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Science and beer are inextricably linked and two recent news stories really highlight that fact.
First up is Half Moon Bay Brewery and their NASA wastewater, HERE.
Salmon, do to our human meddling are having a hard time finding their way back upstream but trub from beer making might help guide them, HERE.
Half Moon Brewing Company’s third “Presidential Alection” is set to commence and it is a much better way to be patriotic than listening to speeches or seeing what noxious tweet that the Ooompa Loompa has sent recently.
You can buy either the Blue hued label for Hillary or the Red for Republican or you can create “your own “SuperPACK” of two Alection IPAs for $12*. The SuperPACK also includes a set of two collectable Alection coasters and a ballot.”
If that is not enough, instead of donating to the campaigns, the brewery will donate $1 to Common Cause’s non-partisan voter protection fund for every bottle of the West Coast IPA sold.
Per the brewery’s press release, “In the 2008 and 2012 Alections, the Brewing Company’s Obama Ale beat the McCain and Romney Ales, respectively, and ultimately predicted the eventual real-life victor. Results for 2016 will be posted on Election Day.”
If you didn’t want to head south to Lost Abbey, you could head north for Half Moon Bay Brewing’s new outpost, Pacific Standard.
The expected to open in summer taproom and bottle shop in Berkeley will have 15 to 20 local and regional beers on tap, with (of course) a focus on the beers that come from the brewery on the coast.
Growlers will be available as well as cider and wine to make more of a one-stop shop and you will also be able to get some food such as “locally sourced meats, cheeses and produce to complement the drinks.
Mavericks, the sessionable series of beers from Half Moon Bay Brewing arrived at Bevmo when I wasn’t looking and in addition to the porter there are a Pale Ale (Back in the Saddle) and a Wit (Pace Setter) in cans.
The Porter pours a dark brown. The taste is straight up a mix of chocolate and vanilla and the latter is what comes through to my palate. Semi-sweet but not cloying. A tiny fraction of roast notes sneak in there as well. Quite smooth as well.
National Novel Writing Month is taking it’s time toll on me, but I have found the time to watch a bit of Almost Human (one of the two Fringe people shows), the other being Sleepy Hollow. I don’t know where this show is headed but I am intrigued. Maybe it is the SciFi geek in me but it looks promising.