Beer, revisited

[verreauxi]

Very sad. They were the original "microbrew" and made a great product.

Anchor, first and oldest US craft brewery, to shut down after 127 years

‘Grandfather of American craft brewing,’ started in San Francisco in 1896, to end operations amid financial struggles

www.theguardian.com

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Very sad. They were the original "microbrew" and made a great product.

Anchor, first and oldest US craft brewery, to shut down after 127 years

‘Grandfather of American craft brewing,’ started in San Francisco in 1896, to end operations amid financial struggles

www.theguardian.com

Surely someone will step in, that'd be sacrilege to allow something of such beauty to be lost.

 

[ClausThomsen]

The oldest bought me one of those brewery in box kits. Only a 5 Ltr jobbie but you have to do all the mashing, sparging, boiling and chilling yourself with the grains and all that malarkey. Bit too much fussing when your using pots on the stove and ice baths in the sink.

Got it done though and it's been fermenting and it's time for the priming this weekend so a couple of weeks I'll be getting stuck into some quite possibly rank and sediment filled dross or maybe even a pleasantly serviceable beer or two.

Got me quite intrigued by the whole thing but I think my next attempt will be one of the much simpler extract kits. Get a few of those under my belt, practice a bit of dry hopping and all the other little things you can experiment with and then might revisit All grain brewing further down the line. If the bug bites it'll be a lot easier to justify spending a bit of dough on equipment such as kettles and immersion chillers to help with the process.

 

[verreauxi]

 

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Impressive from Pennsylvania. That surprised me

 

[verreauxi]

Impressive from Pennsylvania. That surprised me

Yeah, me too! So much so that I chased it up and learned that Yeungling is classified as a "craft brewery", which it technically is, since it isn't owned by InBev, Molson-Coors, Heineken, etc. But it's also pretty massive.

 

[wm02]

Yeah, me too! So much so that I chased it up and learned that Yeungling is classified as a "craft brewery", which it technically is, since it isn't owned by InBev, Molson-Coors, Heineken, etc. But it's also pretty massive.

Ah interesting. I believe Yeungling is the oldest continuously operating brewery in the country

 

[verreauxi]

Ah interesting. I believe Yeungling is the oldest continuously operating brewery in the country

Yeah, I just learned that when I read their wiki page. They also have a brewery in Tampa, which might also explain Florida's high production.

 

[wm02]

Yeah, I just learned that when I read their wiki page. They also have a brewery in Tampa, which might also explain Florida's high production.

Poor West Virginia. Though I guess they probably lead the nation for moonshine production

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Very sad. They were the original "microbrew" and made a great product.

Anchor, first and oldest US craft brewery, to shut down after 127 years

‘Grandfather of American craft brewing,’ started in San Francisco in 1896, to end operations amid financial struggles

www.theguardian.com

Anchor Steam was absolute ashtray

 

[Skroob]

Poor West Virginia. Though I guess they probably lead the nation for moonshine production

White Lightning for the win! Yes I have a connection for the real stuff if anyone on here ever comes to the States...

 

[ste d' indica]

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Always wondered what you lot meant by 'purple states'.

 

[Rita_Poon]

White Lightning for the win! Yes I have a connection for the real stuff if anyone on here ever comes to the States...

Is it cider country?

 

[wm02]

White Lightning for the win! Yes I have a connection for the real stuff if anyone on here ever comes to the States...

Recently had moonshine for the first time while on vacation in South Carolina. Better than I expected tbh

 

[Skroob]

Is it cider country?

Let's just say I know a guy in the mountains named Slim who knows his business when it comes to spirits...