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Sam Adams Lightship Back From Hiatus

Lightship was eventually abandoned for Sam Adams Light.  It was the second beer Jim Koch ever made.  The vision for Lightship was to change peoples expectations of light beer.  The recipe itself is over 20 years old now.

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Your Own Brewery For Under 5 Grand

Who needs a Mr. Beer kit when you too can own this appliance that can do it all.  The WilliamsWarn Personal Brewery is an all inclusive home brewing system.  The unit comprises a brewing tank, refrigeration system and ergonomically designed Continue Reading →

Find Abita On Your iPhone

Abita Brewing gone beer high tech with beer finder app for your iPhone.  The app gives you the ability to find Abita products by distances to your phone, profile of the beer, even food pairings.

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Apples, Whiskey & Beer Yeast. Oh My.

I have to say this before I get into this post.  Put your beer geekiness aside for a minute.  Bring it back by the end of the article.  We are going to be talking about ciders here.

I got a minute this week to sit down with Joe Heron, President of Crispin Ciders.  2011 marks a year of big expansions for the cider company, in both distribution and production.  Ciders don’t always get the beer geek people excited.  What Crispin is doing is a bit different from your average cider.  They are game changers.  We are talking the use ale yeasts, unique adjucts, and barrel aging. Yes, barrel aging.

Something I learned from Joe is that the art of cider is both easy and hard.  You need a lot of apples. Much like beer brewing, the better ingredients the better the product.  Apple & pears used in Crispin’s ciders come from Washington state.  They have the most sophisticated cold storage in the United States. (Why you can get apples year round.)  6,000 gallons of juice come to Colfax, California at a time, they first started with 50 gallons.  Ideally, cider is made from cider apples for their fermenting qualities, unfortunately they are rare & expensive.  Culinary apples (for eating) are used the cider these offerings. Lots of Granny Smith.

Now Your Dog Can Have Stone Too

Drinking beers from Stone Brewing? Does your dog feel left out? Not anymore. Using spent grain, organic peanut butter, organic flour, and organic eggs Stone & Doggie Beer Bones has created a perfect non alcoholic treat for pets. Stone Bones Continue Reading →

Home Brewing Seriousified

Yeah, you could go to Home Depot and piecemeal together a home brewing set up.  But you have a few thousand dollars burning a hole in your pocket and can’t be bothered with that.  That’s where this set up comes Continue Reading →