All About Beer Magazine July 2008 Issue

The Open Source Beer Revolution

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Portland has the Best, Best, Best Beer Venue in the World—Bar None!

Exit 139 and Beyond

New Jersey residents identify where they live by indicating the Garden State Parkway exit nearest their home. As kids, we never gave it a second thought. It was just a part of everyday life. Paul’s was 139B. Maryanne was 50 and, later, 137.

The Power of Pale Ale

Amidst the clamorous American microbrewery scene resides the modest, ubiquitous and steady pale ale. It is essentially the beer that launched the revolution in America, and is a mainstay on nearly every craft brewer’s call of roll. The English sibling, though different, is a bastion of the brewer’s craft and a favorite among cask ale... View Article

with Hildegard and Bas van Ostaden

How did you start your brewery? Hildegard: I was working for the technical University in Ghent as an industrial engineer. I also did projects for breweries, and one of those was Konigshoven, the only Trappist brewery in Holland. I went to Konigshoven for half a year to work, and Bas was doing some marketing there.... View Article

Crystal Wheat Ale

Pyramid Breweries Portland, OR Available: WA, OR, CA, CO, TX, MO, OH, MN, OK, NC, VA, AZ Crystal Wheat Ale was inspired by Pyramid’s first beer, Wheaten Ale, brewed in 1984—the first year-round wheat beer brewed in America since Prohibition. ABV: 5.3 ABW: 4.2 Color: 5.2 Bitterness: 16 Original gravity: 1049

Bock Trappist Ale

Koningshoeven Tilburg, The Netherlands Imported by: Artisanal Imports Austin, TX Available: n/a ABV: 7 ABW: 5.8 Color: n/a Bitterness: n/a Original gravity: n/a

Imperial Stout

Odell Brewing Co. Ft. Collins, CO Available: CO, WY, SD, KS, NM, NE, MO Odell’s was the second microbrewery to open in Colorado, in 1989 ABV: 8.1 ABW: 6.5 Color: 110 Bitterness: 55 Original gravity: 1078

Orange Blossom Cream Ale

Buffalo Bill’s Brewery Hayward, CA Available: nationwide ABV: n/a ABW: n/a Color: n/a Bitterness: n/a Original gravity: n/a

Copperhead Ale

Fordham Brewing Co. Dover, DE Available: n/a Copperhead is an American interpretation of a Düsseldorf altbier. ABV: n/a ABW: n/a Color: n/a Bitterness: n/a Original gravity: n/a

Kasteel Rouge

Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck Ingelmunster, Belgium Imported by: Wetten Importers Sterling, VA Available: n/a Kasteel Rouge is made from six month-old brown ale and sour cherries. ABV: 8 ABW: 6.4 Color: n/a Bitterness: n/a Original gravity: n/a

Southern Pecan Nut Brown Ale

Lazy Magnolia Brewing Co. Kiln, MS Available: MS, FL, AL Lazy Magnolia is Mississippi’s first microbrewery. ABV: 3.7 ABW: 3.0 Color: 15 Bitterness: 15 Original gravity: 1055

Horizon Wheat

Stevens Point Brewery Stevens Point, WI Stevens Point, founded in 1857, is the fifth oldest continuously operating brewery in the United States. Available: SD, NE, OK, MN, IA, WI, IL, MI, IN, KY, GA, PA, MA, RI, MD ABV: n/a ABW: n/a Color: n/a Bitterness: n/a Original gravity: n/a

Lobotomy Bock

Indian Wells Brewing Co. Inyokern, CA Available: CA, AZ, NV, TX After five days’ travel from the Argus Tange, the Manly-Jayhawker parties of 1849 found their first water at the historic Indial Wells Spring. In the 1860s. this was a stage and freight station for traffic between Los Angeles and the Coso and Cerro Gordo... View Article

Northstar Imperial Porter

Twisted Pine Brewing Co. Boulder, CO Available: CO ABV: 8.6-9.1 ABW: 6.8-7.2 Color: n/a Bitterness: 30-35 Original gravity: n/a

Chainsaw Ale

Left Hand Brewing Co. Longmont, CO Available: CO, AZ, FL, GA, KS, IL, IN, MA, MN, NE, NJ, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA Chainsaw Ale is super-sized version of the brewery’s Sawtooth Ale. ABV: 9.0 ABW: 7.2 Color: 30 Bitterness: 55 Original gravity: 1082

Oxford Class Organic Amber Ale

Oxford Brewing Co. Baltimore, MD Available: CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, VT, VA Oxford Organic is a new line from Baltimore’s Clipper City Brewing Co. The company is named for the Clipper ship that was first developed and built in the... View Article

Southern Pale Ale

Natty Greene’s Brewing Co. Greensboro, NC Available: NC Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene led the Southern Campaign during the Revolutionary War. Though his major battle—the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in 1781—was won by the British, their losses were so great, it is widely regarded as the battle that forced the British to begin their surrender. Greensboro,... View Article

Pandan Brown Ale

Laughing Buddha Brewing Co. Seattle, WA Available: WA Pandan Brown ale is brewed with pandan leaves and palm sugar, two ingredients used traditionally in Southeast Asian desserts. Pandan provides a nutty, hazelnut/vanilla-like aroma. Palm sugar, which resembles maple sugar but comes from a palm tree, is used throughout Asia. ABV: 6.0 ABW: 4.8 Color: 21.3... View Article

Palm Speciale

Palm Breweries Steenhuffel, Belgium Imported by: Latis Imports Ridgefield, CT Available: draft in NY, CT, CA, NJ Palm is the most popular specialty beer in Belgium, available for the first time in the United States. ABV: 5.4 ABW: 4.3 Color: n/a Bitterness: 18 Original gravity: n/a

O’Hara’s Celebration Stout

Carlow Brewing Co. Carlow, Ireland Imported by: Distinguished Brands Intn’l Littleton, CO Available: n/a The O’Hara family established a brewery in County Carlow in south-east Ireland in 1996 and produced their Irish stout in 1998. This special stout commemorates the brewery’s 10th anniversary. ABV: 6.0 ABW: 4.8 Color: 160 EBC Bitterness: 45 Original gravity: 1060