Sean Suggests for February 2017

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For February, let’s go with the color red. I know it is a day after Valentine’s Day but beer (like cards and chocolates) shouldn’t be just one day a year.

~LIGHT
Dieu du Ciel/ Rosee D’Hibiscus 5.9% ABV
“The Rosée d’Hibiscus is a soft spoken wheat beer. The rose colour comes from the hibiscus flowers added during the brewing process. The aromas and flavour of this tropical flower are very prominent in the beer, giving it a slight acidity and a very agreeable fragrance. It is the perfect thirst quencher on a hot summer day.”

~MEDIUM
Crux Fermentation/ Banished-Better Off Red 7.00% ABV
“Flanders Reds may be called the Burgundies of Belgium, but we age our take on this complex, slightly tart style in Oregon Pinot Noir barrels for nearly a year. A fresh batch will present spicier notes while older versions pick up more oak and yield cherry flavors. So we blended them figuring we’re better off presenting this exotic mélange simultaneously. “

~DARK
Logsdon/ Ceraus 8.5% ABV
“From Hood River, Oregon near the orchards of the Fruit Loop, a Flanders Style Red Ale with organic cherries.”

All of these beers can be found at Sunset Beer Co. (unless they got bought up real quick)

The Logsdon Shuffle

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Looks like another sale is rockin’ the beer world.  Logsdon and their crazy good farmhouse ales like Peche N Brett has agreed to sell a significant stake in his brewery to three new partners.

I first saw this over at the New School Beer Blog which has all the details and spoke with the players in the drama which will include the departure of brewer Charles Porter who was a founding partner and brewmaster of the company.

My usual response holds true here.  It is time to re-judge the beer now, in a few months and in a year to chart the progress.  That is where the proof of whether a sale has done good or harm can be found.  Not in petty quick judgements.

If it comes as consolation, the namesake Logsdon will be doing quality control and there is no lack of brewing candidates out there who can take over the kettles and maybe push the beer into new and unforeseen directions.

Plus, as I read on The Full Pint, they were approached by ABInBev and found it to be non-workable.  So the hysteria could have been worse.