Brew Community

The Brewers Association, through its Support Your Local Brewery program, asks California residents to continue to be ready for action.

The message:

Dear Beer Activists and Homebrewers,

Thanks to all of you who took the time to contact the five California Senators on the Governmental Organization Committee to express opposition to A.B. 1245, legislation which would greatly expand the limits on what a brewer can give away to a retailer and so put small brewers at a competitive disadvantage to large brewers.

Unfortunately, the bill passed the committee by a vote of 7-1 and has now moved to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Although it is hard to predict when the Appropriations Committee will consider and vote on the bill, it is likely that this will happen in the next 4-5 weeks. At that time, we will once again send out a call to action and hope you are once again able to make your voice heard in support of California’s small brewers.

For more information contact Tom McCormick.

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Brewed with 500g dex 500g LDME can
yeast. Kegged after 2 weeks in primary.
After 2 weeks in the keg the clarity and
taste was much improved. The best beer
of my short HB career to date. The 19
ltr keg was dry after 1 week. Time to
make another one. – Rating:4/5

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Brewed with 500g dex, 500g liqiud malt
extract. After 2 months taste was
simple. Maybe in need of some more hops
or a mini mash with some grain. Not
quite VB but initial taste is similar,
no real VB after taste. Overall a good
base for partial in my opinion. – Rating:2/5

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Winston-Salem’s Foothills Brewing adds a couple more Great American Beer Festival awards to their tally this year. Head Brewer Jamie Bartholomaus brought home Silver Medals in both the Bock category and the Baltic Porter category.

Foothills Baltic Porter and Gruffmeister 8 Maibock were the beers that secured the medals for Foothills.

Congratulations to Foothills Brewing, Jaime and everyone else who helps Foothills get beer into our glasses!

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The first official gathering of the Triangle Beer Meetup will be on August 22 at Horniblow’s Tavern in Raleigh. Horniblow’s is the brewpub in conjunction with Big Boss Brewing Company. They will be putting on a private beer tasting as well as brewery tour for all meetup members. After the tour we will congregate back in the pub for drinking and socializing. The Triangle Beer Meetup was established to enhance the beer drinking experience for everyone in the area. We will be meeting monthly at various establishments to enjoy some of the best beer the area has to offer. Future events will include beer dinners, beer tastings, etc. For more information, go to: beer.meetup.com/168.

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Five NC breweries are bringing back GABF awards.

Ham’s, Carolina Brewery, Foothills, Natty Greene’s and Duck-Rabbit all won top three honors (in separate categories of course).

Here they are listed with awards, breweries and categories for each.

• Category: 18 Münchner-Style Helles – 32 Entries
  Gold: Sunfest Lager, Ham’s Restaurant & Brewhouse, Greenville, NC
• Category: 36 English-Style India Pale Ale – 26 Entries
  Gold: India Pale Ale, Carolina Brewery, Chapel Hill, NC
• Category: 47 English-Style Brown Ale – 44 Entries
  Silver: Old Town Brown, Natty Greene’s Brewing Co., Greensboro, NC
• Category: 63 Sweet Stout – 18 Entries
  Bronze: The Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout, The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery, Farmville, NC
• 2006 Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition – 35 Entries
  Gold: Baltic Porter, Foothills Brewing, Winston-Salem, NC
  Brewmaster-Jamie Bartholomaus; AHA Member-Tom Nolan

Congrats guys! Keep brewing those great NC beers!

The rest of the winners and awards can be found here.

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This news from Mr. Pop The Cap himself, Sean Wilson.

“I’m looking for a total of eight volunteers for Pop The Cap’s Cask Ale Tent at the October 7th World Beer Festival.

If you serve from 12-4, you get to go to the evening session for free. Same if you serve from 6-10…you can do the afternoon session.

The Cask Ale Tent supports PTC’s ongoing mission to elevate beer culture in North Carolina. More importantly, it’s air conditioned.

PM me or email me if you’re interested.

Thanks!
Sean Wilson”

sean@popthecap.org

Sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me, especially since the tickets for this event are quickly selling out.

Keep up with updates in the forums.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Paul Philippon, Brewmaster/Owner
Phone: 252.753.7745
Fax: 252.753.7261
Email: paul@duckrabbitbrewery.com

DUCK-RABBIT CRAFT BREWERY CELEBRATES 2ND ANNIVERSARY

Farmville, NC—The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery celebrates its second anniversary with a Pint Night at Raleigh’s Flying Saucer Draught Emporium on Wednesday, August 9, 2006.

The event unveils the brewery’s Duck-Rabbit Baltic Porter, third in a series of limited-release seasonal specialty beers. The Duck-Rabbit Baltic Porter is deep, rich and velvety soft. A full blooded roasty character is balanced by complex alcohol notes. Strong (9% alcohol by volume) yet unfailingly subtle, this special brew warrants sipping and savoring. Accolades abound in the brewing community as brewmaster and founder Paul Philippon’s distinguished portfolio of beers has expanded to include a series of seasonal specialties—the Duck-Rabbit Baltic Porter follows the Rabid Duck Russian Imperial Stout and Wee Heavy Scotch Style Ale.

Specializing in dark beers, the Farmville, North Carolina brewery entered the craft beer market in August of 2004, offering Duck-Rabbit Amber Ale, Duck-Rabbit Brown Ale, Duck-Rabbit Porter and Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout. Duck-Rabbit sales continue to climb throughout North Carolina, as well as South Carolina and Eastern Tennessee.

Event Details:

What: Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery 2nd Anniversary Celebration. The first 120 pints sold will be served in take-home Duck-Rabbit logo glassware.

Where: Flying Saucer Draught Emporium, located at 328 West Morgan Street, in downtown Raleigh

When: 7pm on Wednesday, August 9, 2006.

Information: Contact Jay Wilson at 919.559.5091 or jwilson@duckrabbitbrewery.com

Website: www.duckrabbitbrewery.com

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Forums member afatty updated us with this news earlier today

According to an article in the Chapel Hill News, The Carolina Brewery is finalizing plans to open a Pittsboro location.

Read the article here

Forums discussion here

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There’s a great article at beeradvocate.com about Highland Brewing’s recent World Beer Cup award. The Black Mocha Stout grabbed a silver medal in the Sweet Stout category.

Congrats Highland!

You can read the rest of the article here. The rest of the winners are located here.

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