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

Sunday,Sunday....

Greetings beer lovers. What a glorious Sunday morning! We have been swamped with rain for too long and how sweet it is to see the sun. I was in the brewery's cellar/basement all day yesterday and didn't have the time to enjoy the sun.... but today I will be in the sun most of the day gardening, paddling and perhaps taking a ride on the old bike. But enough about me. Get out and enjoy the day! And be sure to head over to the brewery for a few new items.
Here's what's up at the brewery. We have just seen the end of the 7 barrels of Wheat Wine, sad face, but behold there are some kegs stashed to age for a little longer while we bring out the long anticipated Imperial IPA, happy face! If you didn't get to sample the most recent version of the Wheat Wine when it comes back do not hesitate to sip on a glass as it was spectacular in it's toffee-like flavor and big bold maltiness caressed by the hops. And while I am speaking of hops the Impy IPA is tasting just like the hopbomb it is. At 100 IBUS ( international bittering units... the measure of a beer's bitterness content) this beer could be very bitter but it is well balanced by the abundance of malt used in making the extract. This batch of Imp. IPA was on it's dry hops (Simcoe, Nugget, Warrior and Amarillo ) for close to a month and boy does it taste good. But I'l let you be the judge of that. We are still gearing up for summer and we have put on Weizenheimer and have back ups of Weizenheimer as well as some Hefeweizen and a Belgian Wit.... how about that for a few wheat beers? We will be brewing on of my favorite pale ales next Tuesday Wild Thang which is brewed with wild rice and Sterling hops. This one has the most unique flavor profiles as there are fruity esters created by the combination of the wild rice and the Sterling. It is this unique combination that gives the beer a cherrypit-like flavor profile that I cannot explain as there are no cherries involved in the production of the beer. In any event the beer will be ready at the end of June. Be on th lookout for Wild Thang.
Well, there is a little tease to entice you back into the brewery. Hope to see you soon, Cheers! Todm

Psych!

Hello,

Well we made an executive decision to put on the Weizenheimer instead of the Hefeweizen to replace the Saison…because when the Hefe was pulled through the lines we found it to be a little over carbonated (oops my bad for leaving it on straight CO2 for too long). So, the Weizenheimer was ready to go so it decided to make a surprise leap to the front of the class. The weizenheimer is our American wheat beer, which is light clean and crisp. It is an amazingly quaffable summer beer for the Memorial Day weekend. I will be here working most of the weekend so come on in and say hello.

Cheers,
Tyler

Bravo! ... Bravo! ... Encore!

Hey all,

The much awaited Bravo Pale Ale is on tap. It is an American Pale ale, unlike its British counterpart, it has hop character. The bitterness is very clean and we did five Bravo (a newer hop variety) additions starting at 30min all the way through the whirlpool addition. For those who have yet to take the tour here at the brewery, the 30min addition is for the hop flavor and the later the addition goes into the boil you get more hop aroma. So this beer is going to show the full flavor and aroma profile of Bravo. The beer has changed for the better in the serving tank. Out of the fermenter I couldn't get any of the hop aromas because of the residual yeast in suspension, but now the yeast has settled out and there is a very nice background earthiness on the nose with a slight hit of citrus. On the tongue there is a nice hop spice character and a slight earthy/fruity background post-nasal flavor lingering on the pallet. Bravo seems like it will be a nice flavor addition to any Pale Ale or IPA. Let us know what you think.

On a sadder note, the Saison de Printemps is on her last legs. We have about 20-30 gal left. So there is a good chance she isn’t going to last until the weekend. So get in a taste it before she is gone. We do have our first batch of Hefeweizen ready to go on after the Saison is gone. But please order this beer like this, “I’ll take a Hefeweizen, N.F.L please.” N.F.L. stands for No Freaking Lemon, if you didn’t know. I know that I mention this every year when the Hefeweizen comes out. Because our Hefe is the traditional version of Hefe, not the American style Hefeweizen, where there is tons of flavor in the beer already. Plus the lemon will kill all head retention as well as hiding all the spicy/fruity flavors and aromas you are supposed to get off the beer behind the crazy citrus character of the lemon. Ok I am done venting now.

But, if you really want a lemon in your beer, I guess you can get one.
Just know that I might be up there watching. Muahahaha! :)

Cheers,
Tyler