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Eppendorf at the GT

There is a lot of science when it comes to beer. Some of it is useful for beer geeks to know to make educated posts, reviews and stray observations but some just clouds up your brain if you get to far into it and can stop you from fully enjoying your beer.
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Recently the Glendale Tap brought representatives from the Eppendorf company to show off some of their equipment that analyzes beer.  Now I thought that a BioSpectrometer simply measure the color of the beer.  Which is helpful in making sure your amber is amber and your pils is just the right tint of yellow.  But what I didn’t know was that with a little bit of additions you can also measure tannins, IBU’s and many other things.

Granted the darkness of the GT wasn’t the best place to test out color but I hope that breweries will bring this side of the brewery out into the open for bloggers and others to learn about.  In my blogging years, I have only been in one or two labs.  And I think it is vital for us to know about how and why breweries use this equipment.  Maybe we can also get some new posts on BeerSci too.  To help us folks with limited science backgrounds.

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Three Weavers

Three Weavers Brewing Company has been busy and will be getting busier as it prepares to open sometime this year.

They (Lynne and Alexandra) have participated in three collaborations: “Two with Golden Road Brewing, one exclusively for the United Kingdom in a series that brings the best craft beers from America and the second, a Stateside version called Cross the Pond. The third collaboration (The Messenger) was with Noble Ale Works to celebrate their anniversary earlier this month.”

And on March 6th (That’s TODAY!), Three Weavers’ Kickstarter campaign launches.

If you haven’t tried their collaborations yet, they will be at the Glendale Tap on March 6th and tentatively at Cinco (Playa del Rey) March 7th to celebrate kicking off the Campaign.

PS – I am now waiting to try the beers and will report back in a PSS.

PSS – I tried both and I really dug the Messenger.  Had a nice bitterness backed by what I can only describe as lemonade notes.  The Cross the Pond tastes very much part of the Golden Road family but is a welcome addition to the Session IPA trend,  if you can find either, I suggest you try it.

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#LABW5 Pick of the Night – Monday 9/23

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Each morning throught L.A. Beer Week, I will give you my Pick of the Night.  The ONE event I think rises to the top of the list.  Some days that choice will be harder and there might be 1A and 1B’s (if I get wishy-washy).  I will endeavor to pick events you can just head out to.  But if tickets are required, I will mention it.  But expect crowds.  Craft beer and craft beer in L.A. is popular.

Brue d’état with The Bruery at The Glendale Tap

Monday September 23rd 2013 6:00 pm-12:00 am

d’eTap list includes 6 rare beers and then some:

  • Oude Tart
  • Bottleworks XII
  • Praecocia
  • Windowsill
  • Batch 1000: BRYEIAN
  • Loakal Red

Bottle pours & bottles to-go

  • Bottleworks XII
  • Beauregarde
  • Sour in the Rye on Kumquats
  • Mash & Grind
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Review – Edmund Fitzgerald from Great Lakes Brewing

First off, thanks to Steve at the Glendale Tap for the bottle.  I did not want to open it sooner.  But at a low 5,8% abv, I knew it wouldn’t keep.

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I first had this beer (my one and only purely Great Lakes beer) back in 2010, then I had their uber-smoky collaboration with Deschutes Brewing.  And now, I return to the original.

IMG_5191First is my review from back in 2010, “I have been waiting awhile to taste this porter and I was not let down. Strong malty flavors with hits of coffee and some chocolate. Not heavy though. Light as a feather. Nice carbonation too. Lovely all around. Wish I saw it more in LA.”

Now the re-review, Edmund pours a dark cola brown color.  Not much head to it.  The aroma is smoke but it is only medium and not in the rauchbier territory.  The taste is coffee bean and mile chocolate.  Bitterness coming from not smoke but from those two flavors which throw off that taste.  Light but it does really cover the palate.  A little viscous but not heavy at all.  A classic beer that is well deserving of award.  As it warms that milk chocolate really comes on strong.

I cracked open this beer while watching the free preview of the BBC’s Broadchurch.  I enjoyed it to a point but British murder mysteries seem to be going very dark.  I may watch the remaining episodes but I think I will try Orphan Black first.