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April 2012 Featured Brewery – Weisses Bräuhaus G. Schneider & Sohn GmbH
CellarMonk’s “Featured Brewery” for the month of April is Weisses Bräuhaus G. Schneider & Sohn GmbH. Commonly referred to as Schneider-Weisse, this brewery has a heritage dating back to 1872. The beer produced by this brewery are standard bearers in their style and are known the world over. Schneider-Weisse History Schneider Weisse was founded in 1872 in Munich by Georg I. Schneider. He was a royal brewer (at the time, only the monarch could brew this style). As wheat beer came out of fashion, the king decided to sell the right to brew wheat beer. Georg Schneider believed in this beer style, bought this right and started to brew…
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March 2012 Featured Brewery – DuClaw Brewing Company
DuClaw History DuClaw Brewing Company opened it’s first restaurant and brewery in 1996 in Bel Air, Maryland. Countless brewing awards later, brewing operations moved to an expanded facility in Abingdon, Maryland to keep up with the growing demand for barrels of DuClaw Brewing Company’s ever growing line-up of specialty brews. DuClaw plans on moving to a new 167,000 square feet facility, located in Havre de Grace, Maryland, by October or November of this year (2012). Beers DuClaw currently has a stable of around eight beers available year round, with another 25 or so seasonal or special brews. These beers run the gamut from Bad Moon Porter and Venom Pale Ale on the year round…
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Tapped Out
Who hasn’t been to a restaurant, bar or pub and ordered and received a beer that just wasn’t right. The problem could have been created at any point along the way after leaving the brewery (perhaps even in the brewery). Andy Sparhawk, the Brewers Association’s Craft Beer Program Coordinator, has written a very good article on just this problem: When Craft Beer Goes Bad: A Guide to Refusing a Beer Have a look at the article and come on back here and vote in our poll. Let us know how your beer did you wrong. Which beer flaw do you run into most when served in a bar/restaurant? {acepolls 2}
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International Stout Day
Happy International Stout Day November 3rd, 2011
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Drinkin’ and Drivin’
Let me just start off this article with a disclaimer. This article does not endorse the act of operating a motor vehicle after the ingestion of quantities of alcohol. Actually, this article goes in the opposite direction. We drank and they drove. Ah, welcome to the rolling hills of southern Virginia. It was predicted to be a crisp weekend for our annual race weekend camping (motor-homing) trip to Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, VA. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) was rolling into town to put on two races for those coming from around the region and some from across the country. There would be a truck race…
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Piedmont Brewers Cup
Some final preparations for the upcoming Piedmont Brewers Cup took place on Tuesday, Oct 18th. The competition coordinatior, John Federal, led a group of about eight others in the collection, check-in, seperation and sorting of the multitude of entries to this years competition. Entries came from across North Carolina and the surrounding states, some from even further away. The entries had to adhere to some standards of competition (bottle size, cap markings, bottle shape), but not all would make the cut. The reason for this is simple. The competition entries, once they are checked-in (entry fee paid), are seperated into their appropriate style category. Once this is done, organizers…
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World? Beer Festival
When should the term “world” apply when referencing what constitutes the breadth of a particular item? In this case I am speaking of beer. Having just attended the 16th World Beer Festival in Durham, NC (by All About Beer magazine), I began to wonder if the name was implying too much. The craft beer community knows the quintessential countries of beer. Having brewed beers far longer than the United States has existed, these countries are the place in which most US brewing styles and techniques originated. Countries like England, Belgium and Germany, to say nothing of Czech are the hallmarks of beer. The birthplaces of styles and techniques, innovation and expanding…
