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Mateveza/Samuel Adams Collaboration Beer Being Released Tonight

June 10, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Tonight from 6-9:00 p.m. at Cervecería de MateVeza, located at 3801 18th Street in San Francisco, there will be a beer-tasting of a new collaboration beer. Here’s the story:

Samuel Adams and MateVeza will come together to celebrate and introduce their limited-release collaboration beer, Boston Tea Party Saison. The unique brew combines MateVeza’s signature ingredient — yerba mate tea — and Samuel Adams’ one-of-a-kind Kosmic Mother Funk (KMF).

After completing a Brewing and Business Experienceship, an extended craft brewing mentoring program offered by Samuel Adams, MateVeza founder Jim Woods teamed up with his mentor to create a unique collaboration beer. The Experienceship is offered to craft brewers as part of Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream, a micro lending and coaching program available to food, beverage and hospitality small business owners as well as craft brewers.

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Jim Woods and Samuel Adams brewer Dean Gianocostas in Boston on the day they brewed the collaboration beer, Boston Tea Party Saison.

Here’s their description of the beer itself:

Samuel Adams and MateVeza came together to brew a Saison, which is a farmhouse beer traditionally brewed in the autumn or winter for consumption during the summer for the farm workers. The final recipe combines MateVeza’s signature ingredient — yerba mate tea — and Samuel Adams’ one-of-a-kind Kosmic Mother Funk (KMF), a blend of wild yeasts and bacteria designed to give beers unique flavors. The bright and satisfying brew has a slightly earthy and deliciously fruity character with a hint of spice and a long dry finish.

If you’re in the city tonight, stop by and give the beer a try. See you there.

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Chris Spinelli and Jon Mervine from Roc Brewing (who also did a similar collaboration beer, though their beer is ThreeNinety Bock), and in the middle Jim Woods, MateVeza, and Jim Koch, from Boston Beer.

Filed Under: Beers, Breweries, Events, Just For Fun, News Tagged With: Announcements, Bay Area, California, Collaborations, Samuel Adams, San Francisco

Ten Beer-Based Recipes

June 10, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic is Cooking with Beer, 10 Beer-Based Recipes, courtesy of Beer of the Month Club.

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Click here to see the recipes full size.

Filed Under: Beers, Food & Beer, Just For Fun Tagged With: Food, Infographics

Four Easy Beer Cocktails

June 9, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic is by author Veronica Thompson and is a simple list of 4 Easy Beer Cocktails.

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Filed Under: Beers, Just For Fun Tagged With: Cocktails, Infographics

Beer In Ads #905: Falstaff The One That Got Away

June 7, 2013 By Jay Brooks


Friday’s ad is yet another one for Falstaff, and is a third one by the well-known illustrator J.F. Kernan. This one shows another trio of men, and a dog, on a fishing and camping trip on the bank of a river. One of the men appears to be telling a story about the size of the fish that he almost caught.

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, History

Evolution Of The Beer Geek

June 7, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic shows the Evolution Of The Beer Geek, as imagined by Jim at the Beer & Whisky Brothers from a few years ago.

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Click here to see the infographic full size.

Filed Under: Beers, Just For Fun, Related Pleasures Tagged With: Humor, Infographics

Beer In Ads #904: Falstaff Fishing

June 6, 2013 By Jay Brooks


Thursday’s ad is another one for Falstaff, and is also by the well-known illustrator J.F. Kernan. This one shows a trio of men fishing from a boat in a river. It looks like one of the guys just hooked a big one, but looks none too sure of his ability to reel him in.

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, History

Australian Alcohol Guidelines

June 6, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic is a yet another chart of standard drinks in Australia. It’s a little simpler than yesterdays, created for Drug Info by the Australian Department of Health and Ageing.

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Filed Under: Beers, Just For Fun Tagged With: Australia, Infographics

Beer In Ads #903: Falstaff Hunting

June 5, 2013 By Jay Brooks


Wednesday’s ad is for Falstaff, from some time in the late 1940s or 50s, I’m guessing. I think it’s most likely the original artwork for ad ad, and it’s signed by the well-known illustrator J.F. Kernan, who passed away in 1958. Kernan was also known for his many Saturday Evening Post covers, similar to Norman Rockwell. This one shows a hunter out in the woods, reaching for his rifle, which was resting on top of a case of Falstaff beer, as a deer runs by in the background.

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, History

Australian Standard Drinks Guide

June 5, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic is a chart of standard drinks in Australia. It’s from Street Beat’s guide to alcohol use in Australia.

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Filed Under: Beers, Just For Fun, Related Pleasures Tagged With: Australia, Health & Beer, Infographics

Craft Beer: A Hopumentary

June 5, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Here’s an interesting video on craft beer by a Jeremy Williams entitled Craft Beer — A Hopumentary. What’s cool about it is that it features Ron Lindenbusch from Lagunitas, Craig and Beth from City Beer Store, Andy French from Southern Pacific Brewing, Zeitgeist, and homebrewer Nathan Oyler. My favorite factoid: craft beer represents 7% of the market, but employs 50% of the employees in the industry.

Filed Under: Beers, Just For Fun Tagged With: California, History, Northern California, San Francisco, Video

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