Oh, I have a slight hangover from celebrating REPEAL DAY; 75 years ago, yesterday, Dec. 5th 1933, the 21st amendment was ratified and went into effect eliminating the 13 year experiment of the 18th amendment. PROHIBITION ENDED. PARTY ON DUDE.
Not too many people, who were out last night were aware of this fact but were happy and drinking away. I believe REPEAL DAY should have a more national prominence in the American Drinking Holidays. It's part of our Constitution!! Remember civics's class!
I spent last night @ Iron Hill Brewery in Lancaster, of course. It was a mug club party to release two brews, Brewmaster Paul Rutherford, has produced:
#1 Permanent Midnight is a dark, strong farmhouse ale. This special holiday beer is brewed with two different Belgian yeast strains, 9 different types of grains, and some secret assorted spices in the boil. The beer has a very complex layer of flavors that include dark fruits, toffee, spice, and black licorice, and it weighs in at 9% .
#2 Imperial Coffee Porter, Iron Hill’s 1st ever beer brewed with coffee.To make this beer, they took their Pig Iron Porter recipe and basically doubled it. Then we got 35lbs of a custom-roasted blend of Sumatra and Nicaraguan coffee beans, cold steeped the beans for three days, and then pumped the resulting extract into the beer.The finished beer weighs in at 9.5%, bursting with chocolate, roast, and coffee flavors. It will be served on nitro, and yes, it does contain caffeine.
There's Paul's Gold medal for the 2009 GABF!! I loved this beer. It was so so good.
I may have to go back for more today. Paul told me he doesn't even drink coffee but oh can he brew some beer!
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