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Brewers of Indiana Guild Newsletter - December, 2007
B.I.G. News Wish list for the Brewers Guild in 2008: Microbrewery signs on the highway (like golf courses and wineries). Sunday sales of growlers. Good weather again for the Microbrewers Festival. Indiana Brewery News Jim Herter's report in the Great Lakes Brewing News says Three Floyds is adding three 100bbl tanks and a new boiler. In partnership with Danish brewery Mikkeller, they are making HVEDEGOOP Wheat Wine. It will be available only at the TFBP and in Copenhagen. Jon Myers tells us he's added another fermenter to better keep the folks at the Columbus Bar satisfied.
Bill Ballinger's Serenity Now still on tap at the Broad Ripple Brewpub. This American IPA was the Indiana State Fair 2007 Best of Show. (see Indiana Events, below) Brugge now has a blog and they are happy to explain the creative name, BruggeBeer. Broad Ripple Brewpub had Circle V's Pacer Pale on the handpull. It was Kevin Matalucci's tribute to Mark Vojnovich who brewed this at his Circle V a few years back (from '96 to '01 to be exact). It used Centennial hops and 5.5% ABV. "V" is the assistant now at BRBP. The Ram gets ink from Rita Kohn in Nuvo. Vigo gets more in in the TribStar. With bonus Wabash Valley coverage. Coming in a month: Wabash Valley Beers. The initial four below. More explanation at the TribStar.
Indiana Beer News New to Indiana: Shmaltz Jewbelation 11 - just in time for Hanukkah (11 malts, 11 hops, 11%). Weihenstephaner Vitus Weizenbock (7.7%). Allagash Odyssey. Avery Samaels Oak Aged Ale (think Duvel with massive marshmallow addition). Founders Oak Aged Backwoods Bastard (Scotch Ale). Hi guys, Indiana Events Folks stopped in at the Broad Ripple Brewpub last month to get the first taste of Bill Ballinger's Serenity Now APA. Bill and Kevin brewed Serenity Now to Bill's recipe for the Indiana State Fair 2008 Best of Show. It's more brown than expected. With 20 pounds of Amarillo, Cascade, and Columbus hops in the 7-bbl batch, it could be compared to Ruination with more malt and much more body. Bill say's this release is "young but exactly what mine was at this time in 2006". You see he brewed his State Fair entry way back in July 2006 for the July 2007 competition. Traditionally a keg of last year's BoS is tapped at the awards ceremony so we should be able to taste this quite close to what the judges ruled the best. Bill also jokes that there are "enough hops inside to mask his mistakes". And on one last note, his mama says she's proud.
The Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild is one of the premier clubs in the country. For one, they put on the Great Taste of the Midwest. For two, they have enough enthusiastic members to fill a bus on a trip to the Van Winkle distillery in Kentucky.
Upcoming Events Roger Baylor is planning a Pacific Northwest Brew Tour, May 6-14. Portland, Widmer, McMenamins, Walking Man, Full Sail, Seattle, Hale's Ales, Pike Pub, Pyramid, Astoria, Fort George, Newport, Rogue, Brewer's on the Bay, museums, a Mariner's game, etc. Check his itinerary. Sounds busy, fun.
Please see http://www.brewersofindianaguild.com/events.shtml for Indiana (and some surrounding area) events. Also lists bands playing at member brewpubs. On Tap Please see http://www.brewersofindianaguild.com/ontap.html for the current tap lists of Indiana Breweries. Corn News
Miscellaneous News (as if you didn't read it at IndianaBeer.com already)
Bells announced a $5 million expansion that will bring them to 140,000 bbl per year. article British/US study on mixing Red Bull and Vodka found, among other things, "compared to those who did not mix caffeine and alcohol they had almost double the risk of being taken advantage of sexually." Fill in your own lame joke here. article New Guinness commercial. File under "pretty neat".
Earl Dodge
died on November 7th. He was the head and the perennial presidential
candidate of the Prohibition Party, getting 208 votes nationwide in 2000. He
made a living selling campaign buttons. With his death, the schism in the
party may be won by rival
Gene
Admondson, mainly because he's still alive.
Maybe the Tesco and ASDA generic lagers don't use hops. Even the Seattle Times notes "Shortage of beer ingredients may mean higher prices" article And even NPR has found out about the problem. article Anheuser-Busch has obtained TTB approval to produce a draft version of its new Bacardi Silver Mojito malternative beverage. They are also set to debut Chelada - a mix of Bud and Clamato (their response to Miller Chill?). SABMiller is buying Grolsch and paying 84% too much. article A waitress in a bar in Brooklyn was cited for putting a lime in a Corona. Seriously. For using her bare hands. article "Hundreds of bottles of Jack Daniel's whiskey, some of it almost 100 years old, may be unceremoniously poured down a drain because authorities suspect it was being sold by someone without a license." article The Wall Street Journal also has an article about St. Sixtus, brewers of Westvleteren 12. "In the last two years Guinness sales by volume have declined by 13% in the UK and things are even worse in Ireland, where sales are down nearly 30% since 2001." article But that doesn't stop someone from stealing a lorry with 180 kegs of Guinness, 180 kegs of Bud and 90 kegs of Carlsberg. Oh, and the lorry was valuable also. article How did they brew beer in 1366? Stella knows. interactive video Merry, Pippin: "You can search far and wide. You can drink the whole town dry. But you'll never find a beer so brown as the one we drink in our hometown. You can drink your fancy ales. You can drink them by the flagon. But the only brew for the brave and tru-u-u-ue comes from the Green Dragon!" From the "who cares" file, Reinhard Wurtz carried 20 1-litre steins of beer to smash the record (16) held by German barmaid Anita Schwartz. He plans to apply for the job as Wilson's replacement on Home Improvement. short article
News compiled, written, or just made up by Bob Ostrander, Marketing Director. It's all considered accurate but then Bob has been known to have a drink or two while writing this so-called tome. Views expressed are not necessarily those of the Brewers of Indiana Guild, in which case Bob will lose his job. |
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Stone's first shipment
to Indiana after the fires includes this year's Double Bastard. We should
also see some of Boulder Beer's Obovoid Empirical Stout soon on shelves -
it's an oak-aged oatmeal stout.
Dateline
Britain - "Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda now offer lager at just 22p (45˘) a
can - less per litre than their own brand mineral water and cola, and cheap
enough to allow someone to get drunk for just £1. Lager is now so cheap that
the stores pay more in excise duties than they charge at the till." And this
isn't good because it hurts real ale sales in pubs (at more than £2 per
pint).
