I love Stonch’s time-lapse video of his Judy Garland stout fermenting in 3 minutes. Apparently, I’m not the only one, and now he’s been FARK’d. Congrats Stonch!
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Daily Archives: July 17, 2007
Molson Canadian – New at the office
So, the message of this commercial is that all of the Canadian stereotypes those of us “south of the border” are familiar with are false?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuIHuSddlqw
Except, of course, that they’re rabid hockey fans.
I admit that I rather like Bob & Doug McKenzie. I was a pretty big fan of SCTV, even though a good bunch of it went over my head at that age. And, of course, my favorite band is Rush, perhaps Canada’s most famous export. Next to Molson, anyway.
Bravo!
As you might expect, we’re a big fan of hops. Jay Brooks has a very interesting story about the “birth” of a new hop variety: Bravo.
Over the subsequent three years the hops were grown, sampled, tested and analyzed on a variety of factors. These tests confirmed that the new hop had good resistance to disease, along with exceptionally high yield and high alpha-acids percentages. The hops were harvested and processed into 200 lb. bales, which were tested using the ASBC (American Society of Brewing Chemists) spectrophotometric method and showed “average alpha-acids level of 17.5% and beta-acids level of 3.5%.” The alphas were almost exactly the same as Mom (Zeus) but with much less loss of alpha-acids in storage, a good sign.
It hasn’t been used in any commercial beers yet, but should be soon. Drake’s Brewing in San Leandro, California recently had a festival featuring nearly two dozen beers all made with the same hop, but different malts and yeasts.
