TORONTO – To celebrate the launch of Jameson Caskmates IPA Edition, Jameson Irish Whiskey is hosting the Hopped Garden at Stackt, Toronto . It will run from Aug 1-4 and Aug 8-11 partnering with Inkbox and Mr. Koo of Ink and Water to offer free one of a kind tattoos on each Saturday.
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UK Skip Day! Mass Exodus to Beer Gardens Planned 8/19
So far 30,000 people clicked they plan to attend the Facebook event entitled ‘leave work and go the beer garden, they can’t sack all of us’, as the UK wilts under record-breaking temperatures. Let’s show some solidarity…
Via The Drinks Business
Portland Cider Co. invites neighbors to contribute backyard apples & fruits for a community cider
Portland Cider Co. has kicked off its fourth annual Community Cider program, which features a cider made with 100% recycled backyard apples and fruit from neighborhoods in the Portland Metro area. The ciderhouse is calling upon the community to donate its fallen and unwanted backyard apples, as well as other fruits and berries, to hand-press into a community cider to support Hunger Free Oregon; 100% of the net proceeds of the cider sales will be donated to the charity.
Via – Portland Cider Co. FB
St. Louis Craft Beer Week Begins Next Week
Things are gonna get festive when the St. Louis craft beer scene is celebrated July 26 through August 3. Those 9 days are a celebration of the city’s brewing past and present. The annual event, in its eleventh year, was started in 2009 by St. Louis beer enthusiast Mike Sweeney as a way to honor the city’s significant role in the history of beer in the United States and to showcase the city’s thriving craft beer scene. St. Louis Craft Beer Week kicks off with the 2019 St. Louis Brewer’s Picnic at 10th and Locust streets downtown.
Via Riverfront Times
The 32nd Oregon Brewers Festival is almost here! Kicks off 7/24
The 32nd annual Oregon Brewers Festival will take place at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in downtown Portland, Oregon, Wednesday, July 24 through Saturday, July 27, 2019 (note: the festival is NOT open on Sunday this year).
OBF is packed with great events
7/24 – I Love A Parade! Following the Oregon Brewers Brunch is the Oregon Brewers Parade, which starts on Wednesday, July 24, at 11am and is open to all ages. You do NOT need a ticket to walk in the parade. Up to 500 beer lovers will walk from Ecliptic Brewing (825 N Cook St) to the grounds of the Oregon Brewers Festival at Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Please be prepared, as this will be the farthest distance we’ve ever traveled for the parade. (About 2.5 miles)
Read more about OBF Events and the Fifteenth Annual Sasquatch BrewAm Golf Tournament Friday, (July 26)
How does beer get skunky and how to prevent it.
In case you’ve never experienced it…A skunked beer tastes about as good as a skunk smells. What makes a beer skunky? Experts say skunkiness in beer is not caused by heat, but by light. Skunky beer is often called lightstruck beer, which sounds milder than the actual result. So how does light make beer skunky and how can you prevent your suds from becoming slug bait?
Via Chowhound
Alabama’s Coastal Beer Boom
New breweries opening soon in Mobile, Alabama – It’s a region that doesn’t get a lot of beer-press. Here’s a look at what’s new and what’s next for the brewing industry in coastal Alabama.
Via AL.com
America’s 10 Best Beer Festivals
Looking for an ultimate beer-tasting experience? Try hitting one of the country’s top beer festivals, where attendees often get the chance to taste rare beers from heavy hitters and hyped breweries while chatting with the brewers who made them.
Not sure where to start? Check out this list of the best beer fests in America.
Via Gear Patrol
Los Angeles – Beer Belly’s Koreatown Location Is Closing
Don’t panic! Beer Belly’s Long Beach location will stay open, but the Koreatown location is set to close at the end of this month.
“After eight years of so many blessings, we feel like we accomplished what we set out to do. None of this could have been possible without the help of all our wonderful staff past and present, chef Wes Lieberher, L.A.’s amazing food community, the local and engaging beer community, and the ever-energetic Koreatown community. We don’t know what’s next. We don’t know if it will be us or someone else. But we’re excited for the next story to be told.â€
Via LA Mag
Does Drinking Beer Cause More Mosquitoes Bites?
Ask Adam: Do People Who Drink Beer Get Bitten by Mosquitoes More?
Q – I’ve heard that if I drink beer I am more likely to be bitten by mosquitoes. Is that true?
Adam – Yes, but that’s not the half of it. As it turns out, all alcohol consumption will make you more susceptible to getting bitten, not just beer.
Via Vinepair
NE-IPA’s Quest for “Juicy†Has Led Us Toward Increasingly Undrinkable Beer, and “Hop Burn†is the Culprit
Paste Magazine has an interesting article up. If you’ve noticed an uptick in the number of bad “hazy” IPAs, this article discusses the reasons why. Blindly brewing juicy / hazy beers, and doing so badly, has caused an increase in “hop burn,” via Paste:
And that’s a problem, because the simple truth is that there does exist a point of diminishing returns, when it comes to simply adding more and more hops to a brew kettle, fermenter or brite tank. These aren’t one-to-one correlations, as much as we’d like for them to be. “Twice the Citra†doesn’t necessarily mean “twice as juicy,†in terms of the consumer’s perception of the eventual flavor of that beer. In fact, it might even mean the opposite.
via Paste
Southern California’s Most Exclusive Beer Festival – A Behind-The-Scenes Look
Meet the king of collabs Kyle Harrop. Way back in the day, Harrop’s first release was Great Maple, a Maple Barrel Aged Imperial Stout. Even before it was released, Harrop’s reputation had earned the beer looks from beer media, and people were excited and trying to get their hands on his product. Great Maple was an absolute hit, and was followed by Boss Tycoon, Harrop’s collaboration with J. Wakefield Brewing, and Frenched Toast, his collab with Great Notion Brewing. Harrop became beer famous. “The success of the collabs started the phones,†Harrop said. Other brewers wanted to collaborate, and consumers wanted to know where they could get his beer.
Via Forbes
16 Brewers Answer: What’s the ‘Weirdest’ Beer You Ever Tried to Brew?
In today’s Artisanal Craft Brewing, no idea or ingredient is off limits. We’ve seen beers made with lobsters, Oysters, Mangalitsa pigs, candied ginger and gingerbread cookies, human urine, Norwegian money, and yeast harvested from beard hairs.
So be prepared to be shocked (and maybe a little grossed out)
16 brewers share the strangest beers they’ve ever made.
Via Vinepair