Canned Beer on the Today Show
In their Food & Wine section, the top story on the Today Show's website is about canned beer and how it's getting more popular. An interesting article that proves that craft beer is getting ever more pervasive in our culture. It's a fairly good selection being that they featured 5 beers and are a mainstream show.
They also pair each brew with an entree and a snack, which is pretty neat. I think the Today Show should have Devon and I come on to do one of our tasting events. You know that'd be a fun show!
We here at DrinkCraftBeer.com are definitely glad to see beer, especially canned beer getting more attention. So happy in fact, that I'll totally ignore that they talk about the only-recently-canned Fat Tire as "a cult canned ale among mountain bikers in Colorado in the early 1990's." While it's been around a while, it was only canned this year. But, if that's the biggest error, then this article is pretty good.
Read the whole artilce on the Today Show Website.
First Mayflower Brewing Co. Seasonal: Thanksgiving Ale
So between starting a new brewery, self distributing, winner an award for cask beer at the Great British Beer Fest (Silver for their porter), the guys over at Mayflower Brewing Co. have been pretty busy. So what better to do in that situation than brew your first seasonal?!
On September 2nd Director of Brewing Operations Matt Steinberg and Assistant Brewer Ryan Gwozdz will mash in on their first seasonal beer. It's going to be a super-appropriately named Mayflower Thanksgiving Ale. What's so special about it? Well let's see... It's going to have oats, rye, flaked barley and much more... 40 IBUs of East Kent Golding, yum... a secret yeast (damn you and your secrets, Matt!)... and it will all be aged on American Oak Spirals with a light toast. Oh, and it clocks in at 6.5% abv.
Way to put together what sounds like it will be a delicious beer without going hop or alcohol crazy! This should be something you can drink during Thanksgiving Dinner that won't put you to sleep faster than the meal itself. They're looking for a style similar to American Old Ale/Strong Ale, "malty and earthy with subtle spiciness." Sounds like it'll go with turkey and mashed potatoes pretty well. We'll have a full report when we taste it.
Sam Adams Becomes Top US Brewery
Ok ok, so perhaps there's a bit of a catch to this. With InBev's recent acquistion of Anheuser-Busch the last of the big 3 (Miller, Coors, A-B) is now also owned by a foreign company. This acquisition has put put Sam Adam's into the #1 spot as the top American Owned brewery.
Smuttynose Brewery Confirms New Brewery and Restaurant
Smuttynose Brewery, currently located in Portsmouth, NH, has just confirmed that they will be changing location to Hampton, NH. For a while Smuttynose has been looking to expand in Portsmouth, and the city government has refused to approve their plans. They will soon be moving to 105 Towle Farm Road in Hampton, NH.
The 14 acre property that will be their new location features a 42,000 square foot brewery as well as a barn to be turned into a restaurant. Personally, I'm wondering what they'll do with the 14 acres? If there is a God, they'll grow hops and put our a Fresh Hop beer!
Lastly, according to President Peter Egelston, the building will be in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified.
Personally, we here at DrinkCraftBeer.com can't wait for them to up their capacity and have a restaurant! I know we'll be there when it opens!
For the full story, check out: http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080806/NEWS/80806056/-1/NEWS10
