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Vegetables in Beer--sounds weird, tastes great.
According the the BJCP Guidelines, there is actually a category for Fruit beer as well as a Vegetable/Spice/Herb beer. This shows how many breweries are getting creative using these produce items to really influence their beer recipes. Typically fruit and vegetable beers have a low hop bitterness and the malt is hidden slightly in the taste so that the fruit or vegetable stands out.
Pumpkins, although some think it's a vegetable, is actually a fruit. The use of pumpkins, whether whole pumpkin or extract, in beers for the fall season coming up are extremely popular. The use of spices like cinnamon and allspice among other things give it that delicious fall flavor, even when it is 95 degrees outside in Florida. Really, it still makes me feel like maybe there's an ounce of cold outside ...(yeah, right.)
There are some breweries who use yams or sweet potatoes in their beer as well rather than pumpkin. Lazy Magnolia's Jefferson Sweet Potato Stout, for example, is one of them that's year-round. The profile range you can get from a vegetable, although more subtle than a fruit, is unique and flavorful and adds a different dynamic to the style. Certain hops and malts you use can compliment the veggie.
We are familiar with Chatoe Rogue's farm influenced beers, as well as their pumpkin that comes out soon. Twisted Pine's Farm To Foam series, also for example, experiments with different freshly grown in-state vegetables that have taken off to be a hit like carrots and cucumbers. Remember Cigar City's Cucumber Saison? And hey, veggies are good for you right?
Cheers, Brown Specialty Team
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08/30/13, 4:00 PM, TARPON SPRINGS
Join B21 for a free two hour tasting of several products from Cisco Brewers from Nantucket. ...>
08/31/13, 4:00 PM, ORLANDO
Join Rossi's for a Red Brick feature celebrating 20 years of Southern brewing tradition. Featuring: Red Brick Laughing Skull, Hoplanta, Dog Days Ale, Porter, and 20th Anniversary Ale. ...>
08/31/13, 8:00 PM, TALLAHASSEE
Proof will be featuring the following beers on draught to highlight the Maine brewery, Sea Dog Brewing Co: Sea Dog IPA, Blue Paw Blueberry Wheat Ale, Apricot Wheat Ale, Windjammer Blonde, Gollywobbler Brown Ale, and a very special Sea Dog Sea Stout! Beers will be tapped all day but the glassware giveaway starts at 8. ...>
09/04/13, 5:00 PM, ST. PETERSBURG
6 Founders beers will be available on the self-service wall. Enjoy one of the best breweries in the country and find out what all the hype is about through the tasty core product beers like Centennial IPA, Dirty Bastard, Porter, and Dry-Hopped Pale ale among the other two. ...>
09/06/13, 6:00 PM, PENSACOLA
The Emerald Coast beer fest is an opportunity to sample all styles of beer and determine your preferences. Beers from microbreweries, specialty bottles, and homebrewed beers will be available for tasting in one ticket price. The event will also include food vendors and free entertainment. There are seven different rooms and ...>
09/07/13, 2:00 PM, ORLANDO
Come and drink some delicious brews, kick back and relax, play some corn hole, and enjoy a lazy Saturday with Lazy Magnolia! Featuring the following draught beers: Southern Pecan, Black & Gold Honey Ale, Timber Beast, Backwoods Belgian, Jefferson Stout, and a special cask of Indian Summer Ale with Lavendar! ...>
09/07/13, 4:00 PM, TALLAHASSEE
Proof is going to surrender 50 plus taps to the great breweries around the state of Florida! With over 15 breweries in attendance with rare never before seen brews plus food trucks, live music and giveaways...this is an event not to be missed! ...>
09/11/13, 4:00 PM, JACKSONVILLE
Shipyard Brewing representative, Matt, will be sampling a few varieties of Shipyard beers as well as giving away some swag throughout the tasting with a raffle. ...>
09/11/13, 4:00 PM, JACKSONVILLE BEACH
Buy a pint of Shipyard or Sea Dog brew, and keep the glass (while supplies last) and meet the rep! ...>
09/12/13, 2:30 PM, ST. AUGUSTINE
Shipyard Brewery Representative, Matt, will be sampling a variety of Shipyard Brewing beers as well as giving away some swag throughout the tasting. There will also be an ending raffle. ...>
09/12/13, 5:00 PM, ST. AUGUSTINE
Shipyard and Sea Dog Tap Takeover at Stogies! Meet the rep and possibly take home some swag. ...>
09/12/13, 6:00 PM, TAMPA
ABC Fine Wine and Spirits is having a Craft Beer Tasting from 6-8pm. For two hours and only $10, samples a variety of craft beers at different tables and have the chance to win some brewery swag while you're there. Pick up your favorite beers that you sampled in store. Featuring breweries such as Shipyard Brewing Co, Highland Brewing, and more. ...>
09/13/13, 4:00 PM, JACKSONVILLE
The Shipyard representative will be sampling Shipyard and Sea Dog various beers free in store for two hours. Come by and try a few and pick out your favorites to buy and take home! ...>
09/14/13, 12:00 PM, GAINESVILLE
Join WOB Tioga for the Sunshine State's Beertopia featuring some of the best breweries in Florida. Featuring craft beer from the following breweries: Green Room, Pensacola Bay, Cigar City, Swamp Head, Engine 15, Pinglehead, 7venth Sun, Due South, Mile Marker, Inlet , Holy Mackerel, Specialty Casks and more. ...>
For all events, please see our event calendar.
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NEW AND RETURNING PRODUCTS
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Cigar City/Coronado Collaboration: The Last Spike
This unique beer is Cigar City's collaboration with their great pals out west, Coronado Brewing. This Transcontinental Collaboration takes a California Common and amps up the hops. They like to call it a Not-So-Common IPA. For a limited time only, expect to see these 750mL bottles hit Florida. 7.4% ABV
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Cigar City Common Porter
A porter made with a yeast typically used for California commons. 5.3% ABV
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Cisco Island Reserve Tripel Ale
Third in the Island Reserve Series, the Tripel is a rich and spicy brew with notes of honeysuckle and geranium! Aroma: Pepper, honeysuckle, Geranium, tropical fruit. Taste: rich malt, spicy hops, dry mineral finish. 9.5% ABV
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Cisco Island Reserve Double IPA
A limited release in Cisco's Island Reserve series -- Double India Pale Ale. 7.7% ABV
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Cisco Island Reserve Russian Imperial Stout
Black fig, plum, toasted almond, and unsweetened cocoa are in the aroma. The taste is of roasted malts, bitter chocolate, and piney hops. A dry, full bodied interpretation of the Russian Imperial stout style. 13.5% ABV
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HE'BREW St. Lenny's Belgian Style Rye Double IPA
St. Lenny's is a collaboration with St. Louis, Missouri's Cathedral Square Brewery. This beer is the brewery's Lenny's RIPA (a rye based double IPA) with Belgian Ale yeast. Hops, rye, and a little Belgian flair. 10.0% ABV
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Steigl Goldbrau
Delicious, full-bodied beer specialty. Stiegl Goldbräu boasts an unrivalled, well rounded, balanced and wonderfully thirst-quenching flavor. Mildly hopped with a typical refreshing beer bouquet, golden color, a magnificent fine head and pleasant aftertaste, Stiegl Goldbräu is the enjoyment of beer at the highest level. Coming soon. 4.9% ABV
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Stiegl-Pils
An elegant, refined beer with a pleasant hoppy bitterness. The lighter, gently kiln-dried malt gives Stiegl Pils its light golden color. The marvelous bouquet of the finest Saaz hops, a characteristic bitterness and liveliness make it a favorite of beer connoisseurs that love a delicate hoppy note and a fine, aromatic flavor. 4.9% ABV
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Steigl-Radler
A popular shandy beer that comes in refreshing fruit flavors. Stiegl Radler is half Stiegl Goldbräu and half high quality fruit soda with all-natural flavours. Low in calories and with a low alcohol content they make ideal thirst quenchers. 2.5% ABV
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Stiegl-Weiss
Purely authentic with a typical light, aromatic nature, the mild character of Stiegl Weisse will be popular with all crisp and refreshing beer lovers. The carefully selected, only Austrian raw materials and a careful maturation make this unfiltered wheat beer a unique pleasure. 5.1% ABV
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Twisted Pine Root Revival Carrot IPA
Roots Revival is a carrot IPA created to applaud the Boulder Farmers' Market's 25th anniversary. A bitter, earthy and sweet Carrot IPA brewed with local grain from Colorado Malting Co., Crystal hops from Misty Mountain Hop Farm, and carrots from Ollin Farms for the first Farm to Foam series offering. 6.9% ABV
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Twisted Pine Cucumber Cream Ale
Cucumber Cream is the second offering from the Farm to Foam series. The beer, made with over 300 lbs of Colorado cucumbers, is refreshing and cool on the tongue with a cucumber and subtly sweet aroma from the yeast esters. 6.5% ABV
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Twisted Pine Bishop's Elbow ESB
Bishop's Elbow is an Extra Special Bitter brewed to commemorate Twisted Pine's 18th Anniversary. 5.2% ABV
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Shipyard Bourbon Barrel-Aged Monkey Fist
Shipyard's Bourbon Barrel Aged ales are brewed and carefully cellar-aged in small batches in dedicated bourbon barrels at our brewery in Portland, Maine. This is the bourbon barrel-aged version of Shipyard Monkey Fist IPA. 7.6% ABV
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Founders Centennial IPA
Available next week: 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
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Founders Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale
Available next week: 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
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Founders All Day IPA
Available next week: 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
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Founders Dry-Hopped Pale Ale
Available next week: 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
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Founders Porter
Available next week: Dark, rich and sexy. 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
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Founders Red's Rye P.A.
Available next week: 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 creamy tan head. A generous addition of rye malt accentuates a spicy, crisp finish. 6.6% 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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Look out for new and returning favorites like Summit Saga IPA, He'Brew David's Slingshot Hoppy Summer Lager, Bell's Best Brown. Breck Regal Pils, Hoppin' Frog Double Pumpkin, and Ayinger Oktober Fest-Marzen.
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Beer Guy: Already time for Oktoberfest brews, and beery fall fest are right around the corner 
By: Tony Kiss
Here we are at the tail end of August and it's already time for those big malty Oktoberfest beers and the celebrations that go with them. Actually, some of the Oktoberfest or marzen beers have been on the market a few weeks, including selections from Samuel Adams and Winston-Salem's Foothills Brewing. Our all-time German favorite, Ayinger Fest-Marzen is back, and it won't last long. This big old-world brew can be found at such shops as the Asheville Wine Market. Meanwhile, Asheville's own Highland Brewing will release its popular Clawhammer Oktoberfest beer Aug. 30 with a big bash at the brewery, 12 Old Charlotte Highway. Highland has increased production of the beer this year, company founder Oscar Wong said. But it's never enough to satisfy demand. This is a true marzen beer, made as a lager (the only Highland beer to regularly be made that way). Look for it in 12 ounce six-packs and 12-packs and draft around town.
For full article
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 Crowdfunding meets craft beer
By: Devin Karambelas, USA TODAY
A few weeks ago, the first-ever crowdfunding site for craft beer entrepreneurs made its debut with CrowdBrewed, and another site called CraftFund is slated to launch this fall.
A lot has happened since Asa Foster and Matt Katase were brewing craft beer in their fraternity house's garage as Carnegie Mellon University undergrads.
While in college, the two friends decided to start their own craft beer brewery. They switched to self-designed majors, learned as much about the craft beer industry as possible and graduated in May 2012 with the intent to launch The Brew Gentlemen Beer Co.
But the pair still needed additional funds to move the brewery forward. So last September, Foster and Katase turned to crowdfunding site Kickstarter to get the financial backing for production. For full article |
Forget the wine, South Africans thirsty for craft beers
By : Kiesha Porter, CNN Cape Town, South Africa (CNN) -- 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. "There is a massive demand," says Dan Badenhorst, co-founder of Devil's Peak Brewing Company, just one of the several microbreweries to come out of Cape Town in recent times. "We started off in a garage, from there we bought our own 500-liter system and now we are in this new 1,500-liter system," he adds. "Constantly, our biggest challenge has been keeping up with the demand."
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Featured Cocktail:
Double Berry Beer Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup blueberries
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 blueberry juice
- Splash of orange -liqueur
-1 cup Belgian Framboise (ex.: Lindemans, Timmermans, etc)
Add the blueberry juice, blueberries and honey to a glass. Muddle to combine. Don't totally mash up the blueberries. You just want to break them.
Add the orange liqueur and beer. Stir to combine.
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Featured Recipe
 Beer and Brown Sugar Ribeye Steak
By: Troy Black, All Fired Up Cookbook
Yield: Serves 4 Level: Easy We all know that beer is an awesome steak marinade and that a little sugar makes everything better. Apply that logic to a juicy ribeye and turn out a steak you can really be proud of. Ingredients
- 1/2 cup traditional porter or stout of your choice
- 1/4 cup teriyaki marinade and sauce
- 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 4 (1-inch thick) rib-eye steaks (about 3 pounds)
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Directions
Whisk together first 3 ingredients in a large shallow dish or zip-top plastic freezer bag. Add steaks, turning to coat. Cover or seal, and chill 24 hours, turning once. Preheat grill to 350° to 400° (medium-high) heat. Remove steaks from marinade, discarding marinade. Sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper. Grill, covered with grill lid, 5 minutes on each side or to desired degree of done. Remove from grill, and let stand 5 minutes. ____________________
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