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zaterdag 29 april 2023

Ale Mania (6,5%)

Ik drink een Ale Mania Maibok. Het bier van 6,5% is blond en gehopt met Herkules, Callista en Saphire.  De afdronk is bitter en die smaak blijft lang plakken. Het bier is volgens het etiket handwerkelijk gebrouwen en afgevuld in Bonn. Het lijkt me een collab van Ale Mania en Lieber Waldi.

Op zich wel een leuke woordspeling Ale Mania. Het doet me denken aan Allemagne: 

L'Allemagne (/almaɲ/ ; en allemand : Deutschland /ˈdɔʏtʃlant/ Écouter), en forme longue la République fédérale d'Allemagneb, abrégée en RFA (en allemand : Bundesrepublik Deutschland /ˈbʊn.dəs.ʁe.puˌblik ˈdɔʏtʃ.lant/ Écouter, abrégée en BRD), est un État d'Europe centrale, et selon certaines définitions d'Europe de l'Ouest, entouré par la mer du Nord, le Danemark et la mer Baltique au nord, par la Pologne à l'est-nord-est, par la Tchéquie à l'est-sud-est, par l'Autriche au sud-sud-est, par la Suisse au sud-sud-ouest, par la France au sud-ouest, par la Belgique et le Luxembourg à l'ouest, enfin par les Pays-Bas à l'ouest-nord-ouest. Décentralisée et fédérale, l'Allemagne compte quatre métropoles de plus d'un million d'habitants : la capitale Berlin, ainsi que Hambourg, Munich et Cologne. Le siège du gouvernement est situé dans la ville de Berlin et dans la ville fédérale de Bonn. Francfort-sur-le-Main est considérée comme la capitale financière de l'Allemagnec : dans cette ville se trouve le siège de la Banque centrale européenne. La langue officielle du pays est l'allemand. Beaucoup de peuples germaniques occupent le nord du territoire actuel depuis l'Antiquité classique. (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allemagne)


Alemania

German flag

Visión general

Capital: Berlín

Lenguas oficiales de la UE: Alemán

País miembro de la UE: desde el 1 de enero de 1958

Moneda: euro. Miembro de la zona del euro desde el 1 de enero de 1999.

Schengen: miembro del espacio Schengen desde el 26 de marzo de 1995.

(https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/country-profiles/germany_es)

Alemania (en alemán, Deutschland, pronunciado /ˈdɔʏtʃlant/ ( escuchar)), oficialmente República Federal de Alemania (en alemán, Bundesrepublik Deutschland pronunciado /ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant/ ( escuchar)), es uno de los veintisiete Estados soberanos que forman la Unión Europea. Constituido en Estado social y democrático de derecho, su forma de gobierno es la república parlamentaria y federal. Su capital es Berlín. Está formado por dieciséis estados federados (Bundesländer) y limita al norte con el mar del Norte, Dinamarca, Suecia (frontera marítima) y el mar Báltico; al este con Polonia y la República Checa; al sur con Austria y Suiza; y al oeste con Francia, Luxemburgo, Bélgica y los Países Bajos. La ciudad de Büsingen am Hochrhein, enclavada en Suiza, también forma parte de Alemania. El territorio de Alemania abarca 357 376 km² de extensión12​ y posee un clima templado. Con casi 83 millones de habitantes, es el país más poblado entre los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea, y es el hogar del tercer mayor grupo de emigrantes internacionales. En 2014, Alemania fue el segundo destino de las migraciones más popular en el mundo, después de Estados Unidos.18​ Las palabras alemán y Alemania son latinizaciones del antiguo germánico allmanis (compuesto de all ‘todos’ y man ‘hombre’, es decir, ‘todos los hombres’); el historiador romano Amiano Marcelino fue el primero en hablar de Alamannia en el siglo iv para aludir a una confederación de tribus germánicas.[cita requerida] (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemania)

It took a good while for German brewers to hop onto the craft beer wagon. But now the revolution is on! Find out more about craft beer made in Germany... Fritz Wülfing is the prototype of the craft beer brewers: started as a homebrewer, his beer was praised, and he started a real company, Ale-Mania Brewery. On the side, mind you.....A CRAFT BREWER AS TAKEN FROM THE PICTURE-BOOK: FRITZ WÜLFING FROM BONN FOUNDED “ALE-MANIA”, WHICH WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS “FRITZ ALE”. (FOTO: STP) Soon enough we will talk about Fritz Wülfing. A quiet, friendly, clever, humble man from Bonn, who is without a doubt one of the biggest stars of the craft beer scene, though he himself would never ever admit it. However, we start with Jimmy Carter. Because Jimmy Carter would have liked Fritz Wülfing. After all, when he kicked off the craft beer revolution in 1978 (or maybe not, but we will get to this controversial theory shortly), it was all about people like Fritz Wülfing. When President Carter signed HR 1337, he was signing a law that allowed Americans to brew beer at home. Real beer. Since Prohibition, homebrewing beer with more than 0.5 % alcohol was forbidden. This action can be seen as the birth of the American homebrewing movement. And at least a part of the craft beer movement arose from that. (A second game-changing moment came when, in some states, the operation of “Brewpubs” was legalized. Carter didn’t have anything to do with that, so it wasn’t like Carter started everything by himself. But you’re allowed to, and should, mention him when talking about the history of craft beer). It started harmlessly. As a hobby. After Carter’s home brewing bill was passed, people such as Fritz Wülfing started to make beer. People that weren’t really professionals, but rather brewed for themselves and for a few friends in their kitchen or garage. People that initially just enjoyed brewing but at some point developed a certain ambition to constantly try and make better beer. They started to play around with different styles of beer, trying special ingredients and comparing notes with each other. But only in the evenings and on the weekends.  During the day they had normal day jobs that had nothing to do with beer. That’s exactly how it was for Fritz Wülfing. But about ten years ago, not in the 80s. And in Bonn, not in the Midwest. Partly by chance, partly inspired by a trip the USA, but above all because he was always a self-proclaimed “conscious beer drinker”, the engineer began to brew beer. As a hobby, on the side. His full-time job was as a process engineer at Deutsche Telekom. But then his hobby spun out of control, growing and growing. The more beer Wülfing brewed, the better it got. And the better the beer got, the more he brewed. Because friends and acquaintances asked him to, because it was just so damn delicious. At some point the home brewer began his search for a brewery outside his house, where he could brew his beer on a large scale – well, why not – and even sell it. He founded, still on the side, a beer brand that was at first called “Fritzale” and now goes by the name of Ale-Mania brewery. (https://www.hopfenhelden.de/en/ale-mania-brewery/)

But, at that time, Wülfing was what he would call a “cuckoo brewer”. In the USA they say gypsy brewer. Here, they say “Wanderbrauern” (wandering brewer). Wülfing stands by “cuckoo” – and it actually fits pretty well. It refers to the brewers that don’t have their own brewery, no brew kettle, no fermentation tank, no warehouse. Instead, they use someone else’s facilities, renting it bz the brew. And the hobby became serious business. And Ale-Mania brewery. It took a while for Wülfing to find his perfect nest. The provision of raw materials, brewing equipment, and most importantly the mindset of the brewer must be just right when you want to brew American beer in the middle of western Germany. The first “Fritzales” were pale ales and IPAs, but they also had an imperial IPA, an American IPA, and even a stout. Currently there’s a gose, and in the fall an imperial red ale will make an appearance. The hobby brewer found a suitable partner in the Vormann-Brauerei in Hagen Dahl. However, 100 kilometers away from Bonn. Each way. “The driving is a pretty big time suck,” he says. “The family suffers a bit because of it.” Sure, he could let the brewer there work on it by himself, but Wülfing responds, “I can’t delegate the brewing. I have to do it myself.” As of this summer, in the fall at the latest and by the end of the year really at the latest, all of that will change. The former homebrewer will become a just-around-the-corner-from-homebrewer. Fritz Wülfing – and again while still working full-time as a process engineer – has founded his own company, Biersmarck GmbH. Derived from Bismarck. Otto von Bismarck. Actually, when you think about it, the German Jimmy Carter. Or at least a statesman who tended towards beer. Fritz Wülfing mainly alludes to the fact that Bismarck introduced the “Bierabend” (literally “Beer Evening”) to parliamentarians so that they could combine work and pleasure. And with the founding of Biersmarck GmbH, Fritz Wülfing is also building his own nest in Bonn, opening an Ale-Mania brewery. “I can get there by bike,” he says. And he’s pleased about it. You can imagine that Jimmy Carter had such happy hobby-gets-serious-business-brewers in mind when he legalized homebrewing back in October 1978. And Bismarck surely would have tried his beer during one of the long, hard, beer-filled late-night sessions in Parliament. (https://www.hopfenhelden.de/en/ale-mania-brewery/)

Nina Anika Klotz a freelance journalist living in Berlin, ... founded Hopfenhelden, literally “Hops Heroes”, in fall 2013. Germany’s first craft beer magazine. (https://www.hopfenhelden.de/en/ale-mania-brewery/)

Who would have thought that Germany of all places would take so long to join the craft beer revolution. It didn’t start until 2012 and is still far from being big – but it feels as if it could be something really big. There’s various reasons why we’re so slow, one being the ridiculous “Reinheitsgebot”: in Germany you are not allowed to call a beer a beer if it contains anything besides the following four ingredients: water, malt, hops and yeast. So there goes all these fantastic beer styles using fruit, honey, or spices – you won’t be allowed to sell them as “beer” and need to call them funny names like “beer-like, alcoholic beverage fermented with fruits”. Furthermore, among German beer drinkers the Reinheitsgebot is often mistaken as a seal of quality – which of course it’s not. Being brewed according to the Reinheitsgebot doesn’t automatically make a beer good, just as being brewed not according to the Reinheitsgebot won’t instantly make it a bad beer. Which we, the “enlightened” craft beer drinkers, already know. (https://www.hopfenhelden.de/en/craft_beer_magazin_hopfenhelden/)

Enlightenment, or rather the lack of enlightenment, probably is the main reason why craft beer didn’t happen any earlier in Germany: being able to choose from quite a large range of breweries that are actually selling decent beer made most of us, drinkers and brewers alike, think that we were blessed to live in the land of good beer – if not the land of the best beer. Ever. Period. Around 2012, however, a few brewers took inspiration from abroad and started experimenting with different beer styles that were not at all common on German beer shelves. Especially in Berlin, the capital, with all its expats and tourists from craft beer countries, a pretty lively craft beer scene started to develop in less than a year. There are about a dozen craft brewers by now plus a good handful of craft beer bars, several craft beer events during the year, and more and more “Spätis” (typical Berlin corner stores) stocking up on craft beer. No wonder craft beer heroes from abroad, like Brew Dog and Stone Brewing, chose Berlin to start their German branches. But all over Germany, in Hamburg and around Munich, as well as in many smaller places in between, craft beer business are popping up. Compared to the UK or the US there’s many more professionals amongst the craft brewers, more trained brewers than homebrewing amateurs. That means their technical skills are extremely high – but sometimes they might lack the bold easiness of an amateur who just tries and sees how it works: “So why don’t we put in some pineapple…?” – It’s hard for a trained German Reinheitsgebot-brewer to think like this. But we are getting there. Germany’s craft beer scene is constantly growing and becoming more adventurous. And it is ready to show you craft beer folks abroad what it can brew. So stay tuned to German craft beer magazine Hopfenhelden to learn more about those folks brewing you some amazing German craft beer. (https://www.hopfenhelden.de/en/craft_beer_magazin_hopfenhelden/)

Lieber Waldi – Hallo, das sind wir. Da wird ja der Hund in der Pfanne verrückt. Einige Jahren haben wir in der Küche daheim rumexperimentiert, ehe wir im Sommer 2020 den Entschluss fasten, uns als so genannte Gypsy Brauer in mittelgroßen Brauereien einzumieten, um dort unsere Biere unter professionellen Voraussetzungen zu brauen.  Unser stetig wechselndes Sortiment umfasst Bierstile wie Pale Ales, IPAs, Lager, Belgisch Blondes oder auch Stouts und den Aufbau einer Core Range, also Biere, die wir fest im Sortiment haben. So z.B. unser Em Dackelsche, ein Wiess (d.h. ein unfiltriertes Kölsch) oder das I‘m a Rocketdog, ein stark gehopftes, fruchtiges Pale Ale. Im Fokus steht für uns Biervielfalt, interpretiert sowohl traditionell als auch modern und kreativ. (https://lieberwaldi.de/pages/uber-uns)

Maibock Collab Lieber Waldi + Ale Mania

Bier Zutaten Craft Beer online kaufen Zutaten Wasser , Gerstenmalz , Kramellmalz , Hopfen , Hefe Biersorte Bierstil Craftbeer kaufen Bierstil Bock bier geschmack craft beer Geschmack Erdbeere,fruchtig,Getreide,Malzig,Süß Alkoholgehalt Craft Beer Alkoholgehalt 6.5% Vol. Hopfensorten in Craft Beer Bier Hopfensorten Herkules , Callista , Saphir Malzsorten von Craft Beer Bier Malzsorten Gerstenmalz,Karamellmalz Bittereinheiten Bier Craft Beer Bittereinheiten K.A IBU Stammwuerze im Bier Prozent Stammwürze K.A °P Brauerei Craft Beer bestellen Brauerei Lieber Waldi GbR Dustin Liebenow, Julian Waldner , Blankenheimer Str. 4, D – 50937 Köln (https://www.alehub.de/biere/ale-mania-craftbeer-online-kaufen/maibock-collab-lieber-waldi-ale-mania/)


Een meibock, dus een lentebokbier.  

woensdag 2 juni 2021

Zo. Bavaria IPA

Bavaria 0.0% IPA is een Alcoholvrij, India Pale Ale met 0,0% alcohol. Bavaria 0.0% IPA wordt gebrouwen door Bavaria in Lieshout. Bavaria 0.0% IPA is een alcoholvrije India Pale Ale. Het is een smaakvol 0.0% bier met een fris en hoppig karakter. Bavaria 0.0% IPA is gebrouwen met vier unieke hopsoorten - die zorgen voor een subtiele bittere smaak - en aroma’s waarin tropisch fruit en citrus goed herkenbaar zijn. (https://www.biernet.nl/bier/merken/bavaria-00-ipa)

Dat mag misschien zo zijn, maar ik heb een IPA 6,0% van Bavaria. Wat ik er van vind? Ik vind 'm niet lekker. Het is geen hopbom, of tropische grapefruitbitter, maar meer een sinaasappellimonade. 

Ik had er een IPA van Vandestreek naast:

Playground Non Alcoholic IPA <0,5%. Eindelijk een alcoholarm bier met smaak! Deze IPA is gebrouwen met 5 soorten Amerikaanse hop, maar bevat nagenoeg geen alcohol! Hierdoor ruik en proef je wél de smaken van citrusvruchten, tropisch fruit en aangename bitterheid, maar kun je na het drinken nog veilig in de auto stappen. Of een wedstrijdje koorddansen doen. HOPS: COLUMBUS MOSAIC CITRA CASCADE EBC 15 IBU 60 (https://vandestreekbier.nl/bieren/playground/)

Die was veel smaakvoller, of leek althans zo. Kan ook zijn dat de IPA van Bavaria gewoon lang gestaan heeft in de winkel....

Bavaria komt met Bavaria IPA 6% 24 juni 2020 om 10:04 Bavaria komt met Bavaria IPA 6%, nadat de alcoholvrije variant van de brouwer uit Lieshout een groot succes bleek. De brouwerij speelt in op de toenemende vraag naar speciaalbier. Tweede Bavaria IPA bier Na de succesvolle introductie van Bavaria 0.0% IPA in 2019, komt de Lieshoutse brouwer nu met een alcoholhoudende variant van het speciaalbier. De nieuwe Bavaria India Pale Ale kent een alcoholpercentage van 6% en heeft dezelfde goede genen als zijn alcoholvrije broer. Met de introductie speelt de brouwer in op de toenemende vraag naar speciaalbier. ... Meesterbrouwer Emiel Hendrikx: “Het was voor ons vanzelfsprekend dat er ook een alcoholhoudende IPA moest komen naast de alcoholvrije variant. Ik ben trots dat het ons is gelukt deze uitdaging succesvol te volbrengen. Het is een bier naar mijn brouwershart, vol met speciaal geselecteerde hopsoorten. Het zit bomvol hoparoma’s met een fijne, passende bitterheid en ronde afdronk. Het is een fris en fruitig bier en combineert heerlijk met pittige gerechten, sushi en barbecue. Ideaal voor de zomer dus!” (https://www.biernet.nl/nieuws/bavaria-komt-met-bavaria-ipa-6) (https://swinkelsfamilybrewers.com/nl/media/nieuws/bavaria-komt-met-bavaria-ipa-6---na-groot-succes-alcoholvrije-va.html)

Bavaria IPA is een verrassend hoppig, toegankelijk bier met een bittere afdronk. Tijdens verschillende stappen in het brouwproces wordt Mosaic, Azacca en Columbus-hop gedoseerd aan het bier toegevoegd. Deze aromatische hopsoorten uit de Verenigde Staten zijn speciaal voor dit bier geselecteerd. In de smaak en geur zijn tropisch fruit en citrus duidelijk herkenbaar. (https://www.entreemagazine.nl/nieuws/biernieuws/bavaria-komt-met-bavaria-ipa-) (https://swinkelsfamilybrewers.com/nl/media/nieuws/bavaria-komt-met-bavaria-ipa-6---na-groot-succes-alcoholvrije-va.html)

Dus Azacca zit erin, maar qua smaak zie ik die tropische fruit en citrus niet. Ik heb het niet zo extreem geproefd. Maar dat was wat voor mij misschien te maken had met het feit dat ik de IPA-stijl heb leren kennen met de grote hopbommen.   

Azacca is een hopvariëteit, gebruikt voor het brouwen van bier.

If you are into the craft beer scene at all, chances are you’ve heard of the Azacca hop variety. It made quite the splash when first released to the market back in 2013. Big name craft breweries — most notably, Founders Brewing — took notice of the new hop, increasing the varieties popularity further by releasing brews showcasing Azacca’s big citrus and tropical fruit aromas. Azacca’s mother was a Toyomidori plant; a variety produced in Japan whose lineage includes Northern Brew. The father is an unknown variety designated simply as 94/95, but its lineage includes Summit. It was known simply as #483 until it was released and named for the Haitian Loa, or spirit, of Agriculture. According to this site, Azacca can be described as: “Presides over the ancient, profound bonds between Earth and agricultural people. He is the divine country cousin and something of a trickster. He is generous, hardworking, good-natured, and protective, but if he’s not well fed or considers himself disrespected, he can be mean and vicious.” Seems about right, treat the hop with the proper respect and it will give you something great. This is pretty much the golden rule for life, really. Since Azacca’s release its popularity as grown exponentially. The USDA 2016 Hop Report (PDF) has it expanding from 79 acres in 2014 to 175 acres in 2015, and finally 506 acres in 2016. There was a yield of 1,870 pounds per acre last year, or roughly 946,000 lbs produced in total. With a near 3x increase in production from the year before, it’s clear that this variety is not going away anytime soon. ... Unfortunately, Azacca is a patented variety and rhizomes are not available to the public. (https://learn.kegerator.com/azacca-hops/)

Azacca was bred by the American Dwarf Hop Association (ADHA); the same place that brought us the Summit variety back in 2003. The ADHA is an organization whose goals include breeding durable hop varieties adapted to different growing regions; with good disease resistance and interesting aromas. They believe in sustainable growing practices and focus particularly on dwarf or low trellis varieties.

Azacca ® Named after the Haitian god of agriculture, Azacca is one of a new brood of dwarf bittering hops. Descended directly from Toyomidori, its greater parentage also includes Summit™ and Northern Brewer. Bred by the American Dwarf Hop Association, a joint hop breeding venture between Roy Farms, Wyckoff Farms and Green Acres Farms, Azacca is considered by many brewers as being well suited to IPAs. Even with its high alpha acids, Azacca still works well as a dual-use hop, giving off a pleasant mix of tropical fruits kissed with citrus. On the palate it’s particularly spicy, with mango, pineapple and some pine and tangerine-esque qualities. It has also been likened in nature to some New Zealand-bred varieties. (http://www.hopslist.com/hops/dual-purpose-hops/azacca/)

Deze hopvariëteit is een “dubbeldoelhop”, bij het bierbrouwen gebruikt zowel voor zijn aromatische als zijn bittereigenschappen. Deze Amerikaanse variëteit werd ontwikkeld door de American Dwarf Hop Association en op de markt gebracht in 2013. Het is een kruising tussen Toyomidori en een onbekende variëteit, en stamt af van Northern Brewer en Summit. (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azacca)

Northern Brewer is een hopvariëteit, gebruikt voor het brouwen van bier. Deze hopvariëteit is een "bitterhop", bij het bierbrouwen voornamelijk gebruikt voor zijn bittereigenschappen. Deze Engelse variëteit werd in 1934 gekweekt door Prof. Salmon in het Wye College te Kent. Het is een kruising tussen Canterbury Golding en een mannelijke plant OB21.[1] Deze soort wordt ook geteeld in Spanje, Duitsland, Verenigde Staten en België (Poperinge). (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Brewer)

Summit is een hopvariëteit, gebruikt voor het brouwen van bier. Deze hopvariëteit is een “bitterhop”, bij het bierbrouwen voornamelijk gebruik voor zijn bittereigenschappen. Deze Amerikaanse dwerghopvariëteit met hoog alfazuurgehalte werd gekweekt bij de American Dwarf Hop Association en in 2003 op de markt gebracht. (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit_(hop))

Azacca is een nieuwe Amerikaanse dwerghop met een intens aroma en smaak van tropisch fruit en citrus. Algemeen gebruik: alle moderne Ales en Lagers die willen dat fruitigheid belangrijke rol speelt. Azacca werd ontwikkeld en gelanceerd door de American Dwarf Hop Association (ADHA) in 2013 en is vernoemd naar de Haïtiaanse god van de landbouw. De moederplant is de Japanse hop Toyomidori en zijn vader is een onbekende Amerikaanse soort met vermoedelijke Simcoe-oorsprong. Kenmerken: Tropisch fruit, rijpe mango, sinaasappel, ananas, peer, mandarijn en den. Herkomst: USA Jaar: 2019 Typische waarden: Alfazuur (de juiste alfawaarde staat op het etiket): 13 - 16%. Cohumulon: 38 - 45% Totale olie: 1,6 - 2,5 ml / 100 g Opslag: Zeer goed, 75% alfazuren resterend na 6 maanden bij 20 ° C. Mogelijke vervangingen: Mosaic, Galaxy (https://www.brouwmaatje.nl/hopsoorten/2054-azacca-bloem-119alpha-100gr-2019-2500018610522.html)

De Azacca hop wordt veelal gebruikt om aroma en smaak van tropische vruchten toe te voegen. -Eigenschappen: een aroma/smaak van tropisch fruit en citrusvruchten. - Alfazuren: Bandbreedte: 12 - 16% Momenteel wordt de hop geleverd met een alfapercentage van: 12.7% - Deze hop wordt veel gebruikt bij: India Pale Ale (https://unibrew.nl/bierbrouwen/hop-en-overige-ingredienten/azacca-usa-hopbloemen-125-gram.html)

ADHA American Dwarf Hop Association (https://www.pinta.it/en/news/7-hops/95-adha_american_dwarf_hop_association.html)

Azacca™, formerly known as #483, was released by the American Dwarf Hop Association 2014. Azacca™ is the Haitian Iwa, or spirit, of agriculture and farming. (https://www.barthhaas.com/en/hop-varieties/azacca)

The ADHA, formerly known as the American Dwarf Hop Association, has changed its name. The ADHA began as a collaboration between growers interested in the progressive development of hop growing practices in the US and breeding hop varieties adapted for those practices, specifically low trellis production. What started out as a venture into the development of dwarf hop varieties at first for low trellis production and later standard trellis cultivation has evolved into an effort to breed for durable good agronomy, disease resistance, unique aroma, and broad adaptation to different growing regions. While these aspirations are high, so are our standards. The ADHA continually invests in research into varietal development and hop production techniques. We are working to find solutions to the challenges presented to farmers by the global nature of our world in the 21st century. (http://adha.us/)

Azacca® – ADHA 483 Azacca®, named for the Haitian god of agriculture, is a hop big in citrus and tropical fruit tones. It’s excellent aromatic qualities have quickly made Azacca® a go-to hop for late and dry hop additions in varying styles of beer. http://adha.us/sites/default/files/uploads/parentagechart_azacca.png AROMA  mango; papaya; orange; grapefruit; lemon; piney; spicy; pineapple; grassy; tropical fruit; citrus TYPICAL ANALYTICAL RANGE Alpha: 14-16% Beta: 4.0-5.5% Co-Hum: 38-45% Total Oil: 1.6-2.5 ml/100g Myrcene: 46-55% of total oils Caryoph: 8-12% of total oils Humulene: 14-18% of total oils Farnesene: <1% of total oils (http://adha.us/varietals/azacca-adha-483) http://adha.us/sites/default/files/downloads/Azacca%C2%AE%20Varietal%20Portfolio.pdf

Developed through the Association for the Development of Hop Agronomy formely known as the American Dwarf Hop Association (https://www.barthhaas.com/en/hop-varieties/azacca)

Sensory Description: Amazingly refreshing aroma; descriptions usually include mango, papaya, orange, grapefruit, lemon, pine, spice, pineapple, grassy, tropical fruit, and citrus. (https://learn.kegerator.com/azacca-hops/)

Availability: Because of Azacca’s popularity it is very easy to find in both in whole cone and pellet form. It is likely your favorite homebrew supply shop will have them, or will be able to get them for you, but if they can’t for some reason it won’t be hard to get a hold of online. Here’s a list on Amazon Prime. (https://learn.kegerator.com/azacca-hops/)

Use: Azacca is a dual purpose hop that leans toward late additions and dry-hopping. Its high alpha acid content and intensely tropical fruit aroma’s make it an exceptional choice for a single hopped beer. Though it can be used for bittering, Azacca truly finds a special place in the late additions. Using it during the whirlpool or as dry-hopping, and it will bring its full tropical fruitiness to life. It is noted by some brewers to sometimes bringing the malt flavors forward. There may be some risk of overplaying the fruitiness if this hop is used heavily in a beer that will end up with a higher amount of esters due to the yeast used. (https://learn.kegerator.com/azacca-hops/)

Like Summit and Azacca, Jarrylo is a dwarf variety developed by the American Dwarf Hop Association. It was the result of a 2008 cross between a female Summit plant and a male plant designated only as ADHA 75-2, but whose grandmother is also Summit. A single plant, first designated as ADHA 881, was selected for further evaluation in 2009. ... The hop’s commercial name, Jarrylo (pronounced Jar-ril-lөw), comes from the name of the Slavic God Jarilo. According to Slavic mythology, he is not just the “God” of war, but also fertility, springtime, and vegetation. (https://learn.kegerator.com/jarrylo-hops/)

donderdag 1 oktober 2015

Obamacare


So, I don’t want to jinx anything, but when it comes to the ridiculousness surrounding the much-ballyhooed Obamacare rollout/circus/tragicomedy/Exxon-Valdez-meets-the-Titanic-meets-the-Edmund-Fitzgerald level of disaster, I think we’re close to hitting bottom.
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...the wondrous powers of Twitter unearthed the “Thanks Obamacare” ad campaign, created by the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative and a group called ProgressNow Colorado Education. The campaign features various demographic-targeted ads trumpeting the greatness of Obamacare, a tactic which, in terms of both marketing and propaganda, is totally normal. What is not normal, however, is that one of the targeted demographics is a group widely known as “bros.”
A “bro,” to be brief, is basically a beer-drinking frat guy. If you go to Buffalo Wild Wings on NFL game day, you will see a lot of bros. Baseball hats and flip-flops are good identifying markers. If you venture into an actual fraternity party, you will have the opportunity to see bros in their native habitat
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The campaign’s “bro-oriented” ad—lovingly nestled between others targeting nervous expectant mothers, cool dads who kayak on dangerous rivers, and deep-in-thought guys who are about to accidentally hit their best friends in the face with golf clubs—features two clueless-looking young men clutching “party” red Solo cups, with a third “bro” attempting a keg stand (Bro No. 3, as an aside, looks about 48, but Obamacare doesn’t really care how long you take out student loans, I guess).
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At first, I thought this must be a parody—a clever, subversive, maybe even Koch Brothers-funded illustration of the utter, embarrassing dumbness of Obamacare. I mean, really, is there any better summation of the folly of the welfare state than “Don’t tap into your beer money to pay those medical bills?”
The only recent contender I can think of came from Cindy Vinson, an Obamacare supporter who, shocked at her brand-new insurance rate increase, told the San Jose Mercury News: “Of course, I want people to have health care, I just didn’t realize I would be the one who was going to pay for it personally.”
But, alas for us all, I went to the “Thanks Obamacare” campaign’s grammar-challenged website (which is, no joke, www.doyougotinsurance.com) and it appears to be quite real. They have a Twitter feed. They have sponsors who are apparently not embarrassed to have this page link back to theirs (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/10/23/short_on_beer_money__look_to_obamacare_120427.html).

The official name for “ObamaCare” is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), or Affordable Care Act (ACA) for short.
The ACA was signed into law to reform the health care industry by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010 and upheld by the Supreme Court on June 28, 2012.
ObamaCare’s goal is to give more Americans access to affordable, quality health insurance and to reduce the growth in U.S. health care spending.
The Affordable Care Act expands the affordability, quality, and availability of private and public health insurance through consumer protections, regulations, subsidies, taxes, insurance exchanges, and other reforms (http://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare-facts/).

De Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, informeel bekend als Obamacare) is een Amerikaanse federale wet, op 23 maart 2010 getekend door president Barack Obama. De wet doelt op het hervormen van gezondheidsverzekeringen in de Verenigde Staten door de kosten van medische zorg te drukken en verzekeringspolissen goedkoper te maken.

Deze wet, die stapsgewijs in werking zal treden tussen 23 maart 2010 en 1 januari 2020, waarbij de grootste stappen voor januari 2014 genomen moeten worden, behelst onder andere de verplichting voor iedere Amerikaan om een zorgverzekering af te sluiten en een onvoorwaardelijke acceptatieplicht voor zorgverzekeraars (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act).

Vanaf 1 oktober 2013 kunnen Amerikanen online een verzekering afsluiten. De Republikeinse Partij is gekant tegen de ziekteverzekeringswet en probeert de invoeging ervan uit te stellen. Zo forceerde zij op 1 oktober 2013 een "shutdown" van de overheid. In het Amerikaans Congres werd geen overeenkomst bereikt over de begroting en verdere overheidsbestedingen, omdat de Republikeinen dit gekoppeld hadden aan het met een jaar uitstellen van de invoer van "Obamacare", wat door de Democraten en de president niet werd aanvaard. De "shutdown" had tot gevolg dat vele overheidsdiensten gesloten werden en dat de overheidsambtenaren gedwongen met verlof moesten gaan (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act).

De Republikeinse meerderheid in het Huis van Afgevaardigden heeft de overheidsfinanciering afhankelijk gemaakt van uitstel en aanpassing van 'Obamacare', de wetgeving die alle Amerikanen dwingt een zorgverzekering af te sluiten. De door Democraten gedomineerde Senaat weigerde zich echter te laten afpersen, zoals zij het omschreven (www.hln.be/hln/nl/2002/Dossier-Obama/article/detail/1714453/2013/10/01/Shutdown-overheid-VS-is-een-feit-Ze-hebben-het-echt-gedaan.dhtml).

Staken om je doel te behalen omdat de politieke weg heeft gefaald? Je zou verwachten dat republikeinen dan naar de wapens zouden grijpen een een 'zwarte vlag'-incident zouden uitvoeren...

Of ga ik nou te ver? Nouja chantage is nou ook niet echt bepaald netjes...

We zijn nu 2 jaar verder en hoe is het gegaan?

How Obamacare ls About to Change the Way You Order a Beer
Obamacare is bringing calorie information to a restaurant near you later this year. Craft brewers and their restaurant partners just wish they knew about this earlier.
Section 4205 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare, was signed into law in 2010 and mandated the labeling of caloric content and nutritional information on menu items at chain restaurants with 20 locations by Dec. 1 of this year.
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Restaurants and brewers alike were under the impression alcoholic beverages including beer and wine would be exempted. As they found out in November, that wasn't the case.
The final rules presented by the Food and Drug Administration were vague, but excluded beers offered for limited runs of less than 60 consecutive days, test items offered for less than 90 consecutive days and beers that are on tap but not on the menu.
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There are 3,418 licensed craft breweries in the U.S., with more than 1,400 of them functioning as food-serving brewpubs. As a result, the Brewers Association is waiting for the FDA to state its tolerances for those batch-to-batch differences, while its restaurant partners go into a holding pattern as they prepare seasonal menus.
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CraftWorks Restaurants is based in Broomfield, Colo., and Chattanooga, Tenn., and operates 195 restaurants under the Gordon Biersch, Rock Bottom and Old Chicago brands, as well as a host of specialty restaurants. Its brands brew their own beers at 70 locations and most of its beers aren't on the menu long enough to fall under the FDA's final rule. But it also finds itself waiting for a hand from the FDA.
We have not done full-blown nutritional testing on our core craft beers to date,” says Rebecca Fischer, general counsel for CraftWorks. “One of our brands [Old Chicago] is in the business of having over 100 selections of beer on site at any time, and that has thrown us into an enormous body of work — and we average more than 30 taps in each of those restaurants, so that work has been ongoing. I think we are trying to stay on hold on that portion of our beverage menu that deals with craft beers that we make.”
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While [Paul Gatza, director of the Brewers Association craft beer industry group,] isn't necessarily worried about the impact on craft beer all around — noting that drinkers might switch to low-alcohol, lower-calorie session beers instead — he does fear that a complicated menu labeling process may take the choice out of consumers' hands and leave them to brewers or restaurants looking for the simplest answer.
This could inadvertently drive sales to mixed drinks, which are exempted,” Gatza says. “It could also be a non-consumer reason why more sessionable beers take share and menu placements from beers with unattractive calorie numbers. Menus are going to be changing, and it may not be consumers deciding what's available to them.