1. NEWS A couple of southern states recently have considered regulations that would require sellers of beer-by-the-keg to keep detailed records of who they were selling them to. The laws would apply to the normal beer outlets as well as breweries and brewpubs able to distribute their own products. The aim of such legislation is to know who bought the beer, and thus, who could be held accountable, in situations where the beer ended up being available to under-age drinkers. Georgia and Tennessee are presently such legislation, although the Tennessee attempt is generally considered to be dead for this session. Georgia's version has already been passed by the state's Senate and has gone to the House for consideration. We'll keep you posted. To follow up a story in last month's Buzz, the effort to revive the World Class Beer initiative in Georgia was defeated. The issue now must wait until the next legislative calendar year to be re-considered. For more details see: http://www.beerinfo.com/worldclassbeer/ If you turned on ESPN late last month and saw bowlers rolling their balls on an outdoor alley, your eyes were not deceiving you. Taking advantage of Florida's good weather, the Professional Bowler' Association opted to go outside to stage their competition at The Villages in Lady Lake. One happy beneficiary of the unique event was brewer Buzz Brown, who was selling all he could pour from his nearby Spanish Springs Brewing Company. Buzz said the event was neat and good for business, and that this is an extremely busy time of year for him. He added he's had to increase brewing capacity by 30% this past year just to keep up with demand. |
REAL ALE FESTIVAL AWARDS The Real Ale Festival competition in Chicago was held March 1-3 at Goose Island Brewing's Wrigleyville location. The following list represents only the awards handed out to brewers in the Beer South coverage area. Best of Group Awards - Cask Ales British-style Ales - The Crisp Malting Awards 1st - Radio Towers Red / Rock Bottom - Arlington VA American-style Ales - The Brewin' Beagle Awards 3rd - High Desert Imperial Stout / Sweetwater Brewery - Centreville VA Specialty Beers - The Chicago Beer Society Awards 1st - Mickey Two Fists / Virginia Beverage Company - Alexandria VA Individual Category Awards - Cask Ales English-style Bitter, Best Bitter and ESB 3rd - Radio Towers Red / Rock Bottom - Arlington VA Scotch and Scottish Ales 1st - 1420 Shropshire Ale / Rock Bottom - Arlington VA English-style Mild and Brown Ale 2nd - Boiler Room Nutbrown Ale / Titanic Brewery - Coral Gables FL American-style Pale and Amber Ale 1st - Bombay IPA / Boscos Brewing Co. - Germantown, Memphis & Nashville TN Brown Ale and Porter 1st - Midtown Brown / Boscos Brewing Co. - Germantown (et. al.) TN Stouts 1st - High Desert Imperial Stout / Sweetwater Brewery - Centreville VA 2nd - Stout / Boscos Brewing Co. - Germantown TN Belgian- and German-style Cask-conditioned Beers 1st - Zues Juice Belgium Strong Ale / Rocky River Brewing Co. - Sevierville TN Specialty Beers 3rd - Mickey Two Fists / Virginia Beverage Company - Alexandria VA Bottled American Pale & Amber Ales 3rd - Bombay IPA / Boscos Brewing Co. - Germantown TN Bottled American Brown Ales & Porters 3rd - Midtown Brown / Boscos Brewing Co. - Germantown TN Bottled Stouts 3rd - Oatmeal Stout / Boscos Brewing Co. - Germantown TN See http://www.realalefestival.com/NCAC01.htm for complete list. |
UNITED STATES BEER TASTING CHAMPIONSHIP The United States Beer Tasting Championship, in its seventh year, recently completed its year 2000 competitions which evaluated beers in 21 categories (beers were judged in a blind tasting on a hedonic rating scale.) 886 beers from 236 breweries were sampled. Awards were given nationally for "Grand Champion" in each style with one category won by a southern brewery; USA Grand Champion Category - Pale Ale: American Pale Ale / Bluegrass Brewing Co - Louisville KY Style awards for "Best of Region" in six geographic regions were also presented, with the South being a part of the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast regional designation. The following is a list of the "Best of the Southeast" from that division. Barleywine - Millenium / Shenandoah Brewing - Alexandria VA Stout: McGuire's - Panama City (FL) -- Honorable Mention: Dogwood Brewing Co. - Atlanta GA Porter: Big Nasty Porter / Richbrau Brewery - Richmond VA -- Honorable Mention: New Knoxville Brewing Co. - Knoxville TN Brown Ale: Charleston Brown / Carolina Beer & Beverage - Mooresville NC -- Honorable Mention: Red Brick Ale /Atlanta Brewing Co. - Atlanta GA Scottish-Style Ale: Old Rag Mountain Ale / Shenandoah Brewing - Alexandria VA Belgian-Style Ale: Winter Ale 2000 / Dogwood Brewing - Atlanta GA India Pale Ale: Tuppers' Hop Pocket Ale / Old Dominion - Ashburn VA Pale Ale: American Pale Ale / Bluegrass Brewing Co. - Louisville KY -- Honorable Mention: Mad Monk Pale Ale - Birmingham AL Amber/Red Ale: Dergy's Amber Ale / Wilmington Brewing Co. - Wilmington NC Bitter/ESB: River City ESB / Rock Creek Brewing - Richmond VA Golden Ale: Amelia Ale / Amelia Island Brewery (Williamsville Brewing) - Fernandina Beach FL Bock/Doppelbock: Andy Gator / Abita Brewing Co. - Abita Springs LA Dark Lager/Dunkel: Black Radish Dark Lager / Weeping Radish - Manteo NC -- Honorable Mention: Blackened Voodoo Lager / Dixie - New Orleans LA Vienna/Marzen Lager: Octoberfest / Dogwood Brewing - Atlanta GA -- Honorable Mention: Fest Amber Lager / Weeping Radish - Manteo NC Pilsner: Tuppers' Hop Pocket Pils / Old Dominion - Ashburn VA -- Honorable Mention: Laughing Skull Bohemian Pilsner / Atlanta Brewing Co. - Atlanta GA Dortmunder/Helles: Old Dominion Lager - Ashburn VA Wheat Beer: Winter Wheat / Weeping Radish Brewery - Manteo NC -- Honorable Mention: Summer Wheat / Old Dominion Brewing - Ashburn VA Spice Beer: Pumpkin Head Pumpkin Ale / Rock Creek - Richmond VA Fruit Beer: Purple Haze / Abita Brewing Co. - Abita Springs LA For more info or to be considered for the spring USBTC evaluation, contact Jeff Glor at (703) 464-8566 or jglor@erols.com |
March 24 - 8th Southeastern Microbrewers' Invitational - Chapel Hill NC April 5-7 - National Craft Brewer's Conference - Portland OR April 7 - 6th Classic City Brew Fest - Athens GA May 19 - 5th East Tennessee Brewers' Jam - Knoxville TN May 19-20 - 7th River City Beer & Seafood Festival - Richmond VA May 26 - Wing Fling Brewers' Fest - Sevierville TN July 27-29 - 7th International Beer & Food Festival - Jacksonville FL July 27-29 - Oregon Beer Festival - Portland OR August 8 - 8th Southern Brewer's Festival - Chattanooga TN September 1 - Beer Camp® at Oldenberg Brewery - Ft. Mitchell KY September 15 - 5th Great Smokies Brewgrass Festival - Asheville NC September 27-29 - Great American Beer Festival - Denver CO |
7. RESOURCES In case you haven't checked it lately, the Real Beer site has undergone a facelift on it's main page. The look is cleaner and it's much easier to navigate to other sections of the site. http://www.realbeer.com Beer South has added a section on Southern home brew supply stores with an online presence. Please let us know if we missed one. http://beersouth.homestead.com/brewshops.html. |
8. PROFILES IN BREWING by Bobby Bush, author of Beer & Loafing David Fowlkes - Mad Boar Brewery, North Myrtle Beach SC David Fowlkes's professional brewing career began in his hometown of Athens GA in 1994 where he worked as an administrator for now-deceased Double Barrel Brewing Company. But it wasn't until his next employment opportunity, a two year stay as an assistant brewer for Marthasville Brewing, that Fowlkes experienced hands-on, large scale brewing. A jack-of-all-trades, he was involved in everything at Marthasville, from brewing to packaging at the now-defunct brewery. At his next job, Vista Brewing in Columbia, SC, the now-experienced brewer was a one-man show. David excelled in the swanky bistro, though his creative beers were under appreciated. With a move to the coast, Fowlkes served as manager of Charleston Beer Works. While running the homebrew supply store's daily operations, which included a website and mail-order business, he found time to volunteer at a nearby microbrewery, assisting T-Bonz brewer David Epstein with the brewing of T-Bonz contract beers on the 25 barrel brewhouse at Palmetto Brewing Company. The 30-something brewer turned down an offer to brew in Destin FL, choosing to stay near the South Carolina shore where he waited for the right opportunity to present itself. And it did. When the position of head brewer opened up in North Myrtle Beach in March '98, David jumped at the chance to take over the brewhouse at Mad Boar Restaurant & Brewery. Working with a well-designed 18 barrel brewing system, Mad Boar produces about 500 barrels of beer each year. Though the seasonal nature of seaside N. Myrtle greatly reduces brewing activity in the dreary winter months, Fowlkes has not let the summertime light beer touristy atmosphere affect his artistry one bit. The busy brewer offers a fine selection of exemplary brews. Even his Rootin Raspberry Wheat (a style long the victim of Kool-Aid sweetness) is notable. Its pleasantly sour flavor belies a tempting sweet aroma. Lightly hopped, this pleasing fruit beer uses a 50/50 wheat/barley mash. Potent with Saaz hops and bolstered by its medium body, Golden Pilsner, brewed loosely in the Western European style, makes for lip smacking impoliteness. Pig Tail Ale is Mad Boar's lightest beer. Brewed with rice, it purposely compares closely with a macro-brewed American-style lager. Harvest Ale, a brown ale containing pumpkin pie spices, presents good balance between spices and flavorful English hops. Deep copper in color and extremely smooth, David's high gravity Scottish Ale is heavy in malt taste. Creamy from both flaked oats and nitrogenization, Boars Snout Oatmeal Stout is thick with foam and in body. Its unfiltered flavor is intensified from chocolate, roasted and black barley malts. Made as a homebrew size test batch, used by Fowlkes for trial recipes, his Belgian Pale Ale is fermented with Chimay yeast which produces a dry brew, with nicely rounded sweetness (but no candy sugar). Over the years, David has added even more beer variety. Joining a fairly regular, suggestively hoppy and amber-hued IPA is a continuing rotation of seasonal Brews of the Month. This evolving list includes a malty Bock, traditional Kolsch, Winter Solstice Ale, Porter, Hefeweizen and even 4th of July Red Hot Lager, spiced with cinnamon red hot candy. An inventive brewer who, even in a style-restrictive coastal market, is unafraid to experiment, the Mad Boar brewer thrives at "making up things no one else will." "You can't do it often," he explains, "because you have to sell the beer, but once or twice a year I try to make a nutty brew." And he doesn't mean a nut brown ale. Fowlkes derives just as much enjoyment from observing the end result of his beer. "The way it makes three to five folks, strangers sitting at the bar, strike up a conversation and carrying on for hours" is just as exhilarating to David as allowing the local home-brewers club to brew an 18 barrel batch of Winter Solstice Brew, the winning recipe in a Mad Boar-sponsored homebrew competition, in his brewhouse. There's more to North Myrtle Beach than sun and sand. David Fowlkes' intriguing beers make Mad Boar Brewing Company a welcome respite from tourist traps, sunburn and crappy beer. Read more by nationally recognized beer writer Bobby Bush at: http://www.realbeer.com/library/authors/bush-b/ |
9. CLASSIFIEDS The Greater Huntington Homebrewers Association of Huntington, West Virginia presents the Mt. Brewer Open / The Sounds Of Summer homebrew and brewpub beer competition, food and brew festival - Saturday, July 14, 2000 at the Huntington Museum of Art, 2033 McCoy Road, Huntington WV. Festivities include live music and a Taste of the Tri-State featuring food and home-brews plus brewpub and micro-brewed beer. Details at www.hbd.org/ghha or call (304) 529-2701 |
=================================================================================== Special thanks this month to: Buzz Brown, Jeff Blomeyer, Jack Bradt, Mike Bronosky, Bob Carbone, Steve Fried, Bruce Holt, Jeff Glor, Bob Gordon, Ken Jenkins, Murrell Kinkade, Jim Norton, Kevin Rusk and Ron Snell. Until next issue, cheers, The Beer South Beer Bwana Please send suggestions and corrections to beersouth@mindspring.com |
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March 2001 Newsletter Greetings to all, Although some folks along the Gulf Coast or in Florida might not be able to tell, Spring is slowly easing it's way in to the South. Good weather brings with it outdoor activities, including a number of beer festivals. Be sure to check our calendar to find the festivals nearest to you. Beer South is making preparations to go on the road this Spring to bring you pictures from as many festivals as possible, among them the Southeastern Microbrewers' Invitational in Chapel Hill, the Classic City Brew Fest in Athens GA, the East Tennessee Brewers' Jam in Knoxville, the Wing Fling Brewers' Fest in Sevierville TN, and the BBC Microbrew Festival in Louisville. We hope to see you there! |
=================================================================================== Special thanks this month to: Buzz Brown, Jeff Blomeyer, Jack Bradt, Mike Bronosky, Bob Carbone, Steve Fried, Bruce Holt, Jeff Glor, Bob Gordon, Ken Jenkins, Murrell Kinkade, Jim Norton, Kevin Rusk and Ron Snell. Until next issue, cheers, The Beer South Beer Bwana Please send suggestions and corrections to beersouth@mindspring.com |
9. CLASSIFIEDS The Greater Huntington Homebrewers Association of Huntington, West Virginia presents the Mt. Brewer Open / The Sounds Of Summer homebrew and brewpub beer competition, food and brew festival - Saturday, July 14, 2000 at the Huntington Museum of Art, 2033 McCoy Road, Huntington WV. Festivities include live music and a Taste of the Tri-State featuring food and home-brews plus brewpub and micro-brewed beer. Details at www.hbd.org/ghha or call (304) 529-2701 |
8. PROFILES IN BREWING by Bobby Bush, author of Beer & Loafing David Fowlkes - Mad Boar Brewery, North Myrtle Beach SC David Fowlkes's professional brewing career began in his hometown of Athens GA in 1994 where he worked as an administrator for now-deceased Double Barrel Brewing Company. But it wasn't until his next employment opportunity, a two year stay as an assistant brewer for Marthasville Brewing, that Fowlkes experienced hands-on, large scale brewing. A jack-of-all-trades, he was involved in everything at Marthasville, from brewing to packaging at the now-defunct brewery. At his next job, Vista Brewing in Columbia, SC, the now-experienced brewer was a one-man show. David excelled in the swanky bistro, though his creative beers were under appreciated. With a move to the coast, Fowlkes served as manager of Charleston Beer Works. While running the homebrew supply store's daily operations, which included a website and mail-order business, he found time to volunteer at a nearby microbrewery, assisting T-Bonz brewer David Epstein with the brewing of T-Bonz contract beers on the 25 barrel brewhouse at Palmetto Brewing Company. The 30-something brewer turned down an offer to brew in Destin FL, choosing to stay near the South Carolina shore where he waited for the right opportunity to present itself. And it did. When the position of head brewer opened up in North Myrtle Beach in March '98, David jumped at the chance to take over the brewhouse at Mad Boar Restaurant & Brewery. Working with a well-designed 18 barrel brewing system, Mad Boar produces about 500 barrels of beer each year. Though the seasonal nature of seaside N. Myrtle greatly reduces brewing activity in the dreary winter months, Fowlkes has not let the summertime light beer touristy atmosphere affect his artistry one bit. The busy brewer offers a fine selection of exemplary brews. Even his Rootin Raspberry Wheat (a style long the victim of Kool-Aid sweetness) is notable. Its pleasantly sour flavor belies a tempting sweet aroma. Lightly hopped, this pleasing fruit beer uses a 50/50 wheat/barley mash. Potent with Saaz hops and bolstered by its medium body, Golden Pilsner, brewed loosely in the Western European style, makes for lip smacking impoliteness. Pig Tail Ale is Mad Boar's lightest beer. Brewed with rice, it purposely compares closely with a macro-brewed American-style lager. Harvest Ale, a brown ale containing pumpkin pie spices, presents good balance between spices and flavorful English hops. Deep copper in color and extremely smooth, David's high gravity Scottish Ale is heavy in malt taste. Creamy from both flaked oats and nitrogenization, Boars Snout Oatmeal Stout is thick with foam and in body. Its unfiltered flavor is intensified from chocolate, roasted and black barley malts. Made as a homebrew size test batch, used by Fowlkes for trial recipes, his Belgian Pale Ale is fermented with Chimay yeast which produces a dry brew, with nicely rounded sweetness (but no candy sugar). Over the years, David has added even more beer variety. Joining a fairly regular, suggestively hoppy and amber-hued IPA is a continuing rotation of seasonal Brews of the Month. This evolving list includes a malty Bock, traditional Kolsch, Winter Solstice Ale, Porter, Hefeweizen and even 4th of July Red Hot Lager, spiced with cinnamon red hot candy. An inventive brewer who, even in a style-restrictive coastal market, is unafraid to experiment, the Mad Boar brewer thrives at "making up things no one else will." "You can't do it often," he explains, "because you have to sell the beer, but once or twice a year I try to make a nutty brew." And he doesn't mean a nut brown ale. Fowlkes derives just as much enjoyment from observing the end result of his beer. "The way it makes three to five folks, strangers sitting at the bar, strike up a conversation and carrying on for hours" is just as exhilarating to David as allowing the local home-brewers club to brew an 18 barrel batch of Winter Solstice Brew, the winning recipe in a Mad Boar-sponsored homebrew competition, in his brewhouse. There's more to North Myrtle Beach than sun and sand. David Fowlkes' intriguing beers make Mad Boar Brewing Company a welcome respite from tourist traps, sunburn and crappy beer. Read more by nationally recognized beer writer Bobby Bush at: http://www.realbeer.com/library/authors/bush-b/ |
7. RESOURCES In case you haven't checked it lately, the Real Beer site has undergone a facelift on it's main page. The look is cleaner and it's much easier to navigate to other sections of the site. http://www.realbeer.com Beer South has added a section on Southern home brew supply stores with an online presence. Please let us know if we missed one. http://beersouth.homestead.com/brewshops.html. |
5. PERSONNEL NC / Raleigh - Darryl Nutter to head brewer at Rock Creek Brewing Co. NC / Raleigh - Dan Carter to head brewer at Greenshield's Brewpub |
March 24 - 8th Southeastern Microbrewers' Invitational - Chapel Hill NC April 5-7 - National Craft Brewer's Conference - Portland OR April 7 - 6th Classic City Brew Fest - Athens GA May 19 - 5th East Tennessee Brewers' Jam - Knoxville TN May 19-20 - 7th River City Beer & Seafood Festival - Richmond VA May 26 - Wing Fling Brewers' Fest - Sevierville TN July 27-29 - 7th International Beer & Food Festival - Jacksonville FL July 27-29 - Oregon Beer Festival - Portland OR August 8 - 8th Southern Brewer's Festival - Chattanooga TN September 1 - Beer Camp® at Oldenberg Brewery - Ft. Mitchell KY September 15 - 5th Great Smokies Brewgrass Festival - Asheville NC September 27-29 - Great American Beer Festival - Denver CO |
4. PLANNED OPENINGS GA / Atlanta - Southend Brewery & Steakhouse (August) A sixth location of this growing regional chain is planned for Hot 'Lanta. KY / Louisville - Browning's Microbrewery & Brewpub (July) To be located at Louisville's Slugger Field, home of the RiverBats, a Cincinnati Red's AAA baseball farm team. |
3. CLOSINGS GA / Atlanta - Atlanta Beer Garten TN / Knoxville - New Knoxville Brewing Company |
2. OPENINGS AR / Little Rock - Diamond Bear Microbrewery Brewer John Templet's craft beers will be offered by the state capital's second micro. FL / Jacksonville - Southend Brewery & Smokehouse The 5th location of this expanding regional brewery and restaurant operation is situated in Jacksonville's waterfront entertainment district. FL / Pensacola - Emerald Coast Brewing Company This small micro has been around for about a year, but it just came to our attention. Brewer Greg Beck uses an extract system to provide keg beer to local bars and restaurants. KY / Lexington - Alltech's Lexington Brewing Company Alltech, a Nicholasville, KY-based world-wide bio-tech research company, which purchased the assets of Lexington Brewing Company, has hired master brewer Christopher Bird and re-started brewing at the facility. Kentucky Ale, a hybrid Irish red and English pale ale is the first offering. The beer is primarily available at local stores and bars, but the brewery does plan to ship the ale to major horse races in Australia, Ireland, England and other countries where Alltech additives go into horse feed. Alltech's Irish-born owner, T. Pearse Lyons, himself a master brewer, also bought the Seibel Institute of Brewing in Chicago last year. |
UNITED STATES BEER TASTING CHAMPIONSHIP The United States Beer Tasting Championship, in its seventh year, recently completed its year 2000 competitions which evaluated beers in 21 categories (beers were judged in a blind tasting on a hedonic rating scale.) 886 beers from 236 breweries were sampled. Awards were given nationally for "Grand Champion" in each style with one category won by a southern brewery; USA Grand Champion Category - Pale Ale: American Pale Ale / Bluegrass Brewing Co - Louisville KY Style awards for "Best of Region" in six geographic regions were also presented, with the South being a part of the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast regional designation. The following is a list of the "Best of the Southeast" from that division. Barleywine - Millenium / Shenandoah Brewing - Alexandria VA Stout: McGuire's - Panama City (FL) -- Honorable Mention: Dogwood Brewing Co. - Atlanta GA Porter: Big Nasty Porter / Richbrau Brewery - Richmond VA -- Honorable Mention: New Knoxville Brewing Co. - Knoxville TN Brown Ale: Charleston Brown / Carolina Beer & Beverage - Mooresville NC -- Honorable Mention: Red Brick Ale /Atlanta Brewing Co. - Atlanta GA Scottish-Style Ale: Old Rag Mountain Ale / Shenandoah Brewing - Alexandria VA Belgian-Style Ale: Winter Ale 2000 / Dogwood Brewing - Atlanta GA India Pale Ale: Tuppers' Hop Pocket Ale / Old Dominion - Ashburn VA Pale Ale: American Pale Ale / Bluegrass Brewing Co. - Louisville KY -- Honorable Mention: Mad Monk Pale Ale - Birmingham AL Amber/Red Ale: Dergy's Amber Ale / Wilmington Brewing Co. - Wilmington NC Bitter/ESB: River City ESB / Rock Creek Brewing - Richmond VA Golden Ale: Amelia Ale / Amelia Island Brewery (Williamsville Brewing) - Fernandina Beach FL Bock/Doppelbock: Andy Gator / Abita Brewing Co. - Abita Springs LA Dark Lager/Dunkel: Black Radish Dark Lager / Weeping Radish - Manteo NC -- Honorable Mention: Blackened Voodoo Lager / Dixie - New Orleans LA Vienna/Marzen Lager: Octoberfest / Dogwood Brewing - Atlanta GA -- Honorable Mention: Fest Amber Lager / Weeping Radish - Manteo NC Pilsner: Tuppers' Hop Pocket Pils / Old Dominion - Ashburn VA -- Honorable Mention: Laughing Skull Bohemian Pilsner / Atlanta Brewing Co. - Atlanta GA Dortmunder/Helles: Old Dominion Lager - Ashburn VA Wheat Beer: Winter Wheat / Weeping Radish Brewery - Manteo NC -- Honorable Mention: Summer Wheat / Old Dominion Brewing - Ashburn VA Spice Beer: Pumpkin Head Pumpkin Ale / Rock Creek - Richmond VA Fruit Beer: Purple Haze / Abita Brewing Co. - Abita Springs LA For more info or to be considered for the spring USBTC evaluation, contact Jeff Glor at (703) 464-8566 or jglor@erols.com |
REAL ALE FESTIVAL AWARDS The Real Ale Festival competition in Chicago was held March 1-3 at Goose Island Brewing's Wrigleyville location. The following list represents only the awards handed out to brewers in the Beer South coverage area. Best of Group Awards - Cask Ales British-style Ales - The Crisp Malting Awards 1st - Radio Towers Red / Rock Bottom - Arlington VA American-style Ales - The Brewin' Beagle Awards 3rd - High Desert Imperial Stout / Sweetwater Brewery - Centreville VA Specialty Beers - The Chicago Beer Society Awards 1st - Mickey Two Fists / Virginia Beverage Company - Alexandria VA Individual Category Awards - Cask Ales English-style Bitter, Best Bitter and ESB 3rd - Radio Towers Red / Rock Bottom - Arlington VA Scotch and Scottish Ales 1st - 1420 Shropshire Ale / Rock Bottom - Arlington VA English-style Mild and Brown Ale 2nd - Boiler Room Nutbrown Ale / Titanic Brewery - Coral Gables FL American-style Pale and Amber Ale 1st - Bombay IPA / Boscos Brewing Co. - Germantown, Memphis & Nashville TN Brown Ale and Porter 1st - Midtown Brown / Boscos Brewing Co. - Germantown (et. al.) TN Stouts 1st - High Desert Imperial Stout / Sweetwater Brewery - Centreville VA 2nd - Stout / Boscos Brewing Co. - Germantown TN Belgian- and German-style Cask-conditioned Beers 1st - Zues Juice Belgium Strong Ale / Rocky River Brewing Co. - Sevierville TN Specialty Beers 3rd - Mickey Two Fists / Virginia Beverage Company - Alexandria VA Bottled American Pale & Amber Ales 3rd - Bombay IPA / Boscos Brewing Co. - Germantown TN Bottled American Brown Ales & Porters 3rd - Midtown Brown / Boscos Brewing Co. - Germantown TN Bottled Stouts 3rd - Oatmeal Stout / Boscos Brewing Co. - Germantown TN See http://www.realalefestival.com/NCAC01.htm for complete list. |
1. NEWS A couple of southern states recently have considered regulations that would require sellers of beer-by-the-keg to keep detailed records of who they were selling them to. The laws would apply to the normal beer outlets as well as breweries and brewpubs able to distribute their own products. The aim of such legislation is to know who bought the beer, and thus, who could be held accountable, in situations where the beer ended up being available to under-age drinkers. Georgia and Tennessee are presently such legislation, although the Tennessee attempt is generally considered to be dead for this session. Georgia's version has already been passed by the state's Senate and has gone to the House for consideration. We'll keep you posted. To follow up a story in last month's Buzz, the effort to revive the World Class Beer initiative in Georgia was defeated. The issue now must wait until the next legislative calendar year to be re-considered. For more details see: http://www.beerinfo.com/worldclassbeer/ If you turned on ESPN late last month and saw bowlers rolling their balls on an outdoor alley, your eyes were not deceiving you. Taking advantage of Florida's good weather, the Professional Bowler' Association opted to go outside to stage their competition at The Villages in Lady Lake. One happy beneficiary of the unique event was brewer Buzz Brown, who was selling all he could pour from his nearby Spanish Springs Brewing Company. Buzz said the event was neat and good for business, and that this is an extremely busy time of year for him. He added he's had to increase brewing capacity by 30% this past year just to keep up with demand. |
