Fine Article by Mr Beer About Selling Beer In This Day and Age
Some great info on a positive trend in local microbreweries.
Mr. Beer: The best way of selling beer? Sell it yourself
Dick Kreck, Special to The Denver Post
August 2011
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Committing To Make My First All Grain Homebrew Batch Pt1
Getting the itch to use some of my hops. But as a bonus, I’m finally committing myself to make my first all grain batch.
Been reading up on it and realize I have quite a number of components already around the house, but will need to do some construction here and there.
First step is making a big brew kettle out of a 15.5 gallon keg and then a mash/lauter tun out of a plastic cooler that has been de-commissioned from camping duties, but should work fine for this purpose. Final piece will be making a copper wort chiller. Already have a big outdoor propane burner too.
Gonna have to save up $ for some of this gear, but getting excited at the prospect!
Should probably add I’ve either brewed or help brew nearly 200 homebrew batches using extracts or a combo or extract and grains for added flavor…so this is a longtime coming in taking it to the next step.
Stay tuned!
The BrewMates: The 401 - Keg Plan →
thebrewmates.com
If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago you would have $49.00 today! If you purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG you would have $33.00. If you purchased $1,000 of shares in Lehman brothers, you would have $0.00 today. But, if you purchased $1,000 worth of beer, drank all the beer, turned in the aluminum cans for recycling, you would have $214.00. Therefore the best current investment plan is to drink heavily and recycle.
Fwiw, I do recycle our aluminum cans. Maybe get $30-$50 bucks a year (including pop cans). It goes back into beer usually. Yay! Unfortunately most of the purchased beer comes in bottles though or the total $ would probably be much more… It might help though in that Stella is doing cans now too…as are more and more microbrewers. ;-)
Good Article About Unami and Beer @ Craftbeer.com
By Charlie Papazian
What is Umami?Umami is not a single flavor, rather it is a range of flavors; often insufficiently described as brothy or savory, with a particular associated mouthfeel. There are many different kinds of proteins in food, and it’s the triggering and intensification of certain protein flavors that results in umami.
Combining different elements of umami creates enhanced flavor experiences. Pairing acidic foods and beverages with umami proteins also intensifies flavor experiences. This is one of the keys to understanding how beer flavors interact with food to create the pleasure of umami.
Simply speaking, when enjoying meat, seafood and mushrooms (foods high in umami), we accent those foods with salt, sour/acidity and bitter flavors. Craft beer offers two out of three: sour/acidity and bitterness.
Check out the link above for the whole article….
