We’ve all heard about the health benefits of wine. Don’t go thinking that beer doesn’t have health benefits. In a recent study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that 3,218 women who drank one or more BEER Continue Reading →
Today is a milestone for Red Brick Brewing (Atlanta, GA). Dave McClure and his brewing team crossed the 500th batch mark. Ab0ve: Garett Lockhart and Dave McClure stand next to #500.
Shipyard Brewing (Portland, ME) has leased a space all the way in Tennessee in order to expand the overall capacity and introduce cans.
“This is a very exciting time in our growth,” stated Shipyard’s president Fred Forsley. “Our brewery Continue Reading →
The First Transatlantic Cider Collaboration From
Tom Oliver of Oliver’s Cider and Perry and Gregory Hall of Virtue Cider
Belchertown, MA [July 12, 2012] – Collaborations are all the rage nowadays but this is special and a first. Tom Oliver from Oliver’s Continue Reading →
It looks like Red Hare Brewing (Marietta, GA) will be the first craft brewery in the state of Georgia to can. This week, Red Hare fired up their canning line for the first time. Long Day Lager will be the first Continue Reading →
Each month, Sixpoint Brewery (Brooklyn, NY) releases a single hopped IPA in their Spice Of Life series. The recipe remains the same, but the hops are different. Similar to what Mikkeller has done in the past. The series gives the Continue Reading →
Keith Shore is the brilliant artist behind the Mikkeller labels (See above). Some of his most recent artwork was for The Festival which occurred in June. The event was presented by 12% Imports and Shelton Brothers, with a Continue Reading →
We’ve all heard about the health benefits of wine. Don’t go thinking that beer doesn’t have health benefits. In a recent study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that 3,218 women who drank one or more BEER a day, had a higher bone mineral density (BMD). Why? It’s due to beer’s silicon content.
…dietary silicon intake of more than 40 mg per day correlates with increased BMD.
Silicon is prevalent in the grains used to brew the beer – barley, oats, etc. [AJCN]
Today is a milestone for Red Brick Brewing (Atlanta, GA). Dave McClure and his brewing team crossed the 500th batch mark. Ab0ve: Garett Lockhart and Dave McClure stand next to #500.
Shipyard Brewing (Portland, ME) has leased a space all the way in Tennessee in order to expand the overall capacity and introduce cans.
“This is a very exciting time in our growth,” stated Shipyard’s president Fred Forsley. “Our brewery in Portland is at full capacity and this allows us to meet consumer demand for our products.”
The new space in Memphis, Tennessee is created to open top ferment, and can Shipyard’s offerings. Export will hit cans this month in Maine and then markets around the United States. This fall? Pumpkinhead in cans.
Shipyard also has plans for a second Florida location. The brewery already operates a nano brewery in Winter Park. [PressRelease]
The First Transatlantic Cider Collaboration From
Tom Oliver of Oliver’s Cider and Perry and Gregory Hall of Virtue Cider
Belchertown, MA [July 12, 2012] – Collaborations are all the rage nowadays but this is special and a first. Tom Oliver from Oliver’s Cider and Perry in Herefordshire, England has joined forces with Gregory Hall from Virtue Cider in Chicago, Illinois to create a cider that combines their respective skills in the making of craft cider and craft beer. The result is Gold Rush, the first transatlantic cider that is everything a bittersweet cider should be.
The genesis for the collaboration occurred in the spring of 2011, during one of Hall’s visits with Oliver at his farm in England, shortly after Hall stepped down as Brewmaster at Goose Island Brewing Company to embark on his own cider venture, Virtue. Both Oliver and Hall had been fans of the others work for years, in cider and beer, respectively and thought it would be fun to collaborate on a cider. Oliver embarked on the project and Hall returned to England in May of 2012 to sample the cider. And voila! Gold Rush was christened.
Gold Rush is available in the US through Shelton Brothers, an importer of small batch, artisanal, hand-crafted cider and beer. Shelton Brothers has been the exclusive importer for all Oliver’s ciders and perries since they were first introduced to the US in 2007. Gold Rush was released by Shelton Brothers at The Festival, a gathering of international beer and cidermakers, which they hosted in Worcester, MA the weekend of June 23-24, 2012. Gold Rush is now available nationwide through the Shelton Brothers’ distribution network.
The 6.8% sparkling, medium dry cider with a deep, burnished color was made from 100% bittersweet and sharp vintage cider apples from traditional Herefordshire farms. The juice was slow fermented by wild yeasts in old oak barrels through a cold winter and underwent malolactic fermentation in the warm spring. Oliver then added fruit sugar and lambic yeasts for a second alcoholic fermentation, adding a touch more alcohol and complexity. It was finished in oak, for maturity, before final blending and bottling.
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About Gold Rush
Gold Rush is a sparkling, medium dry cider with a deep, burnished colour. A nose of apple skins, spice and leather and a rich bittersweet taste, long lasting with a full mouthfeel. At 6.8%, this cider is made to be savoured and enjoyed with friends.
Gold Rush was 18 months in the making, open a bottle and let time stand still as you enjoy this unique drink. A transatlantic collaboration between two cidermakers who are dedicated to making the best.
Gold Rush was launched by Tom Oliver and Virtue Cider at Shelton Brothers international festival of small brewers and cidermakers, The Festival, on the 23rd-24th June at The Mechanics Hall, 321 Main Street, Worcester, MA.
About Tom Oliver & Oliver’s Cider & Perry
Tom Oliver can trace cidermaking back through three centuries on his farm in Ocle Pychard, England. He relishes living in the premiere bittersweet cider apple growing area in the world and is one of a growing band of cider makers who see a world ripe to embrace the drink again.
www.oliversciderandperry.co.uk
About Gregory Hall and Virtue Cider
Virtue Cider Co-founder Gregory Hall served as the Brewmaster of Goose Island Beer Company from 1991 to 2011. In his two decades of brewing, Hall developed a host of award-winning beers and is hailed as an innovator in the craft beer movement.
Hall first fell in love with cider during a tour of English breweries in 2000. Upon leaving Goose Island, Hall embarked on a pilgrimage of cider study. He toured and tasted at top cider makers in England and France, including an intensive internship at Domaine Dupont in Normandy, France. It was on one of these pilgrimages that Greg and Tom started talking cider.
Virtue Cider is a Chicago-based craft cider company that uses their expertise in modern craft fermentation and aging techniques to produce ciders that embody old world farmhouse styles. They partner with local family farms to find the highest quality heirloom apples for their cider.
About Shelton Brothers
Shelton Brothers, Belchertown MA There’s no miracle to importing good beer – it just takes hard work and a lot of travel. We generally seek out un-manipulated beer, looking primarily to small breweries, whose craftspeople take seriously a passion for natural, traditionally-made beverages. When it was founded in 1996, Shelton Brothers was the only importer with these specific criteria for hand-selecting the beer to offer our customers. In the past sixteen years, we’ve turned down countless breweries – both large and small – who didn’t meet these criteria, and we’ll do it again. We’re only interested in bringing you what we believe is the very best
It looks like Red Hare Brewing (Marietta, GA) will be the first craft brewery in the state of Georgia to can. This week, Red Hare fired up their canning line for the first time. Long Day Lager will be the first can offering by the young brewery. Interestingly, it is also their first distributed package format too. They have been draft only until the canning line arrived. Can launch date TBA.
Long Day Lager is a Bohemian-style pilsner, 5.25% ABV. A year round offering by Red Hare. Below: Cans on the line.
Each month, Sixpoint Brewery (Brooklyn, NY) releases a single hopped IPA in their Spice Of Life series. The recipe remains the same, but the hops are different. Similar to what Mikkeller has done in the past. The series gives the drinker a real tastebuds on perspective of the different flavors and nuances of various hop varieties. Below the Spice Of Life schedule through June, 2013.
Want to take it further? I thought you might. Here is Sixpoint’s handy, dandy flavor wheel to guide you in your hop journey.
Keith Shore is the brilliant artist behind the Mikkeller labels (See above). Some of his most recent artwork was for The Festival which occurred in June. The event was presented by 12% Imports and Shelton Brothers, with a pretty insane lineup. Both the beer AND the brewers from the likes of Evil Twin Brewing, De Molen, Sixpoint, De Graal, De Ranke, Crooked Stave, Mikkeller, Jolly Pumpkin, Cantillon, Pretty Things, Yeastie Boys and more attended. You get the idea.
If you weren’t lucky enough to be there, you are lucky enough to get a piece of Keith Shore’s artwork. Two different prints were created for The Festival by the famed artist, which are now available for purchase.
Spontandoubleberry 18×24, 3 color screenprint. ($45). Limited to 65.
Beer Geek Brunch 18×24, 4 color screenprint ($45) Limited to 65.
Both prints are available at Keith’s website. Each print is signed and numbered.
