There are over 300 events planned for the week at various craft brewers....not that any one here would be interested. One example;
East End also worked with Four Seasons Brewing on a Belgian ale with citra hops and local sumac called Citra Mac. It’s not made with poison sumac, assures East End’s Scott Smith, who says, “I had a really bad case of poison sumac when I was a kid.” For this, they foraged the red cone-shaped clusters of fuzzy fruit from staghorn sumac, which “gives this wonderful, almost rhubarb-like tartness. It also made the beer bright red.” It will be 5 to 7 percent ABV.
And this is Penn Pilsner's 30 anniversary, one of the first craft brews. This article has an interesting history of the start of the craft brew biz;
That’s right: One of the very first craft beers in the country was conceived right here in Western Pennsylvania, 30 years ago this year: Penn Brewery’s Penn Pilsner.
Let’s go back to 1986, when very few local breweries existed, as almost all of America’s beer was being made by a handful of big national and regional brewers. Top sellers locally were Iron City, Stroh’s, I.C. Light, Miller High Life, Budweiser, Old Milwaukee, Miller Lite, Rolling Rock and Milwaukee’s Best.....
.......Sewickley business consultant Tom Pastorius was missing the freshness and flavor variety of the local beers he’d savored while living for more than a decade in Germany.
So in March 1986, he incorporated the Pennsylvania Brewing Co. with the intention of marketing a pilsner-style beer so authentically German that it met the centuries-old purity law, Reinheitsgetbot. Unlike most domestic beers of the day, it would contain no corn or rice or other additives — just malted barley, yeast, hops and water. He planned to make it in small batches and sell it locally, like small breweries in the U.S. used to do.
East End also worked with Four Seasons Brewing on a Belgian ale with citra hops and local sumac called Citra Mac. It’s not made with poison sumac, assures East End’s Scott Smith, who says, “I had a really bad case of poison sumac when I was a kid.” For this, they foraged the red cone-shaped clusters of fuzzy fruit from staghorn sumac, which “gives this wonderful, almost rhubarb-like tartness. It also made the beer bright red.” It will be 5 to 7 percent ABV.
And this is Penn Pilsner's 30 anniversary, one of the first craft brews. This article has an interesting history of the start of the craft brew biz;
That’s right: One of the very first craft beers in the country was conceived right here in Western Pennsylvania, 30 years ago this year: Penn Brewery’s Penn Pilsner.
Let’s go back to 1986, when very few local breweries existed, as almost all of America’s beer was being made by a handful of big national and regional brewers. Top sellers locally were Iron City, Stroh’s, I.C. Light, Miller High Life, Budweiser, Old Milwaukee, Miller Lite, Rolling Rock and Milwaukee’s Best.....
.......Sewickley business consultant Tom Pastorius was missing the freshness and flavor variety of the local beers he’d savored while living for more than a decade in Germany.
So in March 1986, he incorporated the Pennsylvania Brewing Co. with the intention of marketing a pilsner-style beer so authentically German that it met the centuries-old purity law, Reinheitsgetbot. Unlike most domestic beers of the day, it would contain no corn or rice or other additives — just malted barley, yeast, hops and water. He planned to make it in small batches and sell it locally, like small breweries in the U.S. used to do.
