Month: March 2012

Written for AP by Molly Dischner

KENAI, Alaska (WTW) — Gummy Bears aren’t just for kids anymore.

Kenai River Brewing Company is turning candy into beer, with the help of Abbey Ale yeast.

The new beverage is just one addition in the works at the Soldotna brewery. The other is an expansion to create a new seating area, set to open next week.

“It’s going to be just a nice sit-down taproom,” said Doug Hogue, brewery co-owner.

The new taproom will seat about 20 people. Hogue said the brewery won’t serve food, but will welcome people to bring their own meals.

“Our customers are very excited about it so we’re anxious to get it rolling,” Hogue said.

When the taproom opens, the brewery’s main door will shift, and the old room will be used for canning. That will alleviate some growing pains the brewery was feeling, Hogue said.

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Written by Tom Becham for professorgoodales.net

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I am NOT a “Style Snob”. By that, I mean that I’m not the sort of person who turns his nose up at a beer because it doesn’t entirely fit the style the brewer calls it. For instance, I still somewhat like Shiner Bock, even though it most definitely is either an American Dark Lager or Dunkel by style and NOT a Bock. It’s still a decent beer. It’s just a really lousy Bock.

Which brings me to what beer styles are in the first place. A beer style is the general description of how a beer should look, smell and taste. It provides guidelines for brewers in determining what they wish to brew, and how successful their attempts have been. It provides the beer drinker with an idea of what qualities he will find in a beer before he ever buys it.
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