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06/19/2013 03:04 PM What is That Keg Doing at the Goodwill Store? You are reading What is That Keg Doing at the Goodwill Store? by Kendall Jones, as originally posted on The Washington Beer Blog. You are reading What is That Keg Doing at the Goodwill Store? by Kendall Jones, as originally posted on The Washington Beer Blog. People need to understand that a keg is the property of the brewery. I know it sounds silly to point that out, but something happened recently that brings up this issue. If...06/19/2013 02:52 PM Sipping In The San Juans — Montanya Rum Southwestern Colorado is my Shangri-La. Peppered amongst a jagged collage of 14,000 peaks, the towns and remote villages of the San Juan Mountains are responsible for a trove of world-class spirits and magical microbrews. This is the real Mountain West. And here are but a few of the beverages befitting these lofty heights. Any town with an elevation far greater than it’s population is a place where I want to spend my time. I’m thinking of you, Silverton. This historic, Victorian mining village has a downtown straight out of the 19th Century. Not much has changed since those days–save the beer and the booze, of course (thanks again, Prohibition). Perched directly above the center of town is an inviting roofdeck bar, architectural centerpiece of Montanya Rum’s local outpost. Award-winning and awe-inspiring, their line of sugared spirits isn’t exactly what you’d expect to find in an Alpine setting. But take a sip and [...] 06/19/2013 02:48 PM A thought for the brewers and people of Christchurch When I was a young lad of 18 years of age I packed my bags and travelled from the North Island of New Zealand to the city of Christchurch in the South to begin my university education. The move to Christchurch was a no brainer for me – I had lots of family who lived in the “Garden City” and I had been there many times before, always leaving with fond memories. Christchurch is a very special city with significant character – it is the New Zealand city that most closely resembles Melbourne with old stone buildings, a tram line and a beautiful river, the Avon. The city also has a number of other great gems including the Port Hills for excellent scenery and mountain biking, as well as the port suburb of Lyttleton, reached after travelling through one of New Zealand’s longest tunnels. If there is one word I would give to Christchurch it would be ‘beautiful’..... 06/19/2013 02:48 PM Beer store update 5th May So Sydney has had cracker beer drinking weather this week and it’s set to continue this weekend – sweet! Growlers Currently we have Moa Breakfast beer. A cracker of a lager with rich cherries, very easy drinking. Check out the review for it below: “The aroma is stunning with hints of dry wheat and cherry’s. The carbonation is lively, which works for a crisp summer beer. The taste has a serious hit of wheat and yeast, washing through with all those bubbles and a touch of cherry.” Joel Macfarlane – brewnation.co.nz $28 for a Growler fill Once this is gone we’ll be moving onto Mikkeller Citra Single Hop IPA probably early in the week Latest beers Murray’s No 6 2011 Anniversary Ale – the last available anywhere (limit 1 per person) Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale Barley wine Rich is in the shop today, Geoff is onto his 2nd table for the tasting room, while Will is in training for a 9km soft sand running event. Store hours 11am-3pm today, 8:30am-6pm Mon-Fri. 1300 808 254 Cheers! 06/19/2013 02:48 PM April Beer Club Selection Our Beer Club selection for April has now been sent out to all online customers. For those living in Sydney you can still pick these up from our store. The April Beer Club selection includes: Samuel Adams, Black Lager Bridge Road Brewers, Australian Ale William Bull, William’s Pale Ale Morland Brewing, Old Speckled Hen 06/19/2013 02:48 PM Store update 19th May So Sydney is on a roll with its awesome beer drinking weather this week and this weekend looks good to go. Growlers Currently we have Young Henry’s Hop Ale. This beer harks back to classic English style IPAs. Hefty malt backing meets every type of hop in our cool-room, added to all stages of the process. The all Australian hop flavour is not aggressive in its bitterness, but is evident in flavour and aroma and slowly asserts itself with a lengthy, lingering and thoroughly enjoyable palette. $28 for a Growler fill Once this is gone we’ll be moving onto Dr’s Orders Brewing Plasma. Plasma, a White IPA is yet another emerging trend that we’re happy to embrace and present a Doctor’s Orders Brewing twist on. Judicious hop use dominates Plasma’s aroma, backed up with a balanced mouthfeel defying its alcoholic payload before delivering an extremely long lingering bitterness. A deceivingly addictive prescription. The grist for Plasma is practically identical to our Zephyr (Double White Ale) which explains the appearance. However the lack of botanicals, a different yeast strain and excessive hop use deliver an ale that is Zephyr’s polar opposite. In other news Rich is in the shop today, Geoff is onto his 2nd table for the tasting room, while Will is in training for a 9km soft sand running event. Store hours 11am-3pm today, 8:30am-6pm Mon-Fri. 1300 808 254 Cheers! 06/19/2013 02:48 PM Carlton Draught hits slow mo Australia’s alcohol advertising regulations are strict, as a result advertisers continually look for new ways to promote the brand – albeit without specifically promoting the product! Check out Cartlon Draught’s latest ad – the slow mo…and a few other old classics..... 06/19/2013 02:29 PM Victory Brewing now using 45 different yeast strains, plans to get back into Brett fermentation Joining the Brewcasters this week is Bill Covaleski, the brewmaster and president of Downingtown’s Victory Brewing Company, one of the cornerstone breweries of the modern craft beer movement. Founded in 1995 by Bill and childhood friend Ron Barchet, Victory has […] 06/19/2013 02:11 PM Maine Beer Company expanding annual production capacity to 6,800 barrels (audio) (Freeport, ME) – Maine Beer Company co-founder, Dave Kleban, joined the Beer Hear! podcast recently to chat about what’s new at the brewery. The company now operates out of a new facility in Freeport, Maine, where it brews on a […] 06/19/2013 02:09 PM Laurelwood Brewing Co. Expands Production, Contracts with Craft Brew Alliance Laurelwood Brewing Co. is proud to announce a major expansion into national markets. Contracting with Craft Brew Alliance, Laurelwood is set to increase its production by as many as 15,000 barrels a year, making it finally possible to realize a long held goal of owner Mike De Kalb –packaging Laurelwood beers in 12 ounce glass bottles. 06/19/2013 02:07 PM Beer Hunter: The Movie. Debuts this Saturday at Diamond Knot You are reading Beer Hunter: The Movie. Debuts this Saturday at Diamond Knot by Kendall Jones, as originally posted on The Washington Beer Blog. You are reading Beer Hunter: The Movie. Debuts this Saturday at Diamond Knot by Kendall Jones, as originally posted on The Washington Beer Blog. This Saturday (June 22) Diamond Knot Brewing will host the local premier of Beer Hunter: The Movie. Details below. The movie chronicles the travels of one of beer’s most important personalities....06/19/2013 02:01 PM 30 Days Without Beer: A Daring Adventure  I did the unthinkable - I went 30 days without drinking beer.
Not only that, I went 30 days without drinking any alcohol at all.
You may pick your jaw back up off the floor now.
So why did I do it? It's something I've been planning for a while.
I was trying to think of the last time I went 30 days booze-free. I honestly can't remember (bad sign). Let's just called it a decade and cut it off there.
06/19/2013 01:50 PM Colorado Beer News 061913  Today is World Sauntering Day. Slow down your pace today and avoid rushing. Take it easy and smell the roses as they say. Enjoy life more fully today and take the time to just take it all in. And while you're at it - take the time to slowly enjoy a craft beer with a friend. Here's what's happening around the Colorado beerosphere today Wednesday, June 19th, 2013.Metro Denver FATE Brewing Company (Boulder) - Today the brewery is releasing two new beers. The 1st will be released at 11:00am and is their Belgian Golden Strong Ale (9.5% ABV 32 IBU). The 2nd beer is a limited cask release of their Parcae Belgian Pale Ale that was dry-hopped with galaxy hops. That will be tapped at 3pm. Cannonball Creek Brewing (Golden) - Tis the Saison! Their Rosemary Sourdough Saison returns to the taproom tomorrow, June 20th at 3:00pm. It's a perfect choice for the last day of Spring. Strange Brewing Company (Denver) - And now for something completely different. It's One Barrel Wednesday and today's barrel is "Red Radish Saison". Got your curiosity? Come try it then. Rockyard Brewing Company (Castle Rock) - Still a chance for you to get tickets to tonight's Brewmaster's Dinner at 6:30pm. 4 courses each paired with beer such as "Dutch," Redhawk Ale, Two-Bit Wit, and a special release of Spirit of Danny, a barrel aged Grand Cru. Call (303) 814-9273 to reserve your seat.  Big Choice Brewing (Broomfield) - [Newsletter] It's their 2nd can release! Big Choice Brewing will be utilizing Mobile Canning once again to can their second beer on Friday! Called "West Portal Colorado Common Summer Ale", it is light, refreshing, with a tinge of bitterness to it. This is the first in an ongoing Alpine Tunnel series that takes into consideration the love of Colorado History by telling tall tales of the people of Colorado and their love for beer back in the day! Look for the 16oz 4 packs in stores at the end of June!Colorado Plus Brewpub (Wheat Ridge) - Friday on the Summer Solstice, June 21st at 4pm will mark Colorado Plus' 2nd Grand Opening. Why a second grand opening? Because they're finally releasing 4 of their own beers on tap! Stop in to see the selection. Check out the Beer Release page to see what's pouring. Copper Kettle Brewing (Denver) - This Friday marks the 1st bottle release of CKBC's Mexican Chocolate Stout. This brew won a gold medal at the GABF in 2011. Look for it in local Denver stores. There will be a release party at the brewery on Friday starting at 12pm. Odyssey Beerwerks (Arvada) - There are a few spots for new members left in their Adventurer Club. Club members will be able to get their new upcoming stainless steel growlers from Hydro Flask when they come in at the end of the month. If you haven't joined up yet better hurry! Dry Dock Brewing Co (Aurora) - A milestone was reached today. Dry Dock produced their 1 millionth can of craft beer today! Grats on this achievement. The one millionth can was for their Apricot Blonde. Expect that can to be enshrined until the 2 millionth can comes out. Epic Beer Festival (Denver) - Volunteers are still needed for the upcoming Epic Beer Festival June 28-29 in the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. If you want to volunteer visit: epicbeerfestival.com/denver-volunteer.html. Great Divide Brewing Co (Denver) - At long last, the newest member of their Yeti family has been revealed. Label approval for their "Oatmeal Yeti" has just arrived. This will be a 9.5% ABV stout brewed with oatmeal and raisins. (Yum!) - No release date has been announced yet, but when it does you know we'll pass it along. Boulder County Front Range Brewing Co (Lafayette) - Opening day keeps getting closer and closer. Their first batch of beer is now in kegs and their tanks are now prepped to start brewing their IPA today. Look for word on opening day coming soon.  Kettle & Stone Brewing Company (Boulder) - This Friday marks the soft opening for the Boulder area's newest brewery. Kettle & Stone will be hosting a Summer Solstice party this Friday followed by their official Grand Opening on June 26th. Expect to see three beers available on grand opening day: Opening Day IPA, Summer Solstice Wheat, and Freedom Stout. For their soft opening they will have the Summer Solstice Wheat on tap only plus 4 individual Ginger Ales (non-alcohol). Their brewery is located at: 6880 Winchester Circle, Unit F in Boulder, CO (the Gunbarrel area) within view of the 119 Diagonal Hwy.BRU Handbuilt Ales & Eats (Boulder) - Capacity in their new brewhouse just got bigger as the brewery just took delivery of several new fermenters yesterday. This can only mean one thing - even more BRU craft beer is coming soon! Bootstrap Brewing (Niwot) - Bootstrap Brewing is celebrating their 1st anniversary with a party this Saturday, June 22nd at the brewery from 12pm to 9pm. The Colorado Craft Beer Show will be doing a live remote from 12-2pm, then Cat Jerky will be playing live music from 2-4:30pm. A Cornhole tournament starts at 3pm. Grand Prize is 2 VIP tickets to the Epic Beer Festival on June 29th in Denver. Plenty of fresh craft beer will be on tap and food will be available from Niwot Market and Treppeda's Ristorante. Northern Colorado Colorado Brewers' Festival (Ft. Collins) - Don't miss the big beer festival in FoCo this weekend that culminates Fort Collins Beer Week. Many businesses downtown FoCo are offering specials on beer and merchandise. Friday night is All Brewers Eve celebration. Then the all afternoon sessions on Saturday and Sunday. Get tickets and details at: downtownfortcollins.com/events/colorado-brewers-festival The Mayor of Old Town (Ft. Collins) - The Mayor recently collaborated with Verboten Brewing of Loveland, Colorado to some up with "I'm All Right Jack" - it's an imperial Kentucky Common that was aged in rum barrels. It weighs in at 12% ABV and is now on tap at The Mayor of Old Town. Better stop in to get some soon as it's a limited batch. Southern Front Range Pikes Peak Brewing (Monument) - [PRESS RELEASE] Pikes Peak Brewing Co. is gearing up to be the only active brewery in the Pikes Peak Region to can their handcrafted beers. “We expanded our brewing capacity early in 2013 to meet demand and accomplish our goal of doubling our output so that we can get the Pikes Peak brand out there in the Colorado Springs area,“ says Wright. “We decided on cans because they are better for the beer, lighter and can be taken to more places than bottles. We plan to produce at least 240 Barrels worth of cans (or close to 60,000 cans) through the remainder of 2013.” Elephant Rock IPA, a bold India Pale Ale with a resinous pine and bright citrus profile, will be the first beer to go into 16-ounce cans in late June 2013. PPBC will follow up later in the summer with the fiery colored Devil’s Head Red, a red ale made with a malt blend providing a smooth palate of caramel, toffee and toast. 4 packs of 16-ounce cans will be available for sale in our Monument, Colorado taproom, as well as at select liquor stores around the Pikes Peak Region. Mountains and West  Ska Brewing (Durango) - Friday is the Summer Solstice and Ska Brewing will be releasing the last of the 4 seasonal stouts at a release party on Friday, June 21st from 5pm to 7pm. For this solstice, they are releasing "Estival Cream Stout" in cans - a brew with honey & spices and aged on orange peels. All four seasonal stouts will be available along with summer games and food and live music from the Crags. Be there! Dillon Dam Brewery (Dillon) - Tickets are still available for their Brewmaster's Dinner on Thursday, June 20th at 6:30pm. It's the official kick-off to the Dillon Brew Festival featuring unique beer and food pairings created by their Brewmaster Cory Forster and Chef Jerame Maes. 5 courses paired with 5 unique Dam beers. Call to reserve your spot - 970.262.7777. Pug Ryan's Brewery (Dillon) - The stacks of new cans are in and soon they will be filled with Pug Ryan's Peacemaker Pilsner. If you attend the Lake Dillon Brew Festival you'll be able to taste this and two other variations on this pilsner _____________________________________________________________________ Catch up on Colorado Beer News from earlier this week: Monday | Tuesday View Colorado Brewery Maps - Find a brewery near you! [ Boulder-Longmont Map ] [ Denver Area Map ] [ Northern Colorado Map ] [ Southeast Colorado Map ] [ Northwest Brewery Map ] [ Southwest Colorado Map ] Live Music in the Taproom - Beer and music go great together and many Colorado breweries and top watering holes offer live entertainment every day. Check out the Colorado Brewery Music Listings and find out who's playing at your favorite brewery or beer bar. Updated daily. Colorado Beer Festivals - Looking for info on upcoming beer festivals or related events in Colorado? Check out the listings on the 2013 Colorado Beer Festivals & Events Calendar. Updated daily. Like us on Facebook - There's even more Colorado beer happenings and discussions on the Fermentedly Challenged Facebook Page. Find recaps, special offers, and tips that you won't find on the blog. Colorado Beer Dinners - How about a beer dinner or pairing event? Lots of events are taking reservations now. Check out the Colorado Beer Dinner & Pairing Events listing. Colorado Beer News is published on Fermentedly Challenged daily (Monday through Friday) with craft beer stories as they break from newsletters, emails and social media sites. This news is intended for audiences of legal drinking age (21+). If you'd like to subscribe to this daily by email, sign-up here. Please, always drink responsibly and use a designated driver. This article came from FermentedlyChallenged.com - a Colorado beer blog. Don't miss another article. Subscribe to Fermentedly Challenged by RSS today.   06/19/2013 01:45 PM Hop-Con: Stone Brewing’s w00tstout collab launches at July 17th event In one of Stone’s geekiest accomplishments, CEO & Co-founder Greg Koch reached out to Wil Wheaton of Star Trek and Stand By Me fame to brew a beer with us, along with Drew Curtis, creator of fark.com. Drew Curtis/Wil Wheaton/Greg […] 06/19/2013 01:37 PM Anchor Steam, San Francisco Giants release co-branded Anchor Steam 12-pack Press Release: (San Francisco, CA) – Anchor Brewing announces its latest collaboration with the San Francisco Giants –a limited edition Anchor Steam® San Francisco Giants 12-Pack. On March 26, 1903–seven years after Anchor Brewing began making Anchor Steam® Beer near […] 06/19/2013 01:17 PM Taking stock of currently-proposed beer bills in New York The 2013 legislative session in Albany is quickly approaching its end, so here’s an update on some of the latest beer-related legislation coming out of the State Capitol. Here’s a rundown of the liquor law reforms that impact the beer […] 06/19/2013 01:01 PM Big Choice Brewing Announces Newest Can: West Portal Colorado Common Summer Ale
The post Big Choice Brewing Announces Newest Can: West Portal Colorado Common Summer Ale appeared first on thefullpint.com. 06/19/2013 12:31 PM Laurelwood Brewing Teams Up with CBA You are reading Laurelwood Brewing Teams Up with CBA by Kendall Jones, as originally posted on The Washington Beer Blog. You are reading Laurelwood Brewing Teams Up with CBA by Kendall Jones, as originally posted on The Washington Beer Blog. Portland’s award-winning Laurelwood Brewing Company has teamed up with Craft Beer Alliance to get more of its product on store shelves across the Northwest and especially in the Seattle area. Expect to see more six...06/19/2013 12:30 PM VIDEO – Tallgrass Ethos IPA
The post VIDEO – Tallgrass Ethos IPA appeared first on thefullpint.com. 06/19/2013 12:13 PM Dominion Morning Glory Espresso Stout
The post Dominion Morning Glory Espresso Stout appeared first on thefullpint.com. 06/19/2013 11:36 AM Narragansett Goes Retro With Limited-Edition 1953 Can PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Narragansett Beer announces the debut of a specialty retro Lager can that harkens back to the 1950s, celebrating ‘Gansett’s glory days when the brewer was the top-selling beer in New England. For a limited time, 12-, 18-, and 30-packs of 12-ounce cans of Narragansett Lager will feature the same design and logo that fans enjoyed in 1953. This classic can design recalls memories of the good ol’ days — 1953 saw the first ascent of Mount Everest, the development of the first polio vaccine, and the end of the Korean War — and [...] 06/19/2013 11:29 AM Shipyard Brewing Wins 3 Medals at LA International Beer Competition
The post Shipyard Brewing Wins 3 Medals at LA International Beer Competition appeared first on thefullpint.com. 06/19/2013 11:20 AM WHAT A GREAT NEW BOTTLE WOW HOLY CRAP ITZ SO COOOOLL!!!  We are, after all, ultimately in the story business. Hats off to A-B, who did try to engage us by flying groups of beer writers to their hop farm and maltings in Idaho...but then that turned into a circular firing squad of mutual ethics accusations and just got ugly. And mostly, beer writers didn't write about mainstream beer. Well...MillerCoors is changing all that! I've been seeing the teaser billboards on I-95 in Philly (one of the big Lite markets) for months now, and the new Miller Lite bottle is finally here! That's right, a NEW BOTTLE! Hot damn! Yeah. A new bottle. And they're telling us amazing things about it (add your own excited exclamation points, I already took out most of the capital letters): Consumers Overwhelmingly Prefer The New Bottle 2:1 We Win With Occasional Drinkers Who Preferred The New Bottle By Over 3:1 We Win With All Ages (21-34, 35-40) Both Groups Prefer The New Bottle To Current (Younger By 19 Points, Older By 23 We Win With Hispanics: Hispanics Prefer The New Bottle To Current By 20 Points Advantages Of The New Bottle Also Place Us In A Stronger Competitive Standing Relative To Bud Light WOW! I guess all the beer geeks who say the different glassware really makes a difference may have a point, and Miller Lite is keying on it. I'm yanking Miller's chain, but come on, guys... A new bottle? You already did that! Remember the Vortex bottle, back in 2010? Had a set of spiral grooves on the inside of the neck? Jay Brooks summed that up pretty well here, I mean, what's the point of swirling Miller Lite as it comes out of the bottle, to stimulate the lack of aroma? Maybe...except I did an interview that year with the folks from Owens-Illinois, who developed the Vortex bottle, that I never found a market for and never released...and it shines a light on things here. Have a look. Within the consumer package and beer industry, people are looking for something new and different. It's important to differentiate. It brings added value and news to the marketplace. The Miller Lite brand has seen a lot of change and not all of it positive. It's innovation in terms of value and news to the brand. It's designed to differentiate the brand on the shelf. You get the decorative look, and a flat panel for the labeling. We're working with the customers and letting them lead with that effort. Now...did you notice? Nothing about swirling the beer. That all came from craft guys who assumed it had to be for something. As far as O-I was concerned -- and I was talking to their beer marketing manager and the VP of global innovation -- this was about the look of the swirl. Even Miller never specifically said that the vortex was functional. It's about look. It's all about getting you to look at Miller Lite. No kidding, right? They're just making up news to get themselves noticed! Because there's nothing new about Miller Lite! But what about the constant stream of one-offs and one-time seasonals from craft beer? It's all about the beer! Is it? Or is it about getting you to notice them, shouting to be heard over the new darlings -- 16 oz. cans, 'slim' cans, open-top cans, nanobreweries, reality-TV breweries, collaborations -- and then moving on and making something else new? Look, I like new beers. It's how things happen. But they ought to have some kind of intrinsic value. There are an awful lot of "me too" beers out there among all the innovative ones. It's almost reached the point where making a pale ale is innovative, as people run from them to make exotics. New beer? New bottle? It's all attention for the brand. Miller Lite spins off way too much money to mess with it; you can't make a craft version (they tried that; major fail). But the craft brewers look at big crafts who leaned hard on a flagship -- Sam Adams, New Belgium, Sierra Nevada -- and they see them running into trouble with their street cred, being passed up as not really craft. (Admit it, if you haven't thought that about Boston Lager, Fat Tire, or SNPA, you've heard someone say it.) And we get new beers that are made just to have new beers. Better than a new bottle, but...where's it go? BeerAdvocate? Tickerville? Celebrator? I dunno. It's how things work, but for what part of the market? Who reacts to this stuff, and is it enough to have a real effect? Is it just a new bottle? *I just made that up, and you know, I kind of like it: it's when, about five years ago at the beginning of the Great Recession (I didn't make that up, apparently that's what we're calling the Wall Street debacle and the Stimuless® (yeah, made that one up too...it never caught on, but I haven't given up) now), craft beer stepped out of the background and became the superhero of the beer category by blasting through a collapsing market with hops-fueled double-digit growth. It's when the industry finally realized that this wasn't a fad, wasn't going away, and had to be taken seriously...and Blue Moon and Shock Top stopped being redheaded stepchildren at their parent companies.) 06/19/2013 10:37 AM 06/19/2013 Llywelyn’s Pub Presenting a Brew You Never Knew While it’s fun to be on the hunt to try and find that special or fun beer, it can be pretty tiring. Well, you can stop running all around town and visit Llywelyn’s Pub in Webster Groves and St. Charles (and also now in Wildwood!) to see something cool on tap. Llywelyn’s is continuing their [...] 06/19/2013 10:22 AM Steamworks Brewing Co. Announces Promotions DURANGO, Colo. – In response to growth at Peak Brewing LLC, dba Steamworks Brewing Co., the company has announced three promotions. Steve Kammerer has been named General Manager, over-seeing operations of the Durango-based brewpub, with Ryder Okumura promoted to Front-of-House Manager and Gabe Harrington now serving as Kitchen Manager. “We’re really very fortunate to have three experienced and very conscientious employees available to step up to these managerial positions,” said Kris Oyler, Steamworks co-founder. “Steamworks’ management philosophy has always been about empowering our employees and furthering Steamworks’ excellence.” Kammerer hails originally from Wisconsin, where he graduated from [...] 06/19/2013 10:18 AM Shipyard Wins Three Silver Awards at the L.A. International Beer Competition PORTLAND, Maine — Shipyard Brewing Company’s Pugsley’s Signature Series Smashed Blueberry, Bourbon Barrel Aged Double Scottish Ale, and Old Thumper Extra Special Ale were all honored with silver awards at the 2013 Los Angeles International Commercial Beer Competition. This competition is part of the 91st annual Los Angeles County Fair and 647 beers competed in 84 categories. This internationally recognized fair is the largest in North America. Pugsley’s Signature Series Smashed Blueberry was awarded a silver in the Fruit Beer category. Bourbon Barrel Aged Double Scottish Ale took home a silver in the Scottish-Style Ale category. Old [...] 06/19/2013 10:14 AM Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station Now Open SAN DIEGO — Stone Brewing Co. is thrilled to announce that its second decidedly eclectic restaurant, Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station, is (finally!) open in what use to be the Naval Training Center in the Point Loma neighborhood of San Diego. The brewery restaurant opened its doors May 15 and recently finished construction of its garden, marking the completion of the entire facility. “This project was a monster, however, we were able to bring to fruition an epic concept that we are really proud of,” said Stone CEO and Co-founder Greg Koch. “We have created a restaurant [...] 06/19/2013 09:02 AM Upslope Imperial India Pale Ale review  Most breweries can put out a 12oz can of beer. Fewer breweries release a 16oz can, but a select few craft brewers go beyond that. Upslope Brewing Company of Boulder, Colorado recently released their Upslope Imperial India Pale Ale in a royal pint can (19.2oz). Normally, you'd think for such a big can a brewery would put an average strength beer in it, not so here. Upslope Brewing put in one of their biggest beers weighing in at 10% ABV and a hefty 90 IBU. Not only that, they went a different direction with the hops as well. Instead of using primarily U.S. hops, they added hops from New Zealand to give it some unique aromas and flavors. I've had some other beers that used New Zealand hops and was intrigued with them, so when Upslope released their Imperial IPA I knew it would be special. Here's my review of this big bold beer in a royal pint can. Appearance: Upslope Imperial IPA poured out a bright golden orange color and quickly built up a big white head. As the foam settled, it left a semi-sticky lacing along the side of the glass. Aroma: Here is where the New Zealand hops take center stage in this Imperial IPA. Right up front, instead of getting the usual pine and citrus bomb, I could pick out more of a melon and grapefruit tone, just like Upslope described it. I also got whiffs of earthy spice, resin, honey and sweet malts. Pine? Yes, a bit, but that's not the main aroma here. Being a big beer, the alcohol was also a bit noticeable in the aroma. If I had smelled this beer blind without knowing what it was I may have been a bit puzzled. I could probably tell this was a hopped up beer, but I had rarely smelled something quite like this. Upslope's beer was pleasant on the nose and curious at the same time.  Taste: Ooh wow hops! The bitter wave hit me right up front and stuck with me to the end. Mixed in were some semi-sweet malts and an earthiness. There was a big full bodied mouthfeel here. The alcohol was immediately noticeable, but wasn't overpowering. I could taste the citrus, the bitter hops, the malts and at the end a drying effect. This beer reminded me initially of a Stone Brewing Arrogant Bastard in it's hop boldness, but went in a different direction due to the hop selection. This is definitely NOT a beginners beer, rather for the hop experienced. Don't introduce a Bud Light drinker to this beer or else they won't appreciate it.Overall: In the end, I was able to finish the entire can without much difficulty and really enjoyed it. It's nice to shake up the usual Double IPA mold and mix in a new variety of hops. If it weren't for the hops it may have been just a good Double IPA, but this one truly impressed. Drink this one slow and consider sharing the can with someone else as there's plenty here for two. I'm glad this beer will be one of Upslope's year-round beers. When I'm in the mood for a big IPA this one will be on my list. Disclosure: I paid for this beer at my local liquor store myself, but got a huge discount on it because the clerk thought that the price seemed too high for a single beer and slashed the price. Nice eh? Related articles: - Royal pint cans used for Upslope's Imperial IPA. - Upslope Pumpkin Ale review. (2012) - Upslope Foreign Style Stout review. (2012) This article came from FermentedlyChallenged.com - a Colorado beer blog. Don't miss another article. Subscribe to Fermentedly Challenged by RSS today. 06/19/2013 08:28 AM Ah…Summer Rituals A summer ritual in Canada is certainly the opening of the cottage, camp or cabin. Cottage for those in eastern Canada, Camp for those in Central Canada and Cabin for those in western Canada. All together it is that summer retreat that so many Canadians take of advantage of, whether it is their own place [...] 06/19/2013 08:09 AM "Skunked" Beer, "Light Struck" Beer, and the Impact of Temperature Changes Jake Wrote: On multiple occasions in the last year, I have heard people use the term "Skunked" to describe an off flavor that they perceive in a beer. I have also been asked by friends if the myth that cooling a beer, letting it come back to room temperature, and then cooling it again will cause the beer to get "Skunked". I read a really informative post on the Binny's (Chicago store) Blog and I want to re-post it to make sure that it gets preserved. For reference, Adam Vavrick ("Vav") is one of the most respected guys in Chicago craft beer and is the primary beer buyer for the Binny's Lincoln Park location that is about to expand to 50,000 square feet of beer, wine, and liquor. The Blog starts with a customer question:
I just bought a case of Petrus Aged Pale Ale. I opened it up when I got home and noticed it was cold. I thought this was probably a mistake since most people buying in bulk would want it warm so they can cool it at their leisure. I called to see if I could exchange it, and the guy said could but the beer would be fine. Basically it’s a myth about the warming/cooling of beer that leads to aged taste or skunkiness, and exposure to light matters. I was confused, having thought that was a factor.
- D.G.
And then Vav provides the answer with a side of great customer service:
Hi D.G.
The beer is absolutely fine for a number of reasons. Bear with me. There’s a lot of science coming up.
“Skunking” is a specific occurrence in beer, not a catch all for when beer goes bad.
Beer uses hops as its bitter component to balance the sweetness of malt. When hops are added to the beer during the boiling, they release Iso-Alpha Acids, which are the main components in hop oil. During the boil alpha acids isomerize, or transform into different molecules, which are very bitter. These, along with other hop oils, remain in the beer, contributing hop aroma. Some of the oils are quite volatile, and will break down when exposed to ultraviolet light. The reaction is quite fast: literally a matter of minutes and the isohumulone will break down into a chemical similar in makeup and aroma to the chemicals that come from a skunk’s anal scent glands. This is why beers from certain big European breweries smell skunky: green glass offers almost no protection from light. Clear bottles offer no protection. Brown bottles offer great but not perfect protection. A fun experiment is to grab a four pack of either Pilsner Urquell or Beck’s in cans. Pour a couple ounces into a clear glass, and put it on a sunny windowsill for two minutes. Then pour a few ounces into a second glass and smell the beer in both glasses. The difference will shock you.
Some beers like Corona and some Miller products use hop extracts that have been chemically altered to prevent skunking, even in clear bottles. So that’s where skunking comes from. In fact, we also call it Light Struck.
Still with me? Go grab a beer and then come back. There’s more…
The other part of your question is temperature variations. There is some truth to temperature fluctuations affecting beer, but it’s negligible. Basically, beer’s biggest enemies are time, light and oxygen.
Beer is partially a solid. Around 2% of beer is solid: carbohydrates, sugars, and more. This makes up the body and head of a beer. These solids, given a long enough time, will settle out of solution to the bottom of the container. Some beers hold up longer than others; it depends on the makeup of the beer, like how much residual sugar is left after fermentation, or how attenuating (thorough, basically) the yeast was, and so on. When beer is stored cold, it stalls the aging process. So purely as an arbitrary example, a Pale Ale with, say, a 6 month shelf life, might have a 5 month shelf life when stored at room temperature, a 4 month shelf at 85 degrees, 3 month at 95, etc. These aren’t exact numbers, but you get the idea. The warmer the beer is stored, the shorter the shelf life.
One way to accelerate the aging process is drastic temperature swings from near freezing to near boiling. In fact, many breweries do just that in their labs, subjecting their beer to harsh conditions to see just how durable they are as part of their quality control procedures. The negligible amount this happens in the real world when you take a beer out of the cooler, allow it to warm, and then re-chill it is is absolutely harmless. And even if it did speed up aging, it certainly wouldn’t cause skunking.
Petrus Aged Pale Ale (good choice, by the way) is a sour ale. In fact, it is a pale ale that uses a very small amount of hops, which then goes into 200 hectoliter oak tuns, called foudres, where it sits for upwards of 3 years. In general, sour ales require less hops because you WANT infections from various little funky bugs and yeasts. Hop oils, in addition to bittering, also have preservative qualities. By using less hops, it allows those funky bugs and yeasts to go work unimpeded. Additionally, most sour ales, particularly lambics, use aged hops, most typically hops that have been aged for three years or more. This aging drives off many of the oils that contribute to both the preservative effects and aromatics, leaving only the bittering potential.
So there you have it. Your beer is just fine. If you’re still uncomfortable, of course we’ll take them back, but rest assured that they are just fine.
So, next time your friends say that they want to buy beer warm because they are going to transport it, or say that something "Skunked" their beer, do us all a favor and point them to this post. I wish someone had done that for me in my early days of craft beer drinking. Full disclosure: Petrus Aged Pale is one of my all-time favorite beers 06/19/2013 07:59 AM Bitter American  So, starting over... Bitter American from 21st Amendment Brewery pours a cloudy, marmalade color with a frothy white head. The head is persistent and leaves behind a sticky lacing. The beer has a citrus and biscuity malt aroma. Starting out with a pleasing grapefruit citrus, the flavor also brings some fruitiness in the background. The moderately thick mouthfeel is mixed with a tingly carbonation. 21st Amendment Bitter American is very low in alcohol, checking in at just 4.4% ABV. However, that does not mean it's lacking in taste. I found it to be an exceptionally flavorful beer, and the sessionable nature of the beer is a bonus. I cracked one open after an afternoon at the range, while waiting for the grill to heat up for our Father's Day dinner. I took advantage of the low ABV and poured another to accompany the Jalapeño cheese topped burgers. It was a delicious pairing. 06/19/2013 07:10 AM Sweetwater Brewing Waterkeeper Hefeweizen The Hefeweizen. Bringer of clove and banana. It’s a style of beer that I rarely, if ever, go out of my way to order or purchase, but seems that on those few occasions I happen to crack one open (usually on a hot weekend afternoon) I can think of nothing better to sit back and [...] The post Sweetwater Brewing Waterkeeper Hefeweizen appeared first on The Barley Blog. 06/19/2013 04:39 AM British Brewing: Horses and Tweed Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog - Going on about beer and pubs since 2007 The image above, taken from the 1978 edition of Whitbread’s official history booklet, Whitbread’s Entire, captures perfectly, we think, the aristocratic manner of the families behind Big Brewing in Britain in the post-war period. Watneys was also run by members of several wealthy families, and the company was proud of it. Sanders Watney (Winchester, Trinity [...] British Brewing: Horses and Tweed 06/19/2013 04:00 AM Hefeweizen Tasting Video Summer time is a great time for beer. I have had a long history of brewing wheat beers. Many years ago I can remember drinking pitcher after pitcher of great German style Hefeweizens. But somewhere along the way I lost my taste for them. Recently, I had started doing research into Hefeweizen again. In my [...] Read the original article Hefeweizen Tasting Video and other Brew Dudes posts. 06/19/2013 03:05 AM Barclay Perkins Lagers 1925 - 1934 (part one)  First let's take a look at the types of Lager Barclay Perkins brewed. In the 1920's, they brewed just two: Export and Dark. Both had pretty respectable gravities for the period. Between 1925 and 1930 the average OG of beer brewed in Britain was about 1043º*). Dark and Export, at 1057 and 1050 respectively, were both well above the average. A third Lager, romantically called Draught, appeared in 1932. That they could justify brewing a draught beer as well as bottled ones is an indication of the success of Barclay's Lager. As is the increase in the batch size of Dark and Export from 1932 onwards. In the case of dark, from 65 to 105 barrels, for Export from 125 to 200 barrels. It's worth pointing out that far more Export was brewed than Dark. Its batches weren't just larger, there were more of them. Draught Lager was weaker and closer to average gravity. I've included tables of foreign Lagers for comparison purposes. A bit of compare and contrast never goes amiss. It's easiest to find a comparable beer with Barclay's Dark. I'm pretty sure Münchener was the style they were aiming for. The Barclay's beer has an OG at the top end of the German examples. The FG is pretty similar to the German beers, as is the attenuation of around 65%. Barclay's Dark seems to match the specifications of the Munich style quite well. Barclay's Export also looks similar to its German equivalent, this time from Dortmund. Though this time it's at the bottom end of the German range in terms of OG. The FG's match up pretty well, too, roughly between 1010º and 1014º. The attenuation is also pretty similar at 75-80%. This is where it gets tricky as I'm not sure what style Draught is aiming for. If I hadn't seen the hopping rate, I might have said Pilsener. But it's not very well hopped, falling between Dark and Export in terms of hops per quarter. It seems to match best with a German Lagerbier or a Danish Lager, though I'm not sure that I'd want to read too much into that. The hopping rate is quite modest for all the Lagers. In 1924/25, these were Barclay's hopping rates:
You can see that the most highly hopped Lager, Export, only had the same level of hopping the least highly hopped top-fermenting beer. The boil times are short compared to those of Barclay's other beers. Their Pale Ales and Milds were boiled for 2.25 and 2 hours. Their Porter, Stouts and K Ales were all boiled for more than 2 hours. Unsurprisingly, the fermentations were much cooler than for their top-fermenting beers, which were pitched at 60-63º F and rose to 70-73º F. The logs from the 1920's indicate that they used Carlsberg yeast harvested from earlier brews. Later logs just say which previous gyle the yeast had been harvested from. It may well still have been Carlsberg yeast. I wonder if they were also culturing it, as was common in larger continental breweries. Next time we'll be looking at grists and mashing techniques. Lots more surprises there.
 * Brewers' Almanack 1928, p. 110. 06/19/2013 12:00 AM Beer Review: Lagunitas Little Sumpin' Sumpin' Ale  Serving Type: BottleABV: 7.5 percent Appearance: This brew has a deep golden color with some blonde highlights. There was a ton of rising carbonation towards the top of the glass. It was almost as if the bubbles were fighting each other for space within the concoction. That assisted the tall, thick and frothy head that was a bright white color and left very thick lacing inside the glass. Let me say again that the lacing was quite thick just to emphasize the thickness. The bubbles in both the head and the lacing were pretty big and defining. Smell: I didn't pick up anything too exotic. Mainly just hints of a citrusy orange and a large helping of floral hop notes. Taste: The front half of my tongue was saturated with some pleasant citrus, wheat and yeast. That combination gave me tastes of both sweet and pale. The floral hops hit me on the finish. They were quite intense and made swallowing the beer a bit of a struggle, but thankfully it didn't linger in the aftertaste. The booziness of the beer also kicked in at this point. It was a few shades above that warm feeling you get and is sometimes enjoyable. It had a slight burning sensation to it. Overall Rating:      This is a quality beer and it comes from a quality brewer. Apologies for not having it in the Lagunitas mason jar glass. I only came into possessing the glass some time after drinking this beer. Everything went quite well for me with this except for the harshness of the hops and the alcohol content. This seemed to be hoppier and more boozy than the Lagunitas IPA which I love. I love the label on the bottle of this, too. I'm a big history geek. So, I love that Lagunitas sometimes haspin-up style images on its labels. Ones just like those painted on fuselages of World War II bombers. 06/18/2013 09:32 PM Moab Brewery Moab, Utah is known for scenic grandeur. Broad canyons of bright red sandstone. Snow-capped peaks looming over the distant horizon. Outdoor enthusiasts converge here to enjoy the great outdoors; rafting nearby rivers, traversing endless mountain-biking trails and, of course, drinking world-class beer inspired by this superior setting. For that last part you’ll have to venture over to the town’s sole outpost of craft beer: Moab Brewery. Founded in 1996 by John Borkoski and Dave Sabey, Moab has enjoyed a great deal of consistency, employing the same brewmaster for more than a decade. With beers named after nearby attractions, like Dead Horse Amber Ale, or popular recreations like Rocket Bike Lager and Derailleur Red Ale, the brewery has made a concerted effort to ingratiate itself within the community. Nothing helps that endeavor so much as good beer. It starts with fresh mountain water, courtesy of the neighboring La Sal’s. You can [...] 06/18/2013 08:03 PM Four Peaks Brewing Coaster Design Contest
The post Four Peaks Brewing Coaster Design Contest appeared first on thefullpint.com. 06/18/2013 06:24 PM Yes! Making Barrel-Aged Negroni in My New Cute 2L Oak Barrel Wow, I couldn’t be more excited if it Kimye named their new baby after me! My adorable little 2L barrel just arrived! I washed it out according to directions, and it’s now sitting on my countertop waiting to swell and close the staves. Then I’ll rinse it again and pour in all the delicious Negroni [...] 06/18/2013 05:24 PM Beer Jobs: The Tasting Team, Sydney/Melbourne The Tasting Team are looking for craft beer fanatics to run tastings in Sydney and Melbourne. 06/18/2013 04:57 PM Colorado Beer News 061813  Today is International Sushi Day. Sushi, like craft beer, is an art form and today is the day fans celebrate the combination of vinegared rice and raw seafood. So what craft beer would you pair with sushi? How about a pilsner, a hefeweizen or a Kölsch-style beer! One way to find out - try a pairing! Here's what's happening around the Colorado beerosphere today Tuesday, June 18th, 2013.Metro Denver Colorado Plus Brewpub (Wheat Ridge) - It's been a month since they opened for business, but coming up this Friday, June 21st Colorado Plus will be unveiling their own line-up of beer to become part of the 56-tap wall of beer that they serve. Colorado Plus plans to release 4 of their own beers on Friday including 2 zombie themed beers: 1) Undead Red - a Belgian-style red ale, 2) Bitter off Dead - a double IPA featuring Falconer's Flight hops, 3) Cinnamon Almond Ale - a beer that doesn't follow any particular style but an original flavor combo, and 4) Berliner Weiss - a low ABV soured wheat beer. These brews and 52-other guest Colorado beers will be available along with their food menu. Copper Kettle Brewing (Denver) - Tomorrow, June 19th, Copper Kettle's Firkin Wednesday tapping will be a "Smoked Imperial Coffee Stout" - part of their June Smoked Brews Cask Month. This cask taps at 3:00pm. Grist Brewing Company (Highlands Ranch) - Highlands Ranch is set to get a new craft brewery this fall. Grist Brewing Company will open a 6500 square foot facility just south of C470 and Sante Fe Boulevard. They plan to serve a wide variety of quality ales and lagers. Expect to see styles such as hefeweizens, Kolsch, American IPA, Brown ales and Bocks along with some experimentation. Rob Kevwitch will be the main brewer and has a Ph. D in Organic Chemistry. They plan to brew on an American-made 20 barrel brewhouse system from Wisconsin. See their complete press release issued today. Renegade Brewing (Denver) - [PRESS RELEASE] Renegade Brewing Company, at 925 W 9th Ave, has decided to close down the 900 block of 9th Ave, 9th Ave between Santa Fe and Kalamath, and throw a block party! The party kicks off at noon on June 29th and wraps up at 10pm. The celebration will feature live music from 5 local bands on an outdoor stage. The lineup includes Cousin Jasper at 12:30, The Stormcellars at 2:30, The Black Postcards at 4:30, CP Carrington at 6:30 and the 8:30 band is TBA. Renegade has brewed up 8 special beers for the event including a beet saison, milk pale ale, and a couple of twists on classic Renegade beers that will only be available the day of. Also, two food trucks will be in attendance to serve the party goers offering Mexican tortas, chicken wings, grilled cheese and other options. Entrance is free and beers will be sold by the glass. Hops & Pie (Denver) - Looking for a tasty brew and a slice or 2 of pizza tonight? Stop in at Hops & Pie. They've got some new tappings starting today including: Kolsch from Prost Brewing, I'm Barley Wine from Black Bottle Brewery (FoCo), Saison Brett from Boulevard Brewing, Burton Baton from Dogfish Head, and Double Jack from Firestone Walker. Denver Beer Company (Denver) - This Saturday, June 22 from 12pm to 4pm, Denver Beer Company and Little Man Ice Cream are hosting an Ice Cream Social at Denver Beer Co. This is an ice cream event for adults. Come try a beer float as well as several beer & ice cream pairings. Also, don't forget that tomorrow is their third annual HOP SWAP. Come pick up a starter hop plant. They're giving away free ones at 4pm till they are all gone. Just be sure to bring in some hops when you harvest them, mmkay? Lone Tree Brewing (Lone Tree) - Their Hoptree IIPA has just been put on nitro tap today. This helps create a big creamy head on this big hoppy double IPA. Sorry, no growler fills on that one. Northern Colorado Grimm Brothers (Loveland) - It's Ladies Night at Grimm Bros (June 18th) where ladies can get half-priced pints starting at 4:00pm. Have you tried their recently released Riffraff Dunkelweizen yet? Also, coming up this Friday, June 21st is the return of their 3 Golden Hairs - a Czech-style Pilsner made with Saaz hops for a floral, spicy character. Perfect brew for this warmer season. Verboten Brewing (Loveland) - Verboten Brewing just added their 2nd nitro tap handle. There will always be 2 beers on nitro every time you visit. Today's nitro offerings: Chicory Midnight Espresso Stout and their new "Never Nude" pale ale. Crabtree Brewing (Greeley) - Don't forget - Crabtree Brewing's inaugural Trivia Night starts tonight at 7:00pm. Bring some friends and join in the competition. High Hops Brewery (Windsor) - Tomorrow's Wednesday Firkin is called "Nick Noel Tea #2: The Prince of Tides". What kind of beer is this? You'll just have to try one to find out. This brew taps at 5:00pm. Then on Thursday, sign up to perform during Open Mic Night from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. Live music also on Friday (6-8pm) and Saturday (5-7pm). Also, did you know that High Hops won an award for their Witty One (wheat ale) at the San Diego International Beer Festival? Echo Brewing Co (Frederick) - It's Trivia Night at 7pm tonight. Stop in early and get some food as well from Shuffler Bros BBQ starting at 5pm to 8pm. Beer, BBQ and Trivia - what could be better? Hop Acres (Ft. Collins) - Local hop farm has just received a Wolfe Hops Harvester from Germany last week. It's the first of its kind on the Front Range that they know of. This piece of equipment will allow them to harvest hops very quickly and get fresh local hops to local brewers within hours of harvest time. More info at: www.hopacres.com. Mountains and West Lake Dillon Brew Festival (Dillon) - This will be a busy weekend for beer festivals in Colorado and up in the mountains at Lake Dillon they are having the Lake Dillon Brew Festival this Saturday, June 22nd starting at 1pm and lasting til 5pm at Marina Park. This is a Colorado Brewers Guild event and will host over 25 Colorado breweries and plenty of live Bluegrass music. This event was formerly known as the Summit of Bluegrass & Brews. For tickets and info visit: dillondba.org. Kannah Creek Brewing (Grand Junction) - In the "how did I miss this" category, back in mid-May, Kannah Creek officially opened the doors to a 2nd building that they call Edgewater Tap & Grill. This huge new 14,000 square foot facility not only houses a restaurant with a completely different food menu, and a taproom with all the same Kannah Creek beers, but it also has it's own brewhouse and bottling facility as well. The new location has a huge outdoor patio as well as a large grassy area out front that will be used for events. Brewery tours will begin this fall for their large scale production area. Kannah Creek plans to brew at both locations. The Edgewater Tap & Grill is located at 905 STruthers Avenue in Grand Junction, Colorado on the river front. Follow Edgewater Tap & Grill on Facebook. _____________________________________________________________________ Catch up on Colorado Beer News from earlier this week: Monday View Colorado Brewery Maps - Find a brewery near you! [ Boulder-Longmont Map ] [ Denver Area Map ] [ Northern Colorado Map ] [ Southeast Colorado Map ] [ Northwest Brewery Map ] [ Southwest Colorado Map ] Live Music in the Taproom - Beer and music go great together and many Colorado breweries and top watering holes offer live entertainment every day. Check out the Colorado Brewery Music Listings and find out who's playing at your favorite brewery or beer bar. Updated daily. Colorado Beer Festivals - Looking for info on upcoming beer festivals or related events in Colorado? Check out the listings on the 2013 Colorado Beer Festivals & Events Calendar. Updated daily. Like us on Facebook - There's even more Colorado beer happenings and discussions on the Fermentedly Challenged Facebook Page. Find recaps, special offers, and tips that you won't find on the blog. Colorado Beer Dinners - How about a beer dinner or pairing event? Lots of events are taking reservations now. Check out the Colorado Beer Dinner & Pairing Events listing. Colorado Beer News is published on Fermentedly Challenged daily (Monday through Friday) with craft beer stories as they break from newsletters, emails and social media sites. This news is intended for audiences of legal drinking age (21+). If you'd like to subscribe to this daily by email, sign-up here. Please, always drink responsibly and use a designated driver. This article came from FermentedlyChallenged.com - a Colorado beer blog. Don't miss another article. Subscribe to Fermentedly Challenged by RSS today. 06/18/2013 04:18 PM Book Review- Maine Beer: Brewing in Vacationland I’ve been talking with Josh Christie, author of “Maine Beer, Brewing in Vacationland” on Twitter for a while now. It was roughly a year ago when I caught a passing tweet about the book he was writing, and all I … Continue reading → 06/18/2013 04:06 PM Press Clips: New Yorker Illustrates Craft’s Growth; Pliny Tops Homebrewer Poll (Again); Great Lakes Digs Up Old Recipe Even the casual craft beer drinker knows that cities like San Diego and Seattle boast some of the richest brewery-per-capita rates in the country. However the overall surge of craft beer in America has also created an expansive reach of breweries in places not commonly mentioned alongside other craft hotspots. 06/18/2013 04:00 PM Brewed in Austin  A little taste of the upcoming documentary about the explosive growth of craft beer in Austin, Texas. The show explores the short-lived craft beer boom in the 90s, the current growth of craft breweries in Austin, flavor and consumer trends, the legal obstacles for Texas breweries and brewpubs and business challenges new breweries will face.06/18/2013 03:54 PM Dixie Brewery lawsuit to stop demolition dismissed by federal court A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the former owners of the Dixie Brewery that sought to stop the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs from demolishing a large chunk of the historic building on Tulane Avenue. U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman of New Orleans ruled June 10 that he did not have jurisdiction over the case. He also determined that the plaintiffs failed to prove that without a preliminary injunction they would suffer irreparable injury and that an injunction would not hurt the public interest, in this case the construction of the VA hospital. http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/06/dixie_brewery_lawsuit_to_stop.html  [Submitted by Jay Theriot] 06/18/2013 03:11 PM Loowit Brewing Wins Gold Medal at Inaugural Washington Beer Awards Out of more than 70 breweries and 400 entrants, Vancouver, Washington's young brewery wins a gold medal in their first major competition. 06/18/2013 03:07 PM Going to a big wine tasting? Here are five tasting survival tips “As a wine writer, I get asked all the time how I navigate the bigger wine events, such as August’s Family Winemakers in San Francisco, which features 250 wineries pouring about 800 wines. There are some tricks. 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This person arrived early in the morning on the 15th with a white GMC/Chevy pick-up.... 06/18/2013 01:51 PM The Commons Brewery Releases “Fishing With Hallet” for 16 Tons’ 3rd Anniversary The Commons Brewery will be releasing bottles of Fishing With Hallet for Eugene's 16 Tons Cafe & Taphouse with two events on June 22nd and June 23rd. 06/18/2013 01:19 PM Grist Brewing Company selects Highlands Ranch for new brewery  There's no end in sight to the string of brewery openings set for Colorado in 2013 and Grist Brewing Company is the latest to announce their intentions to open in the Denver metro area. Highlands Ranch will be the location for another brewery. Check out the press release from Grist Brewing issued earlier this month.Grist Brewing Company to Open Fall 2013, Serving Southwest Denver [PRESS RELEASE] Highlands Ranch, Colorado – June 7th, 2013 – Grist Brewing Company is set to open their doors in the fall of 2013. Located just south of C470 and Sante Fe Boulevard in a 6500+ square foot facility, Grist is uniquely situated to serve customers in Highlands Ranch, Littleton, and the surrounding metropolitan Denver Area. While most new breweries open looking for a niche, Rob and the ownership team have a different vision. Grist is focused simply on making ales and lagers that are of the highest quality, approachable, and true to style. While experimentation within the guidelines will be embraced and trends will be explored, the primary focus at Grist will be to make consistently great beers to be enjoyed year round. Initial offerings will include Hefeweizen, Kolsch, American IPA, Brown, and Bock. At the center of the operation is Rob Kevwitch. With a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Rob understands the fundamental role science plays in making a great beer. As an award winning home brewer with over a decade of experience, Rob has demonstrated the ability to put those principles into practice. That dedication to his passions has also played a role in overcoming many of the obstacles facing a startup brewery. Despite these challenges, Rob maintains an attitude that is reflective of Grist as a whole… “Nothing so far has been easy, and if it was easy, it wouldn't have been this much fun”. While striving to make exceptional beer is our passion, we are equally committed to making a positive impact in our community. Plans have begun for involvement in local sports leagues and highway cleanup programs. Aggressively training our staff to be conscious of underage drinking and overconsumption is an equally high priority. Grist has also made a significant investment in our economy by purchasing a new, American made 20 barrel brewhouse from the W.M. Sprinkman Corporation in Wisconsin. Installation will be complete by mid-August of this year. As milestones are reached, more announcements will be made. In the meantime, we can be followed on Facebook at Grist Brewing Company. Related articles: - Factotum Brewhouse to let homebrewers be the brewmaster. - Fort Collins Brewery announced Create-Share-Savor concept. - Sanitas Brewing prepares flagship beers for Summer debut. This article came from FermentedlyChallenged.com - a Colorado beer blog. Don't miss another article. Subscribe to Fermentedly Challenged by RSS today. 06/18/2013 01:00 PM CYBI Citra DIPA Kegging Day With the National Homebrewers Conference quickly approaching, I needed to keg this so I would be free to concentrate on other things for the rest of the month. The hopping schedule on this made it an expecially long ferment. The recipe for CYBI Citra DIPA as I recorded it called for the hops at day four of fermentation. But, on review of the show, I should have waited till fermentation was complete. Oops! I pulled a sample at kegging, and was an opaque light tan. Not clear at all. I have a problem with opaque beers that aren't black. So I may have to filter this. But I will let it sit in the cooler for the two weeks, and hope that clears while I'm at the Nationa Hombebrewers Conference. I liked the aroma! The flavor was a tad too bitter but that should drop out in a couple of weeks. My original gravity was 1.067, and the final was 1.013, which gave me about 7% ABV. 
06/18/2013 12:47 PM Money = beer Here’s a bit of clever marketing. Trying to sell a RothIRA to the masses? You could do worse than to explain it in terms of beer. For me, I don’t think my heirs will be getting any of my beer. … Continue reading → Related Posts:Money = beer is from Hop Talk - Beer. Life. Blog. 06/18/2013 12:46 PM Photos: 2013 St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival There were some big changes to the 2013 St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival. The festival was previously put on via a joint collaboration between Anheuser-Busch and Schlafly, but this year’s festival was taken over by the newly created St. Louis Brewer’s Guild. Without a doubt, the previous versions of this event were one of the biggest [...] 06/18/2013 12:19 PM Session #76 roundup; #77 announced – IPA: What’s the Big Deal? Glenn Humphries has posted the roundup for Session #76: Compulsion. Thirty takes on the same topic; excellent reading. And Justin Mann has announced the plan for #77 on July 5. The topic is “IPA: What’s the Big Deal?” I’m just wondering, why all the hype? What is it about an IPA that makes craft beer [...] 06/18/2013 11:59 AM Uh, Alcohol Billboard Message Falls Flat A billboard that was probably meant as a joke turns out is no laughing matter to some. It’s an ad for alcohol from a popular liquor company, but the attempt at humor isn’t very funny to some people. The billboard is for Lee’s Discount Liquor, and its message is: “Alcohol is cheaper than therapy”. Mother, [...] 06/18/2013 11:51 AM Ticket Giveaway - Sun King & MOKB Present: SKB IV  Join Sun King Brewery and My Old Kentucky Blog for a celebration of four years of Fresh•Local•Beer; Saturday, July 6th from 4-10pm at Sun King. Festivities include the tapping of Sun King's most anticipated seasonal beer, Grapefruit Jungle, accompanied by some of Indy's best food trucks and live rock and roll, honky tonk, blues and soul from Sturgill Simpson, Saint Paul and the Broken Bones, and Luella and the Sun. This event will sell out so we highly encourage you to get your tickets in advance. A limited amount of $12 discount tickets will be available at Sun King or you may purchase them online ($15) at http://www.mokbpresents.com/event/266169-sun-king-4-indianapolis/. A portion of the proceeds will go to IPS Education Foundation Teaching with Technology program. Check them out at www.ipsef.org We have two pairs of tickets to give away to this event. To enter, please leave a comment below in which you tell us four things (fact or fiction) about grapefruit and/or jungles. Good Luck! We'll chose our favorite comment on Tuesday (7/2/13) at 10 a.m. EST, and the winner gets the tickets. MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE US A METHOD TO CONTACT YOU - an email address or a twitter handle is great. You'll be responsible for checking back to see if you've won, and we can figure the rest out after that. LEGAL STUFF Creative entries are particularly appreciated. We reserve the right to not give you tickets if we think you're shady. We reserve the right to change all the rules and not award the prize if we don't like how things go. Don't be a pain in the ass. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of HoosierBeerGeek.com, which shall be final and binding with regard to all matters relating to the contest. END OF LEGAL STUFF. 06/18/2013 10:42 AM Tie One On – August 3, 2013 We are turning 2, and we’d love to celebrate with you. Come enjoy live music, food trucks, craft cocktails, and craft beers from Monday Night. Each general admission ticket [...] 06/18/2013 09:25 AM New Holland Monkey King There’s nothing like sipping on a crisp, refreshing Saison on a warm Spring/Summer afternoon. It’s a state I frequently find myself in after slogging through rush hour traffic after a long day of work. And it’s with this mindset the other day that I was looking forward to trying out a bottle of New Holland [...] The post New Holland Monkey King appeared first on The Barley Blog. 06/18/2013 09:11 AM 2013 NoVA Summer Brewfest in Leesburg, Virginia. 
It's the 2013 edition of the Northern Virginia Summer Brewfest, this Saturday and Sunday, in Leesburg, Virginia. Over sixty breweries are scheduled to participate. Here's what the festival website has to say:
This Celebration of American Beer will feature more than 60 of the America's best breweries, plenty of food to complement the craft beers, outstanding local and regional bands providing entertainment and a wide array of artists, crafters, local businesses and commercial exhibitors. The festival will be held at Morven Park, found just north of Leesburg, on Route 15, at Tutt Lane, Saturday, 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM, and Sunday, 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM. Taps close an hour before the festival ends. Here's the list of 59 breweries, plus one (Virginia) cidery, and two international conglomerates: Anheuser-Busch InBev and SAB/Miller, who'll be participating this weekend. I've 'bolded' the local (Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland) breweries. (My thoughts on that after the jump.)
06/18/2013 09:00 AM Cider Summit PDX Takes Over South Waterfront June 21-22 Returning for its third consecutive year, Cider Summit PDX is expanding both in days and in the amount of cider available. Now in its third year, Portland’s edition of Cider Summit takes place this weekend, Friday, June 21 and Saturday, June 22 in Portland’s South Waterfront at Elizabeth Caruthers Park. This park sits beneath [...] 06/18/2013 07:05 AM Father's Day On The Range Colleen and I decided to take a chance on the range crowd to do some Father's Day shooting. I packed up the new clay targets stands and the shotgun, in addition to the pistol gear. We set up the stands and spent about 30 minutes busting clays. Although the stands were an impulse purchase, they proved to be handy, and a lot of fun. They were easy to move around to different places. I think I'll pick up a few more in the future to expand the course of fire. 
We went through several boxes of shells before moving over to a now open pistol range. Setting up a couple targets we spent the rest of the time putting holes in cardboard. I didn't really work on any specific drills, it was just fun to be outside and shooting with Colleen. (Okay, I did work a bit on my neglected strong-hand shooting, but that's it. Well, and weak-hand shooting. And a few heads shots. But that's all. The rest was just fun plinking, I swear.) After a few hundred rounds we packed up and headed home, just as it started to rain. Perfect timing.
The rain was short-lived and had stopped by time we got home. Father's Day concluded with opening a couple of good beers and grilling burgers for dinner. Surprised? It was a perfect ending to a fun weekend.
06/18/2013 04:25 AM Beerfest Asia Singapore: the sublime and the ridiculous Young Singaporeans love to PARTAAAY. Which means that while Beerfest Asia, held in the city every June since 2009, now places a hefty emphasis on craft beers from small producers, for very many of the more than 25,000 people who … Continue reading → 
06/18/2013 03:16 AM The Wrong Type of Income Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog - Going on about beer and pubs since 2007 We have been thinking a lot about pub companies recently, not least because of the Fair Deal for Your Local campaign. We still don’t understand enough about the details of the business model to have a strong opinion on its rights and wrongs, but one thing has been puzzling us: why do pubcos bother selling [...] 06/18/2013 03:05 AM Danish Lager around WW II A couple of random newspaper items vaguely of the topic of Danish beer around the war years. Just a few odd bits I didn't really know what to do with. This is odd. Auctioning a bottle of royal beer for the benefit of the Anglo-Soviet Unity Committee: "ANGLO-SOVIET UNITY COMMITTEE, BURGH OF BUCKHAVEN AND METHIL. Offers for BOTTLE of CARLSBERG LAGER specially brewed in Copenhagen, Sept. 26 1932, in honour of visit of Prince of Wales, kindly presented to our fund Mr A. E. Leighton, East Dock Tavern, Methil. Sealed offers to be sent to Mr JOHN BRENNAN. 196 Den Walk. Buckhaven, not later than SAT. May 16, 1942."Aned here's a slightly strange message of thanks: "Denmark Tribute And finally an advert heralding the rearrival of foreign Lager in Britain:  Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser - Saturday 15 May 1948, page 3. 06/18/2013 01:00 AM For Its Latest Beer, a Craft Brewer Chooses an Unlikely Pairing: Archaeology  With help from a University of Chicago group, a craft beer maker has been working for more than year to replicate a 5,000-year-old Sumerian beer.
06/18/2013 12:00 AM The More You Know There's just some things about craft breweries we follow and drink beer from. Take Lagunitas Brewing in Petaluma, California for example. I love the beer. I might even love the mason jar glass I got in a local trade a bit more. Still, there's something about the brewery's sarcastic attitude. I'm not saying it's wrong. The brewery is free to portray itself in any way it feels fit. I used to follow it on Twitter, but it got to the point that to where I was feeling that the tweets were in some kind of code. Not much of it made sense to me for whatever reason. I didn't have my decoder ring to get my Ovaltine ad. So, I just simply unfollowed. Not a big deal. I get the same vibe from quite a few other breweries. I think that many craft breweries are a microcosm of a good portion of their following. It's just a generational thing. I think a lot of the generation that got into the craft movement is really outspoken. Again. not saying that's wrong. That's just what I've observed. Something like Twitter makes it easy for the outspoken ones to be...well, outspoken. I guess sometimes things just boil over and get taken too far. That certainly isn't that first time that's happened in this country. If you don't have time to click and read the link, Rogue Ales had a very odd career posting to say the least. I understand that the thing to do in craft beer is to go all-out with your brewing. In some cases, that makes the beer just taste odd to me. I've had a few instances with Rogue brews in my limited experience with beer. Really, really odd brews. 06/17/2013 10:15 PM The State of Homebrewing in 2013 The AHA had an article on the hobby of homebrewing and its growing popularity. It was focused on the increased business of homebrew shops. If percentages are your thing, the shops that were surveyed reported a 26% increase in sales from 2011 and 2012. I looked into the trending of homebrewing popularity a few years [...] Read the original article The State of Homebrewing in 2013 and other Brew Dudes posts. 06/17/2013 09:18 PM I See A Sticky Phone And a lot of spilled beer. The Salve Jorge Bar in Sao Paolo has altered their beer glasses in an attempt to keep patrons' eyes off their cell phones, and on their friends.
See "Specially Designed Beer Glass Prevents Phone Use In Bars" for more on the "offline glass."
06/17/2013 08:00 PM Sebago Brewing set to introduce Hop Swap US-based Sebago Brewing is set to introduce a new 2013 version of Single Batch Series Brew, called Hop Swap, on June 21. 06/17/2013 07:00 PM Samuel Adams set to release Brewlywed Ale Samuel Adams, a beer brand of the Boston Beer Company, along with TheKnot.com will release the limited edition Brewlywed Ale on 26 June, 2013. The new ale will be available for one day exclusively at the Boston Brewery. 06/17/2013 06:12 PM It’s Like a Taxi, Only Better & Now it’s Also Free You are reading It’s Like a Taxi, Only Better & Now it’s Also Free by Kendall Jones, as originally posted on The Washington Beer Blog. You are reading It’s Like a Taxi, Only Better & Now it’s Also Free by Kendall Jones, as originally posted on The Washington Beer Blog. Lip service. “Be safe, use a designated driver, take a cab, don’t drive drunk.” Lip service. We hear it all the time at beer events, but in the end nobody...06/17/2013 05:23 PM Colorado Beer News 061713  Today is part of Meet A Mate Week. For you singles, this is the week to go out and find someone that's right for you. Have you had your eye on someone lately? Well this would be the time to take that next step, introduce yourself and invite someone out. And why not break the ice over a craft beer at your favorite taproom! You'll never find that perfect mate unless you try. Here's what's happening around the Colorado beerosphere today Monday, June 17th, 2013.Metro Denver Yak & Yeti Restaurant & Brewpub (Arvada) - Last week, Yak & Yeti put out their Victorian Sunrise Wheat and starting June 26th Wheat Wednesday's will return from June 26th through August 14th. Each Wednesday at 4pm Yak & Yeti will release a new limited flavored batch of that base wheat recipe. Look for these wheat beers to appear in the weeks to come: Strawberry 6/26, Cherry 7/3, Clove 7/10, Blueberry 7/17, Ginger 7/24, Cantaloupe 7/31, Raspberry 8/7, and Roasted Peppers 8/14. Wheat beers are great for these hot upcoming summer days. Also, get ready for their 5th Year Anniversary Party on July 1st and 2nd. They will release a 5-year anniversary ale - a triple IPA weighing in at 17% ABV and 200 IBUs (theoretically). Then on July 2nd they will host a Yak & Yeti Beer Dinner with 4 courses, 4 beers at 6pm. Copper Kettle Brewing (Denver) - Coming up this Friday, June 21st Copper Kettle will be hosting a Mexican Chocolate Stout (MCS) Bomber Release Party running from 12 noon to 10pm. They will be selling 22oz bottles of their MCS and dishing up 2 scoops of fresh vanilla bean ice cream along with it. This marks the first bottle release of a Copper Kettle beer. Their tasting room will be the only place you can buy these bomber bottles until sometime in mid-summer when they will be distributed to area liquor stores. Each bottle will cost $12. MCS was a GABF Gold Medal winner in 2011. Tivoli Brewing Company (Denver) - After being a draft-only brand since re-starting the brand, Tivoli Brewing is ready to start bottling their Tivoli Beer (Helles Lager). Hall Brewing Company in Parker, Colorado is now their contract brewer and bottler for Tivoli Beer. Prost Brewing will continue to brew for Tivoli's draft customers. Look for bottles of Tivoli Beer to start hitting store shelves later this week. (Source: Westword.com) Lone Tree Brewing Co (Lone Tree) - The release date for their next batch of Marienplatz Pilsner will now be on Thursday, June 20th, a day later than they originally announced. Come thirsty. Rackhouse Pub (Denver) - Can't get enough Sour Beer? Did the Boulder Sour Fest leave you wanting more? No problem. The Rackhouse Pub has designated July 2013 as Sour Month. During Tuesdays through Saturdays from 5pm to 9pm they'll be tapping one of 20 different sour beers - one each day (excluding July 30th). Some of these beers are hard to find and come from over 12+ different Colorado breweries. Check out their schedule at: www.rackhousepub.com/sourmonth. Dry Dock Brewing Company (Aurora) - Every since starting up their own can line, beer has been rolling off the line at record pace. Sometime this week, Dry Dock will produce their 1 millionth can of beer! Grats on this big milestone! Boulder County Avery Brewing (Boulder) - Zymurgy Magazine recently had American Homebrewers Association (AHA) members vote for their favorite 2013 beers in an online poll, and while no single Colorado beer made the top 10 ranked beers in the nation (oh really?), Avery Brewing was named as the 3rd top brewery with the "Best Portfolio of Beers" in the country. Bootstrap Brewing (Niwot) - Just 5 more days until their birthday bash! Bootstrap will be open at noon on Saturday with the Colorado Craft Beer Show broadcasting live, and after 2 great bands: Cat Jerky (classic rock) at 2pm and Tony Trahan and the BlueKrewe (cajun, blues, zydeco) at 5pm. Plus they've got a fabulous grand prize for the corn hole tournament which starts at 3pm - 2 VIP tickets for the Epic Beer Festival Denver on June 29th. Brats and burgers for sale by chef Justin too. Northern Colorado  Loveland Loves BBQ, Bands & Brews (Loveland) - The dates for this year's festival has been set for Friday & Saturday, July 12 & 13, 2013. The festival will be located in the square block between Cleveland and Railroad Avenues and 4th and 5th Streets in downtown Loveland. This festival is free and open to the public. There will be plenty of local craft brews from 4 Loveland breweries, a variety of BBQ dishes and non-stop live music entertainment. Festival hours are 3-10pm Friday and 11am-10pm Saturday. For more info visit the official website.Crabtree Brewing (Greeley) - A change in their specials line-up starts today. Mondays are now $3 pint days! Tuesdays will no longer be discount pint days, instead they will be starting Trivia every Tuesday starting June 18th at 7pm. Get a team and be prepared! Funkwerks (Ft. Collins) - Just a reminder, there are still some seats left for "The Four Seasons of Funkwerks" beer dinner at Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar happening Tuesday, June 18th at 6pm. Four courses and four seasonal Funkwerks beers. Call 970.682.2275 for details and reservations. Verboten Brewing (Loveland) - Don't forget - Tuesday is Bike in and get $1 off pints all night long. And then on Wednesday get $1 off during Happy Hour from 3pm to 6pm. City Star Brewing (Berthoud) - Are you going to the Colorado Brewers' Festival in Fort Collins this weekend? If you are, be sure to stop by their booth and if you wear your City Star merchandise to the fest they'll give you a FREE BEER nickel that you can you later in their taproom. At the fest they'll be pouring City Star 6 Shooter Pale Ale and Dead or Alive Double IPA. Loveland Aleworks (Loveland) - Besides a full line-up of their beers on tap, Loveland Aleworks is hosting live music on Tuesday 6pm, Friday 7:30pm and Saturday 7:30pm this week. Stop in and listen! Choice City Butcher & Deli (Ft. Collins) - This Friday is the 4th Annual Colorado Connoisseurs Tasting! This will be held at the Sunset Event Center in Fort Collins, CO from 7pm-10pm. Tickets are on sale at Choice City Butcher & Deli. Tons of food will be served and a commemorative glass for you to take home. This year everyone is a VIP and no tasting tickets will be given out! A great opportunity to taste as many specialty beers as you like from over 20 breweries! Over 40 different beers will be poured. Southern Front Range Trinity Brewing (Colorado Springs) - The Colorado Brewers Guild is hosting a series on Monthly Tweetups featuring brewers from different Colorado businesses. This month's featured brewer is Jason Yester of Trinity Brewing. The tweetup is happening online on Twitter on Wednesday, June 26 from 1pm to 2pm. To participate, follow the tweets from hashtab #CBGtweetup and follow both @Saison_Man and @TRiNiTYBrewing. Jason will answer as many questions as he can during that hour. Mountains and West Kannah Creek Brewing (Grand Junction) - In honor of their brewmaster Jim's birthday today, they will be tapping a special firkin today at 5pm called "Jim's Hoppy Brown B-day Ale". Stop in and wish him well today and have a try of this special beer. Out of State Brewery News Stone Brewing Company (California) - Coloradoans will be pleased to hear that today Stone Brewing is releasing their special Stone RuinTen IPA. This is a Triple IPA and is an enhanced version of last year's Stone Ruination Tenth Anniversary IPA (Double IPA). This beer was boosted from 7.7% up to 10.8% and has 110 IBUs and twice the hops of last years beer. Look for this beer to start hitting Colorado shelves very soon. Despite being a very big beer, this beer is NOT to be cellared, but to be enjoyed by the "Enjoy By" date on the bottle. Drink sooner than later for the best experience. _____________________________________________________________________ Catch up on Colorado Beer News from last week: Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday View Colorado Brewery Maps - Find a brewery near you! [ Boulder-Longmont Map ] [ Denver Area Map ] [ Northern Colorado Map ] [ Southeast Colorado Map ] [ Northwest Brewery Map ] [ Southwest Colorado Map ] Live Music in the Taproom - Beer and music go great together and many Colorado breweries and top watering holes offer live entertainment every day. Check out the Colorado Brewery Music Listings and find out who's playing at your favorite brewery or beer bar. Updated daily. Colorado Beer Festivals - Looking for info on upcoming beer festivals or related events in Colorado? Check out the listings on the 2013 Colorado Beer Festivals & Events Calendar. Updated daily. Like us on Facebook - There's even more Colorado beer happenings and discussions on the Fermentedly Challenged Facebook Page. Find recaps, special offers, and tips that you won't find on the blog. Colorado Beer Dinners - How about a beer dinner or pairing event? Lots of events are taking reservations now. Check out the Colorado Beer Dinner & Pairing Events listing. Colorado Beer News is published on Fermentedly Challenged daily (Monday through Friday) with craft beer stories as they break from newsletters, emails and social media sites. This news is intended for audiences of legal drinking age (21+). If you'd like to subscribe to this daily by email, sign-up here. Please, always drink responsibly and use a designated driver. This article came from FermentedlyChallenged.com - a Colorado beer blog. Don't miss another article. Subscribe to Fermentedly Challenged by RSS today. 06/17/2013 05:04 PM (NEWS) “How to Say Hops In HE’BREW” – Shmaltz Brewing’s Summer Variety Pack & Debut HE’BREW Lager!  HOW TO SAY HOPS IN HE’BREW Shmaltz Brewing Debuts the Hops In HE’BREW Hoppy Variety Pack, A Limited-Edition Seasonal 12-Pack Featuring Four Shmaltz Selections, Including the First-Ever Lager in the HE’BREW Beer Line-up, David’s Slingshot Hoppy Summer Lager Clifton Park, New York & Beyond! - June 17, 2013 - As craft beer continues to gain mainstream [...]06/17/2013 04:40 PM Last Pint Poured It was with great shock and sadness that I learned of our friend Greg's passing this weekend. Musings readers know of Greg due to his recent win in the preliminary round of the National Homebrew Competition. I chatted with Greg a couple weeks ago when I dropped off the growler of Lost Rhino New River Pale Ale. Greg was an avid home brewer, who was inspired to get into the craft after enjoying the original release of that beer. He was surprised and excited to have the chance to try it once again. Over the years, Greg became an unabashed hop head, but still appreciated his "roots." Greg always wore a smile and was a genuinely kind human being. His love for his family and his faith was obvious to all. He was an active volunteer at our parish school and with the community swim team. He was an Army veteran who never lost his drive to serve others. Last weekend, Greg was doing what he loved most, spending time with his son. They were camping, along with another father and son, when he apparently succumbed to a massive heart attack.
Greg leaves behind his son, who just graduated from 8th grade last week, and a loving wife. Words cannot express the sorrow felt at this unexpected loss. Our prayers and condolences go out to his family. I hope all the readers of this blog who are so inclined, will also pray for Greg's eternal peace, and especially for his wife and son as they face this difficult time.
Greg named his home brewery "Hunting Run" after a local waterway, and his many friends were privileged to enjoy the quality beers he brewed and shared. I still have a bottle of a Munich Helles that he sent over just a few weeks ago. Soon I'll open that bottle and raise a special toast to the memory of this fine man. Rest in peace friend. 06/17/2013 04:00 PM Philly Beer Week 2013: The Index This wrap-up was originally slated to be compiled and put out for your consumption at least a few days ago, post-Philly Beer Week 2013. A bit of this, that, and life got in the way. Plus, I took to heart how, in response to that short survey that I put out a few weeks ago, there was not an overwhelming majority that said they cared as much about after-the-fact reporting as they did previews and 06/17/2013 03:56 PM Oregon Cider Week Returnes June 21 – 30 The Northwest Cider Association is delighted to present the second annual Oregon Cider Week, a 9 day celebration of craft cider! Cider Week officially kicks off on June 21st and 22nd with the Cider Summit at Elizabeth Caruthers Park in Portland, Oregon. Kick off for Oregon Cider Week is Portland’s Cider Summit NW at Elizabeth [...] 06/17/2013 02:23 PM Save the Date | June HBG Pint Night, Thursday, June 27, Mass Ave Pub  Last month's Pint Night focused on a sessionable style. This month we're shooting for something more exotic. So save the date, and we hope to have the final details made available by the end of the week. What's the purpose of Pint Night? To provide the community with pints at a reasonable price and, if you're interested in learning, to educate you about the particular beer on tap. So come on out and enjoy some great beer and conversation with us. 06/17/2013 01:22 PM Curling & Beer Equal Fun New Summer Festival to Northern Colorado  They say northern Colorado is the Napa of Beers as craft beers have a strong presence in the cities north of Denver. But what about curling? Isn’t curling a Canadian sport? Not any more as curling clubs are popping up all around the state. And curling and beer always go together. So craft beer enthusiasts [...]06/17/2013 01:09 PM Stone RuinTen IPA Released June 17 Press Release ESCONDIDO, CA (June 17, 2013) – Today, Stone Brewing Co. released Stone RuinTen IPA, a re-brew of 2012’s infamous Stone Ruination Tenth Anniversary IPA. The triple IPA was embraced by fans and Team Stone alike, which prompted Stone Co-founders Greg Koch and Steve Wagner to add the intensely aromatic and unabashedly bitter brew [...] The post Stone RuinTen IPA Released June 17 appeared first on The Barley Blog. 06/17/2013 12:55 PM Stone RuinTen IPA Released June 17  ESCONDIDO, CA (June 17, 2013) – Today, Stone Brewing Co. released Stone RuinTen IPA, a re-brew of 2012’s infamous Stone Ruination Tenth Anniversary IPA. The triple IPA was embraced by fans and Team Stone alike, which prompted Stone Co-founders Greg Koch and Steve Wagner to add the intensely aromatic and unabashedly bitter brew to the Stone special release calendar [...]06/17/2013 12:27 PM Get Your Paul Bunyan On
The legend of Paul Bunyan is as big as the man himself. There are stories about his appetite, his proficiency with the blade, and his love of a big blue ox. He ate pancakes the size of swimming pools, created all 10000 of Minnesota’s lakes when he lost his car ...[Continue Reading] The post Get Your Paul Bunyan On appeared first on Alcohobby. 06/17/2013 11:54 AM Celebrate Bunker Hill Day and Raise a Battle Road Beer to the Soldiers of the American Revolution Ipswich, MA June 17, 2013 – On June 17, 1775, Colonel William Prescott and 1,200 colonial troops occupied Bunker Hill and Breed’s Hill, in response to news that the British generals were planning to occupy the hills surrounding the city. While the battle ended in a retreat by the Colonials forces, they inflicted heavy losses [...] 06/17/2013 11:48 AM Growlers Pub: An Obituary I wouldn’t consider myself an emotional man but as I’ve gotten older I’ve definitely noticed I’m a bit more nostalgic. Don’t get me wrong, most nostalgia is pretty much malarkey, the “good old days” weren’t especially great. Let’s take the “good old days” of the St. Louis craft beer scene. Sure, there was a time when [...] 06/17/2013 11:31 AM Craft Beer, Pinball & The Rise Of The Barcade 06/17/2013 10:53 AM The Change in Texas Beer Law & What it Means for Jester King Brewery 06/17/2013 08:45 AM Crushing the Myths: Craft Cans For years, glass bottles were the package of choice for craft brewers. But recently, you may have noticed a growing number of canned beer on the shelves at your local beer store. So what’s with the cans? Read on as we debunk some common myths about canned beer. 
06/17/2013 07:13 AM Breckenridge Agave Wheat Breckenridge Agave Wheat is a 4.2% ABV American wheat ale brewed with agave nectar, but you probably already had that figured out after reading the title above. I don’t believe that I’ve encountered anything agave based in the past whether on the beer front or any other type of food. And it was based on [...] The post Breckenridge Agave Wheat appeared first on The Barley Blog. 06/17/2013 06:46 AM Clamps & Gaskets: News Roundup for Weeks 21/22, 2013  A bi-weekly, non-comprehensive roundup of news of beer and other things. Weeks 21/22 19 May - 01 June 2013
06/17/2013 03:05 AM Beer drinking in the 1930's  Starting with a point I've often made: that beer was shaped in the political and economic forces with which it coexisted. The enormous increase in the taxation of beer during WW I and the interwar period affected not just the beer itself but the attitudes of drinkers to it: "The combined result of the constructive policy of the trade, the relatively high price of beer and the altered and improved standard of manners, customs and ideas of the masses of the people, has led to regard being paid by the consumer more to quality and flavour than to strength and volume. The alcoholic strength of beer, which remained practically unaltered from 1885 to 1914 at roughly an average of 5 per cent., and which was reduced owing to restrictions during the critical period of the war to something between 2-3 per cent., gradually rose when the restrictions were removed, and now stands at an average in the neighbourhood of 4 per cent., at which point so for as can be seen it will remain more or less constant in the absence of any material change in the rate of duty or other conditions. The great bulk of industrial beer consumed by the masses is now probably in the neighbourhood of 3 per cent, to 3.5 per cent, of alcohol content, whilst stouts and what may be termed "luxury" beers range up to 5 per cent." Beer had gone from being a cheap everyday item to something rather more expensive. Paying more, consumers also expected to get more for their money in terms of quality. It's a logical enough demand. His prediction that average beer strength would remain around 4% turned out not to be true. Though, in Nevile's defence, there were material changes in the conditions. A little fracas called WW II. The "industrial beer" he talks of is surely Mild Ale. Was it really 3 to 3.5% ABV? That's lower than the post-W II average of about 3.7% ABV. You can probably guess what's coming now. A look at the Mild Ales on offer in 1935 - 1936 and their strengths. It's at times like these that I'm glad that I could be arsed to transcribe the Whitbread and Truman Gravity Books. I've more than enough data to check Nevile's assertion:
It's dead handy that the gravity books also give the price per pint, because I've been able to divided the Milds up into three classes: 4d. per pint Ale, the continuation of wartime Government Ale. 5d. per pint Ordinary Mild. 6d. per pint Best Mild. By far the most common of the three types was 5d. Ordinary Mild. Low-gravity Ales were brewed in quite modest quantities, at least at the brewery's whose brewing records I've seen. Nevile is spot on in saying most was between 3 and 3.5% ABV. The average for 5d. Mild is 3.31% ABV. However, Mild at this strength was a relatively recent phenomenon. Before 1931, Ordinary Mild had cost 6d. per pint and had a gravity of 1040-1045º. Then there was the disastrous increase in the tax on beer in 1931. Rather than increase the price to 7d., brewers cut the gravity to 1035-1037º so they could continue to retail it at 6d. When the tax returned to its old level in 1933, brewers didn't increase the gravity back to its old level but instead cut the price to 5d. This is a point that I'd never considered: serving beer in places it never had been before: "Whilst the average bulk consumption of beer per head has been largely reduced, the consumption has been spread over a wider class of the community. Beer is consumed by classes of people who in old days would have regarded wine or spirits as their customary drink. The service of beer, for instance, at balls and after theatres is now almost universal." Presumably before WW I beer was overwhelmingly drunk by the working classes either in pubs or in their homes. Not in more upmarket venues like theatres. Though I bet they did serve Bass in posher places. Remember the CAMRA line of argument that people only drank Lager because it was pushed like hell by breweries? We may have to reconsider that as it doesn't seem to have worked in the 1930's: "It is to be noted that whereas over the rest of the world lager beer has ousted top-fermentation beer in popularity. Great Britain seems to be the only country where top-fermentation beer has held its own. Although lager beer has been largely advertised and a great number of brands are on the market and freely offered for sale, the total consumption in this country is still within very small proportions. The climate is frequently credited with the responsibility for this, but it is probable that the great attention given to the selection of materials by British brewers and the steady improvement of technique, both in the brewery and in the public-house, is the fundamental reason for the maintenance of the demand for British top-fermentation beer."I think I'm with Nevile on why Lager didn't take off in the first half of the 20th century. brewers were able to brew top-quality top-fermenting beer. Why should they incur the risk of buying the extra equipment required to brew Lager when there was no need to? In many European countries top-fermenting beer had been produced in small, old-fashioned breweries. These weren't able, in most cases, to compete with Lager on quality and gradually disappeared. There were a few exceptions, like Düsseldorf and Cologne, where breweries upgraded their brewhouses and adopted some Lager brewing techniques. Their beers are still around today. 06/17/2013 03:05 AM Cherchez la fée  So what's in the package then? I was a bit worried by the fizz as it poured but it settles quickly and is smooth and rather heavy, heavier than the ABV might suggest. Dominating the aroma, and the flavour as well, is an unfortunate malt-sack mustiness. It took me a while to get past this, and thankfully the effect lessened as the beer warmed. Deeper in the profile there's a herbal element but I need the power of suggestion to get any aniseed from it; it could just as easily be eucalyptus, turmeric or peppermint. Not the fun novelty I was expecting, then, but not the artificially flavoured mess I feared either. It's a mildly interesting warming ale, the sort you wouldn't send a postcard home from Belgium about, but warrants a pat on the back for France. 06/17/2013 12:00 AM Monday Rant: Not Playing Favorites I'm pretty much a beer shopping addict. I love going to a local beer distributor and cruising up and down the isles for thirty minutes at a time. I have three of them close to me that I frequent. Steel Valley Beer is right here by me in Munhall. It's about a two minute drive away. I've written quite a few times about Brews on Carson in Pittsburgh's South Side and its propensity to get something interesting and off the wall once in a while. There's also Save Mor Beer and Pop Warehouse (yes, it's spelled like that) on Browns Hill Road across the Homestead Gray's Bridge. I love all three equally and thus try not to play favorites. I try to frequent each place the same number of times. Steel Valley is obviously the one with the least space and obviously a lesser selection. Brews on Carson is obviously located on Carson Street which we all know is a struggle in terms of traffic and parking. Luckily, there's a drive-thru in the back of the store that's open at certain points. Save Mor Beer and Pop has the most space of the three. Probably more than the other two combined and thus has the widest selection because of it. The only frustrating part for me is trying to not play favorites for any of my top beer shopping sites. This is pretty much one of the more pointless rants I've contrived amidst the series of these weekly posts. Still, isn't that the entire point of posting ones own thoughts on a blog? Maybe I'm just insane? 06/16/2013 11:29 PM Microbrewers Festival Volunteer Sign Up This year's Microbrewers Festival will take place on July 20. As has become the tradition, Hoosier Beer Geek will be organizing the festival and running the day-of operations. That means we're going to need a lot of help! If you'd like to help us make this year's Microbrewers Festival a success, consider volunteering with us! All volunteers will work the entire festival, but we'll make sure that you have ample time to enjoy some beer as well. We have a loyal following of repeat volunteers that help us out every festival, so it can't be too bad of a gig! If you have any questions, feel free to post them in the comments. Otherwise, follow this link to sign up. http://bit.ly/mf13volunteers 06/16/2013 08:00 PM Avery Brewing unveils new 12-pack packages US-based Avery Brewing has introduced new 12oz. can 12-packs in Colorado, US. 06/16/2013 06:38 PM A taxing double standard Dr Brett Stubbs provides a comprehensive look at the history and evolution of the tax rebate that craft brewers love to hate...and covet... 06/16/2013 01:59 PM Meet the brewers: 21st Amendment & Elysian Happy Father’s Day Minneapolis / Saint Paul! If you’re looking for something fun to do this evening, you should head over to Republic at Seven Corners in Minneapolis. You’ll have a chance to enjoy beers and chat with three well-known brewers on a beautiful Sunday evening! Details for the event: Who — You, the craft [...] 06/16/2013 09:03 AM Father's Day Road Trip As an early Fathers' Day celebration, we spent Saturday on the road, taking in local gun shops and local breweries. What else would you expect? Our first stop was the recently opened Airsoft GI Tactical store in Richmond. Our son frequently participates in air soft games so this stop was ostensibly for him, but I wanted to look around too. No sooner did we walk in the door did I spy an air soft replica of the SIG P226 I use in USPSA competition. Knowing Next we moved on to the iconic Green Top. I was simply interested in browsing, and also picking up another NEVCO target stand to add to my assemblage. (Like ammo, one can never have too much target paraphernalia.) While looking at the stands, I spied some clay stands, designed to hold clay pigeons for shotgun practice. We typically prop the clays up on tree stumps and other assorted pieces of wood, but these metal holders would add some height and variety. So my family decided a few of those would go along with the other stand for a Father's Day gift. Ties are cliché, shooting accessories make the preferred gifts around here! That done we headed up the road to Bass Pro Shops. Again, just for more window shopping, but first, food. We decided to eat at the in-store restaurant and I jokingly pointed out the fried alligator appetizer featured there. Except I wasn't joking, I fully intended to order it. (BTW, it doesn't taste like chicken.) The appetizer, along with a tasty oyster po-boy made for a filling lunch.  Browsing through the shooting sports section followed the meal, and then it was time to move on to the beer-focused part of the day. The first stop on this leg was Center of the Universe Brewing in Ashland. There I enjoyed a pint of Ray Ray's Pale Ale. This ale has a fresh, almost green, bitter and citrus hop profile, and was very tasty. Colleen went the malt route with a Main St. Altbier. I took a couple sips from her cup, and could detect the rich malt flavors, but my palate was too tainted from the lingering bitterness of the pale ale to get a proper impression. I enjoyed my beer very much, though I was a bit taken back by the disposable plastic cups being used. Perhaps that's a choice made in deference to the outdoor patio service. We arrived at the brewery just a few minutes after the 3:00PM opening time, and watched the place fill with people quickly. It seems to be a popular Saturday afternoon stop and there was soon a long line for beer. I did pick up a bottle of Homefront IPA to bring home, which will be the subject of a future review.  The final stop on our day trip was Rusty Beaver Brewery in Ladysmith. This micro-brewery opened just this Friday. Located in a strip shopping center, we actually drove right by it twice before realizing where the combination home brew supply shop and brewery was. (GPS guidance is not always that helpful.)  I typically prefer to pick just one or two beers at a new place and enjoy a full-size serving, however I was undecided on what beer to try, so I broke from my usual routine and opted for a flight of all five beers. Of the five, Colleen and I both enjoyed Roy's Big Bad Brown Ale and The Quake Stout the most. The Brown Ale had a subtle chocolate and brown sugar flavor with a mild bitterness. The Stout had a mild espresso flavor. There was nothing extreme about the Rusty Beaver beers, and they were all drinkable. Since we only had small tastes of each, I brought home a growler of the Brown Ale for a more in-depth review in the near future. I spoke to brewer Austin and his plan for the future is to brew larger batches at the nearby family farm, and use the small system at the store front for small batches of special beers. I wish him the best of luck and I look forward to stopping in again. It was a very enjoyable trip. We at some good food, looked at some firearms, and enjoyed a few new beers. The fun will continue soon at the range with the new target stands, to be followed by even more beer to enjoy. Thanks to my wonderful family for a fun day! 06/16/2013 09:00 AM Citra Wheat Kegging Day .JPG) When I ordered the ingredients, I noticed a new yeast at Austin Homebrew Supply called Persica. According to the web site: From the Pacific Northwest, this strain is fruitier than WLP001 with peach/apricot notes with a slightly lower attenuation. This strain has good diacetyl reduction capability. So I was curious to see what this beer would wind up tasting like. I noticed a white, almost pellicle like residue in the fermenter after kegging, and noted a slight sour smell. There was a fruity flavor to the aroma, nothing too out of balance, and that hint of sour. I did not taste anything sour, and thought the beer was quite good. I may be using Persica a lot more often. My OG was 1.044, and my FG was 1.005, which yielded an ABV of about 5%. 
06/16/2013 03:05 AM Dear Mary Lou  As there is a mention of beer, so I feel justified in posting it: "Dear Mary Lou- The absolute philistine, preferring canned Pabst to a decent pint of Bitter. But that gor me thinking: was canned beer really already that common bny 1942? That's pretty quick, as beer cans had first appeared fewer than 10 years previously. I have to admit to having a few doubts about the authenticity of this letter. The relentless use of hip American phrases seems a little overdone. What do you reckon? 06/15/2013 04:09 PM Smoked duck breast pizza while having some Frecon fun? Sounds like a Saturday night in Pottstown to me. So I went out a couple of hours ago to restock the larder, the final stage of which brought me to the Sly Fox Tastin’ Room where I added cans of Grisette and Helles Lager to the haul. Can’t visit … Continue reading → | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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