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Shake & Bake Hop Fried Chicken

Written by Sean Z. Paxton at thebrewingnetwork.com

 

Oh yeah! The classic buttermilk fried chicken gone to the hopheads! By making a green buttermilk full of goodness, the chicken is also seasoned and begging for a beer, as both hops and malt are used in this recipe.

Makes: 1 chicken, 8 piece

Ingredients:

1 free range organic chicken, washed, dried
1 quart buttermilk
1 bunch fresh thyme , washed, dried and chopped
1 bunch Italian leaf parsley, washed, dried and chopped
6 cloves garlic, peeled
2 tablespoons kosher salt
1 tablespoon black pepper
4 tablespoons Amarillo hop powder*

2 cups all-purpose flour, unbleached
1 cup malt flour (favorite brewers malt ground fine into a powder)
2 teaspoons kosher salt
2 teaspoons Amarillo hop powder*

6-10 cups vegetable shortening or lard

Directions:
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Western North Carolina Getting Another Big Craft Beer Brewery

Written and Reported by Chris Abbotts and Rachel Kent for News Channel 7 and www2.wspa.com

ASHEVILLE, N.C. –Western North Carolina is getting another major beer brewery.

Officials announced Thursday New Belgium Brewing Company’s plans to build its East Coast brewery and distribution center in Buncombe County.

North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue joined New Belgium officials for the news.

“New Belgium looked all around and chose North Carolina as the location for the company’s one brewery east of the Mississippi,” Gov. Perdue said. “A big factor in sealing this deal was that company leaders knew they can find a skilled workforce, thanks to our history of investing in education and job training.

With the new facility comes 154 new jobs and a $175 million investment.

Fort Collins, CO based New Belgium is the third largest craft brewer in the country and maker of the popular “Fat Tire Amber Ale” which is distributed nationwide.
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Molson Coors Attacks Craft Armada With $3.5 Billion Deal: Retail

Written by Clementine Fletcher for Bloomberg

 

Faced with an armada of smaller competitors, the world’s biggest brewers are getting bigger.

Molson Coors Brewing Co. (TAP) (TAP) yesterday joined international rivals such as SABMiller Plc and Heineken NV (HEIA) in expanding beyond their main territories as craft beers and imported brands seek to invade their traditional strongholds. The 2.65 billion-euro ($3.5 billion) purchase of StarBev LP will take Denver-based Molson into the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria.

“I can understand why they’d want to expand outside the U.S. and why they’d want to get into growth markets,” said Trevor Stirling, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein in London. The maker of Carling lager has “low penetration of craft and imports, which are the fastest-growing parts of the market.”
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Home Beer Brewers: Sharing Outside Home Illegal in SC

Written by Barbara Rodriguez for AP and USA Today

MADISON, Wis. (USA Today/AP) – About the only thing Kevin Flynn enjoys more than drinking his home-brewed beer is sharing it with fellow beer club members at festivals and tasting competitions. So Flynn and his buddies were shocked to discover that Wisconsin law prohibits sharing homemade suds anywhere outside the brewer’s home.

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