by Luke on November 30, 2007
Portland’s own Shipyard Brewing Co. officially announced today that their Brewer’s Choice beer — a yearly limited edition recipe created by the brewing teams at Shipyard and Federal Jack’s — for 2008 will be what the brewers are calling a Royal IPA. The beer, which will be available for a limited time beginning in January, will be released nation-wide in 6-packs, 12-packs, and locally on draft.
The Royal IPA, which gets its name from the enormous amounts of English hop varieties used in making the beer (Challenger and Target hops provide the bitter quality and East Kent Goldings hops lend the aromatic character), boasts a nice 6.5% ABV, to boot. As to why this beer was chosen by the brewing team, the press release from the brewery quoted some key Shipyard brewers, saying:
“It seems imperial this, and double that are all the rage these days,” noted head brewer Mike Haley. “We found the big IPA’s we tried were all pretty one dimensional and very similar within the realm of extreme hoppiness. That’s where the use of the British hop varieties differentiates this beer from others of the same style. We also followed the design philosophy of Shipyard’s other beer recipes, placing the emphasis on balance and drinkability.”
Visit www.shipyard.com/news for more information, and look for Shipyard’s Brewer’s Choice Royal IPA nation-wide in January.
by Luke on November 28, 2007
It’s the time of year where families are starting to get their Christmas trees up – sometimes they hike into the forest in search of the perfect tree, other times they hike to the parking lot of the local “closed for the season” ice cream shop in support of the local Rotary Club and sometimes, like in this “Real Men of Genius” commercial, they trek to their local Home Depot and pick out the perfect, pre-lit, artificial tree, complete with spray-on pine scent. So, to celebrate such a special occasion, this week blogaboutbeer.com brings you – Mr. Artificial Tree Maker (click below to listen). Cheers.
[audio:http://thefuntimesguide.com/audio/Bud_Light_Real_Men_of_Genius_Mr_Artificial_Tree_Maker.mp3]
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by Luke on November 28, 2007
This week’s release of Futurama: Bender’s Big Score, a direct-to-video feature-length movie which is believed to be a vanguard for a revived FuturamaTV series, is cause for celebration for uber-geek Simon Jansen. And what did Jansen do to celebrate? Why, he build a life-sized Bender robot, complete with built-in homebrew kit, of course.
This incredible wood-and-fiberglass statue exceeds even fanboy standards. Unsatisfied with a mere super-accurate Bender lookalike, Jansen went so far as to install some of Bender’s more well known functional capabilities, including the working “microbrewery”. According to Jansen, in the
Futurama episode
“The Route of All Evil”Bender doubles as a pregnant microbrewery, so Jansen filled his model’s internals with a homebrew barrel, just as Bender would have liked…
by Luke on November 26, 2007
Not to be left out of the Web 2.0 revolution, web guru Jonathan Kelly recently created his very own Facebook application, which works in conjunction with ratebeer.com. Facebook users can download the application and rate any beer in the RateBeer catalog on a scale of 1-10 stars; the application then appears on the user’s profile with a random selection of 5 of the beers they’ve rated (and the ratings they gave those beers). My favorite part –and naturally the part that RateBeer is still working the kinks out of — of the application, though, is the “recommended” tab within the application’s main page. The application will automatically compile a list of 20 beers it recommends to you based on your previous ratings – this is a fantastic way to discover some new brews you’re almost guaranteed to enjoy. Two thumbs up, Mr. Kelly!
RateBeer Facebook Application
by Luke on November 26, 2007
The beer which has become a staple of Quahog and many a
Family Guy episode will soon be a reality. Brandweek
announced recently that,
In an example of reverse product placement, the Rhode Island-based microbrew will be dubbed Pawtucket Patriot Ale after show patriarch Peter Griffin’s libation of choice. It’s scheduled to appear in liquor stores and specialty outlets next year.
No apparent word on what Rhode Island-based brewery will be churning out the ale but with the show’s ratings reaching all-time highs (despite the writer’s strike), Pawtucket Patriot is sure to fly off shelves as soon as it hits them.
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Hi and welcome to Blog About Beer. My name is Logan and I live just north of Portland, Oregon, a city that has more craft breweries than any other in the US. I'm a full time marketer, blogger, and dad to the most beautiful girl in the world. I'm also a homebrewing and craft beer fanatic.