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The Beer Diaries caught up with Jester King recently. Clarifying a recent statement on The Brewing Network, it sounds as though they now have 200 barrels with capacity for 350 and hope to build a new barrelhouse that will hold a couple thousand barrels by the end of 2013. Also, their shortest boil-to-release timeframe for a beer is seven weeks.

via YouTube | The Beer Diaries.

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Magnolia Gastropub and Brewery has been a fixture in the Upper Haight for over 15 years. Master Brewer Dave McLean reveals his plans for expansion in the historic Dogpatch neighborhood. Craft beer inspired by English style traditions, hand to mouth sourcing of delicious food and a focus on community driven atmosphere define what is the Magnolia experience.

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“Our motto is simple: Live Life Unfiltered.” The brand team behind Shock Top takes the ‘lifestyle marketing’ concept to the extreme. Check out these clips.

via YouTube | Shock Top.

 

(Austin, TX) – Thirsty Planet Brewing Company recently appeared on The Beer Diaries, a new web series dedicated to craft beer. More below…

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The Beer Diaries visits Thirsty Planet of Austin, Texas to talk to Brian Smittle and Jake Maddux to discover secret behind their awesome beer. Learn more about Austin staples like Thirsty Goat and Bucket Heat IPA, as well as some of their more experimental brews, in this engaging interview.

This was the very fist episode shot by The Beer Diaries and involved multiple trips to Thirsty Planet, the silver lining being we got to sample many beers. We’re really happy with how this one turned out, and the patience of Brian and Jake was a big help.

via The Beer Diaries #2 Thirsty Planet Brewing Company – YouTube.

Today’s infographic is a chart of the IBU ranges of beer styles listed by the BJCP. The Beer Styles – IBU Chart Graph (Bitterness Range) was created by Brewer’s Friend, a homebrewing website.

Click here to see the chart full size.

Here’s a pretty amazing time lapse video of KegWorks decorating the wall in their new office with 60,000 crowns. Thanks to Charlie Papazian for tweeting this video. It looks like a great way to use the space. KegWorks reached out to customers and fans on their blog, asking people to send in their beer bottle crowns, which they then put up on one large wall. The details are below, but watch the video to get the true scope of the project.

• Approximately 60,000 bottle caps
• 459 square feet of wall space
• Many rolls of 30 mil thick magnetic sheeting adhered to the wall
• 43 KegWorks employees putting up caps
• Started: Tuesday, November 27th @ 3:47pm (Dogfish Head)
• Last cap: Wednesday, January 23rd @ 2:31pm (Harpoon)

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Just got some more great news. Steve McDaniel, co-founder of the hopefully soon to be open Oakland Brewing, and his lovely wife Justine Nguyen, had their second child last week. Justine gave birth to Chabot just after 3:00 p.m. on February 6. They also had another son, Merritt, in late 2010. I had heard rumblings about the new baby at the Double IPA Festival, but just got confirmation and the details this morning. Justine and Chabot are home and both doing great, with Merritt adjusting to having a brother. Join me in wishing the happy couple all the best on their birth of their new son. Congratulations Steve and Justine!

Particulars:

Original Gravity: 7 pounds, 9 ounces
IBUs: 20 in.
Style: Boy
Release Date: February 6, 2010
Label: Chabot Yggdrasil Duong McDaniel

Steve McDaniel and Justine Nguyen’s new son Chabot.

A sleeping Chabot Yggdrasil Duong McDaniel.

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Thursday’s ad is another one for Rainier Pale Beer, made by the Seattle Brewing & Malting Co. The ad is from 1907, and also features a lovely woman holding up a glass of beer. ALso using the “vigor” theme, there’s another priceless tagline at the end: “Bubbling with life and sparkling with snappy zest.”

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Truman (on right) and Valley Malt's Christian StanleyI received tragic news today. My very good friend, Truman Cox, the young, gifted, and extremely personable master distiller at A. Smith Bowman in Fredericksburg, Va., died suddenly last night. I am devastated at this news, and my heart and prayers go out to his wife and daughter.
Truman had just reached his life goal; becoming a master distiller. He was enjoying his new job -- and bottling some excellent whiskey! -- having great fun as husband and father, and happy as a pig in shit. He was technically gifted, and had an absolutely honest pleasure in working, in explaining the distillery to visitors, and in spreading the good word about whiskey.

Truman Cox was one of my best friends, in or out of the industry, and I am missing him terribly already. Too young, too fast...oh, too bad, too bad!

Gearing up for the second annual Philly Bierfest on February 23rd (1-5), and I'm starting to get a lager Stiffe. The German Society of Philadelphia is hosting the event, along with Brauhaus Schmitz and the Philly Roller Girls (that's right: women-owned and operated roller derby!).

You know I love me some smooth, cold-matured lager loveliness, and there's no place like Pennsylvania to get great fresh examples; er, outside of Germany, that is! For your $45 ticket (or $60 VIP), you'll get lagers and weizens from fantastic Pennsylvania breweries like this: 

Appalachian Brewing Co.          Berwick Brewing Co.
Lancaster Brewing Co.             The Lion Brewery
Pennsylvania Brewing Co.         Philadelphia Brewing Co.
Manayunk Brewing Co.            Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co.
Nodding Head Brewery             Round Guys Brewing Co.
Sly Fox Brewing Co.                Stoudts Brewing Co.
Straub Brewery                       Susquehanna Brewing Co.
Victory Brewing Co.                Yuengling and Sons Brewery
Meanwhile, down in the Ratskellar, the beer-loving folks from The Foodery will be pouring beers from German breweries like Ayinger, Jever, Trauenstein, and a number of smaller, less-familiar (and delish) brewers, including one possible surprise they're still working on; keep your fingers crossed that this famous doublebock makes it in!

Why am I plugging this? What, a guy can't like lagers? Okay, okay: I'm plugging it because I'm in it, a member of the Brewer’s Discussion Panel on ‘Lager-Love and the Resurgence of Session Styles’ (I swear, I had nothing to do with the title!) at 4 pm in the Society's historic Horner Memorial Library.

Other members of the panel? Artie Tafoya, of Appalachian Brewing (and a past-master of hefe-brewing), Bill Covaleski of Victory Brewing (where they've been known to brew a lager or ten), and German beer importer Lars Dahlhaus. It's moderated by Marnie Old, Philly's best-known sommelier...who is also a fierce proponent of beers, especially lagers. We'll have a few good things to talk about.

I hope you can remember to come hear us, after three hours of lager, weissbier, great German eats from Brauhaus Schmitz (snacks for freesies, more substantial -- and the Germans do know "substantial" -- eats for additional bucks), and the bluegrass picking of the Keystone Mountain Boys. 

What do you get for that extra $15 for the VIP ticket? You get a bigger cup...and if that's not enough, you also get in at noon for a tutored tasting on German beer styles by Marnie. Trust me, there are more German beer styles than most people know. It's more than just light lager/dark lager/strong lager/wheat!

Oh, and the Roller Girls. Don't you worry about them, you'll understand that soon enough. So...check it out here, and I'll see you there!

The German Society -- 611 Spring Garden St.  Philadelphia, PA  19123