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Friday Night Beer Blog – Homebrewing Part 3
When we last saw our hero, he was about 2 hours into the brewing process, and had a kettle full of warm sweet wort, which is the proper name for the sugary solution extracted from the mash.
Pike Brewing’s IPA wins Space Needle anniversary beer competition
Despite some tough competition [nine other brewers], Pike Brewing Company’s "Pike Space Needle Golden Anniversary IPA" won the honor, beating out nine other breweries. The winning IPA will be featured at the Sky City Restaurant at the Space Needle starting in April.
via KING 5.
Magic Hat founder on beer geeks: “one of the industry problems”
Photo Credit: Alan Newman via pdbreen on Flickr (via Creative Commons)
(Burlington, VT) – The Burlington Free Press has an interview up with Magic Hat Brewing founder and Alchemy and Science (Boston Beer Co. subsidiary) chief, Alan Newman. This quote, piggy-backing on recent discussions around criticism of large craft brewers, grabbed my attention.
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BFP: In your book you say that beer geeks are “one of the industry problems these days.” Can you explain that? AN: There are two groups out there: beer-lovers and beer geeks. Beer lovers love beer. I’ll put myself in that category. I love and appreciate good beer. Then there are beer geeks who ask questions like, “Have I never heard of it [a beer or brewer] before?” “Is it from a really small brewery?” “Does it have more than 75 I.B.U.’s? [International bittering units - a measure of bitterness related to hops in a beer; 75 is very high.] All they want is highly hopped, high-alcohol beers. They have disdain for the mainstream, but mainstream is what will bring more customers in, what will grow the category. They get very hung up on the size of a brewer and who owns them. Like Goose Island in Chicago is an old craft brewery, very respected. Anheuser-Busch bought something like 25-30 percent of them. So are they still a craft brewer? More importantly, to my mind, do they make craft beers? Does it matter who owns them?
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Thoughts?
They wait all year for this beer: Pliny the Younger returns to Santa Rosa brewery
That means long lines outside Russian River Brewing Co.'s downtown Santa Rosa brew pub and lots of voice mail messages on brewer Al Gorton's phone.
Weekend watching: Beertickers on Hulu
Beertickers: Beyond the Ale is described as a “documentary film about a strange hobby, a British tradition, curiosity, collecting, obession, and drinking good old real ale.”
Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro rollout dates announced
We are now in the second leg of the Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro schedule but better late than never…
Jan 19-20 Chicago
Feb 1-3 Texas
Feb 9-10 Boston
Feb 16-17 Phoenix
Mar 1-2 Atlanta
Mar 8-9 Cleveland
Mar 22-23 NYC
Uinta Birthday Suit Sour Cherry Ale debuts later this winter
The Utah Beer Blog reports that Uinta Birthday Suit Sour Ale will come out at the end of this month or in early March. Label copy…
In the beginning, cherry trees shaded the beer garden. Resisting temptation no longer they picked the fruit and let it ferment in to a pleasingly sour and subtly sweet ale. A sinful pleasure for the experienced and adventurous palate.
via Utah Beer Blog.
Craft beer connoisseur knows his suds
Phred Kaufman relaxes at Mugishutei, his Sapporo establishment, which draws craft beer fans from all over Japan.
Breckenridge Brewery’s “Truth in Beervertising” video ad campaign returns
(Denver, CO) – Breckenridge Brewery made noise last year with a campaign called “Truth in Beervertising.” The ad campaign mocking big brewers even landed the videos into the top five stories of 2011 on Beernews.org.
Well, Breckenridge Brewery is back with a couple more videos. These ones mock Corona and Dos Equis. Enjoy.
