Beer Buzz 055: Strap on your Beer Goggins

[Eli the Mad Beer Man]

These are the Show Notes and Comments to Beer Buzz Episode #55. You can watch the entire show, including these show notes, by clicking here. (http://BeerTapTV.com/BeerBuzz)


Beer Tap TV News:
This week on Beer Buzz Eli and Erik talk about the new wave of nanobreweries popping up everywhere, the cow spotted in a NYC sports bar, two of the world's strongest beers, Saints and Sinners, blogs and more!

Beer Buzz brings you the latest news about the beer industry. Know something we don't (which is highly likely)? Email us at alwayshoppy@beertaptv.com and share the news... we just might use it.
Show Notes:
UPDATES

Last week’s winner was Junglist (AKA Eric) all the way over in Australia. He answered: In what episode did we first bust another long held beer myth about a kite flier? ANSWER: Episode #15. We were of course talking about the statement "Beer is proof that God loves us..." that's been erroneously attributed to the one and only, Ben Franklin. Eric won himself a set of Spiegelau glasses and a copy of Gary V's book Crush It. This week’s trivia question is... come on now, you know you have to watch the episode! If you answer correctly (in the public forum thread of this episode) you'll get a snappy DeCapper (http://www.thedecapper.com/)!

If you're in the Colorado Springs area tonight be sure to swing by Trinity Brewing Company for the the official launch party for the two new colla-brews from Sierra Nevada and Dogfish Head - Life & Limb and Limb & Life. Read all about it here (http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-383-Colorado-Springs-Craft-Beer-Examiner~y2009m12d1-Life--Limb-launch-party-at-Trinity). We'll be there taping a live-audience episode of Taste Buds!

We're now on TiVo under the Food & Drink section (http://www3.tivo.com/tivo-tco/go.do?def=tco.webvideos.page). Check us out!

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We filmed a ton of video at this year's GABF. Go watch it here --> Beer Tap TV GABF page (http://beertaptv.com/gabf) and on the GABF video hub page on Examiner.com (http://www.examiner.com/x-383-Colorado-Springs-Craft-Beer-Examiner~y2009m9d16-Great-American-Beer-Festival-video-hub-from-Examinercom-and-BeerTapTV). Check out both sites!

BEER NEWS

Story #1: Nanobreweries find niche between homebrew & microbreweries (http://cityguides.msn.com/articles/cityblogpost.aspx?post=1117586&gt1=24000) - For years, microbrewers (less than 15,000 barrels a year) defined the small-batch experience. But the battered economy and a reawakening of Americans’ sense of the neighborhood has led to the rise of nanobreweries.

Story #2: Boston Beer Company pushes limits on "extreme" beer (http://beertaptv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=583) - The maker of Samuel Adams beer has released an updated version of its biennial beer Utopias — at 27% ABV it's the highest alcohol content beer on the market in the U.S.

Story #3: Spotted Cow seen in New York City sports bar (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/illegal_side_beer_haul_8SyXRHacEoh9fp06kdt8mI) - Officials with the New York State Liquor Authority confiscated 50 cases of Spotted Cow from the Mad River Bar & Grille on Manhattan's Upper East Side in early November. What makes this such a big deal? Spotted Cow is brewed by New Glarus Brewing Co. in Wisconsin and is not licensed for sale outside the state of Wisconsin.

Story #4: Brewery launches Tactical Nuclear Penguin, 'world's strongest' beer (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/6669532/Brewery-launches-Tactical-Nuclear-Penguin-worlds-strongest-beer.html) - Sam Adams may be releasing it's new batch of Utopias, but Scottish brewery BrewDog claims to have the world's strongest beer - "Tactical Nuclear Penguin" weighs in at a whopping 32% ABV!

BEER RELEASES OF THE WEEK

Registration for the 2010 Lost Abbey Saints, and Lost Abbey Sinners (http://www.lostabbey.com/patron-saints-sinners/) opened on Tuesday, December 1 at 6am Pacific Time. If you want to be a part of one of these very exclusive clubs, you best get on it! Only 200 Saints are allowed at $160 a pop. Of course there are more Sinners (350), and it will cost you more too ($235).

(http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-383-Colorado-Springs-Craft-Beer-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Trinity-announces-menu-for-Extreme-Beer-Tapping)NEW BREWERY OF THE WEEK

Asher Brewing Co - Boulder, CO (http://www.asherbrewing.com/) - A microbrewery with an organic bent. "We think brewing with better ingredients will make better beer," co-founder Chris Asher said.

BEER BLOG OF THE WEEK

Beer Goggins with Clare Goggin (http://www.digitalcity.com/featured-bloggers/beer-goggins/) - Clare intrepidly navigates the world of beer consumption which is often perceived as a man's domain. She'll be your personal taste-tester, your party-planner, your drinking bud, and the chick who drank you under the table last Saturday with one hand tied behind her back.

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[warsonbrewing]

a lyric brew
lyrics from the opera "The bartered bride" by smetana. 1866

[warsonbrewing]

a lyric brew
lyrics from the opera "The bartered bride" by smetana. 1866

The restof the lyric. The young and old singyour prais. Heres to beer heres to cheer heres to beer

[warsonbrewing]

The restof the lyric. The young and old singyour prais. Heres to beer heres to cheer heres to beer

The Bartered Bride (Czech: Prodaná nevěsta, The Sold Fiancée) is a comic opera in three acts by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, to a libretto by Karel Sabina. The opera is considered to have made a major contribution towards the development of Czech music. It was composed during the period 1863–66, and first performed at the Provisional Theatre, Prague, on 30 May 1866 in a two-act format with spoken dialogue. Set in a country village and with realistic characters, it tells the story of how, after a late surprise revelation, true love prevails over the combined efforts of ambitious parents and a scheming marriage broker. The opera was not immediately successful, and was revised and extended in the following four years. In its final version, premiered in 1870, it gained rapid popularity and eventually became a worldwide success.

Czech national opera until this time had been represented only by a number of minor, rarely performed works. This opera, Smetana's second, was part of his quest to create a truly Czech operatic genre. Smetana's musical treatment makes considerable use of traditional Bohemian dance forms such as the polka and furiant, although he largely avoids the direct quotation of folksong. He nevertheless created music which was accurately folk-like, and is considered by Czechs to be quintessentially Czech in spirit. The overture, often played as a concert piece independently from the opera, was, unusually, composed before almost any of the other music had been written.

After a performance at the Vienna Music and Theatre Exhibition of 1892, the opera achieved international recognition. It was performed in Chicago in 1893, London in 1895 and reached New York in 1909, subsequently becoming the first, and for many years the only, Czech opera in the general repertory. Many of these early international performances were in German, under the title Die verkaufte Braut, and the German language version continues to be played and recorded. A German film of the opera was made in 1932 by Max Ophüls.[1]

[BrewDog]

Great EP!
I absolutely laughed my ass off from the recycling scene.....hahaha....awesome!
Thank you for talking about BrewDog! Tell me you saw the video with them running around in penguin costumes!
However, that video confirms what I think the next trend is going to be....eisbocks!
I think that eisbocks are an underappreciated style that the craft brew industry will take as it's next step. In my opinion, we're currently exploring wild ales, barrel aged ales, and collaboration beers, but, in gaining an appreciation for high abv beers, I see eisbocks as a natural evolutionary step in the craft beer world.
If you have a opportunity, I'd like to hear what you think the next stylistic trend in beer industry will be?
Cheers!
Andrew

[Eli the Mad Beer Man]

The Bartered Bride (Czech: Prodaná nevěsta, The Sold Fiancée) is a comic opera in three acts by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, to a libretto by Karel Sabina. The opera is considered to have made a major contribution towards the development of Czech music. It was composed during the period 1863–66, and first performed at the Provisional Theatre, Prague, on 30 May 1866 in a two-act format with spoken dialogue. Set in a country village and with realistic characters, it tells the story of how, after a late surprise revelation, true love prevails over the combined efforts of ambitious parents and a scheming marriage broker. The opera was not immediately successful, and was revised and extended in the following four years. In its final version, premiered in 1870, it gained rapid popularity and eventually became a worldwide success.

Czech national opera until this time had been represented only by a number of minor, rarely performed works. This opera, Smetana's second, was part of his quest to create a truly Czech operatic genre. Smetana's musical treatment makes considerable use of traditional Bohemian dance forms such as the polka and furiant, although he largely avoids the direct quotation of folksong. He nevertheless created music which was accurately folk-like, and is considered by Czechs to be quintessentially Czech in spirit. The overture, often played as a concert piece independently from the opera, was, unusually, composed before almost any of the other music had been written.

After a performance at the Vienna Music and Theatre Exhibition of 1892, the opera achieved international recognition. It was performed in Chicago in 1893, London in 1895 and reached New York in 1909, subsequently becoming the first, and for many years the only, Czech opera in the general repertory. Many of these early international performances were in German, under the title Die verkaufte Braut, and the German language version continues to be played and recorded. A German film of the opera was made in 1932 by Max Ophüls.[1]

WINNAH! An dang, talk about detail! WOOHOOO!

Congrats man! Send me your mailing address vie Email and I'll get the DeCapper out to you ASAP.

Thanks for watching WB!

[BrewDog]

Oh come on!
You guys have your finger on the pulse of the beer industry.
Let me know...do you think I'm insane at the thought that the next stylistic trend in the craft beer industry will be the exploration of eisbocks? I know that the average cost of eisbocks are a little high and very labor intensive, but craft beer drinkers will buy a beer with a higher price point if the beer is good. However, I have noticed that breweries are paying more attention to the water that they use in making more English-style ales. Still, if you get a chance, what direct do you think the craft beer industry is moving towards stylistically?

[Eli the Mad Beer Man]

Oh come on!
You guys have your finger on the pulse of the beer industry.
Let me know...do you think I'm insane at the thought that the next stylistic trend in the craft beer industry will be the exploration of eisbocks? I know that the average cost of eisbocks are a little high and very labor intensive, but craft beer drinkers will buy a beer with a higher price point if the beer is good. However, I have noticed that breweries are paying more attention to the water that they use in making more English-style ales. Still, if you get a chance, what direct do you think the craft beer industry is moving towards stylistically?

Dog! We're going to address your questions in next week's Beer Buzz. You just got put at the top 'o the list as our feature "Viewer Email" segment. ;)

[ChipperDave]

Speaking of the DeCapper, do they have one in the shape of a potatoe? If so then it would be a DeCapperTater. Had to throw that one in.

[AARON1]

Its seems good and I hope you will keep it up