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Celebrating the Best of American Beer

Celebrating the Best of American Beer

Nostalgia Electrics Kegorator Beer Keg Fridge There’s no need to visit your favorite pub to enjoy a fresh, cold draft beer! Our refrigerated beer dispenser is all you need to enjoy premium tap beer at home. Simply place a keg of your favorite brew in the refrigerated chamber and plug in the unit. Item Number: KRS2100Weight: 80 lbs.Product Dimension: L 20.3 X W 26 X H 32Voltage: 120VUPC: 082677121004Box Dimension: L 22.2 X W 27.7 X H 33.6Case Dimension: L 22.2 X W 27.7 X H 33.6Case Weight: 88 lbs.Case Cube: 12.03Master Carton Qty: 1 2010 Colorado Hop Trip! « Odell Brewing Co. This past weekend, in preparation for our upcoming release of Mountain Standard Reserve ’10, A Double Black IPA, we filled a couple Subarus with brewers, beer and camping gear, and set off on a little trip through the hop growing regions of Palisade, Montrose, and Paonia Colorado. With these small artisan farmers growing high quality Organic Hops right here in Colorado, we could not pass up the opportunity to meet the growers, visit their fields, and enjoy some beers with the fine folks who work to produce the ingredients we use to craft our beer. We stopped by a farm we have selected hops from before; Glenn Fuller’s Rising Sun Organic Farms, www.coloradoorganichops.com to see his mature Cascades. We made our way to Montrose to meet with Randy at San Juan Hop Farms, www.sanjuanhopfarms.com, and were very impressed by his beautiful Chinooks. Lastly, we visited the new kid on the block… or rather a new school teacher on the block… Hippie Chicks Organic Hop Farm in Palisade.

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Market Segments The craft beer industry is defined by four distinct markets: brewpubs, microbreweries, regional craft breweries, and contract brewing companies. Microbrewery: A brewery that produces less than 15,000 barrels (17,600 hectoliters) of beer per year with 75% or more of its beer sold off-site. Microbreweries sell to the public by one or more of the following methods: the traditional three-tier system (brewer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer); the two-tier system (brewer acting as wholesaler to retailer to consumer); and, directly to the consumer through carryouts and/or on-site tap-room or restaurant sales. Brewpub: A restaurant-brewery that sells 25% or more of its beer on site. Contract Brewing Company: A business that hires another brewery to produce its beer.

untitled Order Your Own Quality Beer Stick Bottle Opener & T-shirt Today! Get Yourself Something Beer Stick Your very own Beer Stick, To love and hold and to pet and to love and you will call him George... Or Whatever... $12 - and $2 for shipping and handling Choose an item below to see details! untitled The 5 craft beer personality types The RepublicanEight of the Northampton Brewery's 16 taps will feature homegrown IPA Beer Nut columnist George Lenker A few years ago, I wrote about the difference between beer geeks and beer snobs. This was a fairly popular column and I got quite a few e-mails concerning it. Most of them agreed with me that being a beer geek is a wonderful and positive thing for the beer world. More recently however, I have been thinking that there are a lot more categories in the craft beer world than just those two. The Beer Geek: Beer geeks are quirky and funny and wonderful people.I do not consider myself one of this breed as I am not as fanatical or as obsessive as true geeks are. Beer Populists: This is the category I put myself in. Beer Gourmands: These folks are casual craft beer drinkers might even be seen enjoying a Michelob or a Budweiser once a while. The Know-It-All: These types are beer geeks with a flaw: They share their knowledge, but with an attitude that doesn't encourage discussion.

untitled The Ever-Emerging Sub-Categories of India Pale Ale In a world where innovation only breeds innovation, it’s natural that craft beer, an industry born from ingenuity, is ever-evolving. Today, there are no laws that dictate how beer must be brewed, and the creative ability of craft brewers is seemingly unlimited. Older styles are continuously being manipulated to create newer styles and sub-categories. The Three Defined Categories of IPA One of the most manipulated styles today is the India pale ale (IPA). English-style India pale aleAmerican-style India pale aleImperial (double) India pale ale Although those are the only styles of IPA that are defined and judged, the spectrum of IPA sub-categories is not limited to three. Today, I am attempting to name and describe some of the not-yet defined sub-categories of IPA emerging in the marketplace. The “Other” IPAs Belgian-style IPA IPA base recipe fermented with Belgian yeast. Commercial Examples India Session Ale White IPA Belgian witbier hopped like an IPA. Brettanomyces/ Wild IPA Red IPA Rye IPA

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