420 — American Style Pale Ale
IPA — American Style Strong Pale Ale
Blue — Fruit Wheat Beer — blueberry
SchWheat — American Style Wheat Beer
MotorBoat — Extra Special Bitter — American Style ESB
Georgia Brown — American Continue Reading →
Jolly Pumpkin (Dexter, MI) is making La Roja available in the Grand Reserve Series. The base recipe is the same, but left in barrels longer. Up to 6 months longer. The resulting beer is bolder, more acidic, and “wilder.”
Michael Roper from Hopleaf Bar in Chicago had some pretty insightful things to say about beer, brewery acquisitions and the like. This was published in the most recent BeerAdvocate magazine.
The catch? Non alcoholic beer. I’m sure your fridge is full of it. Drinking of NA beer after marathons is quite prevalent in Europe, but the effects of how and why have been undocumented.
Here’s a press release containing all you needed to know about Founder’s Canadian Breakfast Stout release.
Founders Brewing Vice President/Director of Marketing Dave Engbers announced last month that the highly anticipated Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS) will be the second Continue Reading →
Jen with The Alchemist Brewpub in Waterbury, Vermont had this posted to BeerAdvocate last night. Friday is the impending release of Heady Topper, the breweries first cans and first year round beer. There WILL be more in the future, but Continue Reading →
Nogne-O (Grimstad, Norway) will be shipping a smoke beer to the United States. Holy Smoke is a smoked lager, and the winning recipe from the Norwegian Hombrewing Championship. The 2011 winning recipe was brewed by Erlann Eldorsen.
420 — American Style Pale Ale IPA — American Style Strong Pale Ale Blue — Fruit Wheat Beer — blueberry SchWheat — American Style Wheat Beer MotorBoat — Extra Special Bitter — American Style ESB Georgia Brown — American Style Brown Ale Crank Tank — Rye Beer — Rye Ale or Lager with/without Yeast Festive — Herb and Spice Beer — with cinnamon and mace BSP — Belgian Style Abbey Ale — Belgian Style Quad Mean Joe Bean — Coffee Beer — Fresh Nicaraguan Coffee Porter Happy Ending — American Style Stout
Jolly Pumpkin (Dexter, MI) is making La Roja available in the Grand Reserve Series. The base recipe is the same, but left in barrels longer. Up to 6 months longer. The resulting beer is bolder, more acidic, and “wilder.”
Label:
La Roja ,an artisan abler ale brewed in the Flanders tradition. Deep amber with earthy caramel, spice and sour fruit notes developed through natural barrel aging. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and blended from barrels ranging over a year in age. Truly and ale of grace and distinction.
Style: American Wild Ale
Availability: 330ml bottles. Brewery only release.
Michael Roper from Hopleaf Bar in Chicago had some pretty insightful things to say about beer, brewery acquisitions and the like. This was published in the most recent BeerAdvocate magazine.
More Re: Boycotting Craft Beer.
I feel that, while a bit late, I should briefly weigh in on the issue of boycotting beers affiliated with large beer companies. I have owned a craft beer bar for 20 years. We choose to not offer Bud, Miller, PBR, Corona, Coors and the like, not because they are made by big companies, but because they are not tasty, interesting beers. If the “big guys” got their act together and made some really good beer that I would be proud to offer my customers, I would reward them for their efforts and carry them. It is about the beer first and foremost. I am still proud to offer Goose Island Matilda, Sophie, Pepe Nero, Bourbon County Stout, Pere Jacques and many of their other brews in spite of their recent sale to A-B InBev. I carry Unibroue beers in spite of their relationship with Sapporo. If they start cutting corners and the beer [quality] declines, they will lose us. I hope that that does not happen. Ultimately, I want everyone to make great beer. I still serve lots of beer from some of the tiniest breweries in the world. We strongly support all of our local craft breweries. However, if a great beer is brewed by, purchased by, imported by or distributed by A-B InBev, SAB Miller Coors, Carlsberg, Heineken or any other big company, I will give it a chance at Hopleaf. It should be about the beer, not how big its maker is.
The catch? Non alcoholic beer. I’m sure your fridge is full of it. Drinking of NA beer after marathons is quite prevalent in Europe, but the effects of how and why have been undocumented.
The Technical Institute of Munich set out to find the answer. They gathered 227 healthy runners in their 40’s training for the Munich marathon. They agreed thinking that they would be fed NA beer. Secretly, only 1/2 were drinking non alcoholic. The other half were drinking a beer flavored substitute.
After a few weeks of chugging liters of beer, the recover time of the non alcoholic drinkers was better. Joint inflammation was lower, post run sickness was lower. How exactly the beer works biologically is still undetermined.
The study concludes that the consumption of 1-1.5 L/day non-alcoholic beer for three weeks before and two weeks after marathon competition reduces post-race inflammation and upper respiratory tract infections incidence. [ACSM]
Everything You Wanted To Know About Founder’s CBS Release
Here’s a press release containing all you needed to know about Founder’s Canadian Breakfast Stout release.
Founders Brewing Vice President/Director of Marketing Dave Engbers announced last month that the highly anticipated Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS) will be the second release in the company’s 750mL “Backstage Series”. It will be released to the market on October 3, 2011, with a taproom release party on October 1.
The taproom release at 235 Grandville Ave SE in downtown Grand Rapids will begin at 11 a.m. on October 1. There will be about 1700 bottles available for purchase at $18 each. A strict limit of two (2) bottles per person will apply, and all bottles will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Because a line is expected to form before 11 a.m., numbers will be handed out so that the line can remain intact once the taproom doors open. CBS will be featured on draft, and CBS merchandise will be available in the Founders company store, which is on the north end of the taproom. As with all Founders specialty products, growler fills will not be available for CBS.
There has been a great deal of anticipation and speculation regarding the upcoming release after the success of Blushing Monk, the series’ debut, earlier this year. Canadian Breakfast Stout is the epitome of why Founders launched the Backstage Series: it brings some of the brewery’s most sought-after beers, which have been available primarily at the taproom or at a few select events, to a much larger audience.
Canadian Breakfast Stout is an Imperial Stout brewed with a blend of coffees and imported chocolates, then aged in spent bourbon barrels that have most recently been aging pure Michigan maple syrup. The final product has had stellar reviews and is currently the fifth highest rated beer in the world on www.BeerAdvocate.com.
“Releasing small specialty batches is a great way for us to connect to our core beer enthusiast,” Engbers explains. “Fundamentally, we are a small brewery, and we love to do things our own way. This isn’t about flooding the shelves with a beer that we hope people will try; it’s about producing the best damn beer we can brew and offering it to those enthusiasts who have supported our passion for great beer.”
The company is not revealing any additional releases in the series, but Engbers says they will consist of many of the “popular one-offs” that have been offered in the taproom over the years and have become favorites among patrons and brewery staff. “I think part of what people love about Founders, besides our beer, is that we listen to what they are saying,” says President Mike Stevens. “With our new line, now we can offer them more of what they’ve been asking for.”
The company expects to release one more product in the 2011 Backstage Series later this year.
Founders Brewing Company opened their doors in 1997 with the vision of creating some of the most unique craft beer in the world. Today, Founders has a loyal following with several beers lauded as winners of national and international awards in their respective categories. In 2009, they were ranked as the second fastest growing brewery in the United States, and they are currently rated the second highest brewery in the world by RateBeer.com.
Jen with The Alchemist Brewpub in Waterbury, Vermont had this posted to BeerAdvocate last night. Friday is the impending release of Heady Topper, the breweries first cans and first year round beer. There WILL be more in the future, but due to the Irene’s floodwaters and its damage to the city, it will be a little slow going.
I say, take care of yourself first. The beer, and US, can wait.
Per Jen:
This area of Waterbury is a disaster. Can’t describe it. It’s hard not to cry. Honestly, it looks like Katrina hit, just with more trees standing.
Due to these circumstances, as well as the overwhelming offers of public support, it may be that there will not be enough HEADY TOPPER to service each and every visitor this Friday at the Cannery. Instead of having people travel here and not receive what they expected, we would like to remind everyone that there will be a continual supply of HEADY after Friday so keep this in mind.
After spending the day helping clean out the ALCHEMIST basement (huge kudos to the TPT crew for their outstanding basement beer flood management skills), we were lucky to taste some of the new cans. WOW! Congrats Jim!
Please just keep in mind that the travel here is a little treacherous at this time, but HEADY will always be waiting.
Nogne-O (Grimstad, Norway) will be shipping a smoke beer to the United States. Holy Smoke is a smoked lager, and the winning recipe from the Norwegian Hombrewing Championship. The 2011 winning recipe was brewed by Erlann Eldorsen.
Style: Smoke Beer Hops: Hallertau, Tettnang Malts: Pilsner Malt, Smoked Malt, Caramel Malt, Munich Malt Yeast: German Lager
Grimstad Water
