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Beer Sessions Radio (TM)

Celebrated NYC publican Jimmy Carbone hosts a convivial audio ale salon celebrating the world of craft beer. Through discussions with beer industry insiders and knowledgeable beer fans from across the country, Jimmy and his friends explore every aspect of the brewer's craft from grains to pint glass and tasting to toasting. For 10 years and more than 500 episodes, Beer Sessions Radio has witnessed and recorded the craft beer revolution in real time. With each episode, Jimmy continues to follow emerging trends and exciting collaborations that stretch across New York’s five boroughs and around the world.

Our theme song, "Tonight is the Night" was written and performed by We're All Just Passing Through whose co-founding member, Travis Johnides, co-hosts the Long Island craft beer podcast The Beer Amigos. Contact Jimmy directly at [email protected]

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Jimmy Carbone

Jimmy Carbone is a NYC-based restaurateur, dedicated social entrepreneur, and event producer. In addition to owning Jimmy’s No. 43, an East Village bar and restaurant with a focus on unique beers and a greenmarket menu, Jimmy co-founded The Good Beer Seal, which exists to identify bars offering an intriguing selection of craft beer in a unique atmosphere created by owner/operators who exhibit a deep commitment not only to the promotion of craft beer but to their community as well. Jimmy launched Beer Sessions Radio in early 2010 with co-host Ray Deter (RIP), and more than five years later Beer Sessions Radio is longest continuously running show on Heritage Radio Network. Jimmy is the co-author of I Like Pig: Recipes and Inspiration from New York City’s Pig Island, which was a finalist for an IACP cookbook award. Jimmy is also founder of Food Karma Projects, a creative producer of food and media events throughout the New York area.

Latest Episodes

Fermentation Holiday

Episode 606, Aired: November 26, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving from the BSR family to yours! Instead of turkey and beer pairings, Jimmy takes the road less traveled this week, diving into fermentation. On the show is Gabe Toth, distillery manager, former brewer, and author of the Fermentation Kitchen for the Brewer’s Association, and Brandon...

The Doomsday Guide to Drinking, and Japanese Record Bars

Episode 605, Aired: November 19, 2021

This week Jimmy is talking doomsday drinking with Chris Maestro, owner of Bierwax, Thomas Gaulkin, editor at The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist, and Aaron Goldfarb, journalist, and author of Hacking Whiskey. From nuclear apocalypse to climate change, how might a disaster affect your favorite beer...

The World Atlas of Beer 3.1

Episode 604, Aired: November 12, 2021

This week on Beer Sessions, Jimmy sits down with Tim Webb and Steven Beaumont, co-authors of the 3rd Edition of The World Atlas of Beer. Tim and Steven detail their paths to becoming some of the most renowned beer authors. They talk about the enormous growth the world of craft beer has seen in the...

From Jack Kerouac to British Coal Miners, The History of The Workingman's Drink

Episode 603, Aired: November 5, 2021

This week Jimmy dives into the history of working-class drinking with PJ Mercier, founder of Navigation Brewing in Lowell, Massachusetts, BR Royla, national judge for BJCP, Peter Brown, British journalist and writer, and Jerard Fagerberg, writer and journalist. From Jack Kerouac to British coal...

Trip to Artifact Cider Project

Episode 602, Aired: October 29, 2021

This week Jimmy heads up to Cambridge to have a tasting with Soham Bhatt at Artifact Cider Project. Jimmy and Soham talk through the brief history of northeast cider as well as the founding of The Artifact Cider Project. They touch on how Artifact Cider Project has created cider deeply connected to...

Local Sourcing, Supply Chains, Landscaping Beers

Episode 601, Aired: October 22, 2021

This week Jimmy explores the local sourcing and supply chains that bring you some of the best beers with Geoff Wenzel, R&D brewer at Industrial Arts Brewing, Mike McManus, director of brewing operations at Industrial Arts Brewing, Phil Neumann with Mainstem Malt, and Kevin Kain, beer blogger...

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