Seen Through A Glass

Season 2 - Episode 28: The Smack Dab Center of The Holidays!

It's another extra-special, double-sized, chockful of drinks HOLIDAY EPISODE!! I've got three interviews for you: Dr. Jonathan Campbell of Penn State's Meat Lab talks about your holiday ham; co-founder of The Hummingbird Room, Claudia "Miss Ruby" Sarnow, talks about growing farm to table networks to create their exceptional Christmas menu; and I talk to the folks at Gardners Candies about peanut butter meltaways and bash cakes. I mix up a bunch of great hot holiday drinks (including Boilo!), share my wife's family recipe for fish chowder, and, oh yeah, the first Seen Through A Glass contest!
Enjoy! Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas!
 
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The Secret Between Seasons Interlude

Shhhh....
This short secret episode is for regular listeners only: I won't be announcing it on social media. It announces our first Seen Through A Glass contest. Listen for details, and you can win the very first pieces of Seen Through A Glass merch! Er...feel free to tell your friends about the secret. You know...your good friends. 
We'll be back with the holiday episode in two weeks. See you then!
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Episode 27: Hanover: Six Breweries and a Whole Lot of Snacks

Reminder: we'll be off until December 16th, when the show returns for a second season, starting with the Holiday show. 
Hanover may have thought it was a frontier town, a market town, a transportation hub. But the peckish German-Americans who populated it in the late 1800s and early 1900s knew better. Their ovens and kettles, and a vague hunger between meals, were destined to make Hanover known as Snack Town!
My friend Dave Dreese and I hit town on our way to Baltimore, and wow. We visited two of the biggest snack food companies in America, two very old school hot dog joints, and a great butcher shop with their own smoked sausage and cheese. And of course, all those snacky eats need beer, so we hit the town's six breweries. I interviewed the man who makes the last hand-rolled pretzels in Snack Town, Kevin Bidelspach of Revonah Pretzels. 
Plus that Baltimore trip: a quick report on the Rye Revival festival and a visit to The Brewers' Art brewpub and a great Irish pub. I make dried beef gravy for breakfast, and give you some suggestions for upcoming small town Christmas celebrations in small town Central PA! 
Stick around to the end, some important announcements about the show. See you next month! 
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"Glow" by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au
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Episode 26: Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! 
Our first Thanksgiving episode features interviews with two turkey farmers, Nancy Kaltenbach of Polecat Hollow Farm and Mark Sharer of Willow Creek Family Farm. They'll tell you how to get a farm-fresh turkey in Centre County...but you'll have to move fast, Turkey Day is coming!
I've got drink suggestions for the big day: cider, beer, wine, and whiskey! 
I baked a sweet potato pie, and, well, it could have gone better, but by the time it was done, it was a mighty toothsome slice, I tell ya. 
Finally, I invited all my guests from this first year, everyone, back to tell us what side dishes (or drinks) must be on their Thanksgiving table. It was a fun time.  
Next episode? To be honest, not sure at this point. But it's going to be coming out on November 16, and then we're taking four weeks off to get ready for the big Holiday 2023 episode coming in December!
 
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Episode 25-plus: MORE Rye Whiskey, MORE Colorado...& a Little Virginia

That's right: another episode in only a week! We promised, and Seen Through A Glass delivered! This is the second half of my interview with Todd Leopold, a tasting and visit to Laws Whiskey House, lots of great food from Colorado, Kansas City barbecue, and Eastern Shore seafood (and yeah, beer, cider, and wine, too).
And once again..."The next episode drops in a week!" Because this was a bonus episode, there's the regularly scheduled episode coming in seven days! Get ready to come back home to Central PA for a big Thanksgiving episode, with an interview with a turkey rancher, my swing at sweet potato pie, holiday drink suggestions, and visits from everyone I interviewed over the past year. It's going to be great, and it's coming in just one week! See you then!
 
This episode uses these sounds under the following license:Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Champ de tournesol" by Komiku at https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
"Glow" by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.auMusic promoted by https: //www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
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Episode 25: Colorado Rye Whiskey

That's right: I said Colorado rye whiskey!
One of the most exciting developments in American whiskey making was the recent rediscovery of a forgotten part of our past: the three chamber still. It's completely unlike any other type of still, and it was used by most American rye distillers as recently as 110 years ago. Then it disappeared. 
But it's back, and I got an interview with the man who revived it, Todd Leopold. I also got a sample of the brand-new 6 year old three chamber rye from Leopold Bros. distillery, and sampled it live with two Penns Valley regulars, Dave Dreese and Rich Gallup. 
What else? Brewpubs, cocktails, whisky, and great eats on our drive to Denver; reports from the Yorkholo Brewing Carnival of Stouts, and the Hartslog Heritage Festival, and some really big news...
The next episode drops in a week! We're doing our first bonus episode, and you'll get the second half of the Todd Leopold interview (with a lot of talk about Maryland rye whiskey, and what Todd's doing next), Kansas City barbecue, some shoreside fun from Cape Charles, VA, and then...
Another episode the following week! Get ready for a big Thanksgiving episode, with turkey, pies, drinks, and visits from everyone I interviewed over the past year. It's going to be great!
 
This episode uses these sounds under the following license:Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Champ de tournesol" by Komiku at https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
"Glow" by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.auMusic promoted by https: //www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
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Got a Minute? What Seen Through A Glass is about.

If you're new to Seen Through A Glass (or to podcasts), listen to this. In only a minute, you'll learn what Seen Through A Glass is about, and why you should listen to it. It's pleasant, painless, and short! (And if you're already a listener, this is really easy to share to a friend!)
 
This episode uses these sounds under the following license:Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Champ de tournesol" by Komiku at https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
"Glow" by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.auMusic promoted by https: //www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
All sounds sourced by STAG Music Librarian Nora Bryson, with our thanks.

Episode 24: Coffee!

That's good coffee!
Get a hot steaming cup of podcast! I've got an interview with legendary small coffee roaster Bill Clarke from The Cheese Shoppe in State College (who tells us how to get a better cup of coffee at home), my memories of a visit to a Mexican coffee plantation, and my first experience with a Pumpkin Spice Latte. 
I got Goosed! I went to my first Goose Day in the Juniata River Valley, with goose dinners, goose chili, and a couple on-the-side new beer tank samples at Shy Bear Brewing. It was a fun day. 
Next episode? Cathy and I are going to Denver (we'll actually be in Denver as this episode drops), and I'm going to get a serious whiskey interview there. I'll be stopping in Kansas City for barbecue on the way back, so expect that barbecue bar to be set pretty high when we get home. 
Until then? Have a cup a joe and listen the episode!
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Episode 23: Goot Essa in Nittany Valley

I love the ridges and valleys of Central Pennsylvania! 
This episode is all about one of those valleys: Nittany Valley, which runs northeast from Bellefonte up toward Lock Haven. It's a long groove, filled brim to brim with farms, little towns like Zion, and Hublersburg, and Mingoville, 
It's also home to Blonde Bistro Brew Works, the Hublersburg Inn, Goot Essa cheese makers, and Mark's Custom Meats, a custom butcher. I visited three of these places, and got an interview with Goot Essa's John Esh, his first podcast interview, and my first Amish interview.   
I've got information for you on three area Oktoberfest celebrations, and one uniquely central Pennsylvania celebration, Goose Day in the Juniata Valley. Goose Day is like nothing else, and I'm going to get into it this year. Join me!
In two weeks...okay, now it's time for the coffee story! Then Cathy and I will be driving out to Colorado to visit family. We'll be gone for two weeks, but I'll have an episode up for you, a special whiskey interview I've got scheduled in Denver. Wait and see!
 
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"Champ de tournesol" by Komiku at https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
"Glow" by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.auMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
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Episode 22: Fun In Philly

Philadelphia was where I used to go play when we lived in Bucks County. My son lives there now, so we went to visit! I got interviews with Ken Correll of Human Robot Brewing; and Tom Kehoe of Yards Brewing; talking about some of my favorite beers. 
We visited several restaurants, including the singular Monk's Cafe, and dropped in at another taproom, Fermentery Form. 
I've also got a report for you on my home bar, currently under construction. We had some problems with the space, but our contractor is turning those lemons into limoncello!
Special thanks to my son, Tom, and his partner Shade for letting us stay with them for a week!  
In two weeks...we may finally do the coffee story I've been teasing since we started back in November -- November? Two more months, and it'll be a year since we started this! 
 
This episode uses these sounds under the following license:Creative Commons CC BY 4.0  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Champ de tournesol" by Komiku at https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
"Glow" by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.auMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
All sounds sourced by STAG Music Librarian Nora Bryson, with our thanks.