Archive for March, 2007
Wooden Brew Sculpture
Thursday, March 29th, 2007My engineer BIL and his engineer friend came up with this 3 tier design. It works pretty darn good and takes up very little space when not in use. It is a gravity system so no pumps are needed. There are 2 sculptures in the pictures and they often brew 2 batches side by side. I think they are pretty cool and they should be shared.
another angle:
2 stands in storage:
FLYING DOG BREWERY TO CELEBRATE BREW YEAR’S EVE WITH SPECIAL MIDNIGHT BREWERY TOUR
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
On April 7, America’s craft brewers will host ‘Brew Year’s Eve’ celebrations recognizing the repeal of prohibition for beer. Flying Dog Brewery will add to the festivities with a special Midnight Tour of their brewery in Denver’s Ballpark Neighborhood on the night of April 6th. Flying Dog’s neighboring bar, the Blake Street Tavern, will also […]
Dark Holland
Sunday, March 25th, 2007Show 111 is a direct result of The Michigan’s Brewers Guild Winter Beer Fest in Lansing, MI. We were invited and attended gladly. I was amazed at all the great beer at this festival, some everybody has heard of, some that should be. After the fest, we overtook a little bar next […]
FLYING DOG INTRO
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
The brewhouse, bottling line, shipping, and more. Welcome to Flying Dog.
ERIC IN HIS TRUCK
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Flying Dog Prez Eric Warner picks up his truck from the shop and rolls back to Denver blabbering all the way. Neal gets wrapped in cellophane.
Hop of the Week — Palisade
Saturday, March 17th, 2007Palisade
New Medium-alpha Hop
Last year over on the NB board, we did Palisade hops as a weekly hop discussion, but there was little input because the hop was so new. There is more information out about it now, and I remember reading that some people here were using them so I thought it would be interesting to gather our collective thoughts. I got some in a hop grab bag that I picked up from a guy on eBay, and I found them to be very interesting.
To get started, here’s the info I was able to find on Palisade from Yakima Chief and other sources.
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Palisade
Origin/History: Palisade⢠is an aroma type cultivar bred by Yakima Chief Ranches.
Agronomics: Good pickability of a medium size cone.
Brewing Quality: Used for its aromatic properties and moderate bittering.
Maturity: Medium
Alpha acids: 5.5-9.5%
Alpha:Beta ratio: 1.0
Beta acids: 6.0-8.0%
Cohumulone: 24-29% (% of alpha acids)
Total Oil: 1.4-1.6 (mls. of oil per 100g)
Myrcene: 9-10% (as % of total oils)
Caryophyllene: 16-18% (as % of total oils)
Humulene: 19-22% (as % of total oils)
Farnesene: 0% (as % of total oils)
Storage: good
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Alpha: 9-10%
Comments: New higher alpha Willamette replacement
Possible Substitutes: Unknown as of yet
Use: British Ales, American Ales
Source: Rooftop Brew
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For those of you who like to experiment, this is a new hop on the market and is bred from Swiss Tettnanger. At 8.3% alpha acid it’s a medium-bitter hop and has a flavor and aroma similar to a noble hop. They also remind me of a much smoother version of Chinook.
Source: Culver City Homebrewing
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Fairly recent American cross of Tettnager and open pollenation resulting in a moderate alpha hop with good aroma characteristics. (Alpha acid 6-10% / beta acid 4-7%)
Source: Wikipedia
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Palisade walks the line between bittering and aroma with alpha acids just under 10%. It has a soft, clean finish with characteristics similar to Willamette.
Source: Midwest Supplies
Origin/History: Palisade⢠is an aroma type cultivar bred by Yakima Chief Ranches.
Agronomics: Good pickability of a medium size cone.
Brewing Quality: Used for its aromatic properties and moderate bittering.
Maturity: Medium
Alpha acids: 5.5-9.5%
Alpha:Beta ratio: 1.0
Beta acids: 6.0-8.0%
Cohumulone: 24-29% (% of alpha acids)
Total Oil: 1.4-1.6 (mls. of oil per 100g)
Myrcene: 9-10% (as % of total oils)
Caryophyllene: 16-18% (as % of total oils)
Humulene: 19-22% (as % of total oils)
Farnesene: 0% (as % of total oils)
Storage: good
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Alpha: 9-10%
Comments: New higher alpha Willamette replacement
Possible Substitutes: Unknown as of yet
Use: British Ales, American Ales
Source: Rooftop Brew
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For those of you who like to experiment, this is a new hop on the market and is bred from Swiss Tettnanger. At 8.3% alpha acid it’s a medium-bitter hop and has a flavor and aroma similar to a noble hop. They also remind me of a much smoother version of Chinook.
Source: Culver City Homebrewing
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Fairly recent American cross of Tettnager and open pollenation resulting in a moderate alpha hop with good aroma characteristics. (Alpha acid 6-10% / beta acid 4-7%)
Source: Wikipedia
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Palisade walks the line between bittering and aroma with alpha acids just under 10%. It has a soft, clean finish with characteristics similar to Willamette.
Source: Midwest Supplies
Personally, I didn’t find them anything like Willamette. I made a Palisade single-hop pale ale, and it had kind of perfumey aroma and a very mild flavor to them. The bitterness, even though it was calculated at 40 IBUs, was very very smooth to the point where I felt that the beer was underbittered. I would like to try them again, but haven’t been able to find whole Palisade since getting that grab bag.
So, does anyone out there have experience with Palisade hops? Commercial brews that use them (I think Rogue or some other west-coast brewery makes a beer with them)? Questions? Comments? Whatever?
Special Day & New Brew to Celebrate
Friday, March 16th, 2007More New Accounts
Friday, March 16th, 2007RIPPE CLAIMS HIS PRIZE
Friday, March 16th, 2007
Flying Dog Ales marketing biatch Chris Rippe beat President/CEO Eric Warner in a footrace last fall…the Beer Drinker’s Marathon. His prize? President of the brewery for a day, date TBD until now.
SLAP OR DRINK
Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Forget beer pong…Rippe describes the drinking game soon to sweep the nation.
Setting The Line - Beer Drinker’s Marathon pt. 2
Thursday, March 15th, 2007
The Beer Drinker’s Marathon has finally become one of the premier sporting events in the world. The chicks in bikinis with signs are probably next. What makes it such a spectacle, you may ask? There’s finally a betting line.
Bettors beware: a confidential source tells us that Eric Warner has been putting a little bit of pine tar on his running shoes before practicing lately. Better grip allows for better traction, especially for those in their 40s. Not to worry, though; We’ve hired the same officials from Game 2 of the World Series to officiate the Beer Drinker’s Marathon.
Rippe supporters will be cheering him on by having a Carbone’s #2 at the finish line. Sadly, their cheers will be muted somewhat by the Cappicola.
Ralph Steadman Wall Art 01
Thursday, March 15th, 2007
When is a wall not just a wall? When Ralph Steadman is fucking drawing on it! See some original Steadman art on the wall of our Tasting Room at Flying Dog Brewery, 2401 Blake Street, Denver, Colorado.
Beer Drinker’s Marathon - The Actual Race
Thursday, March 15th, 2007
The moment you’ve all been waiting for - The finale to the first-ever Beer Drinker’s Marathon. We know that everyone really wants to see a race between two out-of-shape contestants, but trust us: there’s more to a race than the actual racing. Warming up in camouflage pants, blocking off major downtown thoroughfares with a Winnebago, and wonderful signs. And don’t forget beer (never forget beer).
It should be noted that neither of the two racers had anything to drink before the race, but we’re willing to bet a bottle of Wild Dog that the loser drank himself to sleep right after the all-employee meeting that followed.
Click below to check out a photo slideshow of the Beer Drinker’s Marathon.
http://tinyurl.com/unnkg
Rippe Talks Some Shit - Beer Drinker’s Marathon - Part 4
Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Chris Rippe, Marketing Guy, is interviewed in anticipation of the first-ever Beer Drinker’s Marathon, taking place October 30, 2006. While putting up fliers for the event, a camera crew followed Rippe around, capturing his shit talking. Women everywhere will rejoice once they’ve seen that Chris has added them to his “slay list”.
Flying Dog Beer Drinker’s Marathon - Part 1
Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Marathons are long and boring. Who actually watches the whole thing? We certainly don’t. At Flying Dog, we’ve devised the perfect made-for-tv running event: Take the best .26% of a marathon, also known as the end, and just run that part. All of the excitement, and you don’t even need to skip through the fucking commercials.
Eric Talks Some Shit - Beer Drinker’s Marathon - Part 3
Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Flying Dog CEO Eric Warner is interviewed in anticipation of the first-ever Beer Drinker’s Marathon, taking place October 30, 2006. Well, he’s basically shit talking. Barely more subtle than Mike Tyson and more slick than Don King, Eric is the class of this operation. We’ll chalk his slickness up to the life experience advantage (read: oldness).
Ralph Steadman hangs out at Flying Dog Brewery
Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Ralph Steadman recently spent time in Denver on an international book tour. Ralph was promoting his new book entitled “The Joke’s Over,” but he found time in his busy schedule to come down to Flying Dog Brewery, where he met with all of us underling employees for a few hours. Once we got a few brews into his belly, Ralph did some original art for employees, as seen in this video. Stop by our Tasting Room at 2401 Blake Street, Denver, Colorado for some craft beer and a look at original Ralph Steadman art!
FLYING DOG INTRO
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
The brewhouse, the bottling line, shipping, and more. Welcome to Flying Dog.
Michael Martin Band
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007On GBS 110 we broke in a new studio location with the help of Michael Martin. We played his music and showed him what hoppy beers are all about. On the warmup beer session I misfired and called his beer Bell’s Winter Ale when in fact he warmed up on a Samual Adam’s […]
Flying Dog Brewery?s Heller Hound is the First Sign of Spring
Monday, March 12th, 2007It’s been a long winter in Colorado, but the folks at the Denver-based Flying Dog Brewery are trying to make it easier to think about warmer weather with the upcoming release of their Spring Seasonal, Heller Hound. Flying Dog’s second seasonal of the year is a traditional-style Maibock brewed with a combination of Vienna and […]
Superbowl Weekend
Thursday, March 8th, 2007
Load up the Winne and hit the road. Tap the kegs at 6:00am. Driving in the snow, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. After a day on the mountain relax with some ‘dogs and get the shit slapped out of you. Nice, baby. It’s Superbowl Weekend 2007 with the Flying Dog crew.
President for a Day
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
Remember when Flying Dog marketing biatch Chris Rippe beat brewery pres. Eric Warner in a footrace last fall? His prize: President for a Day. Now Rippe assumes the role…and the tables are turned. Eric finds he’s the brew-lackey and Neal gets a dirty job; meanwhile, the President goes golfing.
Friend going to Belgium… What comes back?
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007I have a friend that is going to Belgium for Spring Break and he asked me what I would like him to bring me back. Any suggestions? I think he will spending a lot of his time around Brussels, but I’m not sure of much beyond that. What sort of beer should I ask for? What are some things that are just amazing over there that aren’t good/available here? I really enjoy the Trappist beers, but I’m not sure they are special enough to bring back. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
FLYING DOG ANNOUNCES NEW COLORADO DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
Monday, March 5th, 2007Denver, CO – March 5, 2007 – Flying Dog Brewery announced today that it has aligned with a new network of distributors to cover its home state of Colorado. Effective immediately, the entire Flying Dog Brewery collection of craft beer brands will be sold to Colorado retailers by a network of world-class distributors including Coors […]
New Accounts
Friday, March 2nd, 2007Weeds of Eden
Friday, March 2nd, 2007On the coldest night of the year we recorded this show at Studio B. “Weeds of Eden”, from Indianapolis, were our guests. I had this bright idea of sampling a couple winter beers, namely Samuel Smiths Winter Welcome Ale and Youngs Winter Warmer. Bob brought beer to the show too. We […]
