**if you don't ooooh! and aaaaw! at this...then there is no hope for you**
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Interview with Mr. Mikkeller himself
**Having enjoyed many of his beers, a very welcome and long overdue interview (in English) indeed. Enjoy! Then seek out some of this beers for further enjoyment, supping style.**
Conversation about Beer: MIKKELLER (Documentary Film) - English Version from Evoque - Officina d'Arte on Vimeo.
BrewDog Hardcore IPA
New packaging? Seeing as BrewDog recently tweaked the recipe and thus earned themselves a Gold Medal at the 2010 World Beer Cup in Chicago...I would gander yes. Of course, I'll find out for sure but for your current viewing pleasure, enjoy:
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Undertow Update
Just ran into Ziggy at the store who filled me in on some Undertow updates.
*They will be reopening/having their soft opening this coming Thursday.
*Ziggy will still be manning the bar with his mad zany skillz.
*Menu will be changed; how much I don't know yet.
*Lots of paintings and yes, the wave is still there.
So, in a couple weeks or so I plan to revisit, sup a few brews, taste a few nibblies, and finally get a BEERport on Undertow, albeit post-Kitty.
1931 OLD DIXIE HWY
VERO BEACH, FLORIDA 32960
(772) 770-0977
http://www.undertowcafe.com/
(I have no idea what will happen to the old website, but for now it does the job in regards to location and contact info)
*They will be reopening/having their soft opening this coming Thursday.
*Ziggy will still be manning the bar with his mad zany skillz.
*Menu will be changed; how much I don't know yet.
*Lots of paintings and yes, the wave is still there.
So, in a couple weeks or so I plan to revisit, sup a few brews, taste a few nibblies, and finally get a BEERport on Undertow, albeit post-Kitty.
1931 OLD DIXIE HWY
VERO BEACH, FLORIDA 32960
(772) 770-0977
http://www.undertowcafe.com/
(I have no idea what will happen to the old website, but for now it does the job in regards to location and contact info)
Deadliest Catch Countdown
It's going to be a particularly tough season knowing of Captain Phil's passing, but Dad and I will faithfully watch each weekly episode with a brew in hand as we always do. I haven't decided what special beer we will crack open for Phil's honorary episode, but I have a few weeks to figure it out.
Each season Dad and I get together and have some quality father+daughter time while watching one of the still coolest shows on Discovery: Deadliest Catch. Each evening I bring a different special beer over for me and Dad to share. So long as it doesn't require a spoon (ie: no brown ales, porters, or stouts) than Dad is game to giving it a whirl around the ol' tastebuds.
Seeing as this coming Tuesday, April 13th is the season premier, I think I'll bring over the Southampton Saison Deluxe. I just got it in, tis a brew for the seasons, and we are starting a new season...corny but appropriate. Of course, I have no doubt the beer will be fanfreakingtastic which is just the way I like it, and Dad will too.
Too crab fishing. To Captain Phil. To family. To beer.
Prosit!
(an original written work by Kristyn Lier. plagiarism is not tolerated)
Each season Dad and I get together and have some quality father+daughter time while watching one of the still coolest shows on Discovery: Deadliest Catch. Each evening I bring a different special beer over for me and Dad to share. So long as it doesn't require a spoon (ie: no brown ales, porters, or stouts) than Dad is game to giving it a whirl around the ol' tastebuds.
Seeing as this coming Tuesday, April 13th is the season premier, I think I'll bring over the Southampton Saison Deluxe. I just got it in, tis a brew for the seasons, and we are starting a new season...corny but appropriate. Of course, I have no doubt the beer will be fanfreakingtastic which is just the way I like it, and Dad will too.
Too crab fishing. To Captain Phil. To family. To beer.
Prosit!
(an original written work by Kristyn Lier. plagiarism is not tolerated)
Beer Styles & Shmyles
Beer for me will always be about flavor. You can slap whatever name, style, picture, etc on it you want but so long as I can get my flavor on than all is well in my beer quaffing world. It's wonderful that brewers and judges have guidelines upon which to create and to evaluate. It's beautiful, even. But when guidelines become rigid rules that stymie and suppress a brewer's creativity, a judges ability to fairly evaluate a brew, and a beer drinkers ability, nay right, to enjoy said beers whenever, however, and in whatever flavor imaginable than I dare say things are getting a wee bit out of hand.
Style conflicts aside for a moment, yes I still plan on furthering my knowledge and professionalism in regards to beer, brewing, styles, and judging. I haven't settled on my next goal for this year since receiving my Cicerone Beer Server Certification, but I have a few ideas. As much as it pains me to say, Siebel and their Master of Beer Styles and Evaluation program will have to wait till next year. Money you see, it's a fickle thing. But there are other possibilities to keep the ol' Kristyn Beer Train on track. BJCP Certification and Home Brewing are fighting for eventual wallet domination in this fine year of 2010. Shall see...
Of course both roll me right back into the world of styles and style guidelines. For example: the Iniquity from Southern Tier which we tasted yesterday at work. Awesome beer. Southern Tier calls it an Imperial Black Ale/IPA. RateBeer calls it an American Strong Ale (another dubiously generic style of wide-ranging proportions) and BeerAdvocate calls it an American Double/Imperial IPA. Which is right? Which is wrong? Does it really matter?
Personally, not so much. Styles are useful but sometimes highly overrated. Tasting a little bit of all the above in my Iniquity, I simply call it fanfreakingtastic. Tasty. Yummy. Flavorific.
And for me, that's really all I need.
Brew on. Drink on. Get your flavor on.
May I have another please.
(an original written work by Kristyn Lier. plagiarism is not tolerated)
Style conflicts aside for a moment, yes I still plan on furthering my knowledge and professionalism in regards to beer, brewing, styles, and judging. I haven't settled on my next goal for this year since receiving my Cicerone Beer Server Certification, but I have a few ideas. As much as it pains me to say, Siebel and their Master of Beer Styles and Evaluation program will have to wait till next year. Money you see, it's a fickle thing. But there are other possibilities to keep the ol' Kristyn Beer Train on track. BJCP Certification and Home Brewing are fighting for eventual wallet domination in this fine year of 2010. Shall see...
Of course both roll me right back into the world of styles and style guidelines. For example: the Iniquity from Southern Tier which we tasted yesterday at work. Awesome beer. Southern Tier calls it an Imperial Black Ale/IPA. RateBeer calls it an American Strong Ale (another dubiously generic style of wide-ranging proportions) and BeerAdvocate calls it an American Double/Imperial IPA. Which is right? Which is wrong? Does it really matter?
Personally, not so much. Styles are useful but sometimes highly overrated. Tasting a little bit of all the above in my Iniquity, I simply call it fanfreakingtastic. Tasty. Yummy. Flavorific.
And for me, that's really all I need.
Brew on. Drink on. Get your flavor on.
May I have another please.
(an original written work by Kristyn Lier. plagiarism is not tolerated)
2010 World Beer Cup Winners
Champion Brewery and Brewer Awards
Category 1: American-Style Cream Ale or Lager, 17 entries
Category 2: American-Style Wheat Beer, 16 entries
Category 3: American-Style Wheat Beer with Yeast, 24 entries
Category 4: Rye Beer, 22 entries
Category 5: Fruit Beer or Field Beer, 86 entries
Category 6: Herb and Spice Beer or Chocolate Beer, 109 entries
Category 7: Coffee Flavored Beer, 47 entries
Category 9: Specialty Honey Beer, 27 entries
Category 10: Session Beer, 28 entries
Category 11: Other Strong Beer, 44 entries
Category 12: Experimental Beer, 51 entries
Category 13: Out of Category - Traditionally Brewed Beer, 47 entries
Category 14: Gluten Free Beer, 10 entries
Category 15: American-Belgo-Style Ale, 46 entries
Category 16: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer, 32 entries
Category 17: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer, 113 entries
Category 18: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer, 39 entries
Category 19: Aged Beer, 20 entries
Category 20: Kellerbier/Zwickelbier, 32 entries
Category 21: Smoked Beer, 35 entries
Category 22: European-Style Low-Alcohol Lager/German-Style Leicht(bier), 16 entries
Category 23: German-Style Pilsener, 69 entries
Category 24: Bohemian-Style Pilsener, 43 entries
Category 25: Münchner-Style Helles, 48 entries
Category 26: Dortmunder/European-Style Export or German-Style Oktoberfest/Wiesen (Meadow), 42 entries
Category 27: Vienna-Style Lager, 28 entries
Category 28: German-Style Märzen, 28 entries
Category 29: European-Style Dark/Münchner Dunkel, 33 entries
Category 30: German-Style Schwarzbier, 38 entries
Category 31: Traditional German-Style Bock, 25 entries
Category 32: German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock, 26 entries
Category 33: German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock, 43 entries
Category 34: American-Style Lager, 75 entries
Category 35: American-Style Specialty Lager, 19 entries
Category 36: American-Style Amber Lager, 24 entries
Category 37: American-Style Dark Lager, 12 entries
Category 38: Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lager, 19 entries
Category 39: International-Style Lager, 58 entries
Category 40: Baltic-Style Porter, 28 entries
Category 41: Belgian-Style Witbier, 47 entries
Category 42: Belgian- and French-Style Ale, 57 entries
Category 43: Belgian-Style Blonde Ale or Pale Ale, 41 entries
Category 44: Belgian-Style Sour Ale, 23 entries
Category 45: Belgian-Style Flanders/Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ale, 20 entries
Category 46: Belgian-Style Dubbel, 29 entries
Category 47: Belgian-Style Tripel, 53 entries
Category 48: Belgian-Style Pale Strong Ale, 33 entries
Category 49: Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale, 46 entries
Category 50: Other Belgian-Style Ale, 35 entries
Category 51: English-Style Summer Ale, 24 entries
Category 52: Classic English-Style Pale Ale, 29 entries
Category 53: English-Style India Pale Ale, 32 entries
Category 54: Ordinary Bitter, 12 entries
Category 55: Special Bitter or Best Bitter, 30 entries
Category 56: Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter, 24 entries
Category 57: Scottish-Style Ale, 29 entries
Category 58: English-Style Mild Ale, 23 entries
Category 59: English-Style Brown Ale, 46 entries
Category 60: Brown Porter, 37 entries
Category 61: Robust Porter, 64 entries
Category 62: Sweet Stout, 25 entries
Category 63: Oatmeal Stout, 34 entries
Category 64: Scotch Ale, 38 entries
Category 65: British-Style Imperial Stout, 24 entries
Category 66: Old Ale, 15 entries
Category 67: Strong Ale, 26 entries
Category 68: Barley Wine-Style Ale, 58 entries
Category 69: German-Style Kӧlsch/Kӧln-Style Kӧlsch, 23 entries
Category 70: German-Style Brown Ale/Düsseldorf, 26 entries
Category 71: German-Style Sour Ale, 9 entries
Category 72: South German-Style Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier, 66 entries
Category 73: German-Style Pale Wheat Ale, 13 entries
Category 74: German-Style Dark Wheat Ale, 22 entries
Category 75: South German-Style Weizenbock/Weissbock, 27 entries
Category 76: Irish-Style Red Ale, 26 entries
Category 77: Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout, 22 entries
Category 78: Foreign-Style Stout, 21 entries
Category 79: Golden or Blonde Ale, 50 entries
Category 80: American-Style Pale Ale, 77 entries
Category 81: American-Style Strong Pale Ale, 59 entries
Category 82: American-Style India Pale Ale, 104 entries
Category 83: Imperial India Pale Ale, 69 entries
Category 84: American-Style Amber/Red Ale, 66 entries
Category 85: Imperial Red Ale, 32 entries
Category 86: American-Style Brown Ale, 40 entries
Category 87: American-Style Sour Ale, 14 entries
Category 88: American-Style Stout, 31 entries
Category 89: American-Style Imperial Stout, 37 entries
Category 90: International Pale Ale, 28 entries
Large Brewing Company Category
Asia Pacific Breweries Limited, Singapore
APB Brewing Team
Mid-Size Brewing Company Category
Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles, CA
Matthew Brynildson
Small Brewing Company Category
Ballast Point Brewing Company, San Diego, CA
Ballast Point Brewers
Large Brewpub Category
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant
Iron Hill Brewery Team
Small Brewpub Category
Devils Backbone Brewing Company, Roseland, VA
Jason Oliver
Category 1: American-Style Cream Ale or Lager, 17 entries
- Gold: Red Dog, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI
- Silver: Old Style, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL
- Bronze: Lone Star, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL
Category 2: American-Style Wheat Beer, 16 entries
- Gold: Shredders Wheat, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR
- Silver: Rockfish Wheat, Blue Mountain Brewery, Afton, VA
- Bronze: DD Blonde, Hop Valley Brewing Co., Springfield, OR
Category 3: American-Style Wheat Beer with Yeast, 24 entries
- Gold: Point Horizon Wheat, Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, WI
- Silver: UFO Hefeweizen, Harpoon Brewery, Boston, MA
- Bronze: Whitetail Wheat, Montana Brewing Co., Billings, MT
Category 4: Rye Beer, 22 entries
- Gold: Harvest Moon Rye, Rock Bottom Brewery - Arlington, Arlington, VA
- Silver: Rye Bob, The Grumpy Troll Brewery, Restaurant & Pizzeria, Mount Horeb, WI
- Bronze: Hoss Rye Lager, Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver, CO
Category 5: Fruit Beer or Field Beer, 86 entries
- Gold: Da’ Yoopers, Rocky Mountain Brewery, Colorado Springs, CO
- Silver: Lolita, Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, IL
- Bronze: Ephémère Apple, Unibroue, Chambly, Canada
Category 6: Herb and Spice Beer or Chocolate Beer, 109 entries
- Gold: Coco Jones Porter, Black Raven Brewing Co., Redmond, WA
- Silver: Lemon Grass Wheat Ale, Outer Banks Brewing Station, Kill Devil Hills, NC
- Bronze: Black Licorice Lager, Short’s Brewing Co., Bellaire, MI
Category 7: Coffee Flavored Beer, 47 entries
- Gold: Dude! Where’s My Vespa?, Rock Bottom Brewery - Arlington, Arlington, VA
- Silver: Addiction, Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery, Boulder, CO
- Bronze: Morning Bear, Devils Backbone Brewing Co., Roseland, VA
- Gold: Country Girl Kabocha Ale, Baird Brewing Co., Numazu, Japan
- Silver: COEDO Beniaka, Coedobrewery Kyodoshoji Corp. Ltd., Kawagoe, Japan
- Bronze: Maple Tripple, Lawson’s Finest Liquids, Warren, VT
Category 9: Specialty Honey Beer, 27 entries
- Gold: Tauras Alus su medumi, UAB “Kalnapilio - Tauro grupė”, Panevezys, Lithuania
- Silver: Bracia, Thornbridge Brewery, Bakewell, United Kingdom
- Bronze: Cable Car Amber Ale, World Brews, Novato, CA
Category 10: Session Beer, 28 entries
- Gold: Polygamy Porter, Utah Brewers Co-Op, Salt Lake City, UT
- Silver: Firestone Extra Pale Ale, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
- Bronze: Guppie Pale Ale, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery - Chandler, Huntington Beach, CA
Category 11: Other Strong Beer, 44 entries
- Gold: Imperial Jack, 21st Amendment Brewery, San Francisco, CA
- Silver: Green Flash Stout, Green Flash Brewing Co., Vista, CA
- Bronze: Doug’s Very Noddy 40th Birthday Lager, Buckbean Brewing Co., Reno, NV
Category 12: Experimental Beer, 51 entries
- Gold: 100% Brett Autumn Maple, The Bruery, Placentia, CA
- Silver: Harvest, Snipes Mountain Brewing Co., Sunnyside, WA
- Bronze: Red & White, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE
Category 13: Out of Category - Traditionally Brewed Beer, 47 entries
- Gold: Fathom IPL, Ballast Point Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
- Silver: Hot Rocks Lager, Port Brewing Co., San Marcos, CA
- Bronze: State Pen Porter, Santa Fe Brewing Co., Santa Fe, NM
Category 14: Gluten Free Beer, 10 entries
- Gold: Celia Saison, The Alchemist, Waterbury, VT
- Silver: O’Brien Brown Ale, O’Brien Brewing, Bakery Hill, Australia
- Bronze: RedBridge, Anheuser-Busch InBev, St. Louis, MO
Category 15: American-Belgo-Style Ale, 46 entries
- Silver: Ommegang Biere de Mars, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY
- Bronze: Hop God, Nebraska Brewing Co., Papillion, NE
Category 16: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer, 32 entries
- Gold: Bourbon Barrel Aged Piper Down, Ballast Point Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
- Silver: Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale, Alltech’s Lexington Brewing Co., Lexington, KY
- Bronze: Pullman’s Reserve, Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery, Flossmoor, IL
Category 17: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer, 113 entries
- Gold: The Legend of the Liquid Brain Imperial, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO
- Silver: Barrel Aged La Petite Mort, Black Raven Brewing Co., Redmond, WA
- Bronze: Rudolf’s Bourbon Scotch Ale, Rock Bottom Brewery - Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Category 18: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer, 39 entries
- Gold: Creeper, SweetWater Brewing Co., Atlanta, GA
- Silver: Rodenbach Vintage, Palm Breweries N.V., Steenhuffel, Belgium
- Bronze: White Woods, Cisco Brewers Inc., Nantucket, MA
Category 19: Aged Beer, 20 entries
- Gold: Alaskan Smoked Porter 1998, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK
- Silver: Gonzo Imperial Porter Vintage 2007, Flying Dog Brewery, Frederick, MD
- Bronze: Saint Bob’s Imperial Stout ’06, Il Vicino Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM
Category 20: Kellerbier/Zwickelbier, 32 entries
- Gold: Störtebeker Bio “1402”, Stralsunder Brauerei GmbH, Stralsund, Germany
- Silver: VIAEMILIA, Birrificio del Ducato, Roncole Verdi, Italy
- Bronze: Hell In Keller, Uncle Billy’s Brew & Que, Austin, TX
Category 21: Smoked Beer, 35 entries
- Gold: Caldera Rauch Ur Bock, Caldera Brewing Co., Ashland, OR
- Silver: Smoke Ale, Rogue Ales, Newport, OR
- Bronze: Fujizakura Kogen Beer Rauch Bock, Fujikanko Kaihatsu Co. Ltd., Minamitsuru, Japan
Category 22: European-Style Low-Alcohol Lager/German-Style Leicht(bier), 16 entries
- Gold: Falcon Extra Brew 3.5%, Carlsberg Sverige AB, Stockholm, Sweden
- Silver: Distelhäuser Leichtes, Distelhäuser Brauerei, Tauberbischofshei, Germany
- Bronze: Pripps Blå 3.5%, Carlsberg Sverige AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Category 23: German-Style Pilsener, 69 entries
- Gold: Pilsner, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA
- Silver: Trumer Pils, Trumer Brauerei, Berkeley, CA
- Bronze: Grünten-Pils, Engelbräu Rettenberg, Rettenberg, Germany
Category 24: Bohemian-Style Pilsener, 43 entries
- Gold: Golden Pilsner, Morgan Street Brewery, St. Louis, MO
- Silver: Gambrinus Excelent, Plzeňský Prazdroj a.s., Plzeň, Czech Republic
- Bronze: Velkopopovický KOZEL Premium, Plzeňský Prazdroj a.s., Plzeň, Czech Republic
Category 25: Münchner-Style Helles, 48 entries
- Gold: Hoepfner Export, Privatbrauerei Hoepfner GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Silver: Zipfer Märzen, Brau Union Österreich AG, Linz, Austria
- Bronze: Gordon Biersch Golden Export, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group, Chattanooga, TN
Category 26: Dortmunder/European-Style Export or German-Style Oktoberfest/Wiesen (Meadow), 42 entries
- Gold: Schönramer Gold, Private Landbrauerei Schönram, Petting / Schönram, Germany
- Silver: Spezialbier Edel, Aktienbrauerei Kaufbeuren AG, Kaufbeuren, Germany
- Bronze: Weihnachtsbier, Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu Glauner GmbH & Co. KG, Alpirsbach, Germany
Category 27: Vienna-Style Lager, 28 entries
- Gold: Schild Brau Amber, Millstream Brewing Co., Amana, IA
- Silver: Vienna Lager, The Covey Restaurant & Brewery, Fort Worth, TX
- Bronze: Heavy Seas Marzen, Clipper City Brewing Co., Baltimore, MD
Category 28: German-Style Märzen, 28 entries
- Gold: Rocktoberfest, Rock Bottom Brewery - Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
- Silver: Gordon Biersch Marzen, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group, Chattanooga, TN
- Bronze: Festus, The SandLot, Denver, CO
Category 29: European-Style Dark/Münchner Dunkel, 33 entries
- Gold: Chuckanut Dunkel, Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA
- Silver: Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel, Klosterbrauerei Weltenburg GmbH, Kelheim, Germany
- Bronze: Munich Dunkles, Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant, Topeka, KS
Category 30: German-Style Schwarzbier, 38 entries
- Gold: Black Forest Schwarzbier, Squatters Pub Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Silver: TAPS Schwarzbier, TAPS Fish House & Brewery - Corona, Corona, CA
- Bronze: Schwartz Bier, Devils Backbone Brewing Co., Roseland, VA
Category 31: Traditional German-Style Bock, 25 entries
- Gold: Troegenator, Troegs Brewery, Harrisburg, PA
- Silver: Sidewinder Bock, Great American Restaurants, Centreville, VA
- Bronze: Kollaborator, Devils Backbone Brewing Co., Roseland, VA
Category 32: German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock, 26 entries
- Gold: Distelhäuser Frühlingsbock, Distelhäuser Brauerei, Tauberbischofsheim, Germany
- Silver: Kalnapilis 7.30, UAB “Kalnapilio - Tauro grupė”, Panevezys, Lithuania
- Bronze: Kloster Starkbier, Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu Glauner GmbH & Co. KG, Alpirsbach, Germany
Category 33: German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock, 43 entries
- Gold: Broken Skeg, Breakwater Brewing Co., Oceanside, CA
- Silver: Dunkles Bock, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA
- Bronze: Dominator Dopplebock, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN
Category 34: American-Style Lager, 75 entries
- Gold: Olympia, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL
- Silver: National Bohemian, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL
- Bronze: Coors Light, Coors Brewing Company, Golden, CO
Category 35: American-Style Specialty Lager, 19 entries
- Gold: Boulevard Pilsner, Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO
- Silver: Mickey’s Malt Liquor, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI
- Bronze: Colt 45, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL
Category 36: American-Style Amber Lager, 24 entries
- Gold: Numazu Lager, Baird Brewing Co., Numazu, Japan
- Silver: Upland Oktoberfest, Upland Brewing Co., Bloomington, IN
- Bronze: Riverwest Stein, Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee, WI
Category 37: American-Style Dark Lager, 12 entries
- Gold: Session Black, Full Sail Brewing Co., Hood River, OR
- Silver: Durango Dark, Durango Brewing Co., Durango, CO
- Bronze: Ben’s Brown, Golden Hills Brewing Co., Reardan, WA
Category 38: Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lager, 19 entries
- Gold: Tiger Crystal, Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd., Singapore
- Silver: Quilmes Cristal, Cervecería y Maltería Quilmes, Quilmes, Argentina
- Bronze: Landshark, Anheuser-Busch InBev, St. Louis, MO
Category 39: International-Style Lager, 58 entries
- Gold: Tiger Beer, Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd., Singapore
- Silver: Gambrinus Svĕtlé, Plzeňský Prazdroj a.s., Plzeň, Czech Republic
- Bronze: Egils Polar, Olgerdin Egill Skallagrímsson, Reykjavik, Iceland
Category 40: Baltic-Style Porter, 28 entries
- Gold: Danzig, Devils Backbone Brewing Co., Roseland, VA
- Silver: 3 Dog Night, Chama River Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM
- Bronze: Token, Alpine Beer Co., Alpine, CA
Category 41: Belgian-Style Witbier, 47 entries
- Gold: Allagash White, Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME
- Silver: Ommegang Witte Wheat Ale, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY
- Bronze: Whoop Ass Witbier, Great Basin Brewing Co., Reno, NV
Category 42: Belgian- and French-Style Ale, 57 entries
- Gold: Saison Sayuri, Baird Brewing Co., Numazu, Japan
- Silver: Saison du Bastone, Bastone Brewery, Royal Oak, MI
- Bronze: Fluxus ‘09, Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME
Category 43: Belgian-Style Blonde Ale or Pale Ale, 41 entries
- Gold: Troubadour Blond, Brewery The Musketeers, Ursel, Belgium
- Silver: Brugse Zot Blond, Brouwerij de Halve Maan, Brugge, Belgium
- Bronze: Leffe Blonde, Anheuser-Busch InBev, St. Louis, MO
Category 44: Belgian-Style Sour Ale, 23 entries
- Gold: Geuze Mariage Parfait, Brouwerij BOON N.V., Lembeek, Belgium
- Silver: Oude Geuze Boon, Brouwerij BOON N.V., Lembeek, Belgium
- Bronze: Lambic de Hill, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Wilmington, DE
Category 45: Belgian-Style Flanders/Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ale, 20 entries
- Gold: Oude Tart, The Bruery, Placentia, CA
- Silver: Red Poppy, The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA
- Bronze: Le Serpent, Snake River Brewing, Jackson, WY
Category 46: Belgian-Style Dubbel, 29 entries
- Gold: Ommegang Abbey Ale Dubbel, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY
- Silver: Mad Monk Dubbel, Chicago Brewing Co., Las Vegas, NV
- Bronze: Abbey Dubbel, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Wilmington, DE
Category 47: Belgian-Style Tripel, 53 entries
- Gold: Daisy Chain Tripel, Chicago Brewing Co., Las Vegas, NV
- Silver: Samuel Adams New World Triple, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA
- Bronze: Merry Monks’ Ale, Weyerbacher Brewing Co., Easton, PA
Category 48: Belgian-Style Pale Strong Ale, 33 entries
- Gold: Omer. Traditional Blond, Bockor Brewery, Bellegem, Belgium
- Silver: Revelations, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
- Bronze: Fin du Monde, Unibroue, Chambly, Canada
Category 49: Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale, 46 entries
- Gold: Witte Noire Imperial Amber Wheat Ale, De Proef Brouwerij, Lochristi, Belgium
- Silver: La Grivoise de Noel, Micro-Brasserie le Trou du Diable, Shawinigan, Canada
- Bronze: Brooklyn Local 2, The Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY
Category 50: Other Belgian-Style Ale, 35 entries
- Gold: New Norcia Abbey Ale, Malt Shovel Brewery, Camperdown, Australia
- Silver: Frozen Kriek, Sleeping Lady Brewing Co., Anchorage, AK
- Bronze: Signature Quadruple, Choc Beer Company, Krebs, OK
Category 51: English-Style Summer Ale, 24 entries
- Gold: Leghorn, Roosters Brewing Co. Ltd., Knaresborough, United Kingdom
- Silver: Y.P.A., Roosters Brewing Co. Ltd., Knaresborough, United Kingdom
- Bronze: Helios Pale Ale, Upland Brewing Co., Bloomington, IN
Category 52: Classic English-Style Pale Ale, 29 entries
- Gold: Summit Extra Pale Ale, Summit Brewing Co., Saint Paul, MN
- Silver: Michelob Pale Ale, Michelob Brewing Co., St. Louis, MO
- Bronze: Heavy Seas Pale Ale, Clipper City Brewing Co., Baltimore, MD
Category 53: English-Style India Pale Ale, 32 entries
- Gold: India Pale Ale, Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, IL
- Silver: Brewer’s Alley India Pale Ale, Brewer’s Alley Restaurant and Brewery, Frederick, MD
- Bronze: Russell IP’eh!, Russell Brewing Co., Surrey, Canada
Category 54: Ordinary Bitter, 12 entries
- Gold: Drop Top, Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., Portland, OR
- Silver: Redoak Bitter, Redoak, Sydney, Australia
- Bronze: Cutthroat Pale Ale, Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT
Category 55: Special Bitter or Best Bitter, 30 entries
- Gold: Bachelor Bitter, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR
- Silver: Lumberyard Red, Beaver St. Brewery, Flagstaff, AZ
- Bronze: Spitfire, Shepherd Neame Ltd., Faversham, United Kingdom
Category 56: Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter, 24 entries
- Gold: Steep Trail Amber Ale, Black Diamond Brewing Co., Concord, CA
- Silver: Organic Velvet ESB, Hopworks Urban Brewery, Portland, OR
- Bronze: Extra Special Ale, Yards Brewing Co., Philadelphia, PA
Category 57: Scottish-Style Ale, 29 entries
- Gold: Highland Courage, Rock Bottom Brewery - Bethesda, Bethesda, MD
- Silver: MacPelican’s Scottish Style Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR
- Bronze: Russell Wee Angry Scotch Ale, Russell Brewing Co., Surrey, Canada
Category 58: English-Style Mild Ale, 23 entries
- Gold: Minerva Pale Ale, Cerveceria Minerva SA de CV, Zapopan, Mexico
- Silver: London Tavern Ale, Valley Brewing Co., Stockton, CA
- Bronze: Whistler Black Tusk Ale, Whistler Brewing Co., Vancouver, Canada
Category 59: English-Style Brown Ale, 46 entries
- Gold: Red Hydrant Ale, Big Dog’s Brewing Co., Las Vegas, NV
- Silver: Longboard Brown, Rock Bottom Brewery - La Jolla, La Jolla, CA
- Bronze: Mudslinger Ale, Redhook Ales Woodinville, Woodinville, WA
Category 60: Brown Porter, 37 entries
- Gold: Tamerlane Brown Porter, Black Raven Brewing Co., Redmond, WA
- Silver: Caldera Pilot Rock Porter, Caldera Brewing Co., Ashland, OR
- Bronze: Industrial Porter, Crown Brewing Co., Crown Point, IN
Category 61: Robust Porter, 64 entries
- Gold: Pier Rat Porter, Pizza Port San Clemente, San Clemente, CA
- Silver: Founders Porter, Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
- Bronze: Russian River Porter, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA
Category 62: Sweet Stout, 25 entries
- Gold: Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout, The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery Inc., Farmville, NC
- Silver: Cream Stout, Redwood Brewing Co., Flint, MI
- Bronze: Udder Goodness, Rock Bottom Brewery - Desert Ridge, Phoenix, AZ
Category 63: Oatmeal Stout, 34 entries
- Gold: Oatmeal Stout, Gella’s Diner and LB Brewing Co., Hays, KS
- Silver: Velvet Merkin, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
- Bronze: Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout, Anderson Valley Brewing Co., Boonville, CA
Category 64: Scotch Ale, 38 entries
- Gold: AleSmith Wee Heavy, AleSmith Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
- Silver: Three Heavy, Dry Dock Brewing Co., Aurora, CO
- Bronze: Reed’s Wee Heavy, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
Category 65: British-Style Imperial Stout, 24 entries
- Gold: Russian Imperial Stout, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Wilmington, DE
- Silver: Crazy Ivan, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Wilmington, DE
- Bronze: Jay Walker, Walking Man Brewing, Stevenson, WA
Category 66: Old Ale, 15 entries
- Gold: Fourth Dementia Olde Ale, Kuhnhenn Brewing Co., Warren, MI
- Silver: Irish Walker, Olde Hickory Brewery, Hickory, NC
- Bronze: Subzero, Rock Bottom Brewery - Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
Category 67: Strong Ale, 26 entries
- Gold: Outback X, Bend Brewing Co., Bend, OR
- Silver: Dirty Bastard, Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
- Bronze: Cabin Fever, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA
Category 68: Barley Wine-Style Ale, 58 entries
- Gold: Little Korkny Ale Niepoort Barrel, Nørrebro Bryghus, Copenhagen N., Denmark
- Silver: Thor’s Hammer, Central City Brewing Co., Surrey, Canada
- Bronze: Alaskan Barleywine 2009, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK
Category 69: German-Style Kӧlsch/Kӧln-Style Kӧlsch, 23 entries
- Gold: Schlafly Kolsch Ale, The Saint Louis Brewery, Inc., St. Louis, MO
- Silver: Fox Light, Fox River Brewing Company, Oshkosh, WI
- Bronze: Chaser Pale, Blackstone Brewing Co., Nashville, TN
Category 70: German-Style Brown Ale/Düsseldorf, 26 entries
- Gold: Lands End Amber, Kannah Creek Brewing Co., Grand Junction, CO
- Silver: The Detroit Dwarf, The Detroit Beer Co., Detroit, MI
- Bronze: ALT, Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., Portland, OR
Category 71: German-Style Sour Ale, 9 entries
- Gold: Berliner Weisse, Snake River Brewing, Jackson, WY
- Silver: Ich Bin Ein Berliner Weisse, Nodding Head Brewery and Restaurant, Philadelphia, PA
- Bronze: Gose, Upright Brewing Co., Portland, OR
Category 72: South German-Style Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier, 66 entries
- Gold: Hefeweizen, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
- Silver: Baltika N°8 Wheat, Baltika Breweries, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Bronze: Top Heavy Hefeweizen, Piece Brewing Co., Chicago, IL
Category 73: German-Style Pale Wheat Ale, 13 entries
- Gold: TAP 2 Mein Kristall, Schneider Weisse, Kelheim, Germany
- Silver: Unertl Leichte Weisse, Weißbräu Unertl GmbH & Co. KG, Mühldorf, Germany
- Bronze: Distelhäuser Kristallweizen, Distelhäuser Brauerei, Tauberbischofsheim, Germany
Category 74: German-Style Dark Wheat Ale, 22 entries
- Gold: VùDù, Birrificio Italiano, Lurago Marinone, Italy
- Silver: Unertl Mühldorfer Weisse, Weißbräu Unertl GmbH & Co. KG, Mühldorf, Germany
- Bronze: Distelhäuser Dunkles Weizen, Distelhäuser Brauerei, Tauberbischofsheim, Germany
Category 75: South German-Style Weizenbock/Weissbock, 27 entries
- Gold: Plank Heller Weizenbock, Brauerei Michael Plank, Laaber, Germany
- Silver: Old Harbor Taina, Old Harbor Brewery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Bronze: AleSmith Decadence 2009, AleSmith Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
Category 76: Irish-Style Red Ale, 26 entries
- Gold: Red Trolley Ale, Karl Strauss Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
- Silver: Samuel Adams Irish Red, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA
- Bronze: Ragtop Red, Rock Bottom Brewery - La Jolla, La Jolla, CA
Category 77: Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout, 22 entries
- Gold: McLuhr’s Irish Stout, Dillon DAM Brewery, Dillon, CO
- Silver: Port Truck Stout, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
- Bronze: Porterhouse Plain Porter, The Porterhouse Brewing Co., Dublin, Ireland
Category 78: Foreign-Style Stout, 21 entries
- Silver: Zonker Stout, Snake River Brewing, Jackson, WY
- Bronze: Spetsnaz Stout, The Grumpy Troll Brewery, Restaurant & Pizzeria, Mount Horeb, WI
Category 79: Golden or Blonde Ale, 50 entries
- Gold: Heavy Seas Gold Ale, Clipper City Brewing Co., Baltimore, MD
- Silver: Sunlight Cream Ale, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN
- Bronze: Aud Blonde, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA
Category 80: American-Style Pale Ale, 77 entries
- Gold: Pale 31, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
- Silver: Drakes 1500 Pale Ale, Drakes Brewing Co., San Leandro, CA
- Bronze: Mission Street Pale, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
Category 81: American-Style Strong Pale Ale, 59 entries
- Gold: O’Brien’s IPA, Alpine Beer Co., Alpine, CA
- Silver: Hop Bomb IPA, Rock Bottom Brewery - Bellevue, Bellevue, WA
- Bronze: Lumberyard IPA, Beaver St. Brewery, Flagstaff, AZ
Category 82: American-Style India Pale Ale, 104 entries
- Gold: Norm’s Raggedy-Ass IPA, Big Rock Chop House & Brewery, Birmingham, MI
- Silver: Centennial IPA, Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
- Bronze: Duet, Alpine Beer Co., Alpine, CA
Category 83: Imperial India Pale Ale, 69 entries
- Gold: Hardcore IPA, BrewDog, Fraserburgh, United Kingdom
- Silver: Bonnie’s Raggedy-Ass Imperial IPA, Big Rock Chop House & Brewery, Birmingham, MI
- Bronze: Imperial IPA, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA
Category 84: American-Style Amber/Red Ale, 66 entries
- Gold: Rudolph’s Red, Rock Bottom Brewery - La Jolla, La Jolla, CA
- Silver: Red Rock, Triple Rock Brewery and Alehouse, Berkeley, CA
- Bronze: Odell Red Ale, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO
Category 85: Imperial Red Ale, 32 entries
- Gold: Behemoth, Three Floyds Brewing Co. LLC, Munster, IN
- Silver: Lumberyard Imperial Red, Beaver St. Brewery, Flagstaff, AZ
- Bronze: Shark Attack, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA
Category 86: American-Style Brown Ale, 40 entries
- Gold: Nut Brown Ale, Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, IL
- Silver: Hawai’i Nui Brewing Company Hapa, Hawai’i Nui Brewing Co., Hilo, HI
- Bronze: Christmas Ale, Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, IL
Category 87: American-Style Sour Ale, 14 entries
- Gold: Raspberry Torte, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Wilmington, DE
- Silver: Viking Oud Bruin, Nørrebro Bryghus, Copenhagen N., Denmark
- Bronze: Wild Ale #4, Santa Fe Brewing Co., Santa Fe, NM
Category 88: American-Style Stout, 31 entries
- Gold: Black Magic Stout, Oggi’s Pizza & Brewing Co., San Clemente, CA
- Silver: Sticky Stout, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
- Bronze: Terminal Stout, Rock Bottom Brewery - Chicago, Chicago, IL
Category 89: American-Style Imperial Stout, 37 entries
- Gold: Seven Imperial Stout Niepoort Barrel, Nørrebro Bryghus, Copenhagen N., Denmark
- Silver: Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout, Foothills Brewing, Winston-Salem, NC
- Bronze: Imperial Stout, Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
Category 90: International Pale Ale, 28 entries
- Gold: Sculpin IPA, Ballast Point Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
- Silver: Straits Pale, Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd., Singapore
- Bronze: P.L. IPA, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Stoudts Brewing & Mother Earth
**every day should be Earth Day - kristyn**
Here at Stoudt's, we try to do as much as we can to promtoe a happy and healthy Mother Earth.The less impact we have on the environment, the better off we'll all be in the future. With our new edition, The Wonderful Good Market, we are trying to set an example not only in promoting and consuming organic and local food, but also by limiting our intake of natural resources. We put in brand new solar panels, which dramatically cuts our electricity use. This is an amazing new asset in our increasing needs to conserve our resources. By providing local food, we can rely less on the commercial food industry and gasoline consumption, as well as the outsourcing of our local farmers and food purveyors. On a different level, the Market provides a local book share, where you can borrow and share your own books with others in the community. We have also introduced a thrift store, providing affordable clothing to the greater community.
The brewery is also playing a major role in being ecologically aware...and on so many levels! Our spent grain has been feeding our farm friends for years, a classic win-win situation for everybody. This is an obvious win-win situation for everybody. The grain provides nutrient-rich food for local animals. It is also a great compost element, proven to grow large and numerous worms in Ed Stoudt's compost, providing rich nutrients and earthworms for his beloved Dahlia garden. The worms also provide great treats for his pet duck, Donald. Also, by coming in for a pint at the bar, or purchasing a keg rather than cases, responsible drinkers are greatly depleting the amount of bottles, as well as the energy, which goes into processing those bottles at the recycling center. On a larger scale, the brewery is currently working on a glycol (chilling) system for the Lager Cellar and two of our fermentation rooms. This new system will greatly reduce our energy consumption with regard to cooling and maintaining temperatures in the fermentors. We are also in the process of putting in motion-sensitive lighting in our warehouses, limiting our overall electricity intake.
You're all probably wondering how antiquing can affect the environment. There has been a re-emergence in buying used goods from thrift stores and summertime yard sales. It not only feels great to get something cool for a steal, but it also slows the demand of manufactured products from outsourced companies. Rather than throw away, we can all re-use, swap, and mend what we have. Rather than buying brand new goods, why not buy used furniture, clothing, and trinkets, …after all, they were probably made better back in the day. Plus, you get a one of a kind look for your home and garden. There's some-thing special about antiques in that they provide rich stories of personal histories, and the element of one object being used by various people, which connects all of us on a more personal level.
We try to do our part in every aspect of business at Stoudt's, and we encourage all of you to do the same. This Earth Day, if we all pitch in, we can enhance our Earth's well being in so many wonderful ways. As consumers, we have the power to change the world and make it a better place for generations to come!
Cheers!
Here at Stoudt's, we try to do as much as we can to promtoe a happy and healthy Mother Earth.The less impact we have on the environment, the better off we'll all be in the future. With our new edition, The Wonderful Good Market, we are trying to set an example not only in promoting and consuming organic and local food, but also by limiting our intake of natural resources. We put in brand new solar panels, which dramatically cuts our electricity use. This is an amazing new asset in our increasing needs to conserve our resources. By providing local food, we can rely less on the commercial food industry and gasoline consumption, as well as the outsourcing of our local farmers and food purveyors. On a different level, the Market provides a local book share, where you can borrow and share your own books with others in the community. We have also introduced a thrift store, providing affordable clothing to the greater community.
The brewery is also playing a major role in being ecologically aware...and on so many levels! Our spent grain has been feeding our farm friends for years, a classic win-win situation for everybody. This is an obvious win-win situation for everybody. The grain provides nutrient-rich food for local animals. It is also a great compost element, proven to grow large and numerous worms in Ed Stoudt's compost, providing rich nutrients and earthworms for his beloved Dahlia garden. The worms also provide great treats for his pet duck, Donald. Also, by coming in for a pint at the bar, or purchasing a keg rather than cases, responsible drinkers are greatly depleting the amount of bottles, as well as the energy, which goes into processing those bottles at the recycling center. On a larger scale, the brewery is currently working on a glycol (chilling) system for the Lager Cellar and two of our fermentation rooms. This new system will greatly reduce our energy consumption with regard to cooling and maintaining temperatures in the fermentors. We are also in the process of putting in motion-sensitive lighting in our warehouses, limiting our overall electricity intake.
You're all probably wondering how antiquing can affect the environment. There has been a re-emergence in buying used goods from thrift stores and summertime yard sales. It not only feels great to get something cool for a steal, but it also slows the demand of manufactured products from outsourced companies. Rather than throw away, we can all re-use, swap, and mend what we have. Rather than buying brand new goods, why not buy used furniture, clothing, and trinkets, …after all, they were probably made better back in the day. Plus, you get a one of a kind look for your home and garden. There's some-thing special about antiques in that they provide rich stories of personal histories, and the element of one object being used by various people, which connects all of us on a more personal level.
We try to do our part in every aspect of business at Stoudt's, and we encourage all of you to do the same. This Earth Day, if we all pitch in, we can enhance our Earth's well being in so many wonderful ways. As consumers, we have the power to change the world and make it a better place for generations to come!
Cheers!
Cigar City Brew News
**Whatever you want to call it, Wayne and Joey, I am sure beyond a doubt that it will taste fanfreakingtastic. Brew on, brew on! XOXO! - kristyn**
Humidor Series: Gedanken Gruit
I've learned that with some folks the less they know about a thing, the more they'll be sure they know everything that could ever be known about it. And such was the case with Humidor Series: Gruit. No one alive today has ever had a wide range of honest to goodness Medieval era Gruit Ales. Which means pretty much every "Gruit ale" brewed on the planet today is a guess. But apparently some people are allowed to be guessers, while we are not allowed to be. So I am re-nicknaming Humidor Series: Gruit, to Humidor Series: Gedanken Gruit.
A Gedanken is a proposal for a thought experiment that would test a hypothesis. We had the hypothesis that if you were going to brew a beer with an abundant source of anti-microbial wood like Cedrela you might have something Gruit-like. Fools that we are, we thought we were allowed to do such a thing.
Anyway, we are happy with what we came up with. It's a very different kind of a beer. It has a bit of a wildness to it, but it is fairly drinkable at the same time. It's not like anything we have ever made. What exactly it is, from a "I must classify this or I will stay awake nights" point of view I can't really say. But, I think it qualifies as Gruit-like. Now if you happen to be say, Merlin and have been keeping yourself alive for generations using some truly righteous Gruit-esque concoctions then by all means share your personal experiences. But, if you don't have fond memories of quaffing honest-to-goodness real Gruit beer back when it was actually all that was going in the beer world, please allow us a little bit of conjecture.
Cheers,
The CCB Staff.
Humidor Series: Gedanken Gruit
I've learned that with some folks the less they know about a thing, the more they'll be sure they know everything that could ever be known about it. And such was the case with Humidor Series: Gruit. No one alive today has ever had a wide range of honest to goodness Medieval era Gruit Ales. Which means pretty much every "Gruit ale" brewed on the planet today is a guess. But apparently some people are allowed to be guessers, while we are not allowed to be. So I am re-nicknaming Humidor Series: Gruit, to Humidor Series: Gedanken Gruit.
A Gedanken is a proposal for a thought experiment that would test a hypothesis. We had the hypothesis that if you were going to brew a beer with an abundant source of anti-microbial wood like Cedrela you might have something Gruit-like. Fools that we are, we thought we were allowed to do such a thing.
Anyway, we are happy with what we came up with. It's a very different kind of a beer. It has a bit of a wildness to it, but it is fairly drinkable at the same time. It's not like anything we have ever made. What exactly it is, from a "I must classify this or I will stay awake nights" point of view I can't really say. But, I think it qualifies as Gruit-like. Now if you happen to be say, Merlin and have been keeping yourself alive for generations using some truly righteous Gruit-esque concoctions then by all means share your personal experiences. But, if you don't have fond memories of quaffing honest-to-goodness real Gruit beer back when it was actually all that was going in the beer world, please allow us a little bit of conjecture.
Cheers,
The CCB Staff.
Mission Accomplished: Spring Cleaning
Now that I am 99.9% done with spring cleaning my the apartment, I can once more direct my attentions to the backlog of thoughts, ramblings, and reflections my muse has been storing for me. As much as I wanted to write this week because goodness knows my mind is not for want of topics, it's hard in good conscience to concentrate when surrounded by a dirty filthy apartment...at least, by my anal retentive neat freak obsessive compulsive standards.
No. Really. Ask my friends and relatives and they will wholeheartedly agree.
And so with apartment clean and Mr. D losing his winter coat (thank goodness for vacuums), starting Monday I can once more put pen to paper and let the muse flow. First and foremost, my BEERflections on the Brooklyn Brewery Brewmasters Dinner at the Town Crier Pub.
Prosit!
(an original written work by Kristyn Lier. plagiarism is not tolerated)
No. Really. Ask my friends and relatives and they will wholeheartedly agree.
And so with apartment clean and Mr. D losing his winter coat (thank goodness for vacuums), starting Monday I can once more put pen to paper and let the muse flow. First and foremost, my BEERflections on the Brooklyn Brewery Brewmasters Dinner at the Town Crier Pub.
Prosit!
(an original written work by Kristyn Lier. plagiarism is not tolerated)
Hoggie's Latest & Greatest
Holy Mackerel Golden Ale
(Sense a trend? I like to promote local Florida beers. Good ones that is.)
(Sense a trend? I like to promote local Florida beers. Good ones that is.)
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Cigar City Invasion ~ part 02
Brand spankin new to the shelves as of today is the Big Sound Scotch Ale and Humidor Series Jai Alai IPA. The Humidor Series Jai Alai IPA is the beer which won Cigar City Brewing the gold medal at the 2009 Great American Beer Fest in Denver, Colorado.
I got in 3 cases of the Humidor and 2 cases of Big Sound. Get em while you can. I've got my bottles already set aside to take home. Delish!
...happily supporting my local brewery.
I got in 3 cases of the Humidor and 2 cases of Big Sound. Get em while you can. I've got my bottles already set aside to take home. Delish!
...happily supporting my local brewery.
ACS 2010 Relay For Life of Indian River Beaches, FL
I will be at Riverside Park pretty much all day Friday (tomorrow) on into the evening manning the Sponsorship Table and Tent where Mom and I are hosting the Silent Auction to help raise money for the American Cancer Society and our local chapter here in Vero Beach, FL. We will have all kinds of wonderful goodies and items up for auction:
Please join myself, Mom, and hundreds of others as we celebrate Life, Birthdays, and a world which will hopefully soon see a cure for Cancer.
More detailed information can be found HERE.
For myself personally, Beer is Life and Life is Beer.
What better way to celebrate a happy life lived savoring good beer and good drinks long into the future than by living (hopefully) cancer free, helping others to live cancer free, and offering comfort and hope for those battling cancer.
See you there!
gift certificates, wine basket, beer basket, jewelry, SAT tutoring, professional teeth whitening, local art, and so much more!!!
Please join myself, Mom, and hundreds of others as we celebrate Life, Birthdays, and a world which will hopefully soon see a cure for Cancer.
More detailed information can be found HERE.
For myself personally, Beer is Life and Life is Beer.
What better way to celebrate a happy life lived savoring good beer and good drinks long into the future than by living (hopefully) cancer free, helping others to live cancer free, and offering comfort and hope for those battling cancer.
See you there!
Flying Fish Brew News
14th EDITION OF THE PERFECT SUMMER BEER-FARMHOUSE SUMMER ALE
Hard to believe this tasty stuff is now entering its 14th summer. That's good for all of us! Our Farmhouse Summer Ale is on its way out to your favorite retailer and tavern as you read this. The perfect summer beer, Farmhouse Ale is brewed with pale malt, a small percentage of wheat and single-hopped with imported Styrian Golding hops. It's a tribute to the "everyday" Farmhouse beers of Belgium (but it's not a Saison - no fruit, herbs or spices). A sour mash gives this beer its signature dryness and great drinkability. The Farmhouse is also available in 1/6 and 1/2 kegs. If you don't see it, ask your local retailer for it.
EXIT 16 WILD RICE DOUBLE IPA NOW OUT AND ABOUT
Although usually identified with landfills and pipelines, the Hackensack Meadowlands is an amazingly diverse ecosystem providing vital animal and plant habitat. In a nod to a once common food plant here, we have brewed this beer with wild rice. We also added organic brown and white rice, as well as pils and pale malts. Rice helps the beer ferment dry to better showcase the five different hops we added. Lots and lots of them. We then dry-hopped this Double IPA with even more generous additions of Chinook and Citra hops to create a nose that hints at tangerine, mango, papaya and pine. This beer pairs extremely well with spicy foods and all kinds of seafood. And of course, it is quite enjoyable all by itself. If you want to learn more about the restoration of the Meadowlands, visit HackensackRiverkeeper.org
Hard to believe this tasty stuff is now entering its 14th summer. That's good for all of us! Our Farmhouse Summer Ale is on its way out to your favorite retailer and tavern as you read this. The perfect summer beer, Farmhouse Ale is brewed with pale malt, a small percentage of wheat and single-hopped with imported Styrian Golding hops. It's a tribute to the "everyday" Farmhouse beers of Belgium (but it's not a Saison - no fruit, herbs or spices). A sour mash gives this beer its signature dryness and great drinkability. The Farmhouse is also available in 1/6 and 1/2 kegs. If you don't see it, ask your local retailer for it.
EXIT 16 WILD RICE DOUBLE IPA NOW OUT AND ABOUT
Although usually identified with landfills and pipelines, the Hackensack Meadowlands is an amazingly diverse ecosystem providing vital animal and plant habitat. In a nod to a once common food plant here, we have brewed this beer with wild rice. We also added organic brown and white rice, as well as pils and pale malts. Rice helps the beer ferment dry to better showcase the five different hops we added. Lots and lots of them. We then dry-hopped this Double IPA with even more generous additions of Chinook and Citra hops to create a nose that hints at tangerine, mango, papaya and pine. This beer pairs extremely well with spicy foods and all kinds of seafood. And of course, it is quite enjoyable all by itself. If you want to learn more about the restoration of the Meadowlands, visit HackensackRiverkeeper.org
De Molen Brew News
**So, why am I posting brew news for Brouwerij De Molen when they are in Bodegraven, Netherlands? Simply because their beers are fantastically delicious and distributed in the USofA, albeit in small scattered quantities. Should you ever luckily stumble across any of their beers, buy as many as your wallet will allow. Trust. You'll thank me later.**
Borefts Beer Festival 2010
Make sure you mark it in your agenda: September 24th and 25th. That's when the second Borefts Beer Festival will take place. The first brewers attending are known already. On are website you can find all other information you'll need.
It's Spring!
Burgundian Spring indulgence in our restaurant with the new Menu Card. Have a look and come by for a joyful time and a great meal.
More webpages
We thought it was high time to introduce ourselves properly and to show the brewing process on our website. That's why we added the Brewers & Brewing page to the Brewery section. Another new part of the website is Stories. On our quests for cooperation, new ideas and beer we have quite some fun and encounter interesting people and situations. Read about them in this section.
Great British Beer Festival
The GBBF 2010 will take place from August 3rd until 7th this year. And we will be there again. This time with not 1, not 2, but 3 wooden barrels with wonderful oak aged beers.
Cheers,
Brouwerij de Molen.
Borefts Beer Festival 2010
Make sure you mark it in your agenda: September 24th and 25th. That's when the second Borefts Beer Festival will take place. The first brewers attending are known already. On are website you can find all other information you'll need.
It's Spring!
Burgundian Spring indulgence in our restaurant with the new Menu Card. Have a look and come by for a joyful time and a great meal.
More webpages
We thought it was high time to introduce ourselves properly and to show the brewing process on our website. That's why we added the Brewers & Brewing page to the Brewery section. Another new part of the website is Stories. On our quests for cooperation, new ideas and beer we have quite some fun and encounter interesting people and situations. Read about them in this section.
Great British Beer Festival
The GBBF 2010 will take place from August 3rd until 7th this year. And we will be there again. This time with not 1, not 2, but 3 wooden barrels with wonderful oak aged beers.
Cheers,
Brouwerij de Molen.
Orlando Brewing Brew News
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ORLANDO BREWING:
Today, Wednesday, April 7th @ 3pm-midnight
Orlando Brewing invites you to join us in celebrating 4 years of business on Atlanta Avenue. This day is to celebrate our patrons support in doing what we love most, making great beer. Not only is it great beer, but it's certified organic.
COME JOIN THE PARTY AND CELEBRATE ORLANDO BREWING'S 4TH ANNIVERSARY WITH US.
Live Music @ 8pm by: Scholars Word
www.myspace.com/scholarsword
FREE! MUSIC! FOOD! FUN!
click HERE to watch tonight's events LIVE STREAM at 8pm.
Today, Wednesday, April 7th @ 3pm-midnight
Orlando Brewing invites you to join us in celebrating 4 years of business on Atlanta Avenue. This day is to celebrate our patrons support in doing what we love most, making great beer. Not only is it great beer, but it's certified organic.
COME JOIN THE PARTY AND CELEBRATE ORLANDO BREWING'S 4TH ANNIVERSARY WITH US.
Live Music @ 8pm by: Scholars Word
www.myspace.com/scholarsword
FREE! MUSIC! FOOD! FUN!
click HERE to watch tonight's events LIVE STREAM at 8pm.
WOB Viera News
Dogfish Head Month
All this month, we will be featuring select drafts from Dogfish Head Brewery out of Delaware every week. This weeks roll out is Fort (18%), 60 Minute (5.9%) and 90 Minute (8.9%). They are on draft so check it out! Next week we will feature 3 more select drafts!
Let's Celebrate Earth Day
Earth Day is on Thursday, April 22 and we are celebrating by having half off all organic beers. We have over 10 different beers from Germany and America for you to try. Click here for flyer.
Customer Appreciation
We love all our customers! So on Sunday, April 25, we are going to barbeque for all of you. The date will be here before you know it, so mark your calendars. Come hang out, enjoy good food and have a lazy Sunday with us. Stay tuned for more information.
New Bottles
New Drafts
Live Music This Week
All this month, we will be featuring select drafts from Dogfish Head Brewery out of Delaware every week. This weeks roll out is Fort (18%), 60 Minute (5.9%) and 90 Minute (8.9%). They are on draft so check it out! Next week we will feature 3 more select drafts!
Let's Celebrate Earth Day
Earth Day is on Thursday, April 22 and we are celebrating by having half off all organic beers. We have over 10 different beers from Germany and America for you to try. Click here for flyer.
Customer Appreciation
We love all our customers! So on Sunday, April 25, we are going to barbeque for all of you. The date will be here before you know it, so mark your calendars. Come hang out, enjoy good food and have a lazy Sunday with us. Stay tuned for more information.
New Bottles
- Avery Samael's Ale, 16.5% (Colorado)
- Baltika Zhhiguljovskoje, 4% (Russia)
- Bitburger, N/A (Germany)
- Cooper's Vintage Ale, 7.5% (Australia)
- Great Divide Collette, 7.3% (Colorado)
- Holy Mackeral Mack in Black, 8% (Florida)
- St. Peter's Sorgham (Glutin Free), 4.2% (England)
New Drafts
- Erie Presque Isle Pilsner, 4.2% (Pennsylvania)
- Schneider Weissen Edel Weisse, 6% (Germany)
- Southampton Bier de Mars, 7.8% (New York)
- Southern Tier Phin & Matt, 5.4% (New York)
- Warsteiner Premium, 4.8% (Germany)
Live Music This Week
- Thursday - James Johnson
- Friday - Ben Wilson
- Saturday - Brant Christopher
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
WARNING: DO NOT DRINK VICTORY HOP DEVIL AND VICTORY PRIMA PILS
This is a blanket notice to all drinkers of Victory Hop Devil and Prima Pils in the Treasure Coast: do NOT buy any 6packs (or singles) you see in retail stores/bars/restaurants. They are OUT. OF. DATE.
I repeat, they are OUT! OF! DATE!
Technically the Prima Pils will be out of date on the 10th, but that's only 4 days from now and seeing as Southern Eagle is STILL placing to this very day, literally T.O.D.A.Y., out of date Victory Hop Devil and close-dated Prima Pils in whatever locations they can, it is obvious (and of no surprise to me) that quality control and good business practices are of zero concern while dastardly deeds continue to reign unchecked.
Even more so, the pitiable lack of care and concern Southern Eagle and now, apparently, Victory Brewing has shown for the beer drinkers of Vero Beach who desire a fresh and tasty bottle of Victory Hop Devil and Victory Prima Pils after a long days work, out fishing with buddies, with friends, etc... is now clear as day.
As much as I love(d) their beers, Victory that is, I cannot in good heart endorse their products for as long as such poorly managed, administered, and executed beer business practices continue unadulterated and unaddressed by Victory Brewing and Southern Eagle. Consider this my fond farewell until I personally see a change otherwise.
Am I upset? Yes. Rightfully so. And you should be, too.
(an original written work by Kristyn Lier. plagiarism is not tolerated)
I repeat, they are OUT! OF! DATE!
Technically the Prima Pils will be out of date on the 10th, but that's only 4 days from now and seeing as Southern Eagle is STILL placing to this very day, literally T.O.D.A.Y., out of date Victory Hop Devil and close-dated Prima Pils in whatever locations they can, it is obvious (and of no surprise to me) that quality control and good business practices are of zero concern while dastardly deeds continue to reign unchecked.
Even more so, the pitiable lack of care and concern Southern Eagle and now, apparently, Victory Brewing has shown for the beer drinkers of Vero Beach who desire a fresh and tasty bottle of Victory Hop Devil and Victory Prima Pils after a long days work, out fishing with buddies, with friends, etc... is now clear as day.
As much as I love(d) their beers, Victory that is, I cannot in good heart endorse their products for as long as such poorly managed, administered, and executed beer business practices continue unadulterated and unaddressed by Victory Brewing and Southern Eagle. Consider this my fond farewell until I personally see a change otherwise.
Am I upset? Yes. Rightfully so. And you should be, too.
(an original written work by Kristyn Lier. plagiarism is not tolerated)
Cigar City Brew News
Humidor Series: Gruit is Ready!
The latest entry in the Spanish Cedar-aged Humidor Series of brews goes on tap in the Tasting Room on Wednesday 4-7-10. Our take on a Gruit this beer is brewed using our Spanish Cedar in place of hops. The base beer is a pale ale and it comes in around 5.5% ABV. Humidor Series: Gruit is light of body, medium sweet with cereal grain notes and lightly spicy due to the Spanish Cedar. It is aa session-gruit (if we can make up terms for a moment) and an ideal warm weather brew.
Humidor Series: Gruit will be released mostly in draft in the Central Florida area (draft and growlers available at the CCB Tasting Room) with very limited 750 ml bottles for sale in the same footprint. This beer is designed to drink fresh, so it is advised that you do not age this beer.
Cheers,
CCB Team
The latest entry in the Spanish Cedar-aged Humidor Series of brews goes on tap in the Tasting Room on Wednesday 4-7-10. Our take on a Gruit this beer is brewed using our Spanish Cedar in place of hops. The base beer is a pale ale and it comes in around 5.5% ABV. Humidor Series: Gruit is light of body, medium sweet with cereal grain notes and lightly spicy due to the Spanish Cedar. It is aa session-gruit (if we can make up terms for a moment) and an ideal warm weather brew.
Humidor Series: Gruit will be released mostly in draft in the Central Florida area (draft and growlers available at the CCB Tasting Room) with very limited 750 ml bottles for sale in the same footprint. This beer is designed to drink fresh, so it is advised that you do not age this beer.
Cheers,
CCB Team
Maui Brew News
Beer Festival Season is Here!
Aloha Friends! Spring is in the air and Beer Festival "prime-time" is upon us! Here are some of the places you'll find us coming up soon:
We look forward to seeing you!
Okole maluna!
Maui Brewing Co.
Aloha Friends! Spring is in the air and Beer Festival "prime-time" is upon us! Here are some of the places you'll find us coming up soon:
April 10, 2010
Los Angeles Beer Festival
http://www.drinkeatplay.com/labeerfest/
Culver City, CA
May 1, 2010
Boulder Beer Festival
http://www.boulderbrewfest.com/
Boulder, CO
June 19, 2010
Salute!
http://www.salutebeerfestival.com/
Ventura, CA
April 18, 2010
Oakquinox
http://www.stoneworldbistro.com/oakquinox/
Escondido, CA
May 15, 2010
2nd Annual Maui Brewers Festival
http://www.mauiarts.org/special_events.html
Kahului, Maui, HI
June 25-27, 2010
San Diego International Beer Festival
http://www.sdfair.com/fair/index.php?fuseaction=contests.beer
Del Mar, CA
May 1, 2010
City Beat Festival of Beers
http://www.sandiegomusicfoundation.org/beerfest/
San Diego, CA
June 6, 2010
Taste of Hawaii
http://www.tasteofhawaii.com/
Kapaa, Kauai, HI
August 21, 2010
Stone 14th Anniversary Celebration & Invitational Beer Festival
http://www.stonebrew.com/calendar/
We look forward to seeing you!
Okole maluna!
Maui Brewing Co.
Weyerbacher Brew News
News:
We’re hoping for late April to begin distribution in Minnesota! We’ll post more information on our website as things finalize, we’re finishing up contract details now. Finally, you can have a Weyerbacher with your Juicy Lucy!
From Head Brewer - Chris Wilson:
Spring has sprung! I was not expecting the fast switch to warmer weather, but that is exactly what happened. Maybe it is because we brewed Blanche a little early this year. The seasons are slaves to the brew schedule, right? I’ll have to try this out again next year.
Juliet will be released mid-April. It is a Doppelsticke, 8.5% ABV. The Germans say it "dopple-shtick-uh", so should you! It is a Double Alt. Alts have a long history in Germany and specifically in the town of Düsseldorf. Not too cold and not too hot, Düsseldorf has the perfect climate for brewing this refreshingly crisp ale. Alts fall in at around 4.7% and have a clean malty flavor with substantial hop presence. Take that and double it and you get a beer that is both richly malty and pleasantly hoppy. Due to cool fermentation and conditioning, the beer has the clean lager-like profile.
Dan, Chris Lampe and I will be heading off to the Craft Brewers Conference in Chicago on April 6th. We have to go get our schoolin’ on the latest brewing techniques and information. There is a slight chance that we might squeeze in a few beers with our brewing brethren as well. The first day of events always includes tours of “local” breweries. I am looking forward to our tour of Three Floyds Brewing Co. Maybe, we’ll get them to cough up some Dark Lord a little early. I think we are also hitting Flossmoor Station, Granite City and Gordon Biersch. They will likely be tasty as well.
Look for an announcement this month regarding the launch of our new website. We have made a tremendous amount of improvements and made a real effort to make the site interactive. More to the point, we want you guys to be able to communicate with us and get information from us much more easily. When the announcement comes out, I encourage you to take a look at it and tell us what you think!
Coming up we have Kilo on the horizon. I can’t say what we are doing because it is not official yet (legally approved I mean – better not take a chance on that these days), but I will say that it will be a nice refreshing beer for summer. We will release the beer to coincide with Philly Beer Week in June. That will also be the time you’ll be able to get your hands on some Fifteen for the first time. It is going to be awesome!
From Production Manager - Chris Lampe:
Blanche has been bottled and is being sent out to distributors!!! This is my spring lawnmower beer (and it should be yours too!). Tiny (the next in the Cork ‘N Cage Series) is also in the bottle and is just about finished conditioning. The whole crew here has had a month of hand bottling and corking this beauty, so you should be looking for it on the shelves very soon.
We’re hoping for late April to begin distribution in Minnesota! We’ll post more information on our website as things finalize, we’re finishing up contract details now. Finally, you can have a Weyerbacher with your Juicy Lucy!
From Head Brewer - Chris Wilson:
Spring has sprung! I was not expecting the fast switch to warmer weather, but that is exactly what happened. Maybe it is because we brewed Blanche a little early this year. The seasons are slaves to the brew schedule, right? I’ll have to try this out again next year.
Juliet will be released mid-April. It is a Doppelsticke, 8.5% ABV. The Germans say it "dopple-shtick-uh", so should you! It is a Double Alt. Alts have a long history in Germany and specifically in the town of Düsseldorf. Not too cold and not too hot, Düsseldorf has the perfect climate for brewing this refreshingly crisp ale. Alts fall in at around 4.7% and have a clean malty flavor with substantial hop presence. Take that and double it and you get a beer that is both richly malty and pleasantly hoppy. Due to cool fermentation and conditioning, the beer has the clean lager-like profile.
Dan, Chris Lampe and I will be heading off to the Craft Brewers Conference in Chicago on April 6th. We have to go get our schoolin’ on the latest brewing techniques and information. There is a slight chance that we might squeeze in a few beers with our brewing brethren as well. The first day of events always includes tours of “local” breweries. I am looking forward to our tour of Three Floyds Brewing Co. Maybe, we’ll get them to cough up some Dark Lord a little early. I think we are also hitting Flossmoor Station, Granite City and Gordon Biersch. They will likely be tasty as well.
Look for an announcement this month regarding the launch of our new website. We have made a tremendous amount of improvements and made a real effort to make the site interactive. More to the point, we want you guys to be able to communicate with us and get information from us much more easily. When the announcement comes out, I encourage you to take a look at it and tell us what you think!
Coming up we have Kilo on the horizon. I can’t say what we are doing because it is not official yet (legally approved I mean – better not take a chance on that these days), but I will say that it will be a nice refreshing beer for summer. We will release the beer to coincide with Philly Beer Week in June. That will also be the time you’ll be able to get your hands on some Fifteen for the first time. It is going to be awesome!
From Production Manager - Chris Lampe:
Blanche has been bottled and is being sent out to distributors!!! This is my spring lawnmower beer (and it should be yours too!). Tiny (the next in the Cork ‘N Cage Series) is also in the bottle and is just about finished conditioning. The whole crew here has had a month of hand bottling and corking this beauty, so you should be looking for it on the shelves very soon.
Saturday, April 03, 2010
Liquid Bread
...the mysterious and slightly mischievous Cigar City Huhnapoopoo. I didn't get to taste it (since the batch was messed up during keg transfer) but she is still mighty pretty to look at.
*pic courtesy of HOPSHUNTER*
*pic courtesy of HOPSHUNTER*
Putting Craft Beer Back in Hurricane Grille & Wings
**In response to Diana Foote's review of Hurricane Grille & Wings, Vero Beach, I could not sit idly by and let such a sad discretion of beer discrimination/neglect go by unnoticed. And so, I post here my letter back to Diana regarding her article incomplete on Hurricanes, Wings, and Beer.**
Good morning and good day. The name is Kristyn Lier and beer is what I do. You could rightfully say it is my life and I am quite proud to say that. No, I’m not a lush, boozer, alcoholic or person with issues. I am an appreciator of the rich diversity of flavor, culture, history, and the ever personable human story behind beer. Did you know that beer is the world’s oldest alcoholic beverage? Yes, long before mankind was drinking wine or water or soda or juice, man was brewing, drinking, and celebrating beer partly as a heavenly gift, partly as a social release, and partly because it was a pleasurable flavorful experience. I live life with flavor and right now more than ever beer is all about flavor. As much as possible, as diverse as possible, and it’s only getting better. Wine? Paf! You can have it. Beer is the better pairing partner for food hands down and it’s a dirty little secret that oenophiles and sommeliers will only tell you in the darkly lit alleyway of a nondescript street in the middle of the night.
But I digress.
I am not just a beer aficionado, I am also a foodie. What better way to savor a luscious beer than with food equally stimulating and luscious to my palate. I was pleased as punch to read your glowing review of Hurricane Grille & Wings here in Vero Beach, FL, my hometown where I was born and raised. Their wings are rightfully plump, their sauce flavors as diverse as they are tasty, and their beer selection is the best you will find here in Vero Beach. Wait a minute… I don’t recall reading a single iota of a mention of their fabulous beer selection in your review.
Hang on, let me check…
Nope, not a single letter, word, or sentence about the 30+ draft lines featuring 30 different beers of which over 90% are of the artisanal crafted flavorful variety. Now THAT is a crying shame. Food is all well and good, but there is more to the food experience than that which one inserts in one’s mouth (besides the proverbial foot at times). It’s food. It’s drink. It’s ambience. It’s service. It’s the human connection which transforms an average brick&mortar joint into a place I call home. That is the Hurricanes Grille & Wings of Vero Beach experience which has brought me back into her tender embrace after at least a year’s absence due to the absence of good beer diversity. But now the wings are as good as I remember if not better, and the beer is a little slice of heaven in a town drowning in flavorless macro light lagers without a wit of personality and appeal.
I know Howard and his staff is proud of their establishment, service, and menu rich within wings and other tasty food stuffs. I also know they are extremely proud of their beer selection. Ask any staff member about the beers and their eyes will light up while gifted words of prose will flow from eager lips like water off a mountain’s face. Howard and friends aren’t done yet, either. More beers (draft lines) are planned which means more diversity of flavor which means more selection which means even more beers for me to pair with their 30+ flavors of sauces. Not just the wings, but their salads, burgers, and wraps OH MY! all scream for a slightly chilled beverage of beery designs. The flavor? Depends on what I am in the mood for and what I am eating. But I know without a doubt I will have at least a few options if not more to more than enhance my beer foodie experience.
Hurricane Grille & Wings of Vero Beach is the only Hurricanes in which you can find such a wonderfully diverse palate of beers along with a wonderfully diverse group of people who enjoy them. You can travel north. You can travel south. You can travel inbetween. No other Hurricanes has the wonderful variety that my hometown does and I’m very proud of that. They feature on any given day at least a dozen different styles of beers, dozens more with different flavors, and rotate the taps on a regular basis. I know when I walk into my Vero Beach Hurricanes I can find pale ales, amber ales, pilsners, lagers, brown ales, porters, stouts, American wheat beers, Hefeweizens, Belgian wits, IPAs, strong ales, and many more. Some are spicy, some floral, herbal, sweet, chocolately, roasty, hoppy, citrusy, fruity… the list goes on. You want to talk flavor to pair with those wings? There can be only one: beer.
And so as pleased as I was to see Hurricanes get a positive review in the Press Journal, for myself and dozens of other Vero Beach citizens, a sad disservice was done in not mentioning their beer selection. Thankfully, I’ve got that covered. The opportunity vibrancy and life of good beer diversity is here in Vero Beach and we aren’t going anywhere. Just as we enjoy flavor in other aspects of our life, so too do we enjoy it in our beer. Even better, we like to share that love and it shows in how well Hurricanes has done since embracing real beer diversity. If next time you’re in Hurricanes and you see a buzzed head lady at the bar (or at a table) laughing with friends and staff, beer in hand, food in front, be sure to stop by and say hi. Even better, grab a chair and we’ll share a beer or two. It’s on me.
(an original written work by Kristyn Lier. plagiarism is not tolerated)
Good morning and good day. The name is Kristyn Lier and beer is what I do. You could rightfully say it is my life and I am quite proud to say that. No, I’m not a lush, boozer, alcoholic or person with issues. I am an appreciator of the rich diversity of flavor, culture, history, and the ever personable human story behind beer. Did you know that beer is the world’s oldest alcoholic beverage? Yes, long before mankind was drinking wine or water or soda or juice, man was brewing, drinking, and celebrating beer partly as a heavenly gift, partly as a social release, and partly because it was a pleasurable flavorful experience. I live life with flavor and right now more than ever beer is all about flavor. As much as possible, as diverse as possible, and it’s only getting better. Wine? Paf! You can have it. Beer is the better pairing partner for food hands down and it’s a dirty little secret that oenophiles and sommeliers will only tell you in the darkly lit alleyway of a nondescript street in the middle of the night.
But I digress.
I am not just a beer aficionado, I am also a foodie. What better way to savor a luscious beer than with food equally stimulating and luscious to my palate. I was pleased as punch to read your glowing review of Hurricane Grille & Wings here in Vero Beach, FL, my hometown where I was born and raised. Their wings are rightfully plump, their sauce flavors as diverse as they are tasty, and their beer selection is the best you will find here in Vero Beach. Wait a minute… I don’t recall reading a single iota of a mention of their fabulous beer selection in your review.
Hang on, let me check…
Nope, not a single letter, word, or sentence about the 30+ draft lines featuring 30 different beers of which over 90% are of the artisanal crafted flavorful variety. Now THAT is a crying shame. Food is all well and good, but there is more to the food experience than that which one inserts in one’s mouth (besides the proverbial foot at times). It’s food. It’s drink. It’s ambience. It’s service. It’s the human connection which transforms an average brick&mortar joint into a place I call home. That is the Hurricanes Grille & Wings of Vero Beach experience which has brought me back into her tender embrace after at least a year’s absence due to the absence of good beer diversity. But now the wings are as good as I remember if not better, and the beer is a little slice of heaven in a town drowning in flavorless macro light lagers without a wit of personality and appeal.
I know Howard and his staff is proud of their establishment, service, and menu rich within wings and other tasty food stuffs. I also know they are extremely proud of their beer selection. Ask any staff member about the beers and their eyes will light up while gifted words of prose will flow from eager lips like water off a mountain’s face. Howard and friends aren’t done yet, either. More beers (draft lines) are planned which means more diversity of flavor which means more selection which means even more beers for me to pair with their 30+ flavors of sauces. Not just the wings, but their salads, burgers, and wraps OH MY! all scream for a slightly chilled beverage of beery designs. The flavor? Depends on what I am in the mood for and what I am eating. But I know without a doubt I will have at least a few options if not more to more than enhance my beer foodie experience.
Hurricane Grille & Wings of Vero Beach is the only Hurricanes in which you can find such a wonderfully diverse palate of beers along with a wonderfully diverse group of people who enjoy them. You can travel north. You can travel south. You can travel inbetween. No other Hurricanes has the wonderful variety that my hometown does and I’m very proud of that. They feature on any given day at least a dozen different styles of beers, dozens more with different flavors, and rotate the taps on a regular basis. I know when I walk into my Vero Beach Hurricanes I can find pale ales, amber ales, pilsners, lagers, brown ales, porters, stouts, American wheat beers, Hefeweizens, Belgian wits, IPAs, strong ales, and many more. Some are spicy, some floral, herbal, sweet, chocolately, roasty, hoppy, citrusy, fruity… the list goes on. You want to talk flavor to pair with those wings? There can be only one: beer.
And so as pleased as I was to see Hurricanes get a positive review in the Press Journal, for myself and dozens of other Vero Beach citizens, a sad disservice was done in not mentioning their beer selection. Thankfully, I’ve got that covered. The opportunity vibrancy and life of good beer diversity is here in Vero Beach and we aren’t going anywhere. Just as we enjoy flavor in other aspects of our life, so too do we enjoy it in our beer. Even better, we like to share that love and it shows in how well Hurricanes has done since embracing real beer diversity. If next time you’re in Hurricanes and you see a buzzed head lady at the bar (or at a table) laughing with friends and staff, beer in hand, food in front, be sure to stop by and say hi. Even better, grab a chair and we’ll share a beer or two. It’s on me.
(an original written work by Kristyn Lier. plagiarism is not tolerated)
Thursday, April 01, 2010
3rd Annual Treasure Coast Beer Fest
With the official election of the chairperson extraordinaire, Marc Boland, the ensuing months will begin the kick off to planning, staging, and celebrating the 3rd Annual Treasure Coast Beer Fest.
What to expect?
More beer. More food. Fans. More of pretty much everything, except drunkenness. The TCBF is a drink/beer fest and not a drunk fest. Know this.
For a sneak peak at this year's fest, how about a flashback to last years fest. Click ME!
To learn more about Beerworks Charitable Foundation, check out their facebook page HERE!
What to expect?
More beer. More food. Fans. More of pretty much everything, except drunkenness. The TCBF is a drink/beer fest and not a drunk fest. Know this.
For a sneak peak at this year's fest, how about a flashback to last years fest. Click ME!
To learn more about Beerworks Charitable Foundation, check out their facebook page HERE!
Smells Like Desperation...
Really? Seriously?
I don't know which is worse. The new Bud gimmick or the new Miller Lite gimmick.
What I do know is they both L.O.S.E.
I don't know which is worse. The new Bud gimmick or the new Miller Lite gimmick.
What I do know is they both L.O.S.E.
WOB Viera News
World of Beer Bracket Challenge
The World of Beer Bracket Challenge is ending soon. Have you check your standings lately? Visit www.WOBBracketChallenge.com. You could be a winner!
WOBster Egg-stravaganza
What are you doing this Sunday, April 4? Finished with your Easter brunch? Come by the World of Beer, we will be hosting a beer hunting contest. Simply purchase a bottle beer. If it is one of the 100 select "Easter" beers, you can pick from the Beer Basket and win a prize. Prizes range from stickers to gift cards. But if you find the "Golden" beers, you will win an extra special prize. We will be open our normal hours that day, 12 pm to 2 am. Come join us for some "WOBster" fun. Click here for flyer.
Dogfish Head Month
All this month, we will be featuring select drafts from Dogfish Head Brewery out of Delaware every week. This week we are rolling out Black and Blue (10%), Midas Touch (8.9%) and Indian Brown (7.1%), all on draft! Stop by and taste these them, you will love it. (Great for loyalty card holders) Next week we will feature 3 more select drafts!
Customer Appreciation
On Sunday, April 25, we are going to barbeque for all of our customers. We appreciate all of you and can't say enough about you. The date will be here before you know it, so mark your calendars. Stay tuned for more information.
New Bottles
New Drafts
Live Music This Week
The World of Beer Bracket Challenge is ending soon. Have you check your standings lately? Visit www.WOBBracketChallenge.com. You could be a winner!
WOBster Egg-stravaganza
What are you doing this Sunday, April 4? Finished with your Easter brunch? Come by the World of Beer, we will be hosting a beer hunting contest. Simply purchase a bottle beer. If it is one of the 100 select "Easter" beers, you can pick from the Beer Basket and win a prize. Prizes range from stickers to gift cards. But if you find the "Golden" beers, you will win an extra special prize. We will be open our normal hours that day, 12 pm to 2 am. Come join us for some "WOBster" fun. Click here for flyer.
Dogfish Head Month
All this month, we will be featuring select drafts from Dogfish Head Brewery out of Delaware every week. This week we are rolling out Black and Blue (10%), Midas Touch (8.9%) and Indian Brown (7.1%), all on draft! Stop by and taste these them, you will love it. (Great for loyalty card holders) Next week we will feature 3 more select drafts!
Customer Appreciation
On Sunday, April 25, we are going to barbeque for all of our customers. We appreciate all of you and can't say enough about you. The date will be here before you know it, so mark your calendars. Stay tuned for more information.
New Bottles
- Rogue Captain Sig's Northwestern Ale, 6.2% (Oregon)
- Rogue Chipotle, 5.5% (Oregon)
- Rogue Morimoto Black Obi Soba, 4.8% (Oregon)
- St. Somewhere Pays de Soleil, 8% (Florida)
- Weyerbacher Blanche, 4.6% (Pennsylvania)
New Drafts
- Brewdog Dogma, 7.8% (Scotland)
- Duchesse de Bourgogne Sour Ale, 5.9% (Belgium)
- He'Brew Origin, 8% (New York)
- Laughing Skull, 6% (Georgia)
- Left Hand Good Juju Ginger, 4.2% (Colorado)
- Swamp Head Big Nose IPA, 7.3% (Georgia)
Live Music This Week
- Thursday - Wilcor
- Friday - Dave Townsley
- Saturday - Brant Christopher
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