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