What’s Brewing Bergseth Bros.

Weekly Newsletter Vol.148

California Cider Company is the first family owned cider in the US. We have been making ACE ciders since 1993 in the beautiful Sebastopol area of Sonoma County California just north of San Francisco. We are located among some of the world’s most renowned wine makers and apple orchards.

Ace founder Jeffrey House created Ace Space in honor of his wife, Angela,

who appeared in the cantina scene in the original Star Wars.

It’s time to try something new and exciting. Cider is lower calorie and gluten free in comparison to other alcoholic beverages. Ace ciders are a refreshing alternative to beer and wine. No sugar is added to our beverages, the only sugar occurs naturally from fresh fruit, making our ciders crisp in taste and flavor.

Our award winning ACE ciders are pure, clean and refreshing because we use only the best eating apples for our juice and the best ingredients we can buy. We use champagne yeast in all of our cider and ferment them 10 -14 days. We then cold – filter 4 times and add the perfect amount of spritz to quench your thirst.

Don’t Forget – NOW AVAILABLE ACE Pumpkin Cider – Get some before it’s gone.

ACE Pumpkin

5% ABV

Flavored with cinnamon, cloves and allspice

Tastes like pumpkin pie

First produced in the fall of 2010 our Ace Pumpkin Cider is a seasonal favorite. Its unique orange color and full rich flavor will leave you craving more. This seasonal Cider is released after Labor Day and available throughout fall. Ace Pumpkin is perfect for the pumpkin lover that just can’t get enough.  Ideal for Halloween and Thanksgiving this cider pairs well with or beef. Our pumpkin cider also makes a great snakebite when mixed with a heavy lager.

We guarantee you will notice the care and quality we take to produce every bottle. That’s what makes us ACES!

CHEERS!

What’s Brewing Bergseth Bros.

Weekly Online Newsletter Vol.147

Since 1860, August Schell Brewing Company has been perfecting German Craft Beers. Their Oktoberfest is a shining example of their perfection!

OKTOBERFEST

BEER STYLE: Marzen, Oktoberfest

ALCOHOL BY VOLUME: 5.8%

CHARACTERISTICS: Brewed with the perfect balance of Pale, Munich, and Cara Pils malt with Liberty and Perle hops to create a rich, smooth taste.

With its bright copper-orange color, it is quite symbolic of the autumnal shift of the season.  A slightly higher strength, and warm malt body make it the perfect companion for the crisp fall weather in Minnesota.  The use of Munich and Vienna malts give the beer its toasty malt backbone, and melanoidin-rich flavor and aroma.  It has a soft malt sweetness, pleasant mouthfeel and a slight spiciness.  Hop character is subdued, as the malt takes center stage with this beer.

Another new exciting sampler pack from August Schell Brewing Company – Harvest Brews Seasonal Sampler

PROST!

What’s Brewing Bergseth Bros.

Weekly Online Newsletter Vol.146

It’s hard to think about but cool fall weather is just around the corner. I look forward to Bison tailgating and NFL Sunday’s with a Märzen style beer more than the weather.  As the leaves turn amber to copper color so does the beer in my glass. This color of beer is reminiscent of traditional styles of Okotberfest Beer or Märzen style.

We have several brands of Oktoberfest beers to choose from, traditional Paulaner Wiesn to the number one selling Craft Beer Oktoberfest in the world, Samuel Adams. I’ve attached a list below that contains the multitude of Oktoberfest & Pumpkin beers that we have available this fall.

Below is a description of this style of beer courtesy of Beeradvocate.com

Märzen / Oktoberfest

Description:

Before refrigeration, it was nearly impossible to brew beer in the summer due to the hot weather and bacterial infections. Brewing ended with the coming of spring, and began again in the fall. Most were brewed in March (Märzen). These brews were kept in cold storage over the spring and summer months, or brewed at a higher gravity, so they’d keep. Märzenbier is full-bodied, rich, toasty, typically dark copper in color with a medium to high alcohol content.

The common Munich Oktoberfest beer served at Wies’n (the location at which Munich celebrates its Oktoberfest) contains roughly 5.0-6.0% alcohol by volume, is dark/copper in color, has a mild hop profile and is typically labeled as a Bavarian Märzenbier in style.

Average alcohol by volume (abv) range: 4.0-7.0%

Learn More about Munich’s Oktoberfest Festival

Below is our 2018 offerings of Oktoberfest & Pumpkin Beers – some of these products are still in route.

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What’s Brewing Bergseth Bros.

Weekly Online Newsletter Vol.145


Today, I wanted to talk about one of my favorite seasonal beers – Samuel Adams Octoberfest… This beer is talked about more often than any other seasonal beer we have in house; retailers are asking for it mid-summer! Samuel Adams Octoberfest is one of the largest seasonal beer offerings in the world. Samuel Adams Octoberfest has a 27% share of the fall seasonal segment, significantly more than any other fall seasonal brand.

What’s Brewing Bergseth Bros.

Weekly Online Newsletter Vol.144

This week I wanted to highlight the extraordinary and vast selection of IPA’s in our portfolio. I hope you raised a pint or two of this fantastic style of beer last Friday, because it was National IPA Day. This is a limited list of IPA’s that we carry, for a full list ask your Bergseth Bros. Sales Rep. I have included some general information on the American India Pale Ale and a video from CraftBeer.com.

American IPA

Characterized by floral, fruity, citrus-like, piney or resinous American-variety hop character, the IPA beer style is all about hop flavor, aroma and bitterness. This has been the most-entered category at the Great American Beer Festival for more than a decade, and is the top-selling craft beer style in supermarkets and liquor stores across the U.S.

Keep in Mind we have some LOCAL Selections as well:

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