What: Big Brew, a worldwide event celebrating National Homebrew Day
Who: You, the brew lover
Where: Singleton Park, 695 N. Curry Road, Roseburg, OR
When: Sat., May 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Host: Umpqua Valley Brewers Guild
Sponsor: American Homebrewers Association
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Springtime Promises
Springtime bine climb |
April Hop Crop Report: Yep, up they grow with a little Umpqua Valley soil below and April rain and sun from above!
Genus: Humulus
Species: lupulus
Cultivar: Centennial
Genetic Composition: 3/4 Brewers Gold, 3/32 Fuggle, 1/16 East Kent Golding, 1/32 Bavarian and 1/16 unknown
First Created: 1974
Released: 1990
Alpha Acid Rating: 9.5%-11.5%
Works Well In: Pale Ales and IPAs
Source: Beer Advocate
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Top 50 American Craft Breweries
Craft brewers made 13,235,917 barrels of beer last year, which means publicans poured plenty of pints! |
- Boston Beer leads the list of Top 50 U.S. Craft Brewing Companies.*
- California leads the states with 11 breweries in the Top 50; Going up the West Coast, Oregon has four, and surprisingly, Washington has none.
- Colorado outranks Oregon with six breweries.
- No Portland brewery is in the Top 50, but Widmer, as part of the Craft Brew Alliance merger with Red Hook and Kona, is #9 in the Top 50 Overall U.S. Brewing Companies.
California:
#2 Sierra Nevada (Chico)
#6 Lagunitas (Petaluma)
#10 Stone (Escondido)
#20 Firestone Walker (Paso Robles)
#21 Anchor (San Fransisco)
#34 Bear Republic (Cloverdale)
#38 Lost Coast (Eureka)
#39 Karl Srauss (San Diego)
#40 BJ's Chicago Pizza & Brewery (San Diego)
#42 North Coast (Fort Bragg)
#46 Ballast Point (San Diego)
Oregon:
#5 Deschutes (Bend)
#22 Rogue Ales (Newport)
#24 Full Sail (Hood River)
#31 Ninkasi (Eugene)
Washington:
None
- Craft brewers sold an estimated 13,235,917 barrels of beer in 2012, up from 11,467,337 in 2011.
- Growth of the craft brewing industry in 2012 was 15% by volume and 17% by dollars.
- Craft brewers provide an estimated 108,440 jobs in the U.S., including serving staff in brewpubs.
* The Brewers Association defines a craft brewery as one with an annual production of beer less than six million barrels.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Long Live the King!
Cheers to you, Patron Saint of Beer |
It's that time of year when humulus lupulus rhizomes once again begin to send their green shoots out of the earth on their ascent to hop heaven.
Celebrate Spring and King Gambrinus, who is credited for adding hops to beer.
"My name is Gambrinus,
King of Flanders and Brabant.
I made malt out of barley
And was the first to conceive beer
So the brewers
Can proudly proclaim
That it was a King Who invented Beer!"
Friday, April 5, 2013
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Oregon has an official state insect and an official state crustacean, so why shouldn't Saccharomyces cerevisiae be the official state microbe? At least that's the proposal of state representative Mark Johnson of Hood River. According to House Concurrent Resolution 12, Saccharomyces cerevisiae is "essential to the production of alcoholic beverages, such as mead, wine, beer and distilled
spirits," making it officially worthy of honor and recognition as the state's itsy bitsiest, teeny weeniest symbol.
Scientific Name: Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Translation: "Saccharomyces" is geek speak for "sugar mold" or "sugar fungus," and Cerevisiae means "of beer."
Nickname: Mr. Happy, a.k.a. Brewer's yeast
Purpose on Earth: To magically convert sugar into alcohol
Size: Really, really small; in fact, even smaller than a flyspeck
Economic Impact: Really, really large--$2.4 billion dollars a year in the Oregon craft beer business
Scientific Name: Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Translation: "Saccharomyces" is geek speak for "sugar mold" or "sugar fungus," and Cerevisiae means "of beer."
Nickname: Mr. Happy, a.k.a. Brewer's yeast
Purpose on Earth: To magically convert sugar into alcohol
Size: Really, really small; in fact, even smaller than a flyspeck
Economic Impact: Really, really large--$2.4 billion dollars a year in the Oregon craft beer business
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Agua from Thin Air
Lima,
Peru’s capital city, receives less than one inch of rain each year,
forcing some residents to get their water from dirty wells. Despite the
lack of rain, the high humidity makes it possible to harvest water
directly from the city’s air, providing a sustainable, alternative
source of drinkable water.
Peruvian researchers have collaborated with an ad agency to create an unusual billboard that generates drinking water from thin air.
While fulfilling its traditional role as an advertising tool, the billboard also harvests moisture directly from the air, which is then processed through a filtration system.
Capable of producing 25 gallons (96 liters) of water a day during summer, the billboard has provided 9,450 liters of clean drinking water for a nearby community in the three months since it was first installed.
Source: Inhabit.com
Peruvian researchers have collaborated with an ad agency to create an unusual billboard that generates drinking water from thin air.
While fulfilling its traditional role as an advertising tool, the billboard also harvests moisture directly from the air, which is then processed through a filtration system.
Capable of producing 25 gallons (96 liters) of water a day during summer, the billboard has provided 9,450 liters of clean drinking water for a nearby community in the three months since it was first installed.
Source: Inhabit.com
Monday, April 1, 2013
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