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Dirty Flowers

For those of you who love everything about hops and cannot get enough information about the mighty bittering agent of IPAs, now there is a new podcast to dive real deep into the topic.

“No Dirt No Flowers takes a fun look behind the scenes of the hop and agriculture world through the lens of Roy Farms, a 5th generation farm in Moxee, Washington. We cover topics like market conditions, the joys and pains of farming, social issues, brewing relationships, and so much more. The show is co-hosted by Mike Roy and Drew Gaskell from Roy Farms.”

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New Look ESBC

You may have noticed something different with Mayberry…

El Segundo Brewing is not only freshening up their label design, they are also adding beers to the line-up….

To be honest, I miss some of the graphic art on the cans. Just words can be a little dry to me, that said, I do like the split color look that is going on and I will be on the look-out for the two new beers on store shelves.

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Un-Presidential

I cannot remember the last time I had a Moosehead beer, but any brewery that brilliantly markets a “Presidential Pack” of 1,461 cans of Moosehead so you can swig a beer for every day of Trump’s second term as president deserves a second look.  The brewery made and sold five, then ten and could probably sell even more.  Elbows Up, indeed.  

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Would Love to Try – Põhjala Forest Bänger

Every twice in a while I will see some Põhjala beers at in the know shops and one that I recently saw on tap from the Estonian brewery was Forest Bänger an Imperial stout brewed with an intriguing mix of adjuncts (smashed rowan berries, Estonian juniper wood, and smoked malts.)  The brewery describes the flavors as “Smooth, rich berries mix with an explosion of smoke and spice – fennel, molasses, grape, pine resin and the hint of pipe tobacco.”

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The Beer Search Party reviews We Love LA beers – Part 4

There has been such a fantastic outpouring of support for Los Angeles by breweries far and wide in the wake of the devastating wildfires of this past January.

The charity program spearheaded by Common Space Brewery has garnered quite a bit of support from California and the rest of the Fractured States of America.

Here are my thoughts on the latest beers that I have had, let’s get going….

Far Field pale ale nice sharp bite. Grapefruit. Strong. Little buttery though at the back end. 

Smog City a West Coast IPA that has a hazy mouthfeel to it.  A combo of bitter and vanilla.  Some pine on the back end too.

Lawless light orange in color. Piney bitterness followed by a hint of grape. 

Radiant Beer Co. is a just fine IPA. Medium dose of bitterness but also a touch buttery

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Eurovision

Readers of this blog will know that I rarely post infographics. There has to be some there, there for me to do it. Well….

Civixplorer compiled the below infographic on top selling beers across Europe and though some come as no to moderate surprise, it is fascinating to see what the smaller and less talked about countries drink.  Since my geography is woeful, I found it of help to have a second map of Europe handy so I could match country name to beer.

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With or Without ABV

Sustainable Beverage Technologies from Colorado debuted some new tech last month about their draft system that “removes” alcohol from beer.  Yup, you scan the full beer list and say, I want the El Segundo Power Plant but without that 10+% ABV.

I have got to believe that this process also removes flavor compounds as well as other important things from the finished beer.  It would be like cooking a meal and then removing the salt.  How can you just target that without at the very least making all the other components of the beer loom larger?

I would in line to try a test for sure but until better tasters and beer judges than me give it a thumbs up, I will be giving it the side eye.