Join Us Online for a Virtual Beer Tasting
The Heritage Brewers Guild will host a FREE virtual beer tasting on Saturday, March 13th beginning at Noon.
Registration is available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beer-style-history-and-tasting-registration-142397014303
This virtual beer tasting will focus on three locally available beers that you can purchase at a number of local stores. You will be able to taste the beer at home and follow along with a detailed style tasting led by a National Level Certified Beer Judge. Members of the guild will discuss the beer style referencing the Beer Judge Certification Program's Official Style Guidelines. The origin and history of the style will be discussed as well.
The event is free, however, you will need to purchase the beers for yourself if you want to taste along.
This tasting will showcase Pilsner, Irish Ale and Coffee Stout. The official beers will be from Saranac Brewery. We recommend the 12 pack mixed pack of Saranac's Irish Roots (https://www.saranac.com/brews/seasonal/spring/12-beers-of-spring/) available at most Consumers Beverages and Wegman's Stores. The pack contains Irish Golden Pils, Irish Red (Irish Style Ale)and Irish Coffee Cream Ale. (There is also the Always Hazy Peach IPA which we will not be tasting during the event. Bonus beer for you to enjoy.) You may also pick up other beers in those styles if you cannot find the Saranac pack. Premier Gourmet may have the styles as single cans or bottles.
Tasting information: Tasting and evaluating beer requires that the beer is consumed to experience all of the sensory aspects of beer. Generally the evaluation takes only 2 - 4 ounces from each bottle or can. We encourage you to practice moderation and responsible drinking.
(Saranac, Consumers, Wegmans and Premier Gourmet are not sponsoring the event and are being provided only as resources for the event, they will not be able to answer specific event questions. This is not a promotion for any brand or business referenced, it is an educational event from the BNHV and the Heritage Brewers Guild.)
BJCP 2015 guidelines https://bjcp.org/docs/2015_Guidelines_Beer.pdf
Apps are also available from the app stores. Please use any of your choice. Many use the one by Richard Sheppard.
Join us on Saturday, January 18th for a Brewing Demo and Book Signing
Come out and meet the Heritage Brewers Guild.
The Guild members will be brewing an all-grain version of a Pre-prohibition Porter.This event is a great opportunity to see the basic brewing practice and learn how beer helped shape our region.
Special Guest Speaker and Book Signing
Ethan Cox, President of Community Beer Works and co-author of Buffalo Beer: The History of Brewing in the Nickel City will discuss the history of brewing in the Buffalo/Niagara region.
Pre-prohibition Porter Homebrew Demo
Join us for a demonstration that will show brewing techniques.
Schedule
10:00 am - Mash-in
11:00 am - “History of Brewing” talk - Sparge begins
Noon - Boil begins
1:00 pm Chilling begins
All times are approximate for the brewing schedule.
Hang out after the talk for the book signing!
History of Brewing in the Buffalo / Niagara Region
Ethan Andrew Cox is the president of Community Beer Works, a brewery he co-founded in 2010. He had a fifteen-year background as a homebrewer prior, as well as being a Beer Judge Certification Program-certified homebrewing competition judge and a Certified Cicerone; currently he is on the board of the New York State Brewers’ Association. Ethan is the co-author of Buffalo Beer: The History of Brewing