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Ahhhhhhh.....Labor Day. The yearly transition of Summer into Fall. The vacations are over until the holidays, the kids are back in school and the Oktoberfest and Pumpkin beers are lining the shelves. Football is about to kick off into a glorious season of hopes and dreams only to be squashed for us Dolphin fans shortly after playing New England...LOL! Soon the leaves will be changing and the weather will start dipping...wait a second...I live in Florida. Leaves don't change here!?! Oh well, I digress.....at least we can expect the weather to start changing sometime in late October. Just keep telling yourself...only two more months...only two more months.
So what are your plans for this last 3 day weekend before the return of the snowbirds? Is it a beach holiday with the last of the Summer beer being consumed before we break into the fall stocks? Will you be sitting watching the college football season kickoff? Most of us here are headed down to Key West for the Key West Beer fest weekend. If you are headed in that direction, check out the long list of beer events we have this weekend in addition to the fest. Lots of great stuff including a 3.218688k "beer" run, a couple of beer dinners and several tap takeovers...all within walking distance of each other. Gotta love the Keys for Labor Day leisure....just watch out for that traffic on the way back home!
Adam Fine
Director of Hoperations
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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NEW AND RETURNING PRODUCTS
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It's here! The latest brew Dedicated to Beards, Beard Beer is brewed with a yeast created from Brewmaster John Maier's Beard. No Need to freak out, Brewers have used wild yeasts in beer making for centuries. John has had the same Old Growth Beard since 1983 and for over 15,000 brews, so it is no great surprise that a natural yeast ideal for brewing was discovered in his beard. 5.6% ABV
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Séance is a dark, complexly concocted Saison, rich with earthy hues and flavors. A mild tartness begins the journey, and an underlying hop bitterness sweeps the senses through a newly opened door of the mind, where you will soon find subtle hints of ripe fruit, bringing you to a place few dare to roam. 4.4% ABV
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The elegant, delicate beer for those who like it dry. It pours with a light golden color and a gentle aromatic flavor. Its characteristic bitterness makes it the perfect aperitif beer.
4.9% ABV
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The typical lightly fruity and aromatic flavour, its mild character and gentle liveliness make Stiegl-Weisse a love at first sight. 5.1% ABV
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This magnificently refreshing malt beverage specialty is produced with 40% of Stiegl-Goldbräu and 60% fruit soda.
2% ABV
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This magnificent and refreshing special Salzburg beer is produced in strict accordance with the Purity Law of 1516, using only water, 100% barley malt and hops. 4.9% ABV
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Founders Centennial IPA
Get ready to bask in the glory of the frothy head's floral bouquet. Relish the citrus accents from the abundance of dry hopping. This one's sweet, yet balanced. Malty undertones shake hands with the hop character for a finish that never turns too bitter. 7.2% ABV (available on Monday, August 19)
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Founders Pale Ale
A testament to Cascade hops in a bottle, this medium-bodied pale ale has a refreshing citrus flavor and a distinctive floral hop aroma due to the aggressive addition of hops during fermentation. 5.4% ABV (available on Monday, August 19)
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Founders Dirty Bastard
So good it's almost wrong. Dark ruby in color and brewed with seven varieties of imported malts. Complex in finish, with hints of smoke and peat, paired with a malty richness and a right hook of hop power. 8.5% ABV (available on Monday, August 19)
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Founders Porter
Pours silky black with a creamy tan head. The nose is sweet with strong chocolate and caramel malt presence. Cozy like velvet. It's a lover, not a fighter. 6.5% ABV (available on Monday, August 19)
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Founders Red's RyePA
Serious hop bitterness, along with an unyielding grapefruit bouquet from the Amarillo dry hop, balances the malty richness of four varieties of imported Belgian caramel malts. Pours a spectacular crimson with a cream tan head. A generous addition of rye malt accentuates a spicy, crisp finish. 6.6% ABV (available on Monday, August 19)
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Founders All Day IPA
The beer you've been waiting for. Keeps your taste satisfied while keeping your senses sharp. An all-day IPA naturally brewed with a complex array of malts, grains and hops. Balanced for optimal aromatics and a clean finish. The perfect reward for an honest day's work and the ultimate companion to celebrate life's simple pleasures. 4.7% ABV (available on Monday, August 19)
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Robert Masterson & Ryan Reschan/RIP Current/Stone R&R Coconut IPA
Originally dreamt up by homebrewers Robert Masterson and Ryan Reschan, who earned themselves the top prize in Stone's 2013 AHA homebrewing contest, this innovative beer marks a refreshing sea change for IPA lovers everywhere. It was brewed with 280 pounds of coconut and an unusual blend of hop varieties, including a few from faraway lands or just brand spankin' new, and is guaranteed to taste like no IPA that's gone before. Prepare yourself for a tropical breeze of a brew that will lull you to a place of tranquil contentment for a little R&R. 7.7% ABV
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Rooney's Lager
A golden lager with a slight malty sweetness, delicately balanced with the spicy, zesty notes of the Tettnang and Saaz hops. Lengthy cold conditioned delivers a smooth, crisp sessionable lager. 4.5% ABV
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Terrapin Dos Cocoas
By using the fleshiest cocoa shells and nibs from Olive and Sinclair Chocolate Co., their velvety smooth chocolate porter drips, with luxurious excellence. Sit back and melt into this lusciously brewed beverage and enjoy all the succulent flavor this beer has to offer. 5.6% ABV
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Other returning favorites:
Look out for returning hits such as: Southern Tier Pumking, Left Hand Polestar Pilsner, Terrapin Monk's Revenge, Terrapin Pumpkinfest and Shipyard Pumpkinhead!
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By: Kiesha Porter
The Western Cape might be South Africa's wine capital -- renowned around the world as the home of some of the country's most famous labels -- but not far from Stellenbosch's fertile vineyards there's another drink brewing up a storm.
Inspired by an international boom for local, independent microbreweries, the business of craft beer has also taken off in South Africa recently, as growing numbers of small producers are experimenting with styles and techniques to satisfy a rising thirst for new flavors and novel brews.
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By: Kristen Leigh Painter
The standard 12-ounce beer can is being squeezed off store shelves as beverage makers try to one-up each other not only with what's inside their cans but what the can itself looks like.
Consumers can now choose from cans with temperature-sensitive ink indicating a drinkable chill, wider tops meant to release more flavor and simulate drinking from a glass, or re-closeable lids.
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By: Julia Herz
Through trial and error in the last seven years, I've put together a graphic to chew on (pun intended) that I call my Craft Beer Characteristics Chart. To me, this visual representation serves to help unscramble the web of interactions and flavors that happen when paring craft beer and food.
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Featured Beer
Cocktail
Pumpkin Juice
Mix equal amounts of Orange Juice with Shipyard Pumpkinhead.
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Featured Recipe
Chocolate Stout & Creamy Bananas Foster
By: CraftBeer.com
Difficulty: Moderate
Use your favorite Chocolate Stout in making this decadent dessert for that special person in your life even if the person is yourself!
Ingredients:
-6 ripe bananas (peeled and cut lengthwise into quarters)
-8 tsp butter (unsalted)
-1 bourbon vanilla bean (whole; split lengthwise)
-1/2 tsp cinnamon (ground)
-1 1/3 cups brown sugar
-1/2 pint heavy cream
-1/4 cup Hiram Walker's Creme de Banana
-1/4 cup Rogue Spirits Hazelnut Spice Rum
-1 cup Chocolate Stout
-fresh mint
-chocolate w/chocolate chunk ice cream
-vanilla bean ice cream
-whipped cream Directions: Melt butter and cream in a sauce pan over low heat. Next, add brown sugar and cinnamon mixture. Raise heat to medium setting. Stir until dissolved, then add bananas and coat with mixture evenly. Cover and cook for 2-3 minutes. In a separate sautee pan, start heating stout and add vanilla bean. Slowly reduce stout by half over medium heat, then strain out bean. Add banana liqueur and rum and heat to a slow simmer. Carefully ignite beer & rum mixture. Slowly pour mixture over bananas. Continuously baste bananas until they are thoroughly caramelized. Spoon bananas and desired sauce mixture over prepared ice cream scoops (1 scoop each of chocolate and vanilla) in a bowl. Garnish with whipped cream and mint sprigs. |
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