. The style was first created in 1375 when the Bohemian king Charles IV endowed the Dobrow Monastery.

Channel Dad Bryon Lape reviews the Bitburger Premium Pils. Bitburger is located nearly as far away from Pilsen one can get and still be in Germany. The Pils style is very popular in Germany and some of the breweries make a crappy imitation. How does the Bitburger variety measure up? Yes, another pilsner review.

Want more information about the Bitburger Premium Pils beer? Visit the brewery website.
https://www.bitburger-international.com/en/our-brands/bitburger/our-products/bitburger-premium-pils/

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The Making Of World Class Bullshitters 100k Subscriber Deep Brown Ale

In early 2019, the World Class Bullshitters channel reached 100,000 subscribers. As Channel Dad, Bryon Lape felt compelled to make a Deep Brown Ale to help celebrate this accomplishment.

This video was recorded in March of 2019 when the beer was made and was meant to be the first installment of Brainmuffin’s Beer Kitchen (also available on Untappd for Homebrew check-ins). It took Channel Dad Bryon Lape a long time to finally try to edit it.

The beer itself was not ready by the time of Star Wars Celebration 2019 in Chicago, but the World Class Bullshitters did get to try some at HorrorHound Weekend in Indianapolis a few months later. Some fans of World Class Bullshitters stop by, waving to you Dr. Coffin Nails, and they also tried some. The beer did end up around 9% ABV and was well enjoyed.

Before he was Channel Dad, Bryon Lape started a podcast with Kendo Slice known as the Fan Caste. It lasted nearly 3 years, but finally came to and end. Kendo was picked by Jeff Hicks to be on the main World Class Bullshitters show and helped lay the foundation for the foursome that now make up the cast.

Watching this video it is clear to see that although Channel Dad Bryon Lape does have some videographer and editor skills, he is no Nik Uttam. The camera in use is a Nikon D7000 and it does have quirks that make some video concepts difficult to do. Also during the day of brewing, the clouds kept rolling in and out, making the lighting change quite a bit. Bryon Lape did the best he could.

In some scenes, Channel Dad Bryon Lape tried to be funny, but he is no Dion Green, horses not included. Laugh and comment anyway.

The homebrewing equipment used by Channel Dad Bryon Lape (Brainmuffin) is a Grainfather. This is an all electric brewing system and is geared as at 110 volt for the US. This is not a how-to video for the Grainfather, but give feedback for things Bryon Lape does wrong so he can learn. He does not get to make beer very often, so all the feedback will help.

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Kentucky Coffee Barrel Stout Review

Adding coffee beans to a stout is not a completely new thing. Neither is aging a strong stout in a bourbon barrel. Kentucky Ale has taken both of these ideas and put them together: a coffee stout aged in bourbon barrels. The result is a strong coffee aroma with hints of vanilla and oak. This is a good balance of flavors.

Channel Dad Bryon Lape, in the guise of Brainmuffin, reviews the Kentucky Coffee Barrel Stout with his daughter Kelloggs. While he enjoys various strong beers, his daughter doesn’t, but she really likes coffee. Will she like the Kentucky Coffee Barrel Stout?

Here is the description of the stout from the Kentucky Ale website: Kentucky Coffee Barrel Stout is brewed and aged with Alltech® Café Citadelle Haitian coffee and aged in world-famous Kentucky bourbon barrels. The result is a complex stout with dark-roasted malts, hints of caramel and vanilla, and a lightly roasted coffee finish.

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Elysian Brewing Space Dust IPA Review

Not all IPAs are created equal nor the same. Elysian Brewing Space Dust IPA is a hoppy beer made from Chinook, Citra, and Amarillo. The IBUs peg at 73 and it has good bitterness. Channel Dad Bryon Lape reviews Space Dust IPA poured from the bottle.

Jeremy of Geeks + Gamers loves to rant, usually about Star Wars and Lucasfilm. Channel Dad Bryon Lape is a founding member of The Fandom Menace, so why doesn’t he rant more?

He personally knows Jeff of World Class Bullshitters and has recorded videos with him. Bryon Lape also knows the other members of the World Class Bullshitters and brought the fans together to create the podcast called The Fan Caste. He is older than Uncle Ethan as well. So why not rant more?

Ranting is negative energy and all it brings is more negativity. Jeremy may grow the Geeks and Gamers channel with his style and that is good for him. Jeff takes a more middle of the road approach with the World Class Bullshitters, but it is his factual toy videos, in particular the Star Wars toys, that has made his channel grow quite well. Channel Dad Bryon Lape takes a more positive approach to his channel and covers items that interest him. This does include Star Wars, the MCU, and other Pop Culture items, but it is not limited to that realm. Bryon Lape is also interested in Fitness, Health, Photography, Computer Generated Images (check out his DAZ Studio attempts….and yes, he is learning Blender), and Beer (craft beer and making beer). That is why his channel is varied.

But why the name “Channel Dad”? Why does Bryon Lape use that so much that he renamed his channel to reflect it? That is a most excellent question. When he decided to create a Blue Ocean Strategy for his channel, Bryon Lape decided to connect people and ideas. Though he does interviews from time to time, it is not a main thrust of his channel. Finding people with different ideas and connecting them with others is what he does best. The connecting is a talent Bryon Lape has had for years. When Jeff Hicks of the World Class Bullshitters gave him the title of “Channel Dad,” it was due to him driving the group to various events and connecting them with others.

The Blue Ocean Strategy that Bryon Lape creates gives a more balanced approach to various pop culture events, even as Jeremy of Geeks + Gamers rants. Jeremy’s energy is balanced by Channel Dad’s moderated approach, giving members of the Fandom Menace a scale upon which to measure their own impressions. This is obvious from his Star Wars, DCEU, and MCU videos, but what about all the other stuff??

The Beer reviews are popular with World Class Bullshitters fans, in particular the ones in which Jeff Hicks appears. The two more watched reviews have Jeff and Kendo Slice joins in one of them. Want to see the various members of the World Class Bullshitters in more videos like this? If so, asking Jeff will not get it done as that is not the type of content he creates for his channel. Such content can only be recorded by Channel Dad Bryon Lape and released on his channel. It is only on the Bryon Lape channel that such desperate content can be created.

Very well, but what of Jeremy of Geeks and Gamers? Though he likes fitness, Channel Dad Bryon Lape is not really into watching sports, so perhaps the two of them can make Yoohoo! reviews. On the other hand, it may make since for Channel Dad and Geeks + Gamers to debate the further implications of the downfall of Pop Culture.

Dear viewer, it is all in your hands. Leave comments of other videos for them to make content with Channel Dad Bryon Lape of the Fandom Menace. Others may be the leaders. Others may be the Historians. Ethan Van Sciver is the Uncle Ethan of the Fandom Menace. Jeff Hicks of World Class Bullshitters is clearly the André the Giant of the Fandom Menace. Others have various positions with the incredible and diverse group that is the Fandom Menace. But through it all, there is only one Channel Dad Bryon Lape of the Fandom Menace.

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