Word. [BTW, The Four Firkins (and perhaps others) have mentioned that they’ll be getting their Hopslam on Monday too. -ra]
Category: general beer
Brewing TV #55: All About Stout
Brewing TV is getting ready for St. Patrick’s Day with stout on the brain! For the occasion, Jake and Mike brew two beers. One is a Dry Irish Stout on par with the modern Guinness Draught, which we serve on nitrogen through a stout faucet. The other beer is a Single Stout Porter, based on a beer Guinness produced back in the 1880s. We put the beers up against each other in a taste test… and find out the secret to Chip’s Chocolate Stout along the way. Get viewing… and get brewing! (Recipe blog and more here.)
Your Last Chance for Winterfest Tickets
Thursday, Feb 2, five random Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild members will each tweet one question about the Minnesota Craft Brewer’s Guild.
The first person to email minnesotabrewers@gmail.com with all five answers gets the last pair of tickets to Winterfest. Which members will be tweeting, you ask? Well, click the link and follow all the members and you’ll surely spot the questions….CLICK HERE
MPR Poses Question on Brewery Boom
Take a few minutes to read/listen to this MPR story by Curtis Gilbert (“Small breweries ready to tap into market – or fall flat“). The central question being posed is whether or not the Twin Cities market can/will support the plethora of new breweries popping up all over the state/region or will the market saturate quickly. Hell, living in Portland, a city about 2/3 the size of the Twin Cities and with probably triple (just a rough guess off the top of my head) the number of breweries/brewpubs, my wife and I continue to see new places popping up all the time and, as Curtis points out in his story, the city does not appear to have reached saturation yet. So, the issue in MN isn’t really one of population size, I don’t think, but rather population/cultural acceptance of craft beer. These are exciting times we’re living in, folks. Anywhooo, check out his story and have a lively debate about it over a pint.
Brewing TV #54: Jake’s Got a Brand New Bag
Here’s one for the homebrewers trapped somewhere between extract and all-grain homebrewing. Brewing TV goes deep undercover on some BIAB action! After reading so much about how easy and fun it can be, Jake Keeler decides to give the “Brew In A Bag” method a try. To put it bluntly – he’s hooked! Join us for a brew session and discussion about the pros and cons to see if brewing-in-a-bag is right for your homebrewery.