Brewing
Hopping Around Brown Ale
Sep 1st
The Brewing process.
Since recently brewing our second batch I now have a lot more appreciation for beer. Huge thanks to Dave and Lloyd as it is all our project. The process is complex and you must exercise patience if you want a good quality brew. Basic items you need are a carboy, a heavy-duty pot, 5-gallon bottling bucket, and metal everything. Using plastic or wood cook wear will absorb whatever you’re cooking and change the flavor of the brew.
International Beer Day
Aug 6th
Yesterday marked the end of my summer semester with a cumulative final one day after our last exam for anatomy. I came home afterwords, did my daily routine; made lunch, cleaned a little and got on facebook. Little did I know that yesterday was International Beer Day. Abita brewing, one of my many friends on facebook, notified me that celebrations and festivities were to be had August 5th. I decided instead of contemplating my next move school wise I’d call Dave, another writer on the site, and head to the breweries and really enjoy this holiday. What I can gather from their site is that a couple friends put together this site and breweries, pubs, and restaurants started going along with having parties for the day and it became a world wide phenomena. Their mission statement was a good enough reason to go out and celebrate.
The purpose of IBD is threefold:
1) To gather with friends and enjoy the deliciousness that is beer.
2) To celebrate the dedicated men and women who brew and serve our beer.
3) To bring the world together under the united banner of beer, by celebrating the beers of all nations and cultures together on this one remarkable day.
278 Celebrations, 138 Cities, 23 Countries, 1 Event: International Beer Day. They even list ways to find festivities and ways to get involved. Colorado, if we needed another excuse, get the ball rolling for next year.
http://www.internationalbeerday.com/
Welcome to Hopping Around
Jun 27th
Welcome to the beer soaked lovechild of Lloyd Greenfield and Zach Saale!
We started this blog to take the everyman beer lover to the beer enthusiast. There is no doubt that we are beer lovers but we are not experts on the topic and this blog was created to make that happen. This is a blog that will not confuse you with difficult beer terms and pretentious reviews but one that will give you simple and concise information on what beer is, how it’s made, and which beers we think are best.
You will notice that on the left of the site there are four categories that the site is broken into. The first is Drinking and it is dedicated to the consumption of delicious beer. There you will find our reviews, recommendations, and food pairings.
Brewing is next and it is focused on the creation of beer. This will chronicle the team as we learn how exactly beer is made and how we can make it ourselves. The goal is to keep the process as simple and easy to follow as possible so that anyone may follow our footsteps.
The final two are Visiting and Socializing and they are dedicated to the local pubs, breweries and festivals that we attend. Socializing will focus primarily on the pub crawls and meetups that we organize in our cities.
So, pour yourself a cold one and keep an eye on this space for some delicious beer knowledge.
