Here comes the 4th of July.....

Greetings beer lovers Tod here for a Saturday chat. I was able to slip out of the East coast with my wife for a much needed break. We escaped to Colorado to visit my brother and his wife. They live on the Uncompadre plateau ( southwest corner) in a town called Placerville just a few miles from Telluride. What beautiful country to visit. We happened to be in the area on purpose to go to the famed Telluride Bluegrass and Country festival. Wow! what gas the fest was. We were able to grab two days at the fest with all the Festafarians...... lots of organic hemp cloths, dreads and peace signs not to mention some wicked good beer provided by New Belgian. Lots of 1554, Fat Tire, Skinny Dip and Sunshine Wheat. So good from such a cool brewery! We saw some amazing musicians like Jerry Douglas and Tim O'Brian who played typical bluegrass with abandon, the Lovell Sisters from Atlanta playing similar to Jerry and Tim. The Zac Brown band, then there was Peter Rowan of "Old and in the Way" fame ( who played on the album with with Jerry Garcia, David Grisman and Vasser Clamments). Then there was Emilylou Harris, Shawn Colvin and Patty Griffiths with thier Buddy playing some traditional country,and one show stopper Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band who were awesome. Lastly of the night was the most enticing David Byrne of Talking Heads fame with a dance ensemble playing new and old music.... and that was the 1st day!! We had so much fun dancing and grooving to some amazing musicians that we went back for part of day two. Two notables from the day were Bela Fleck and Elvis Costello. What a great fest. If you find yourself out in southwestern Colorado during June check out the fest...... Enough about my vaca......
Here's a taste of what is comming down the proverbial pipe. As I said earlier, here comes 4th of July and we will, again, be putting a 7 barrel batch of Blueberry along with the Wit and Red ales to have a sampling of Red white and blue!! Oh, how patriotic!! We also have on the Milk Stout which we added in some cold extracted coffee.It is awesome! Bold smooth and rich yet not filling. Enough said. We've got some more wheat beers to come soon such as the Thaizenheimer made with Kaffir lime leaves, ginger and lemongrass.... yum! and the Weizenheimer as well as Hefeweizen. It looks like we'll be putting in a Summer Rye and perhaps 5C's will make a summer appearence. Lastly, I'v asked Zach our assistant to do a Bier de Miele ( Saison made with honey) for his Honeymoon! that we'll feature here. I can't wait as Saison is one of my favorite styles.
Well, that's about as much rambling I can do for today. Hope your summers are enjoyable and do stop in for a pint soon. Cheers! Todm

Taste of the Nation/New Beers

Hey all,

Been another busy week here so far the P-Brew. Even with Tod back we have both been straight out. Welcome to Summer i guess.

We are finishing up the final preparation for Taste of the Nation that is going on tonight. It is held at Strawberry Banke, under a tent, as always. But exceptionally great for this year since it looks like the rain is not going to stop. It is a great event that we participate in every year. Amazing food and drink from around the seacoast, New Hampshire even New England. I am excited to see what Rob Martin, our head chef, has thought up for this event. We will be pouring our Dirty Blonde, Bottle Rocket IPA, and the Belgian Wit.

If you didn't get your tickets it is alright since we have amazing beers flowing here at the Brewery. the Weizenhimer did kick as I mentioned in my previous post and we replaced it with Wild Thang. It makes your mouth sing...It makes everything... Groovy. :) But for real, the wild rice is such a nice addition to this beer and the Sterling hops are really showing them selves this year! Next our Stout has changed over to the Milk Stout. this batch of Milk we added some house made Coffee extract too. We use some micro Roasted Costa Rican coffee beans from Buena Beans. We did a cold water extraction to leave behind the oils and acridness, but still have great flavor and aroma. the coffee is so great in this beer. You need to get in here for this one.

Cheers for now. Hope to see you all at the Taste of the Nation.

Tyler

Been a busy week

Hey all,

It has been busy here for me. Tod is out on vacation and I am flying solo with a 3 brew day week. Not and easy task. But any who, I wanted to let you know that the Weizenheimer is getting low. But don’t worry I am sure that we will make it again at some point this summer. The Heimer is going to be replaced by our Wild Thang, which is a wild rice beer brewed with sterling hops. There is no fruit used in brewing this beer, but the way the sterling hops and the nuttiness from the wild rice play together you get a cheery pit flavor to the beer. Its crazy, let me know how you like it once you get some.

Cheers,
Tyler

Wit bier

Hey all,

I thought I posted the changed of the wit yesterday, but I must have been mistaken. So the Bravo Pale ale is gone and is replaced by our Belgian Wit. This is a Belgian wheat beer that is brewed with Both fresh and bitter orange peel, as well as, coriander. Basically this is what blue moon wishes it could taste like. An amazing summer beer.

See you all tomorrow for market square day!

Cheers,
Tyler

Hefe in the hizzy

Hey all,

Hefeweizen has replaced the weizenbock. Again read below about the NFL ordering. Nice to finally find out who NFLBrew was this weekend. I feel like I now know Clark Kent after wondering who Superman was.

Also, the cask is getting close to being kicked as well. So if you make it here and the Weizenheimer w/ Sage is gone you will get to try the Weizenheimer with Bombay Sapphire Oak. I am really curious about this one. But, good things come to those who wait.

Cheers,
Tyler