Hoppy News!

Here's a bit of good news, which is sorely needed these days;

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/08/02/488236990/hop-growers-cheer-craft-brewers-for-saving-an-ailing-industry?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

Have a hoppy day!

Cheers.

Citra Kollision On Tap

Great (and unbiased) news: the collaboration beer that I brewed with Jason Uhrinek, Citra Kollision, a session IPA with wicked amounts of Citra hops, is now on tap @Upstate Craft Beer Co. Come join me in this resiny wonder!!! Thanks again to Chris and Jack for making this possible.

It came in at 60 IBUs and 5.0 ABV. Perfect Session IPA. Bottle conditioning the bombers this week, bring'em home next week.
Cheers!

IPA Collaboration Day with Upstate Craft Beer Company

End of the brew day! Nothing like the sense of satisfaction one gets from brewing your own beer, or our beer in this case, since this is a collaboration with Upstate Craft Beer Co., Jason Uhrinek and Chris Hardin. Tired after all the milling, mashing, boiling, hop additions (4 of them) and final cleaning up. Totally worth it. Beer availability will be announced next month, special occasion et al. Keeping the details for later but a hop teaser: 78 IBUs. Some action shots:

Cheers!!

North Georgia's New Beer Discoveries

Just returned from a short trip to N. GA, where I discovered that, one, Woodstock has a very inviting pub called the Truck and Tap. Beer lineup included a Creature Comforts Automatic Pale Ale, easily one of the most citrusy Pales I've ever tried. Food truck (hence the name) out back had perfectly tasty food, offering a sausage on a stick which made for a delicious pairing and spill-free eating
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And, two, for further adventures, the next stop was in Alpharetta, which has 3 breweries I discovered: Jekyll with it's Hop Dang Diggity Southern IPA, Hop Alley featuring a California Coast Style IPA, and 5 Seasons, which I was unable to visit on this trip. (http://www.5seasonsbrewing.com)

GA has 40 breweries (or more) which sort of surprised me but as the trend continues, seems like each good sized town is getting in on the craft beer brewing fun.

Some photos and visual reminders below.

And I didn't even mention Red Hare.... have to make another sweep thru that area soon.

Cheers!