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The Wide World of Adjuncts
by Ken WeaverWHEAT (UNMALTED) Contribution: vibrant wheat flavor; improved head/foam retention Styles: traditional in witbiers and lambics Examples: 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze, Cantillon Gueuze, Hitachino Nest White Ale, La Cumbre Cerro Blanco, Moonlight Sour Mash Wheat, Ommegang Witte ROASTED BARLEY (UNMALTED) Contribution: bitter, roasted character; improved head/foam retention; darker color Styles: traditional in dry stouts, and common... View Article
Cheese Course Suggestions
by Randy Mosher1. Three different blue cheeses like Great Hill Blue, Maytag Blue, Jasper Hill Bayley Hazen Blue, with a pair of fairly intense IPAs like New Belgium Ranger IPA, Bell’s Two-Hearted or Stone IPA. 2. Three stinky, washed-rind cheeses like Jasper Hill Winnimere, authentic Münster, Uplands Pleasant Ridge Reserve, Taleggio, or Meadow Creek Grayson, paired with... View Article
Recipe Suggestions
by Randy MosherEndive-Avocado Salad with Creamy IPA Dressing Cut apart four medium-sized Belgian endives into individual leaves and then diagonally into one-inch pieces. Peel and seed a ripe California avocado and cut into ½” cubes. Toss with a dressing made from one cup of creamy garlic dressing with ½ cup each of IPA and mayonnaise added. Serve... View Article
Setting the Table with Beer
by Randy MosherBeer is for dining, finally. Wine has long hogged the dining table, consigning beer to the realm of hot dogs and ballparks. And I suppose if we are being honest, much of the yellow fizzy stuff deserved to be there.
Mild in May
by Amanda BaltazarThe Bristol & District branch of CAMRA, in the southwest of England, pulled out all the stops for its Mild in May promotion. It adopted a passport theme, providing a pocket-sized booklet that participants could fill in as they drank mild in different pubs. There were organized social evenings for group mild tastings over the... View Article
Death of a Beer
by Brian YaegerFor better or worse, not every beer survives. Most brands die when the brewery itself is terminated. But what about brews that go bust? Here are three beers that didn’t survive: Miller Clear, 1993-1993: Possibly the most bizarre concept for a beer, Miller Clear test marketed in three cities for six months right around the... View Article
The Magic of Mild
by Amanda BaltazarComing soon to a bar near you: mild ale. This traditional English beer, once the most popular style in the country, fell from favor in the last century. However, it is staging a comeback in its native land, and has even made its way onto U.S. shores. You’ll have to do your research if you... View Article
Who’s Afraid of a Big Bad Adjunct?
by Ken WeaverAt Bear Republic’s production facility in Cloverdale, CA, Brewmaster and COO Richard Norgrove is talking about his first exploratory trip to England and holding an old plastic jar. After explaining how that initial trip came about from a friend’s encouragement, looking back almost twenty years, Richard goes on to say, “I fell in love with... View Article
The Birth of a Beer
by Brian YaegerBeers today are conceived quite differently than when beer itself was still being created. Centuries ago, modern styles were not developed based on brewers’ whimsy but out of necessity.
Birth Of A Brew
by Greg KitsockThe call, as Jim Koch remembers it, came in October 2007. “Frankly, I though it was a prank,” says the founder and chairman of Boston Beer Co. But the voice on the line was actually Dr. Joseph Schrädler, managing director of Bavaria’s Weihenstephan Brewery, which traces its founding back to the year 1040. “We have... View Article
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Ski Resorts
by Brian YaegerNothing against a hot toddy nor mulled wine, or even hot cider for that matter, but it can’t be a coincidence that skier and beer rhyme (it may help if you have a Southern drawl). As craft beer lovers, we are drawn by the lure of the great outdoors no matter the season and mountain... View Article
Belgian Strong Golden Ale
by K. Florian KlempThough Belgium is revered as the kingdom of sanctified abbey and monastic brews, the majority of its beers spring forth from secular breweries. One Belgian beer style mischievously plays on this earthly angle with brand names depicting the foibles and temptation of life itself. These are the strong golden ales. The touchstone is Duvel, fittingly... View Article
with Chip McElroy
by Julie JohnsonWhen Live Oak opened in 1997, you specialized in beer styles that most craft brewers weren’t making. Why did you make that decision? Our first beer was a pilsner. I don’t know if anybody was making any back then—Victory might have been. We started making Czech pilsner because they taste so good and we love... View Article
Beer Talk
Bellegems Bruin
by - -Brouwerij Bockor Bellegem-Kortrijk, Belgium Imported by: SBS Imports Seattle, WA Available: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TX, VA, WA This West Flanders brown beer, originally called “Ouden Tripel,” is made from a blend of a bottom-fermented beer and... View Article
Moon Man
by - -New Glarus Brewing Co. New Glarus, WI Available: WI This beer is the result of brewmaster Dan Carey’s quest to capture the aromas of pale ales in a quaffable session beer. He spent over six months perfecting the hop blend alone, which finally utilized five varieties of hops, three of which are not commonly used... View Article
Survival “Seven-Grain” Stout
by - -Hopworks Urban Brewery Portland, OR Available: OR, WA, BC Seven Grain Stout is made with barley (Egyptian), wheat (Mesopotamian), oats (Egyptian), amaranth (Aztec), quinoa (Incan), spelt (Mesopotamian), and kamut (Egyptian), and finished with 15 pounds of cold-pressed Stumptown Hairbender espresso. ABV: 5.3 ABW: 4.2 Color: 34 Bitterness: 35 Original gravity: 1060
Holy Mackerel Panic Attack
by - -Gordash Brewing Co. Fort Lauderdale, FL Available: FL, GA, NC, PA, AL, MA Head brewer Bob Gordash was a winner of the Samuel Adams Longshot homebrew competition for an ESB in 1996. Ten years later, he founded the eponymous brewing company that now produces the Holy Mackerel line of big beers. ABV: 10.0 ABW: 8.0... View Article
Demo IPA
by - -Magic Hat Brewing Co. Burlington VT Available: VT, NH, ME, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA The Magic Hat Brewing Company has been pouring a performance into every bottle since 1994. In 2010, Magic Hat created the IPA On Tour program to give hop lovers a new quarterly take on the IPA style. Demo debuts... View Article
Vitus
by - -Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan Freising, Germany Imported by: Total Beverage Solutions Mt. Pleasant, SC Available: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI The Bavarian State Brewery, Weihenstephan is... View Article
Prince Myshkin Russian Imperial Stout
by - -Dock Street Brewing Co. Philadelphia, PA Available: PA The third release from Dock Street’s small-but-growing barrel aging program. This beer was aged in Pinot Noir barrels for 11 months before being hand-bottled for bottle conditioning. ABV: 9.0 ABW: 7.2 Color: pitch black Bitterness: 65 Original gravity: 1096
1888 Bock
by - -Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. Chippewa Falls, WI Available: nationwide In the spring of 1888, after 21 years of brewing in Chippewa Falls and one of the harshest winters anyone in the Midwest could remember, the then Jacob Leinenkugel Spring Brewery created the brand’s first seasonal brew: a robust bock beer. The style rose to popularity... View Article
Luna Coffee Stout
by - -Hinterland Brewery Green Bay WI Available: WI Brewed with a special blend of coffee produced for Hinterland by a local coffee shop, the Luna Cafe. ABV: 5.6 ABW: 4.5 Color: N/A Bitterness: 30 Original gravity: 1061
Fade to Black Vol 2
by - -Left Hand Brewing Co. Longmont, CO Available: CO, AZ, NM, TX, NE, OK, KS, KY, IN, OH, MI, WI, MN, MO, IL, RI, MA, NJ, PA, VA, NY, AK, WA, AL, FL, TN, GA, NC Fade to Black was inspired by Pillage & Burn, the 2009 collaboration between Left Hand and Nørrebro Bryghus, that was... View Article
Baltijos Dark Red
by - -Švyturys Klaipeda, Lithuania Imported by: B&I Overseas Trading, Inc. Van Nuys, CA Available: CA, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, NC, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI. Švyturys-Utenos Alus UAB dates back over 225 years, to the founding of the first industrial brewery Klaip da Lithuania by the... View Article
Boucanèe
by - -Bayou Teche Brewing Arnaudville, LA Available: LA The Bayou Teche stretches for 125 miles and is a waterway of great cultural significance to Acadiana. Boucanèe is the brewery’s acknowledgment of the importance of the wild cherry tree to south Louisiana: it is brewed using cherry-wood smoked wheat. ABV: 5.9 ABW: N/A Color: 10 Bitterness: 14... View Article
Narragansett Porter
by - -Narragansett Beer Co. Providence, RI Available: MA, RI, CT, ME, VT, NH When Prohibition struck down breweries across America in the 1920s, the Narragansett Brewing Co. was one of just six given a patent by the U.S. government to continue brewing beer for medicinal purposes, based largely on the belief that porter had healing properties.... View Article
Goose Bump Imperial Stout
by - -MacTarnahan’s Brewing Co. Portland, OR Available: ID, OR, WA Brewed with roasted and chocolate malts and real coffee beans, Goose Bump™ is the fourth offering in MacTarnahan’s line-up of specialty big bottle beers. All offerings in this series are available in 22-ounce bottles and limited draft only: each production yields less than 1, 000 cases.... View Article
Supper Club
by - -Capital Brewery Middleton, WI Available: WI, IL, MN, MI, IA, MO, KS Located in a former egg processing plant, Capital Brewery produced its first brew in the spring of 1986. Currently, Capital produces up to 16 different beers per year: eight annuals, four seasonals, and up to four limited releases. ABV: 5.0 ABW: 3.98 Color:... View Article
Humming Ale
by - -Anchor Brewing Co. San Francisco, CA Available: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX UT, VA, VT, WA,... View Article