Dow Scoggins

The History of Winter Welcome
Throughout history, beer of somewhat higher alcohol and richness has been enjoyed for the winter holidays, when old friends get together to enjoy the season. Wassail, a festival to celebrate winter and the beer that goes with it, predates the Christian era. Winter Welcome is vintage-dated with a special label each year, and was first shipped to the US in 1990 – it was the first imported winter seasonal beer. Serve in a traditional Sam Smith tulip or nonik glass for the holidays.

Taste
Honey-amber colored, creamy head of small bubbles, floral aroma and delicious caramel malt flavor with great finesse. Fine hop aroma finish and a fruity note from fermentation in open-topped stone “Yorkshire Squares.”

Serving Suggestion
Roast goose, smoked turkey with oyster dressing, rack of lamb, candied yams, Smithfield hams, fresh pears and apples, Christmas cake. Serve in crystal tumblers, or traditional Yorkshire tulip or nonik pint glasses.

Stats
ABV: 6.0% – OG: 1.056 – IBU: 32
Ingredients: Water, barley malt, hops, yeast.

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.

 Look up to a place beyond imagination. Where the few with a vision, never knew the definition of “can’t be done.” And where human  determination was not measured by monetary gain. But by an ardent desire to get somewhere first. Ohio. The owners of the sky. Where the American spirit lives on. Flyer Red. An American Red Lager. A refreshingly smooth, patiently-fermented beer. Good things come to those who wait. ABV:4.5%. IBU: 12.

National Aviation Day
National Aviation Day is observed in the United States on August 19 each year to celebrate the history and development of the aviation. It coincides with the birthday of Orville Wright who, together with his brother Wilbur, made significant contributions to powered flight.

Background of National Aviation Day
In 1939 President Franklin Roosevelt proclaimed August 19 to be National Aviation Day. The day coincides with the birthday of Orville Wright, who piloted the Wright Flyer. He and his brother Wilbur are given credit for building the world’s first successful airplane with aircraft controls that enabled them to steer the plane. Orville Wright made the first flight for 12 seconds and 120 feet around the site of Wright Brothers National Memorial on December 17, 1903. They were not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft but they are the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed wing flight possible. The Wright brothers’ status as inventors of the airplane has been an issue of debate, particularly as there were competing claims regarding other early aviators. Another national observation in the United States is Wright Brothers Day on December 17 each year.

Today is National Honey Bee Day! Did you know planting flowers in one of the best things you can do to help the bees who work so hard to make our honey? Bees have to visit about 2 million flowers to collect enough nectar to make 1 pound of honey. That’s 260 million flowers per batch of Bee Line Honey Blonde Ale!

National Honey Bee Day is an awareness day started by beekeepers in the United States to build community awareness of the bee industry, through education and promotion.

According to its organizers, the National Honey Bee Day program started with a simple concept:
Bring together beekeepers, bee associations, as well as other interested groups to connect with the communities to advance beekeeping. By working together and harnessing the efforts that so many already accomplish, and by using a united effort one day a year, the rewards and message is magnified many times over. We encourage bee associations, individuals, and other groups to get involved. The program is free and open to all.

The event was started in 2009, by a small group of beekeepers who petitioned for and obtained a formal proclamation by the USDA honoring honey bees and beekeeping. In 2010, a non-profit, Pennsylvania Apiculture Inc. was organized to better facilitate and promote the observance. The original date of observation was August 22, 2009 (the fourth Saturday of August), but has since settled permanently on the third Saturday of August.

BOULDER, CO — FATE Brewing Co., an award-winning craft brewery in Colorado, announced today that Denise Jones will join the company as Director of Brewing and Distilling Operations. Denise is an internationally renowned Brewmaster who currently serves as the Master Distiller/Brewmaster/ American Ambassador for Weyermann® Specialty Malts in Bamberg, Germany.

“I’m very excited and eager to join the Fate Brewing Company team as the company heads towards new horizons. I have great expectations as we move into the future of craft beverages,” says Denise Jones.

Jones is a refined Brewmaster with 25 years of professional brewing and distilling experience and has earned a litany of award-winning accolades from around the world, including top honors at the Great American Beer Festival, European Beer Star, and the World Beer Cup. She has worked with Moylan’s Brewing and Distilling Company, Third Street Aleworks, Great Basin Brewing Company and other well-known breweries throughout the world. She has spent the last three years working in Germany with Weyermann® Specialty Malts, developing their distilling operations.

The collaboration came to fruition as FATE Brewing Company looked to revamp their current beverage program by expanding their family of award-winning brews. “Jones brings exceptional creativity and diversity with her extensive background in beverage production. Her wealth of knowledge is undoubtedly amongst the finest in the industry. She is a decorated, world-class Brewmaster, and we are honored to have Denise join the FATE team, “says Mike Lawinski, owner of FATE Brewing Company.

Denise will visit the FATE team in August and September to begin the preliminary organization with the brewery and management team before moving to Colorado in December in a permanent role.

About Denise Jones – Brewer
​Denise Jones is a distinguished brewmaster and distiller with over 25 years of experience in the craft beverage industry. Her career spans multiple states and countries, reflecting a deep commitment to quality and innovation in both brewing and distilling.​

Early Life and Education
Jones grew up immersed in the hospitality industry, working in her family’s restaurant business. This early exposure fostered her appreciation for customer engagement and the importance of understanding consumer preferences. Initially considering a culinary career, she ultimately pursued brewing, becoming the first female graduate of the American Brewers’ Guild under the mentorship of Dr. Michael Lewis from UC Davis.​

Brewing and Distilling Career
Jones began her professional journey with an apprenticeship at Great Basin Brewing in Sparks, Nevada. She then held head brewer positions at Blue Water Brewing in Utah and Third Street Aleworks in California. Her expertise further expanded during her tenure as brewmaster at Moylan’s Brewing and Distilling Company in California. Seeking to deepen her knowledge, Jones spent three years at Weyermann Specialty Malts in Bamberg, Germany, serving as the Master Distiller/Brewmaster and American Ambassador.​

Leadership at Fate Brewing Company
In 2018, Jones joined Fate Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, as the Director of Brewing and Distilling Operations. In this role, she aimed to integrate brewing and distilling processes, reflecting industry trends and consumer preferences for high-quality, locally produced beverages. Jones emphasized the value of creating tactile, homegrown experiences for patrons seeking authentic connections in their drinking experiences.​

Philosophy and Impact
Jones advocates for quality over quantity, aligning with the evolving tastes of modern consumers who prioritize value and craftsmanship. Her approach underscores the significance of community engagement and the creation of products that resonate with local culture and preferences. Through her leadership and innovative practices, Jones has significantly influenced the craft brewing and distilling landscape