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THANK YOU! Thanks for reading the Fresh Beer Times. Thanks for following us on Twitter and Facebook. Thanks for attending all of our events be it beer festivals, beer dinners, tastings, etc. Thanks for Drinking like a Local. Thanks for drinking good beer. Thanks for drinking all the good beers we sell.
This year we won the Craft Distributor of the Year from the Brewer's Association and the National Beer Wholesaler's Association. This is a very prestigious award and we worked very hard to achieve this great honor. But it all wouldn't have been possible without you, our customers. So again I have to say Thank You. For without all of you, we wouldn't be where we are today.
Cheers,
Adam Fine
Director of Hoperations
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NEW AND RETURNING PRODUCTS
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Summit Saga IPA
 Named after the Norse goddess Saga, drinking companion of the God Odin. With a divine tropical fruit hop aroma and clean, assertive bitterness. 6.4% ABV (bottle and draft).
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Due South Oktoberfest
 Brewed as a traditional German Marzen, this is likely to be their only lager that they will brew each year. The malty body and low ABV makes this a perfect session beer to celebrate Oktoberfest with. 5.4% ABV (draft only).
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Due South Isle of MaGourdo
Isle of MaGourdo is a naturally conditioned pumpkin ale brewed specially for the fall season. Years ago Brewmaster Mike went tuna fishing in the Florida Keys with Bo, Bryan and a great man named Martin. This beer is brewed each year the same time as that trip. For Martin - we miss you. 5% ABV (draft only).
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Due South Category 5 IPA
When this IPA makes landfall you'll know it. Brewed only upon availability of special hops (generally a few times a year), this big IPA packs a wallop of flavor. Get ready Florida, the Cat 5 is coming. 8.8% ABV (draft only).
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Lazy Magnolia Jefferson Stout
 Lazy Magnolia's original sweet potato cream stout, is their version of the ideal southern-style stout. Jefferson Stout is brewed with sweet potatoes and lactose (milk sugar). The sweet potatoes provide background to an impressive taste with added notes of roasted chocolate, coffee and caramel flavors. 5.21% ABV (bottle and draft).
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Highland Thunderstruck Coffee Porter
 This robust porter has a full body with some hints of chocolate from the Chocolate Malt and Midnight Wheat. The mild hop aroma showcases the roasted flavors and subtle fruit and spice notes of the artisan fair-trade, organic coffee, roasted in the neighboring town of Black Mountain at Dynamite Roasting Company. 5.8% ABV (bottle only).
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Other returning favorites:
Look out for returning hits such as: Dogfish Head Chicory Stout (bottle and draft), Oskar Blues Ten FIDY (can and draft), and Boulder Never Summer Ale (bottle and draft).
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LONDON (Reuters) - An international consortium of scientists has published a high resolution draft of the barley genome in a move that could not only improve yields and disease resistance but may also hold the key to better beer.
"This research will streamline efforts to improve barley production through breeding for improved varieties," said Professor Robbie Waugh, of Scotland's James Hutton Institute, who led the research.
"This could be varieties better able to withstand pests and disease, deal with adverse environmental conditions, or even provide grain better suited for beer and brewing."
Barley which has been malted is a key ingredient in brewing beer along with hops and yeast.
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By: Andy Young
The independent research consultancy, Mindlab, who were commissioned by Taylor Walker, enlisted the help of 1,000 volunteers and used complex mathematical modelling techniques to discover what conditions are required to enjoy the perfect pint.
Mindlab's calculations were made more difficult by regional differences as well as differing attitudes to drinking by different age groups.
One in ten 35-44 year olds said lunchtime pint was their favorite, whereas 29% of those aged between 18 and 24 preferred their pint on a Sunday afternoon.
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By: Shanken News Daily
West Palm Beach, Florida-based Brown Distributing Company has won the 2012 Craft Beer Distributor of the Year award presented by the National Beer Wholesalers Association and the Brewers Association. The award, now in its sixth year, was presented Saturday at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver. It recognizes the beer distributor who did "the most to market, promote and sell craft beer," over the past year.
Brown Distributing has operated as a family-run business in Florida for more than nine decades. In recent years the company has taken a lead role in developing the Sunshine State's craft beer scene. Brown currently counts 64 craft breweries among its suppliers, whose beers it distributes to nearly 4,000 retail accounts across Florida. The company's aggressive move into craft beer has paid off-over the past 12 months Brown Distributing's craft beer volume has surged 76%.
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A MESSAGE FROM BROWN DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
As you just might have heard, Brown Distributing Company was awarded the 2012 Craft Beer Distributor of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival a little over a week ago. We are truly excited, honored and humbled by this gesture from the NBWA (National Beer Wholesalers Association), BA (Brewers Association) and the Craft Beer Community. We wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of the retailers, breweries and craft beer drinkers that have helped to make this happen. Without Florida's embrace of craft beer and the community choosing to support independent craft beer producers, Florida's craft beer scene wouldn't be blossoming and this award would not have been possible. Thank you all for joining us at events, trying our beers, keeping up with us online and, overall, expanding your pallets. Over the past few years, Florida has seen such amazing growth in craft beer and this is just the beginning. We raise a glass to all of you for helping us become the 2012 Craft Beer Distributor of the Year. We will continue to do everything possible, with your help, to foster craft in the Sunshine State. Cheers!
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Don Julio Blanco Tequila, grapefruit juice, lime juice, muddled raspberries, kosher salt and Blanche de Bruxelles Belgian Wheat Beer or another Belgian Wheat Beer).
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Featured Recipe
Beef Stew with Pumpkin and Beer Difficulty: Moderate Pumpkins have arrived and are sneaking into all your favorite dishes and drinks this fall. Take this hearty recipe for beef stew to the next level by serving with your favorite pumpkin beer. Ingredients -1 pound beef -1 ounce butter -4 small onions -Half a medium sized pumpkin -7 ounces round carrots -12 ounces stout or pumpkin beer -5 gloves garlic -A pinch of mace or nutmeg -2 bay leaves -1 cinnamon sticks -Sugar to Taste
Directions:
Cut the beef into small chunks and pepper and salt them.
On medium-high, melt the butter in a stock pot.
Once the butter stops foaming, add the meat.
Cook the meat for about 10 minutes, until it's browned.
Cut up three onions in rough pieces and add them to the meat.
Cook for another 5 minutes. Add the beer.
Stick the cloves into the remaining onion (you can leave it whole, it will fall apart anyway) and add this together with the mace, bay leaves and cinnamon stick.
Bring to a boil, add pepper and salt and sugar to taste.
You don't want it to be overly sweet.
Put a lid on the pot and simmer for approximately two hours.
Add the carrots in and simmer for another half hour before you add the pumpkin.
Simmer for another half hour and check if the meat is fall apart tender and the pumpkin well done.
You can add potatoes and mix together with the pumpkin and have a one pot meal, or you can make mashed potatoes and serve those on the side.
Sprinkle some freshly grated nutmeg over the mashed potatoes!
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