Mid week round-up
Wow, it’s been something of a “difficult” week! The snow played havoc with the brewery as it did with just about everything else. Our distributor wasn’t able to pick up beer so stocks have been running low at the warehouse but hopefully that will all change today. Also we’re running dangerously low on empty kegs as well! We only brewed twice last week because of the storms so we’re playing catch-up this week. Just to add to our woes our glycol pump died and the tank room walk-in cooler also went down! Fun, fun, fun.
Look out for The Bishop’s Indulgence on tap at The Judge’s Bench now and on tap at Frisco Grille soon. The Judge’s bench will also be receiving Strongman Pale Ale soon as will Metropolitan and Victoria Gastro pub. We’ll be at Victoria on Monday 22nd February for Beer Club Night with a preview of the Biere de Garde (cask) brewed with Belgian Ale Yeast, join us for a beer or two. More casks of Dark Horse and Scottish Ale are heading over to ChurchKey and tonight the Wonderland Ballroom will have a pin of ESB on gravity pour.
As you probably know by now I’m a fan of Scottish lunatics BrewDog. There was a lot of talk on the blogs yesterday about there new 41% a.b.v. Pale Ale “Sink The Bismarck” so I thought that I’d take this opportunity to throw my hat into the ring! Personally I’m excited about it. Craft brewing has always been about experimentation and pushing the limits and the alcohol content is just one more parameter for such experimentation. After all, the ever increasing amount of hops that a brewery can shove into a beer seems to be wholeheartedly celebrated in most quarters so why all the fuss about a.b.v? Agreed, it may not be a “traditional” beer and maybe the irreverent way in which they market themselves may irk some people but it seems to me that they are deadly serious about their beer and intent upon challenging themselves as brewers so what if they have a sense of humor as well? More strength to them I say. I recommend that you read James’ post on Beer Advocate
http://beeradvocate.com/forum/read/2590028
Sometime in the near future I’ll be reviewing “Sink The Bismarck” and the all new 0.5% a.b.v. “Nanny State”. If you would like to sample these two BrewDog ales and write a guest review for the blog then check out the Oliver Ales facebook page, we’ll be holding a draw for one lucky fan to join us for the tasting.
Steve
I have two empty kegs to return this weekend…if you can< email me and ket me know what beers are available by keg this weekend,,,,
Well, you know, some of us aren’t any more fans of “how many hops can I stuff in an IIIIIIIIPA” than we are of “how much alcohol can I legally say I have in this beer?”