What’s Brewing Bergseth Bros.
Weekly Online Newsletter Vol.73
This time of year it seems like a lot of us in the beer industry not only have beer on our minds but also bacon. Last weekend, was the Beer and Bacon Festival in Grand Forks, and coming up soon is the Bacon and Beer festival in Fargo. Congratulations to Rhombus Guys Brewing Company for bringing home the Best Beer trophy at the Grand Forks Festival!
I wanted to showcase the Breweries along with a style from each brewery that we’ll be representing at the festival in Fargo. I paired a style of beer from each Brewery with a type of bacon, so if you cannot make it the festival, you can try a few pairings on your own at home. Lastly, check out the Beer-Glazed Bacon recipe – Trust me its delicious!!
ACE Pineapple Cider – 5% ABV, Gluten Free
First pineapple cider developed in the world, Instant sweet taste with tart finish, Mixes well, Refreshing
Paired with Classic Canadian Bacon
Base Camp Brewing Company S’more Stout – 66 IBUs, 7.7% ABV
The S’more Stout is an absolute all-star: Aromas of chocolate, coffee, fig, and smoke invite you in to a gigantic maltiness that is distinct in its smooth and refined character, with flavors of chocolate and hints of smoke mingling with rich caramel, fruit, and warming alcohol. We like to top it with a roasted marshmallow and you have the ultimate S’more experience!
Paired with Hickory Smoked Bacon
Empyrean Brewing Company Long Route Peanut Butter Porter – 20 IBUs, 5% ABV
With the delightful aroma of a peanut butter cup, this porter maintains a porter-like backbone with notes of chocolate, peanut butter and toast. Pairs perfectly with caramelized meats, curry, Thai, baked apples and chocolate desserts.
Paired with Chocolate Covered Bacon
Fargo Brewing Company Fargo Original Helles Lager – 17 IBUs, 5.1% ABV
This traditional un-filtered German style helles lager pours a brilliantly clear light gold color and is capped with a head of white foam. The aroma is led by clean pilsner malt paired with subtle spicy hop notes and a clean lager yeast character. The flavor is well balanced between the pils malt sweetness, the restrained bittering, and the crisp finish from the extended lagering. This is the perfect beer for when you want something light, crisp, and uncomplicated. Prost!
Paired with American Bacon
Fulton Brewing Company 300 Mosaic IPA – 74 IBUs, 6.9% ABV
Originally brewed as a one-o in celebration of the 300th batch at our original downtown Minneapolis brewery, this West Coast IPA was so well received we had to make it available year-round. It’s built on a base of Pilsner malt and heavily hopped with Mosaic, one of our favorite — and unfortunately nearly impossible to procure — hop varieties. 300 is pure hop candy!
Paired with Pork Belly Bacon
Grand Teton Brewing Company Bitch Creek Extra Special Brown Ale – 60 IBUs, 6.0% ABV
Bitch Creek perfectly balances big malt sweetness and robust hop flavor for a full bodied, satisfying mahogany ale. Like the stream for which it is named, our Bitch Creek ESB is full of character… not for the timid.
Paired with Irish Bacon
Lagunitas Brewing Company Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Ale – 65 IBUs, 7.5% ABV
Way smooth and silky with a nice wheatly-esque-ishness. A truly unique style featuring a strong hop finish on a silky body. A hoppy pale wheat ale that is great for IPA fans but so smooth that the hefeweizen fans dig it too.
Paired with Peppered Bacon
LakeFront Brewery Hop Jockey Double IPA – 89 IBUs, 8.2% ABV
What do you do when you’ve already got one of the best craft IPAs? Double down. This hot-blooded thoroughbred pours freshly-polished copper color with a foamy, off-white mane. Centennial, Cascade, and Citra hops supply grapefruit, mandarin orange, and pineapple aromas and flavors, while lightly roasted Belgian caramel malts add a subtle biscuit aroma and balanced sweetness in the backstretch
Paired with Lamb Bacon
Odell Brewing Company 90 Shilling Ale – 32 IBUs, 5.3% ABV
90 Shilling is our smooth and complex flagship beer. A medium-bodied amber ale with a distinct burnished copper color and a deeply pleasant aroma. The name 90 Shilling comes from the Scottish method of taxing beer. Only the highest quality beers were taxed 90 Shillings. We think you’ll find this original ale brilliantly refreshing, and worth every Shilling
Paired with Candied Bacon
Rhombus Guys Brewing Company Dark Matter Imperial Coffee Stout – 43 IBUs, 10.3% ABV
Dark Matter is an unidentified type of matter distinct from dark energy… sip on this mysterious wonder of dark chocolate, toffee, tobacco, leather and coffee flavors melded together in space and time. Conditioned on locally roasted BULLY BREW COFFEE beans!! For everything, there is a first time. Enjoy.
Paired with Maple Bacon
Samuel Adams Rebel Juiced Mango IPA – 55 IBUs, 6.2% ABV
Swirling with ripe aromas of mango and tropical fruits, this IPA is jam-packed with juicy, citrusy hops and mango juice. It’s as if we took fresh hops and mangos and put them in a juicer.
Paired with Pancetta Bacon
Summit Brewing Company Black IPA – 60 IBUs, 6.8% ABV
Spicy, citrus-forward hops from the U.S. are layered over a unique blend of roasted malts to produce a powerful boot-polish black ale. Smooth flavors of mocha coffee, dark fruit and toffee are balanced by notes of citrus, pine and mint. Available for a limited time on draught and in 12oz bottles. Bottles exclusive to the IPA Collection 12-pack.
Paired with Apple-Wood Smoked Bacon
Beer-Glazed Bacon
POPSUGAR Food
PREP TIME: 15 MINUTES
YIELD: 8 SLICES
This beer-glazed bacon made with Samuel Adams’ Boston Lager from POPSUGAR Food will make any beer-lover’s breakfast a little more sweet.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup dark lager, such as Samuel Adams Boston Lager
- 1/2 tablespoon grainy mustard
- 1/2 tablespoon dry mustard, such as Colman’s
- 8 slices thick-cut bacon
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 300°F. Line a half-sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Add the honey and maple syrup to a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until it comes to a boil; reduce heat to maintain a simmer and cook for 3-4 minutes.
- Add beer and simmer until the volume has reduced by half. Take off the heat and whisk in both mustards.
- Meanwhile, arrange the bacon on the prepped half-sheet pan. Cover with one more sheet of parchment paper and bake for 14-15 minutes.
- Using a paper towel, blot the rendered fat from the bacon. Brush the glaze onto the top side of each strip.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 275°F, and cook the bacon until crisp-chewy, about 40-45 minutes.
- Transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate, keeping the bacon glazed-side up. Serve immediately.
- *Adapted from Samuel Adams.
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What’s Brewing Bergseth Bros.
Weekly Online Newsletter Vol.72
Most of us after the New Year try and shed a few pounds before we go on vacation or head to the lakes for the summer. A new trend of products to help slim the waist started taking off last year and continues to grow at a staggering rate. Sparkling Hard Seltzers contributed 30% of flavored malt beverage growth and are growing 15X faster than the category.
We are fortunate at Bergseth Bros. to have in house the three leading brands in the country; Truly Spiked & Sparkling, White Claw Hard Seltzer and Smirnoff Spiked Sparkling Seltzer. Learn more about these brands below and don’t miss out on this growing segment in both on and off premise.
Click on the image below to watch: Spiked Seltzer Trend Catching On Across The Country
December 28, 2016 6:35 PM
KDKA – CBS Pittsburgh
Leading the Hard Seltzer category is Truly Spiked & Sparkling Water with 5 great tasting flavors;
Colima Lime, Grapefruit & Pomelo, Pomegranate, Sicilian Blood Orange and new flavor Lemon & Yuzu
White Claw Hard Seltzer The way we see it, the most refreshing innovation in the hard beverage aisle is honesty. And when it comes to artificial additives, less isn’t just more—it’s best. So we’ve decided to pioneer something true to nature. Something pure.
White Claw Hard Seltzer: all-natural sparkling seltzer water with 5% alcohol and a hint of honest-to-goodness fruit.
Crafted dry, hard and refreshingly drinkable, any flavor pairs perfectly with good times and even better company. Whether you’re beach-bound, out blazing trails or simply chilling, you can count on one deliciously crisp sip after another.
No additives. No funny business. Just 110 calories of good clean fun with a kick.
To Learn More Click on the Video Below
The latest brand of seltzer’s arriving is Smirnoff Spiked Sparkling Seltzer. Enjoy three crisp, refreshing tasting flavors: Orange Mango, Cranberry Lime and Watermelon. Available in a 12pk sampler or 6pk of individual flavors.
90 Calories, 1 G Carb, Zero Sugar, No Artificial Sweeteners, Crafted to Remove Gluten, 4.5% Alcohol By Volume.
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What’s Brewing Bergseth Bros.
Online Weekly Newsletter Vol.71
I hope you got to enjoy the exciting game yesterday with family and friends – it will surely go down as one of the greatest Super Bowl’s ever! We have lots of new and exciting things “brewing” at Bergseth Bros.
Fargo Brewing Company Mighty Red Imperial Red Ale was released today in both cans and draught. This is the fourth time that Fargo Brewing Company has brewed this beer. Three years ago, being the first time it was brewed in very limited amounts. Due to the success of Mighty Red, Fargo Brewing Company decided to make this a yearly, early spring beer (February time frame). Please see the attached beer description sheet above.
Fargo Brewing Company Mighty Red Imperial Red Ale – Mighty Red is a West Coast style Imperial Red Ale with rich, malty body supporting a huge citrus and spice hop presence. Caramel malt and oats provide rich, smooth body, while Midnight Wheat provides the red color and roast character. The Chinook hops provide a slightly sweet, spicy and fruity counter. Remember, when the waters get high, don’t get mad. Get Mighty!
ABV: 6.6% IBU: 55
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Brewery Bulletin: Sean does Malt
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Now on Tap: The Story of Fargo Brewing Company
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What’s Brewing Bergseth Bros.
Weekly Online Newsletter Vol.70
We have lots of exciting things brewing with Lagunitas this year including; Undercover Investigation Shut Down Ale available now, Limited Release Lucky 13, Limited Release Little Sumpin Extra, along with several beers from the 2017 OneHitter’s Series. This is just the tip of the iceberg on what’s to come from our friends at Lagunitas.
The boys at Lagunitas have lots of stories to tell, in fact, some of their stories and events are captured in their beers. Undercover Investigation Shut-Down Ale is a perfect example of passing along one of their stories. In remembrance of the St. Patrick’s Day Massacre, 12 years ago, we gathered some survivors to tell the story of how the Shut-Down all went down… …Click on the Video!
We brewed this especially bitter ale in remembrance of the 2005 St Patrick’s Day Massacre and in commemoration of our 20-day suspension that followed. The ABC conducted an undercover investigation of our brewery, finding us guilty of operating a “Disorderly House.” as well as “Moral Turpitude’… we had to look that up… it is defined as “devoid of social morals — we disagree! We did the crime. We did the time. We got the braggin’ rights.
Now Available Year-Round 6pk Bottles: Lagunitas Sucks (Brown Shugga’ Substitute)
E.K. Ross would have enjoyed our suffering in 2010/2011 when we saw we couldn’t brew our Brown Shugga. But in that time of deepest despair, as is common to artists everywhere…broke, hungover, abandoned by the muse, and prepared to take a job at Arby’s, we found in that darkness, the spark of inspiration that would yield up this nearly sanctified recipe!
We suck! Find out why with our brewmonster Jeremy Marshall and the #mouthfeels of our Rye Double-ish IPA, Lagunitas Sucks
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What’s Brewing Bergseth Bros.
Weekly Online Newsletter Vol.69
This week we’re excited to introduce two new products from Samuel Adams Brewing Company; Samuel Adams Rebel Reborn India Pale Ale and Samuel Adams Rebel Juiced Mango India Pale Ale. Samuel Adams Rebel Reborn IPA is a reformulated brand new product and package. Samuel Adams Rebel Juiced Mango IPA is a brand new line extension to the Rebel Family of Beers.
(Press Release)
BOSTON—For the first time, the brewers at Sam Adams have completely reformulated a popular flagship beer: Rebel IPA. After more than four years, the brewers undertook what they called “Project Lupulus,” an experiment that takes advantage of hops that were not readily available or have been newly cultivated since Rebel IPA first launched in 2014. As part of this project, the brewers collaborated, starting in 2013, with a hop breeder in Yakima Valley, WA to create a new hop variety proprietary and exclusive to Sam Adams called HBC 566. After months of experimenting with dozens of trial batches at the Boston Brewery, the brewers are now ready to release the new Rebel IPA recipe which is brewed with HBC 566 and another new experimental hop variety for bittering, HBC 682. Rebel IPA now has a more intense juicy, tropical and citrus flavor supported by a leaner body and a crisp, clean finish to optimize the hop character.
About Rebel Reborn
So what changes? Paying homage to the original recipe, Rebel IPA is brewed with a few of the original hop varieties including Cascade, Centennial, Simcoe® and Chinook. For the 2017 release, the brewers added Mosaic hops, alongside HBC 566, a new hop proprietary to Sam Adams, and HBC 682, a new, experimental bittering hop.
Project Lupulus refers to the scientific name of a hop, Humulus lupulus, and its special lupulin glands which are the fundamental source of flavor, bitterness, and aroma in hops. For Project Lupulus, the brewers looked to optimize the flavor of each hop variety by changing up the blend and ratio of hops for the new Rebel IPA. Ultimately, seven hops were chosen for their unique character, including:
- HBC 566: A Sam Adams proprietary hop variety, HBC 566 adds a touch of lemon/lime, orange and eucalyptus flavor that can be found with the addition of this exclusive hop variety.
- HBC 682: Experimental hop HBC 682 is used solely as a bittering hop in Rebel IPA to impart a pleasant bitterness with a strong and earthy aroma
- Mosaic: New to Rebel IPA, Mosaic hops impart tropical, fruity, and pines notes. In 2011, Sam Adams was one of the first breweries to experiment with Mosaic hops in a collaboration beer with Dogfish Head called SAVOR Flowers;
- Cascade: A leading hop in the new Rebel IPA, Cascade hops impart floral, spicy, citrus, and grapefruit character;
- Simcoe®: A staple of IPAs, Simcoe hops impart a strong piney character as well as apricot and citrus notes;
- Centennial: Centennial hops are intensely floral with hints of wood and a medium citrus character;
- Chinook: Chinook hops provide a piney character and a light spice note;
To dial up the hop impression, the newly reborn Rebel IPA removed caramel malt from the grain bill and now is brewed only with Samuel Adams special two-row malt blend. By removing the caramel malt, Rebel IPA’s body is less malty, resulting in a cleaner, brighter IPA with more tropical, citrus, and pine-forward notes.
Founder & Brewer of Samuel Adams, Jim Koch, on Reformulating Rebel IPA:
“This is the first time we’ve significantly changed the recipe of a flagship beer. As hop varieties evolve, we want to use the new varieties to keep brewing the best beer possible,” said Jim Koch. “Like with the original Rebel IPA recipe, this release isn’t a palate-scorching hop-bomb. Our goal was to showcase the intricate aromas and flavors of hops, especially with new, experimental hop varieties HBC 566 and HBC 682. Not that long ago, it was a challenge just to find quality, flavorful hops and now, we’re developing our own proprietary hop with unparalleled lemony-lime, orange and eucalyptus notes. It’s wild to think how far the brewing industry has come and that today, a beer can evolve.”
Nano Brewery Manager, Megan Parisi, on Rebel IPA test batches:
“Even before we started brewing Rebel IPA, we were exploring the many varieties of hops and how they affect the flavor of a beer with Project Lupulus,” said Brewer Megan Parisi, who manages the nano brewery. “We averaged at least one new test brew in the nano each week since we started tinkering with the Rebel IPA recipe and our new hop varieties. It was awesome being able to brew with a new hop variety that had never been used. After dozens of test batches of single hop brews, various blends, and of course, taste testing, it is a pleasure to finally share our new Rebel IPA recipe with drinkers.”
About the Rebel IPA Family
Rebel IPA was the first beer that originated in the Samuel Adams Nano Brewery, the epicenter of experimentation for new beers located within the Boston Brewery. When Samuel Adams launched Rebel in 2014, the brew became the most successful release of a craft beer brand [1]. Now, IPAs are the primary driver of craft volume growth1. Since 2014, the Rebel family has expanded to include Rebel Rouser Double IPA, Rebel Grapefruit IPA, and Rebel Juiced IPA.
In January 2017, Samuel Adams Rebel Juiced IPA, a West Coast IPA infused with mango, will be now available in cans and bottles. At 55 IBUs, the brewers selected the hop varieties based on their tropical aromas and juicy flavors rather than for their bitterness. Zeus hops were used in the kettle and Mosaic and Mandarina hops were used to dry hop. The result is a medium-bodied beer with a slightly veiled golden color that brings a big tropical aroma of guava, passionfruit and mango.
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