New Year's Resolutions..
This year for my New Year's resolutions, along with all of the normal promises you try to keep with yourself I am going to add one easy one.. Love Beer..
This New Year has already marked tragedy and loss and we at the Dunedin Brewery have seen many friends go, most have just moved onward to different adventures. One very special friend has left us forever in a terrible way and we will forever remember and miss him. For any of those who might have ever met Chris Crance around the brewery you know what I mean. My thoughts are with Ricky his brother who works at the brewery, and the rest of the family and friends who mourn his loss.
We filled and started conditioning a traditional REAL Ale in firkins at the brewery this past week, this is something I have been wanting to do for quite some time now and I hope it turns out the way it is supposed to. I would like to served it traditionally on the bar with a cooling blanket and gravity to feed. This has got to be the best way to enjoy a pint of IPA or stout for me, the soft carbonation and gentle oxidation that results nicely balances with the robust flavors from the hops and specialty/roasted malts. I will keep you posted on how it is and let you know when we are to tap it, just in case you are local to the Tampa Bay area and want to come out and quaff a pint with us! We filled 2 of them, one will be for the Snug Pub and the other will be for the Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting later in January. I will be attending this, probably with one of my cohorts and the guys from Cigar City Brewing in Tampa.
Speaking of Cigar City Brewing, these guys are almost ready to start brewing and I can not wait, I talked to Wayne today and he is hoping to be brewing by mid January. That would be very nice! I tasted some of the test batches and they were phenomenal, I can not wait to taste some of the others they plan on releasing. Joey, who is the founder of Cigar City has kept a blog of the entire process of opening the brewery which is very cool for anyone interested (probably anyone reading this!) that is http://blog.cigarcitybeer.com/
Joey just as myself believes that there need to be more breweries in Tampa Bay area so I am glad he is starting one up, he writes the blog in part to help others so that one day Florida will not be cursed with the nickname "Beer Wasteland".
I for one agree, hell I hope to have my own brewery someday.. Imagine that!!??!!
Slainte'
This New Year has already marked tragedy and loss and we at the Dunedin Brewery have seen many friends go, most have just moved onward to different adventures. One very special friend has left us forever in a terrible way and we will forever remember and miss him. For any of those who might have ever met Chris Crance around the brewery you know what I mean. My thoughts are with Ricky his brother who works at the brewery, and the rest of the family and friends who mourn his loss.
We filled and started conditioning a traditional REAL Ale in firkins at the brewery this past week, this is something I have been wanting to do for quite some time now and I hope it turns out the way it is supposed to. I would like to served it traditionally on the bar with a cooling blanket and gravity to feed. This has got to be the best way to enjoy a pint of IPA or stout for me, the soft carbonation and gentle oxidation that results nicely balances with the robust flavors from the hops and specialty/roasted malts. I will keep you posted on how it is and let you know when we are to tap it, just in case you are local to the Tampa Bay area and want to come out and quaff a pint with us! We filled 2 of them, one will be for the Snug Pub and the other will be for the Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting later in January. I will be attending this, probably with one of my cohorts and the guys from Cigar City Brewing in Tampa.
Speaking of Cigar City Brewing, these guys are almost ready to start brewing and I can not wait, I talked to Wayne today and he is hoping to be brewing by mid January. That would be very nice! I tasted some of the test batches and they were phenomenal, I can not wait to taste some of the others they plan on releasing. Joey, who is the founder of Cigar City has kept a blog of the entire process of opening the brewery which is very cool for anyone interested (probably anyone reading this!) that is http://blog.cigarcitybeer.com/
Joey just as myself believes that there need to be more breweries in Tampa Bay area so I am glad he is starting one up, he writes the blog in part to help others so that one day Florida will not be cursed with the nickname "Beer Wasteland".
I for one agree, hell I hope to have my own brewery someday.. Imagine that!!??!!
Slainte'
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