2011 has come to an end. And what a great year it was for, not only craft beer, but for the Beer Coasters Podcast. Craft beer saw growth in dollars as well as popularity. We saw growth with a slough of new listeners and friends in the craft beer community - something we are very proud to be a part of. New friends like Greg at the
OC Beer Blog, Tony and Kaytee at
Beer411, Malt Porter and the rest of the Swedish Beer Geek Clan, Rick From The Land Of Ice And Snow and Richie and Seasons over at the
Gemini Lounge in Portland, OR(just to name a few).
For this week's show, we grab a few end-of-the-year / end-of-the-holiday-season craft beers and raise a toast and pop the cork of the
Gift Of The Magi from Lost Abbey. Mike heads to a black tie party with a bottle of Berkshire Brewing's
Holidale 2011. Toby hangs out with Old Man Time and sips the
Auld Acquaintance from Pike Brewing. Thanks for celebrating the holidays with us and make sure to be safe in 2012. Cheers!