Beer Brewing Education | Wiseacre Brewing Co.

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2/8/18

Spud Trivia: Lovin', Dunkin' and Brewin'

Lovin’: It is National Potato Lovers Day, and we at WISEACRE love spuds in all forms: fried, smashed, scattered, smothered and covered. What former US president is generally credited with introducing the french fry to the US? Answer: President Thomas Jefferson ; he supposedly fell in love with them while in France and had them served up at a formal White House dinner. Dunkin’: Who was the tiny 5 foot 7 inch “Spud” who won the NBA Slam Dunk... Read More

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1/11/18

BIG SMALL BEER & PARTIGYLE BREWING

What is a Big Small beer? Well, we’ll need some backstory: To make beer, brewers stew malted barley with hot water to extract color, flavor and sugar (sugar = yeast food) from the grain to make a syrup. They separate that sugary syrup from the grain, move it into another vessel, season the syrup with hops and then feed the seasoned syrup to yeast (and the yeast eats the sugar and converts it to alcohol, making the beer). It is very easy to make beer. Nowadays, brewers just adjust... Read More

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1/1/18

MEET THE CREW: Shelby Glass

Meet Shelby Glass! This lifelong Memphian has been with us in the Taproom for almost two years and recently moved from Assistant to the Manager to Mister Manager (and is a huge fan of the shows The Office and Arrested Development, which these titles reference). She loves to play sports, mostly basketball and frisbee, and recently graduated from Rhodes College with a BA in studio art. Find out more about what makes her tick in this interview: What’s your... Read More

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Interview

12/1/17

Symphonic Oak Aged Wild Lager with Montmorency Cherries

Rich grain notes originally dominated the nose of this traditional maibock. Tradition ended a year ago when this beer was sent to live with our house Brettanomyces culture in red wine barrels for 8 months. The wild yeasts change malts, sulfur and thick dextrins to rambunctious pony, delightful plummy stone fruit and bone dry booze. The Michigan Montmorency cherries are added to the barrels and a tertiary fermentation takes place where the fruit is changed to pure essence of cherries and a... Read More

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Lager

8/18/17

MEET THE CREW: MICHAEL LAURENZI

Michael Laurenzi is WISEACRE’s newest addition to the brew crew! He started working with the packaging team about a year ago and his hard work, diligence, and dedication to the beer making game landed him a job on the brew deck. He’s a beer makin’, bike ridin’, pizza (calzone) lovin’ dude. Read on to find out more… How would you describe your position at WISEACRE? Glorified janitor and professional porridge maker. What’s your favorite... Read More

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