Beer & NutsFor Beer Nuts
Carolyn SmagalskiThe Beer Fox - BellaOnlinehttp://beer.bellaonline.com
Ro GuenzelHead Brewer - Left Hand Brewing Co.
http://www.lefthandbrewing.com/
Beer Nut:Head Brewer Ro Guenzel
• Head Brewer – Left Hand Brewing Company
• QA/QC & Recipe formulation - Left Hand Brewing Company
• Creator of Oktoberfest, 400# Monkey, Fade to Black, Smoked Goosinator Doppelbock, Polestar Pilsner, Smokejumper
• Collaboration beers with Terrapin and Nørrebro Bryghus
• Trained at American Brewers Guild - 2001
• Odell’s and Kaltenberg Castle Brewery at Schlossbraueri Kaltenberg in Bavaria before coming to Left Hand
Beer Nut: Beer Fox Carolyn Smagalski
• The Voice of Women BellaOnline
• Certified Beer Judge
• Freelance Beer Journalist
• 2006 Beer Journalism Award in Electronic Media – Brewers Association
• Co-Founder Philly Beer Geek Competition
• Advisor: Gluten Free Beer Festival UK
Pecan Nuts
From an Algonquin word meaning “a nut requiring a stone to crack.”
Pecan Nuts
• The Pecan is a large deciduous tree with male catkins that are pendulous
• The female catkins are small, with three to six flowers clustered together.
Pecan Nuts
• The Pecan: NOT a true nut
• Technically a drupe: A “fruit” with a single stone or pit, surrounded by a husk.
• The nut itself is dark brown, oval to oblong.
• Outer husk: Starts out green and turns brown at maturity - then it splits off in four sections to release the thin-shelled nut
Beer Nut:Charlie Papazian
• Nuts enough to think he could have a Beer Festival in the USA
• Only 22 Breweries with 40 Beers were at that first Festival in 1982
• Now there are over 2200 beers in the Great Hall with 462+ breweries.
• Nuts?
Beer Nuts
• “Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer.”
Dave Barry
Walnuts
• The walnut was so called because it was introduced from Gaul and Italy.
• The “Gallic Nut”
• Deciduous Tree – 21 Species
• Two-thirds of the world export market and 99% of the US commercial production of English walnuts is grown in California's Central Valley and in Coastal Valleys
Walnuts
• The Walnut is not a true nut – it’s not a fruit either
• Like the Pecan, it is also a drupe.
• Walnuts grow within an outer husk
Walnuts
Walnut Shells are used as:
• As filler for dynamite
• As “Soft-grit abrasive” for cleaning and polishing Automobile and aircraft engines
• In soap and exfoliating cleansers
• In the paint and plastics industry.
Beer Nut:Fritz Maytag
• Nuts enough to buy the Anchor Steam Brewing Company in 1965 and think he could make “Hand-crafted Beer “
• By 1983, there were only 51 brewing concerns in the USA
• In 2009, there are now 1,595 craft breweries in the United States
• Nuts?
Beer Nut:Lee Williams, Trails End Chestnuts
• Trails End Chestnuts
• Planted a grove of Chestnut Trees in Moses Lake, Washington as a legacy for his grandchildren
• Chestnut Beer – Gluten Free Beer
• http://www.chestnuttrails.com/
• Nuts?
Nutty Label Laws?
• The FDA sent Diamond Walnuts a warning letter dated February 22, 2010
• Their label said: "OMEGA-3s ... Every time you munch a few walnuts, you're doing your body a big favor.“
• "Studies indicate that the omega-3 fatty acids found in walnuts may help lower cholesterol…”
• FDA says, “Because of these intended uses, your walnut products are drugs within the meaning of section 201”
Nothing like Beer & Nut Pairings
• Sugar Mama Pecans with 400 Pound Monkey
• Amishville Applesauce Nut Bread with Oktoberfest
• Mountain Stout Oatmeal Cookies with Left Hand Milk Stout
• Witch’s Brew Spice Cake with St. Vrain Tripel
Left Hand 400 Pound Monkey
Left Hand 400 Pound Monkey:
• English India Pale Ale
• Bright, beautiful – not intended to overwhelm
• Well-balanced, fruity, earthy
Left Hand Oktoberfest
Left Hand Oktoberfest:
• Märzen/Oktoberfest
• Malt-dominant, toasted earthiness, biscuity, Munich malt character
• Noble Pedigree Hops, spicy and dry
• Zicke Zacke, Zicke Zacke, Hoi, Hoi, Hoi!
Left Hand Milk Stout
Left Hand Milk Stout:
• Sweet Stout
• Dark roasty malts, rich milk-chocolate, oat-like
• Viscous, tickles the throat
• Nothing like cookies and milk!
Left Hand St. Vrain Tripel
Left Hand St. Vrain Tripel:
• Tripel - 9% ABV
• Biscuity malt, yeasty, aromas of fresh pineapple, pear and peach that carry into the flavor
• Moderate carbonation, peppery, warming
Thank You
"A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her."
W.C. Fields
Thank YOU from -
Ro Guenzel and Carolyn Smagalski