I’m crazy for pumpkin ales in the Fall. But yam beer? Sounds good. Looks even better.
Alyson Thomas of Drywell Art designed this separation of The Bruery‘s Autumn Maple ingredients in watercolor and ink illustration over digital background. It’s currently on The Bruery website.
Though the artist Lei Xue intended them for tea, hence the title “Drinking Tea(2007),” they’d be great beer cans for the fancy new Chinese PBR, Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer 1844.
Who (else) knew lava rocks had such magical powers?
Brooklyn’s Sixpoint Craft Ales, that’s who.
Apparently the ancient beer masters would use 1000 degree lava rocks to make beer. To resurrect this ancient art, called Stein Brewing, Sixpoint partnered with The Museum of Modern Art‘s adjoining restaurant The Modern. Then they got Aaron Ekroth to help tell the story. Beautifully, may I add.
After Brewed For Thought shared the story of someone receiving the new Lagunitas Mason Jar and its colorful press release, I was surprised there was no comments around the handy measurements on the side.
Recognize ‘em?
Those aren’t fluid ounces. If you’re like me you probably got two outta three:
Petaluma’s fortunate enough to not only have a terrific craft beer bar like TAPS, but also two breweries within a few miles of each other. Lagunitas of course, and the up-until-now Brewpub-only Dempsey’s.
The latter’s only 4 blocks from my house. Yet, just across the street from me is the Petaluma Whole Foods, where I stumbled across the freshly bottled first offerings from Dempsey’s Restaurant & Brewery. Surprise, surprise.
Today is right up there with International Bacon Day in terms of obscure yet delicious holidays.
International Beer Day (unrelated to the National Beer Drinking Song) was started by some guys in Santa Cruz way back in 2007 and is slowly ebbing out beyond the Yay Area. It’s an August 5th tradition to, well, drink beer. Like you need another excuse.
Supposedly, the proper way to greet someone today is by saying “I bring you the gift of beer“. For which one cannot refuse. Not a bad tradition to start.
The fancy new Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer 1844 is coming to China with a fancy price tag: $44 a bottle. While forty-four bones is too much for almost any beer, especially a PBR, it’s not just an overseas repackage. 1844 is a whole new brew that’s spent some time in premium wooden casks. So, barrel aged? Interesting.
From the 1844 ad copy:
It’s not just Scotch that’s put into wooden casks.
There’s also Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer 1844. Many world-famous spirits
Are matured in precious wooden casks
Scotch whisky, French brandy, Bordeaux wine…
They all spend long days inside wooden casks
• • • •
UPDATE:
A Gawker reader found 1844 brewing notes from the brewmaster’s Modern Brewery Age interview back in March:
“We just produced China’s first real specialty beer, an all-malt, reddish brown strong (15.7 plato) ale, dry hopped with Cascade (38 IBU) and aged in new uncharred American whiskey barrels … It’s being bottled in a nice looking 720-ml brown bottle with an enamel label and it is called Blue Ribbon 1844, a reference to Pabst‘s founding date. It will only be sold in China…”
—Alan Kornhauser
Brewmaster, Pabst China
(ex-Anchor Brewing, August Schell Brewing, and more) Full interview PDF
Finally got a chance to try this elusive ale while at the Library Alehouse in Santa Monica, who had limited stock left. It’s a collaboration between Stone Brewing x Firestone Walker x 21st Amendment. And it’s delicious.
“El Camino (Un)Real Black Ale is brewed with fennel seed, chia seed, and pink peppercorns—with mission figs added.”
