MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18 2017: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom man on the street. …
For the third straight year, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau issued more than 1,000 new brewery permits, bringing the total number of permitted U.S. breweries to a record high of 7,190 in 2016.
New Belgium Brewing’s new spring seasonal Whizbang, is a hoppy blonde ale with vibrant notes of mango, lemon, blueberry, and pine thanks to Mosaic, UK Admiral and Centennial dry-hopping.
Celebrated by craft beer fanatics as “The Home of Pure Hoppiness,” Alpine Beer Company was established in 1999. Since its inception, this tiny brewery located in the Cuyamaca Mountain foothills has developed a cult-like following for their highly-acclaimed ales, lagers and sours. The brewery has renamed its Hop Boxed IPA to Windows Up IPA (7%), a single IPA made with Mosaic and Citra hops. It pours a hazy straw color and is topped with bright white beer foam. Piney aromas mingle with fruity notes, while hints of citrus fruit and an overall lingering resinous quality lend a touch of complexity to this dank IPA.
Some U.S.-made stouts, ales, and other hearty beers are currently imported to Mexico. Most full-flavored microbrews, however, are being produced by Mexican breweries.
The number of craft breweries with some level of barrel aging program has risen dramatically over the past decade, with most gravitating toward used whiskey casks, particularly bourbon, to add new oaky, vanilla and boozy flavor elements to select batches. But whiskey certainly is far from being the only game in town, especially as brewers experiment with oak containers that previously held everything from brandy to Italian-style amari.
Tim Kliegl, aka The Timinator, has steadily been gaining notoriety. He took part in a beer mile in the middle of his six-day, 120-mile TransRockies Run. He ran and drank a different beer each day after his 65th birthday. In a Q+A with Draft magazine, Kliegl talks about which marathons have the best post-race party, how he won over a race director to host a beer mile during the TransRockies, his goals for 2017 and more.
Morning Foam for Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 concludes with Jimmy Kimmel hitting the street to see which people prefer: Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act? (They are the same thing.) The results will neither surprise or delight you at all. …
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