| "Here and There" by Clay Moore and Jay Silvers The term "American" iis generally used with IPAs and has become a broad name but it does have a specific meaning. It is used mainly to distinguish lighter, drier, more fiercely hopped New World IPA from the darker, maltier, generally less sharply hopped English IPA style. Know your cask ale Beer Engine. This is a counter top mounted pump with a handle for serving beer from a cask. It draws ale directly fro the cask through beer line and it is best for British style ales but also fine for many other styles. "In my opinion, ost of the great men of the past were only there for the beer.." A.J.P. Taylor (British Historian) We've enjoyed a few of these recently and can recommend - The Memphis Hip Shake Beer Cocktail. Directions: fill a glass with ice. Shake 2 ounces fresh grapefruit juice ad 1/2 ounce sweet vermouth with ice in a cocktail shaker until thoroughly chilled. Pour into a glass and top off with any grapefruit forward Double IPA. Stir gently to blend. I needed add more Double IPA. Know Your Hops. Monroe is a new hop variety from Germany that is low in bitterness with orange and raspberry notes as well as hints of fennel, cherry, and lemon. It was originally propagated from a wild American hop variety. It has around 2.5% alpha acids. "One of the disadvantages of strong ale is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts." Samuel Johnson Quiz time - Which of these craft breweries has been purchased by a large brewery? A. Sierra Nevada; B. Leinenkugel, C. Wachusett; D. Anderson Valley; E. Highland answer: B by Miller - Coors Clay's doctor told him "the best thing for you to do is to give up drinking beer, get up early every morning and go to bed early every night." Clay responded "What's the second best thing to do?" Quiz - Which of these craft breweries has been purchased by a large brewery? A. Ballast Point; B. Three Floyds; C. Georgetown Brewing; D. Lost Coast; E. Real Ale Brewing. The answer is.... no peeking....we say you looking...its "A" Trappist ales are mostly Belgian ales brewed in Trappist monasteries. Secular breweries are not allowed to call their beers Trappist so many defer to the name Abbey. Trappist beers come in single, dubbel, tripel,and quadrupel levels. Packaging in beer terminology is the container from which the finish beer is served. Beer is most often packaged in kegs, bottles, and cans but can also come in firkins, butts, hogsheads, and a variety of other lesser known vessels. "There is no such thing as a bad beer. It's just that some beers taste better than others." Billy Carter Watch out for diacetyl in you beer. It's a buttery compound that almost always is considered a flaw. It is usually caused by incomplete fermentation or bacterial infection. Don't worry you won't get sick, the beer will just taste bad. Beer cannot be marketed as beneficial, in Germany. The German federal court of justice ruled that the claim could not be used in advertisement for beverages containing more than 1.2% alcohol. Last year, the U.S. beer industry shipped 202.2 million barrels, enough to fill more than 2.8 billion cases of 24 12-ounce cans or bottles, according to America's Beer Distributors. And 82% of the beer we drank was produced domestically India pale ale (IPA), is still craft beer's largest style category. Volume and dollar sales rise 14% f5 months of 2019.. Otherwise, the four next-biggest styles by volume -- including Belgian witbiers, seasonals, pale ales, and variety packs -- all were negative. The broader pale ale category fell the most, plunging nearly 16% from last year. ============== . "You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning." Clay and Jay See you next month! |
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