Misc News – Oct 17

NABC Elector label for bomber bottles. A sign of things to come.

Apple Buzz is back at Oaken Barrel.

Pumpkin, Pumpkin, who's got the pumpkin? Now it's Mad Anthony's Punkunhead Ale.

Upland's Tasting Room in Indy is open again after remodeling to double the size.

Coming up:

• Rock Bottom, Downtown Indy – Dry Hop Wheat w/ Amarillo.
• Barley Island – Another batch of batch # 666 – Damien Belgian Strong Golden – will be out in January.
• We're told the Winter Replicale will be an Imperial ESB. Look for it everywhere in January.

Broad Ripple Brewpub on tap any day now, maybe now.

• Wobbly Wheat – Kevin's reflection on Gumballhead. 5.2%.
• Pumpkin Ale – w/pumpkin
• Big Boy. Chinook hopped IPA.

Here's the Guest list at Barley Island Restaurant and Brewhouse, Broad Ripple:

Brugge Brasserie tasting notes:

• Miller Low Life (or whatever the Belgian Single is called today). It's quite the sweet one.
• Prana Porter – Rich Thick Roasty Balticy, Worthy. A+
• Wapahini Belgian Spiced IPA – Noticable but not intrusive bitterness. Hints of wassal spices.
• Quad – Dull ugly brown with the look of used engine oil. Not that burnt, black engine oil you get from letting things go for thousands and thousands of miles, but the browner used engine oil that runs out of the pan after, say, 4,000 miles of pavement driving, maybe some at high altitude.

We grabbed some pictures of the Great Fermentations Cider Finishing Seminar while we were picking up cider for our annual batch of Add-Lots-Of-Molasses-And-Let-It-Sit-Til-March-Strong-Ciderish-Fermented-Beverage.

 

Dark Horse (Marshall), The Livery (Benton Harbor) and Right Brain (Traverse City) are collaborating on their 420th batch of beer. OK, maybe the Livery's and Right Brains. They'll figure it out somehow. Name: Random Alpha Docious Ale. Hops added every 4 minutes, 20 seconds. etc. etc. article

Wow. Martyn Cornell had put together the definitive history of the great porter explosion of 196 years ago today. long informative interesting article

Narragansett beer, killed by Falstaff way back when, is back on the shelves in Rhode Islandish places. article

Going to be in Philly? Me neither. Sob. The Tap and Table in Emmaus is having a Aecht Schlenkerla Night with the owner, brewer, and chef from Bamburg. 4-course meal, Oak Smoked barrel.

32,000 bottles of Rodenbach Vintage 2008 are mostly coming to America. This "spent two years in Fueder #96, one of the brewery's 294 huge oak barrels. It is described as a full-bodied, refreshing, copper-red beer of 7% with a tart apple-like fruitiness, with distinct caramel, wild honey and oak flavors."

Oh, and Rheingold also – in New York. article