Archives for September 2018

Ask any homebrewer and they will say homebrewing is one of the greatest examples of inefficient brewing and brewing the hard way. For more than two decades Sam Adams’ has recognized and celebrated passionate homebrewers through the LongShot American Homebrew Contest Contest. The contest has evolved over the years and now aims to help amateur brewers take the next step to professional brewing. This year’s applicants submitted videos touting their passion for brewing and why they want to leave their day job to follow their dream of going pro. A panel then selected the top finalists to submit their best homebrew for review by expert judges and brewers including Jim Koch.

Eric Pierce, of Framingham, Mass, who brewed a Grisette-style beer, was named this year’s winner and will be awarded the grand prize: a scholarship to the Siebel Institute’s online brewing education program, a one-week “Brewership,” and a trip to the Great American Beer Festival. The Brewership is a fully-immersive experience at the Sam Adams Brewery that will allow Eric to work alongside the team of Sam Adams brewers, learning about the nuts and bolts needed to run a brewery including ingredients sourcing, quality assurance testing, packaging and more.

What Eric has to say:
“I began this journey in my garage saying, ‘if there was ever a long shot, that would be me,’ so saying I am excited is an understatement. I can’t wait for the next chapter and look forward to working with the Sam Adams team.

Learn more about Samuel Adams LongShot American Homebrew Contest at www.samueladams.com/longshot.

Tickets now available for the 2018 Nebraska Brewing Oktoberfest! and they include this year’s glassware!! Get your’s today before they are all gone! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-nebraska-brewing-oktoberfest-tickets-49106541989

We’ll be partying with the smell of 402 BBQ, Nebraska Brewing Oktoberfest Beer pouring and the Polka music of the Barry Boyce Band filling the air! Mug Tickets $22

$22 (a $36 value) – Will get you Entry to our fest, a .5L Ceramic NBC Stein & your first Stein fill!

Don’t want a Mug, but still want to join us for the festivities? Grab yourself a FREE entry ticket to help us gauge the crowd and make sure we have enough beer and food for everyone!

** Mugs are in VERY Limited Quantities

All Mugs MUST be picked up on 9/28/18. Any mugs not picked on the day of the festival will be forfeited with no refund.

Contact Info
Company: Nebraska Brewing Co
Contact: Angela M Arp
Email: angela@NebraskaBrewingco.com

Cincinnati, Ohio — Over the weekend, Brink Brewing Company was named the 2018 Very Small Brewing Company of the Year by the Brewers Association at the 2018 Great American Beer Festival® after winning gold and silver medals for Moozie Milk Stout and Hold The Reins English Mild, respectively.

A great deal of effort goes into winning one let alone two GABF® medals, but rarely does that effort include a hospital stay. Kelly Montgomery, named Very Small Brewer of The Year, was in the hospital with a lung infection the weeks leading up to the dates scheduled to brew the batches submitted to this year’s competition. “We were honestly worried about making the deadline,” says Brink Brewing Co-Owner Sarah McGarry. “When he was released from the hospital Kelly jokingly said Eh, I think I’ve got just enough energy to squeeze out very small brewery of the year… “So, you can only imagine how stunned we were that it actually happened!”

Moozie is a rich Milk Stout. Like a chocolate milkshake without the straw, it features chocolate and coffee notes and is almost chewy thanks to the addition of lactose and flaked oats. This beer also boasts a bronze medal from the 2018 World Beer Cup®, silver at the inaugural Ohio Craft Brewers Cup earlier this year, a bronze from the 2017 Denver International Beer Competition and a gold medal from the 2017 U.S. Open Beer Championship after only being open for four months (one of the youngest breweries to place that year).

Hold the Reins is an English Mild, a classic “Session Ale” while still full flavored. Moderate sweetness, a bit nutty with a touch of caramel. Chocolate and roast notes give way to a dry finish. Last year Brink Brewing was awarded a gold medal for Hold The Reins in the same English Mild Ale category.

“Three GABF medals and Very Small Brewery of the Year in just 19 months of operation is even more than we ever could have hoped for, but tells us we are on the right track,” McGarry adds.

Moozie and Hold The Reins are available year-round on draft at Brink Brewing’s tasting room and at select craft-centric draft accounts in Cincinnati.

About Brink Brewing:
Brink Brewing Co is neighborhood Craft Brewery in the College Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati. Providing quality beers in a welcoming, comfortable taproom. In less than two year a of operation they have accumulated an impressive amount of awards that now include three medals at the 2017 Great American Beer Festival®, a Bronze at the 2018 World Beer Cup®, seven U.S. Open Beer Competition medals, three Ohio Craft Brewer Cup awards, and two Denver International Beer Competition awards. For more information visit brinkbrewing.com.

Renegade Pancakes Maple Porter is dark and roasty and is uniquely balanced with the flavor and aroma of maple syrup without any of the sweetness. The unmistakable maple hits the nose right off the bat, with the smokiness of a traditional porter hitting your palate to create a balanced and dry experience. Perfect for an after snow day warm up or a mid-summer camping adventure.

Pairing:
Mole, vanilla, roasted squash, pulled pork, breakfast, bourbon and good friends.

Malt: 2-ROW, C55, BISCUIT, ROASTED BARLEY, CHOCOLATE

Hops: MT. HOOD, FRAGGLE

RENEGADE BREWING CO
720.401.4089
925 W 9TH AVE
Denver, Colorado, 80204
Website: renegadebrewing.com

NATIONAL PANCAKE DAY
The table is set, the batter is mixed, the griddle is hot, and the butter and syrup are ready. This means you are prepared for National Pancake Day. This food holiday is observed each year on September 26.

You may not have time to make a pancake breakfast, but that is okay, pancakes make a great dinner as well. Pancakes can be served at any time and with a variety of toppings or fillings from sweet jams and syrups to savory meats and sauces.

There is archaeological evidence suggesting pancakes are probably the earliest and most widespread breakfast food eaten in prehistoric societies.

HOW TO OBSERVE
To celebrate National Pancake Day, enjoy one of the following pancake recipes:

Lemon Blueberry Pancakes
Banana and Pecan Pancakes with Maple Butter
Applesauce Pancakes
Buttermilk Pancakes
Pumpkin Pancakes

HISTORY
National Pancake Day’s humble beginnings in 2005, originally started as Lumberjack Day. Marianne Ways and Collen AF Venable sought an excuse to eat pancakes and waffles with friends and as it was one week after “Talk Like a Pirate Day” and that theme had been worn out, eating lots of pancakes like a lumberjack seemed a better holiday than ever.

The top 10 Peanut Butter Beers are any beers using peanut, peanut butter or peanut butter extract as an adjunct in either the mash, kettle, primary or secondary fermentation, providing obvious, yet harmonious, qualities.

1. Nutcase – Listermann Brewing – Cincinnati, Ohio
Gold Medal winner at the 2018 U.S. Open Beer Championship. Pours a black color with a tan head. Aroma is peanut butter right away with some sweet chocolate and roasted malts. Flavor is also peanut butter up front with the roasted malts dominating on the finish.

2. TraXXX Night Fury – Witch’s Hat Brewing – South Lyon, Michigan
Bourbon barrel aged Night Fury Imperial stout aged on Vanilla beans, Mindo cocoa nibs, coconut and peanut butter. ABV: 13.5%

3. Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter – Waconia Brewing – Waconia, Minnesota
Pours an almost opaque dark brown with a thin head. Smells nutty, slightly malty, sweet and chocolatey. Taste is peanuts up front, chocolate and slight hop bitterness with a strong malt presence. Mouthfeel is medium light and low carbonation with a smooth finish.

4. Peanut Butter Porter – Back Forty Beer Company – Gadsden, Alabama
It’s creamy, it’s big, it’s just what it sounds like. Brewed with crushed peanuts and a malt bill thick enough to slather on some bread, Peanut Butter Porter belongs on your grocery list right next to the jelly, bananas & bacon. Comfort food in a can!

5. Peanut Butter Jelly Time – Catawba Brewing – Asheville, North Carolina
This beer begins life as a light brown ale that provides the bready qualities of the base beer. After fermentation, it is rested on whole roasted peanuts and all-natural raspberry puree, which truly transforms this into a PB&J sandwich in a glass.

6. Peanut Butter Porter – Liquid Mechanics – Lafayette, Colorado
Peanut Butter Porter from Liquid Mechanics combines the sweetness of the peanut butter with the slight smokiness of the porter. Opaque dark appearance, strong smell of peanut butter and chocolate, rich in sweet flavors of peanut butter and chocolate, tastes very similar to Reese’s Puffs Cereal lol, creamy and thick mouth feel with a smooth finish.

7. Nut Crusher Peanut Butter Porter – Wild Ride Brewing – Redmond, Oregon
The brewers at Wild Ride Brewing love beer. and love peanut butter. Nut Crusher Peanut Butter Porter is here to bring the best of these two worlds together! With notes of chocolate and caramel, this porter is complemented by the addition of creamy peanut butter flavor. It’s a true liquid peanut butter cup, and it’s here for you to enjoy.

8. Mexican Chocolate Peanut Butter Stout – Belching Beaver Brewery – San Diego, California
Belching Beaver’s classic Peanut Butter Milk Stout with Mexican Chocolate (Abuelita) added in. Rolled oats and lactose add to the creamy body of this beer while heavenly aromas of roasted buttery peanuts and chocolate greet you with every sip.

9. Rapp Chocolate Peanut Butter Stout – Rapp Brewing – Seminole, Florida
Beautiful dark brown beer with two finger head served at the brewery on draft in a snifter. Mostly peanut butter aroma with some chocolate, coffee, and roast in thebackground. The taste is chocolate and peanut butter with a toasty backbone to balance the sweetness.

10. Willoughby Peanut Butter Cup Coffee Porter – Willoughby Brewing – Willoughby, Ohio
Winner of the Gold Award for Specialty Beer at the 2014 World Beer Cup, this truly unique taste experience is brought to you only by Willoughby Brewing Company. The brewers at Willoughby start by brewing a robust porter and infusing it with locally roasted coffee and then infusing peanut butter and chocolate. The result is a beer like no other you’ve had before. Some people say they taste more coffee than peanuts and some say the reverse.

NATIONAL PEANUT DAY
On September 13 National Peanut Day pays homage to mighty and tasty peanut.

Likely originating in South America around 3,500 years ago, this legume is not a nut. They grow underground like potatoes. Since they are an edible seed that forms in a pod, they belong to the family Leguminosae with peas and beans. When it comes to plants packing protein power, peanuts provide a whopping 8 grams per ounce, more than any other nut according to The Peanut Institute. And remember, it’s not a nut! Nuts grow on trees.

The peanut is also high in antioxidants. Not only are peanuts high in necessary nutrients such as vitamin E, magnesium, niacin, phosphorus, B6, iron, selenium, zinc and many others, but when paired with other nutrient-rich foods, studies have shown this amazing legume helps us absorb nutrients better.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — Springdale Beer just launched the second blend in their Beta Blend Series, which takes beer collaborations out of breweries and into kitchens. The second in the series was brewed in collaboration with the team at Craigie on Main, a rustically inspired restaurant with a changing daily menu located in Cambridge, MA.

“We were psyched (as always) to be a part of the way that food and drink gets to our guests. Spending the day with Joe and Matt tasting different sour barrels at Springdale and coming up with a profile we were after was great. As always, we are a food-first restaurant, so were after a beer with savory characteristics and just enough sourness to refresh your taste buds from whatever you are eating and make you want another bite or another sip. We love the result – it’s got fresh, vibrant acidity backed up by warming ginger spice.” – Carl York, Director of Operations at Craigie on Main

The sour beer features fresh ginger and local rhubarb, aged on mixed cultures in oak wine barrels.

“Craigie on Main’s food and beverage program continues to inspire us with each visit. Getting their creative vision into our space and process was totally exciting, and yielded delicious results,” said Joe Connolly, Springdale Beer’s General Manager.

Springdale Beta Blend: Craigie will be available exclusively on draft at Craigie on Main and the Springdale Barrel Room.

About Springdale
Springdale is the experimental offshoot of Jack’s Abby Brewing, located in Framingham, MA. The Barrel Room is where we let the ancient alchemy between beer and oak work its slow magic. We’re dedicated to exploration and innovation, crafting IPAs, barrel-aged sour beers, and tributes to classic beer styles that continue to inspire us.

About Craigie on Main
At Craigie On Main, Chef Tony Maws, Boston’s Best Chef (Boston Magazine) and one of America’s Best New Chefs (Food & Wine), combines his trademark French-inspired “refined rusticity” with an unyielding passion for the best local, seasonal, and organic ingredients. Our à la carte menu and tasting menus change daily, so you can be sure our ingredients are the very best of the best that day.