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Would You Like Some Cheese With That Beer?
Summertime is full of my favorite things: cook-outs, laying out beach-side, late nights and great beer. I look for any excuse to throw an impromptu get together with friends and have been looking for something other than your traditional steak and potatoes. So what better than a beer and cheese pairing party? All you need are a few good items, a little time and some awesome folks with a great palette.
What you need: some shot glasses (for beer sampling), a variety of your favorite craft beer and an assortment of cheeses. You can even provide some notebooks for notes on flavors. Also make sure you have some good ole' H20 on hand. Set a rustic scene on your back patio or kitchen table and let the pairing begin!
Here are some simple pairing ideas:
- A pale ale with sharp cheddar
- An IPA with Gorgonzola
- Ambers with a tangy port cheese
- Brown Ale with some aged Gouda
- Wheat Ale with a creamy mozzarella
- Porter with Gruyere or an aged cheddar
Cheers!
Laura Fassett
Marketing Coordinator, Central & North
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NEW AND RETURNING PRODUCTS
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Ommegang Cooperstown Ale
Baseball and beer. Few things are more ingrained in America's psyche than baseball and beer. The histories of both are laden with traditions and transcendence. Rascals and radicals. Celebration and shared experience. Treasured summertime moments with sun on our faces and a beer in our hands. The timeless game defines our past and guides our future.
Lightly golden-straw hue with a lasting thick, white head. Aromas of sweet malt, floral with slight citrus are followed by delicate herbal notes. Faintly sweet giving way to mellow, lightly floral hop flavor and notes of banana and pears from our signature house yeast. Nicely balanced with a clean herbal-hopped finish makes this an enjoyably, quaffable ale.
5.5% ABV
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Narragansett Del's Shandy
The second release in Narragansett's "Hi Neighbor Mash-Up" series, the new offering pairs the beer with the Rhode Island lemonade, a summertime thirst-quenching favorite. The perfect balance of malty sweetness and citrus tartness. 5% ABV
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Innis & Gunn Toasted Oak IPA
India Pale Ale first made its name in the 19th century. Here's hoping our pioneering IPA can make its mark too.
Its fervent hoppy character hails from the unique addition of large quantities of hops at three separate points during brewing. The result is a beer that's rounded yet refreshing, with delicate floral notes and oodles of zesty freshness.
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Sea Dog Sunfish
Sea Dog Sunfish is a delicate wheat beer with hints of peach and grapefruit. This is a refreshing session beer that can be enjoyed all year long. The name Sunfish represents refreshment, outdoor enjoyment, activity, and fun. 4.6% ABV
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Breckenridge Summer Sampler
Breckenridge's Summer Can Sampler is a wonderful variety of some this Colorado brewery's favorite offerings. Lucky U IPA, Summer Bright Ale, Avalanche Amber & Agave Wheat can all be found in this seasonal collection. Enjoy!
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Breckenridge Summerbright
Enjoy Poolside or Sprinklerside.
Breck Brew's SummerBright is the result. The craftsman's touch combines white wheat, two row pale and munich malt with the pacific northwest's most intriguing hops to create a bright, clean ale ideal for picnicking, evenings on the screen porch and enjoying the whims of the summer breeze. 4.5%ABV
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Red Brick Hoplanta
Hoppier than a frog in a buggy summer, our flagship American style India Pale Ale tips its cap to the lazy porch days and honey colored skies of a great Southern city. Kick back and enjoy the aroma of citrus with hints of native pine balanced by a distinctive Vienna malt backbone. 6.2 % ABV
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Humboldt Hemp Ale
This fine Brown Ale is brewed with toasted hemp seeds that add a unique, herb-accented flavor. But we didn't stop there- the American hops create a perfect balance to the darker malts in this brew. 5.7% ABV
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Humboldt Black Xantus
This Imperial Stout is infused with fair-trade, organic coffee from a local roaster, Jobella, and aged for 6 months in a combination of Bourbon, retired Firestone Union and wine barrels. Black Xantus packs a powerful punch. 11% ABV
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Bell's Two Hearted Cans
Now available in 16 oz. cans!
Bell's Two Hearted Ale is defined by its intense hop aroma and malt balance. Hopped exclusively with the Centennial hop varietal from the Pacific Northwest, massive additions in the kettle and again in the fermenter lend their characteristic grapefruit and pine resin aromas. A significant malt body balances this hop presence; together with the signature fruity aromas of Bell's house yeast, this leads to a remarkably drinkable American-style India Pale Ale. 7% ABV
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Bell's Oberon Cans
Now available in 16 oz.cans!
Bell's Oberon is a wheat ale fermented with Bell's signature house ale yeast, mixing a spicy hop character with mildly fruity aromas. The addition of wheat malt lends a smooth mouthfeel, making it a classic summer beer. 5.8% ABV
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Ace Apple Cider
Ace Apple Cider has an apple nose and a clean dry finish. It tastes like a Sauvignon Blanc. It is made out of 100 per cent apple juice and is all natural, gluten-free and low-calorie like the rest of our cider range. The alcohol is a 5% by volume. . This cider goes well with all pork dishes and seafood as an alternative to the high alcohol of wine and heaviness of beer.
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Ace Perry Cider
First released in 1996, this is the first Perry cider made in California. It became very popular very quickly, as it is so refreshing. It is made from apple and pear juices. We use champagne yeast in all our ciders and ferment for 10-14 days. We then cold-filter 4 times and carbonate them before putting into bottles or kegs. The ingredients are all natural juices. It is 5% alcohol by volume with a lovely pear nose and a smooth semi-sweet mouth feel with a dry finish.
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Ace Berry Cider
Fermented in apple juices for 14 days to dryness and then add back fresh blackberry and raspberry juices to produce a light purple cider. Ace Berry Cider has just the right amount of fruitiness and sweetness; it is refreshing chilled without being cloying. It is an all-natural, gluten-free, cold filtered cider. Ace Berry Cider is winning a lot of friends across the country. This cider is now available year round. 5% ABV
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Ace Joker Cider
Joker is our driest cider, made from 100% apple juice; it has champagne characteristics, yeasty with an alcohol of 6.9%. It won the 2013, San Diego Cider and Beer Festival and took a Gold Ribbon as the "Best Cider" in the competition. Joker is popular with beer and wine drinkers and makes a great base for Jomosas, fresh OJ on Joker over ice or Snakebites, lager and
Joker or Black Satins, stout and Joker.
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Ace Pineapple Cider
Ace Pineapple is the world's first ever Pineapple cider. We love Pineapples in California, so we tried adding it to our apple cider and it resulted in this tropical libation! 5% ABV
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Stone Distortion IPA
An imperial India pale ale ably backed by Nugget, Comet and Calypso hops, and amplified care of a healthy dry-hopping with Vic's Secret, a new Australian hop, adding citrus and tropical fruit oomph. To give this modern masterpiece some soulful, classic character, we traced the roots of brewing to the days when Old World herbs were used to spice beers, adding in coriander and, a first for us, elderberries. To stand up to that sumptuous spice and blaring bitterness, we added golden naked oats, which are lightly roasted and add body and enhanced mouthfeel to the brew like a steady, unbreakable backbeat to an incendiary jam solo. Sit back, crank the volume and get lost in this operatic incarnation of genres combined in the name of invention. 9.3% ABV
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Swamp Head Hydroslide
Dry-Hopped Kolsch
Hearing "hey y'all, hold my beer and watch this" never felt so good. Splash, crash and sink into our light-bodied, crushable Kolsch-style Ale, Hydroslide. The perfect beer for a day on the water. This clean, lightly dry-hopped companion will keep you in the calm all day long with subtle, pleasant notes of lemon and a very light, easy drinking body. 4.9% ABV
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Liefman's Goudenband
Liefmans Goudenband is one of the most distinctive dark beers in the world. Made in open vats with beer of mixed fermentation, it is left to mature for four to 12 months in the cellar. Mature beer is then fortified with younger beer, so the fermentation process starts up again.
Liefmans Goudenband is a beer for storing, and just keeps improving over the years like a fine wine. Even after ten years, this dark red beer tastes as fresh as ever. You'll immediately pick up on the wonderful aromas of caramel, apple, rhubarb, cherries and malt. On the taste buds you will find hints of apple and cherries, combined with woody notes, while the aftertaste hints at nuts and dried raisins. The mildly acidic taste make this beer a perfect match for blue cheese. 8% ABV
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Ayinger Maibock
Maibock, a Bavarian Spring Celebration beer brewed in the fall and lagered over the winter, offers a full, malty body with spicy, aristocratic Hallertauer hops in abundance. Clean lager fermentation means that every nuance of flavor and the signature
Ayinger malty elegance are crafted into a beautiful example of brewing artistry. Ayinger Maibock will remind you that big beers can be elegant, that barley is the heart of great beer, and that some of the best beers anywhere are brewed at a Bavarian village in the foothills of the Alps. 7.5% ABV
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Look out for new and returning favorites like Boulder Cold Hop, Ommegang Gnomegang, Humboldt's Black Xantus, Peak Summer, Founders Rubaeus, Shiner Ruby Redbird, Coronado Frogs Breath IPA.
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3rd Annual Jax Beer Week to Kick-off May 25 
By: Laura Fassett
JAX Beer Week 2014 kicks off this year at the Mellow Mushroom with a Brewers Brunch followed by more great events everyday. Make sure to check out some local hangouts, drink some amazing beer and make JAX Beer Week 2014 amazing!
Jacksonville has great local breweries, such as Engine 15 that will be hosting a variety of events all week long. So get out there and Drink Like A Local! Stay tuned on our events page and Facebook page for all the daily updates.
Cheers!
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Brewery Ommegang Announces 4th Game of Thrones Beer - Valar Morghulis 
Via: Jonny Fullpint of TheFullPint.com
In the world of Westeros, Valar Morghulis means "all men must die." Fans of the hit HBO show decided that "all men must drink" as well when they voted the foreboding phrase as the name of the newest beer in the Game of Thrones collaboration between HBO and Brewery Ommegang as part of a late December Facebook poll. The voting also determined the style of the new beer - an Abbey Dubbel - which is perfectly represented by the "two-headed" coin which will adorn the labels. Valar Morghulis will be available at retail in fall of this year.
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Beautiful Beer Foamer Elevates Craft Beer to Craft Cocktail 
Via: Mark Wilson of FastCoDesign.com A splash of salt. A grain of rice. The perfect pour. All of these methods are entirely capable of foaming a beer on their own. But Norm Architects has another idea called the Beer Foamer, for Menu. It's an elegant, battery operated, copper-plated mixer that takes a few tablespoons of beer and whips them up into foamy perfection.
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Cigar City Homefront IPA to be Released on May 28th 
Via: Beerpulse.com
Homefront IPA was developed in 2011 by Fremont Brewing Company and Center of the Universe Brewing Company in order to raise money and awareness for Operation Homefront. Operation Homefront is a charity that provides emergency assistance to military heroes and their families. Aged on Louisville Slugger maple bats, this IPA does more than just quench your thirst; it improves the lives of our soldiers.
Homefront IPA is a unique charity beer in that 100% of the proceeds are donated to Operation Homefront. With the help of 6 participating breweries and other organizations that donated the hops and grains used to make the beer, Hops for Heroes was able to raise roughly $80,000 dollars for Operation Homefront in 2013.
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Beer & Wine App a 'Best Investment' 
Via: Ben Brown of PortCityDaily.com
More than 10,000 bottles of beer and wine.
By the time Next Glass' one-of-a-kind software launches this summer, that's the kind of database it'll have for giving users scientifically backed recommendations for alcoholic beverages they'll enjoy...
Next Glass is an app coming available for mobile devices, tablets and other machines that recommends beers and wines it knows its user will like. Those recommendations are based on the user's taste preferences and the chemical makeups of beverages in the database.
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Ginger Beeraritas
(For a pitcher)
By: HowSweetEats
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups ginger beer
1 cup lime juice
1/3 cup tequila
1/4 cup grand mariner
1/4 cup ginger simple syrup
Directions:
Mix all the ingredients in
a pitcher, give it a good stir and pour over ice into frosty glasses and top with a lime wedge.
Ginger Syrup:
To make the ginger syrup, add the water, sugar and ginger to a small saucepan and heat over medium heat. Whisk constantly until the sugar dissolves and the mixture begins to bubble. Let it simmer for a minute or two then remove it from the heat and allow it to cool completely. You can store this sealed in the fridge for a few days. Just make sure not to pour the ginger into your glass!
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Featured Recipe
Backyard Burgers with Fried Tomatoes and Garlic-Dill Beer Cheese
(Makes 6 burgers)
By: Melissa Elsmo
INGREDIENTS:
For Garlic Beer Cheese:
8 oz. sharp cheddar (grated)
8 ox. mild cheddar (grated)
8 oz. cream cheese at room temp.
1-2 garlic cloves, minced
2 tblspn. fresh dill, chopped
1/4 cup scallions, sliced
1/4 cup sweet onion, minced
1 tspn kosher salt
1/2 tspn coarse pepper
1/4 tspn cayenne pepper
1/2-3/4 cup beer
For Fried Tomatoes:
2 very firm yellow or green heirloom tomatoes, sliced in 1/2 in. thick rounds
1 cup all-purpose flour seasoned w/ salt and pepper
1 egg, well beaten
1 cup panko bread crumbs
3 tblspn vegetable oil
For the Burgers:
24 oz. freshly ground chuck
salt and pepper
For Assembly:
6 Brioche buns, lightly toasted
2 red heirloom tomatoes, sliced into 1/2 in. thick rounds
A few handfuls of arugula
6 strips cooked bacon
Directions:
Beer Cheese:
Place the cheddar cheeses and cream cheese in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high speed until well combined. Add the garlic, dill, scallions, onion and seasoning and mix to combine. Slowly add the beer in a steady stream with the machine running until mixture is well combined and spreadable. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate until ready to use. Allow to come to room temperature before serving.
For Fried Tomatoes:
Set up a three step breading station. Dredge the sliced green tomatoes in the seasoned flour, then the egg, and finally in the panko. Heat the vegetable oil in a non-stick skillet and pan fry the breaded tomatoes over medium high heat until golden brown on both sides (about 2 minutes per side). Season tomatoes with salt and set aside.
For Burgers:
Prepare a charcoal grill for direct heat grilling and allow flames to die down for 30 minutes before cooking the burgers.Working quickly, shape the meat into six, 4-ounce patties that are each about 3/4-inch thick. Season the patties liberally with kosher salt and pepper on both sides just before cooking. Grill 4-5 minutes per side until just a blush of pink remains in the center. Transfer the burgers to the toasted buns. Top each burger with a tablespoon or two of homemade beer cheese, a fried tomato, a slice of fresh red tomato, a strip of bacon and some arugula.
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