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Beverage Factory, who is selling it for about $92, doesn’t really say how it works. Is it simply a kegging system, or an all in one unit? No sign of a method to mash (could be extract), boil, filter, cool or carbonate… though the last could simply be conditioning. If someone knows feel free to contact The Professor at theprofessor@ltsaloon.net
If you want to buy one just click then order…
“Because any punk knows good Holiday beer had a bit of FUNK.”
Schafly Christmas Ale
The Saint Louis Brewery
St. Louis, MO
Phyllis Schafly’s son in a bottle. That’s right, Phyllis’ son is part owner and makes a damn better contribution via beer. Orange peel. Cloves. No hop sense. Nose about the same. Mouth feel too. Mod bod. Orange-ish tint. Light head. Clarity good. So many short sentences in a row? Bad.
So go ahead. Beat bad boy Scribe, Ms. English Teacher. It’s still a damn good beer. If Scribe has to go into the corner can he have, oh, about the same number of few bottles as labels below to sip on, please?
An example of more than just a “strong beer:” Brew Dog End of History at 55% abv. Yes, that is how it is packaged.
LONDON (Dow Jones)–The U.K. government said Tuesday it will tax stronger beers at a higher rate than weaker ones as part of its move to tackle problem drinking. The new tax rates will be revealed in the 2011 Budget and will apply to beers with an alcoholic content above 7.5% and below 2.8%.
The decision follows an informal consultation by the Treasury over the summer and complements the reclassification of strong, cheap ciders earlier this year.
The government said the new duty will help to address the consumption of cheap, “super strength” lagers that are associated with high, and dangerous, levels of alcohol consumption.
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Wellington Black Knight Strong Ale E.S.B. Ale
950 Woodlawn Road West
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
N1K 1B8950
www.wellingtonbrewery.ca/
This was a bit tough to track down, at first. Apparently there is a Wellington Brewery in England and Google loves that one. I bought this screw top, plastic, bottle: much like cheap American brewers used for years, in Ontario, Canada while on tour in the early to mid-90s.
More body than most ales and a bit more abv, so “strong” was modestly applicable. E.S.B.? Well, perhaps in the more Brit sense, but since there were few of the more aggressive American ESBs at the time… probably accurate.
I remember it being quite pleasant. fairly dark for an ESB. It may have even been “black,” but I’m not sure.
On this same trip I noticed a small place with many mash tuns, so I stopped by. One of the first BOPs I’ve ever seen. But Canada was always way ahead of us back then. I had my first Guinness Export in Montreal about 1974. Guinness pretty much didn’t exist in the east coast stores or bars in the states at the time.
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Both photos Katherine Taylor for NYT
COHASSET, Mass. — When Rhonda Kallman set out to create a beer that would draw a crowd, she never expected the attention her Moonshot ’69 brew received this month.
The creator of Moonshot ’69, a light beer that contains caffeine, has stopped brewing it for the time being.
The problem is that the light beer, made by Ms. Kallman’s company, New Century Brewing, contains caffeine. Earlier this month, she and three other manufacturers were told by the federal Food and Drug Administration that they must remove the stimulant from their beverages or stop selling them.
While most of the focus has been on two fruit-flavored, high-alcohol malt energy drinks, Four Loko and Joose, Ms. Kallman said her small company, which has suffered years of setbacks, is reeling from the news.
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Florida before good beer, as far as we know: 1591- PGA
On a day where we count our blessings, I’d like to give thanks for a relatively small one: the growing craft beer scene in Florida.
It was only a few years ago that Florida deserved the label of Beer Wasteland. The state was dominated by the big guys and about the only craft beer you could hope to find was Samuel Adams Boston Lager.
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“How many hipsters does it take to screw in a light bulb?â€
That’s the question Jason Bernstein posed earlier this week when we sat down at the Golden State, the eatery-cum-craft-beer-bar he co-owns on Fairfax. I sipped my Stone Double Bastard Ale as he delivered the punchline:
“It’s a really esoteric number; you’ve probably never heard of it.â€
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“Because ‘special’ should mean ‘more.'”
Yellow, Plenty of head. A bit unclear. But “Whatsospecialhere?”
Scribe doesn’t see the point here. Brewed with ancient grains and Sorachi: Japanese hop. Hitachino Nest Ancient Nipponia is supposed to be an historical experience. Hell, if Scribe wanted special bland he wouldn’t have to go back that far The 60s would do.
From beernews.org…
About 180 years ago, beer was brought into Japan from Holland and USA. At that time, Japan closed the country to foreigners.
Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu tasted beer and was surprised at the taste. And some men started to brew beer in Japan.
But at that time there was no barley for beer in Japan so they used barley for noodle. After opening the country, William Copland started beer brewing as business in Yokohoma, which is the origin of Kirin beer. Soon he noticed that they need to cultivate the original barley for beer which matches with Japanese weather.Mr. Kaneko who was a big farmer started to make a new seed of barley by mixing Japanese ancient barley for noodle and imported barley for beer. He found mixing Shikoku, good barley for noodle, and Golden Melon, American barley, was good and he named this new barley as Kaneko Golden.
Fascinating. The story better than the beer. Lemony. Alcohol presence. Grain subtle.
Newsflash: if the hops and the grain are what makes it so special, ya might wanna make the beer reflect that?
Harvest festivals are as old as civilization itself, but our Thanksgiving is much more than an annual festival. It is a national day of expressing thanks, according to every individual’s personal beliefs.
There were many “thanksgivings” in the early days of American colonization, when life and travel were so difficult that people were always giving thanks for safe journeys, favorable weather and good crops. Spanish colonists held such feasts in Texas in the 1500s, as did English colonists in Virginia from the 1600s.
The thanksgiving we commemorate every November, however, was the one held by the Pilgrims of Plymouth, Mass., in 1621. Although it definitely wasn’t the “first” thanksgiving in the New World, it holds a special place in American tradition because of its association with the ideals of religious freedom, self-reliance and the mutual friendship of settlers and natives.
The Pilgrims — a name not actually applied to them until 170 years later — were 102 people who sailed from England on the ship Mayflower in September 1620. Of these, only 35 were actually seeking religious freedom. They were “Separatists” from the Church of England. The others, called “Strangers,” simply wanted to leave England for a variety of reasons and start life over in America.
For 12 years, the Separatists had lived in Holland, where the Dutch tolerated religious differences. But these Englishmen didn’t want to desert their heritage, customs or language. They decided to go to America — to Virginia, specifically. Establishing a colony there would allow them to remain English. If they went elsewhere, to Dutch colonies, for instance, they would have had to renounce their English citizenship.
King James I, eager to be rid of them, gave them permission to establish a colony, so long as they remained loyal and didn’t cause him trouble. The Virginia Company of London agreed to let them settle in “Virginia,” which at that time extended north to modern New Jersey. Merchants calling themselves “Adventurers” agreed to finance the expedition in return for seven years of shared profits from whatever the colonists were able to produce and send back.
In August 1620, the first Separatists sailed with 67 “Strangers” on the Mayflower and a second ship, the Speedwell. After the Speedwell twice sprang leaks and forced returns to port, everyone crammed aboard the 90-foot-long Mayflower and left the Speedwell behind.
Aboard ship, the voyagers ate bread, biscuits, pudding, cheese, crackers, and dried meats and fruits. Instead of water, they brought barrels of beer — a standard practice in the days before refrigeration, because beer remained potable longer than water.
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