Stuff To Do: 75th St Mardi Gras Brewmaster Dinner

Continue the New Orleans celebration next Tuesday, Feb 16th, at the 75th St Brewery.

In the News - Beer is Good for You

Beer is good for you

Well duh!

that is all

Show-Me More MO Brewers

One of my readers serving our country in Afghanistan has just informed my that the list of Show-Me MO Brewers is incomplete. First of all, thank you Kyle for serving our country. I wish you a safe journey and when you make it to KC I would be honored to buy you a beer. Secondly, thank you Kyle for reading my dopey blog. Thirdly, lets take a look at some more MO brewers.

Saint Louis area
Morgan Street Brewery
Bottoms Up Brewery *It appears that they might only have one original beer?
Highlands Brewing Co.
Mattingly Brewing Co.
Buffalo Brewing Co.

Sainte Genevieve
Crown Valley Brewing and Distilling Co.
Charleville Vineyard & Microbrewery

Cape Girardeau
Buckner Brewing Co

Aurora
Bootleggers Restaurant and Brewery

Columbia
Flat Branch Pub and Brewing
Broadway Brewery

Jefferson City, MO
Prison Brews 

Please let me know if there are any other breweries out there that I don't have listed.

Saint Lou Brew: Schlafly Bottleworks Tour

Last day in Saint Louis I had to go to the Schlafly Bottleworks tour. I have gone to Schlafly's Taproom a number of times and always had a great time.  Bottleworks sounded like a lot of fun, so me and my buddy Kopper headed down to the brewery.

Our tour guide was Alex.  He was a cool guy.  Since it was just the two of us he gave us more of a personal, inside look at the brewery.  He explained the Bottleworks was built in an old grocery store. There are still some grocery carts around that the brewers use to haul ingredients and supplies around.  Right now Schlafly is experiencing so much growth that the bottling line is working at full capacity.  One thing Schlafly is looking at to meet demand is to contract some of their beers to be canned at the brewing facilities in Latrobe, PA.

After the tour we got our samples.  I went with a Blackberry Cider, Saison, and the Pale Ale.  All was very good, but I was especially blown away by the super fresh Pale Ale.

C1 - Threeway Collaboration Tapped

Last December I told you about a new collaboration brew coming from Schlafly, O'Fallon, and New Albanian, and how I thought it would never make it to KC. I was wrong. Last night a keg of C1 was tapped for Flying Saucer's Rare Beer Night. KC Wort Hog and Chimpotle were also there to check out the beer.

C1 is a Oak-Aged-Dry-Hopped-Smoked-Rye Pale Ale, an everything includig the kitchen sink conconction. At seven sharp the tap was opened up for ordering. It didn't seem like a mad rush, but it was pouring pretty steady for the first 10-20 minutes.  Served in a standard pint glass.  The head is white and sticky.  Lacing stuck to the glass all the way down to the last sip.  Color is a dense and hazy amber.

The smoked malt comes in first in the nose, then shifts to a fruity and floral hops.  Taste is a lot more fruity than what I expected.  It come through as pinapple.  That would be from the dry hopping with aromatic hops like Simcoe.  I don't get much rye flavoring, but it does have an impact on the texture.  Very full and smooth body.  It was a little too sweet for me, and that could be because so much stuff is going on.  It's a bit of a mess.

Schlafly's local sales rep Gary Briggs was there, and he said the whole collaboration was kind of a joke.  He said the brewers wanted to be "obnoxious" with how much stuff they threw at the beer.  The guys just wanted to get together and see what happened.  The end result is interesting to say the least.  It's not a horrible beer, but one best left as a one shot.  I would say go for it if you get a chance to try it, but one pint should be enough.