Brewganza Day 3: Numberwang British Mild

Brewganza Day Two: Chupacabranator Dopplebock

Brew day: Spring Goatsucker Maibock

Day 1 of brewganza 2012. Brewing up some Maibock that will be ready to drink in, you guessed it, May. Sandra is out of town with baby so there's nothing to stop the brewganza.

New Release - Bodhi's Last Ride - Blonde Ale

Bodhi's Last Ride is a light and refreshing blonde ale fermented with an American Ale yeast strain.  It is intended to be consumed on or near a body of water.  Perfect fit to quench that post-surfing thirst. Try it with a twist of lime and escape your troubles.



Malts: Pilsner, Pale, Flaked Corn, and Crystal 20.
Hops: Mt. Hood.
Yeast:  American Ale.


If you haven't guessed where the title comes from, go rent 'Point Break' and educate yourself.  The total and complete awesomeness of that move will blow you away!


"We are here to show those guys that are inching their way on the freeways in their metal coffins that the human sprit is still alive."
-Bodhi

The Tale of Red Beard's Bounty

The Beer Concern's Fake History Archives Proudly Present:

The Tale of Red Beard's Bounty

           Tatum “Red Beard” McNulty is known as the infamous scourge of the old west town of Naco, Arizona.  Built like a barrel he was and near six and a half feet tall to boot. You wouldn’t find him without his walking stick and of course his bushy crimson beard.  Folks say he kept his gun tucked away and loaded, but nobody cared to find out if that was true.  Red Beard was fair skinned, yet he never wore a cowboy hat, and often had a face near as red as his beard due to the sun or his level of intoxication. 

            Now, Red Beard wasn’t known as the scourge of the old west all his days. Although not yet as widely despised as he would eventually become, Red Beard was not well liked either.  He regularly visited the local saloons and rarely left until he was blind stinkin’ drunk.  On a number of occasions, he would beat patrons about the legs with his hefty walking stick while displaying some of the crudest language you could imagine. 

            It was one fateful night when he earned his reputation as the bane of the Naco.  After making the long ride from Charleston to Naco, Red Beard was fixin’ to tie one on.  Now unbeknownst to him, earlier that week, the owner of the saloon had taken ill and passed on, so the saloon was closed for a time.  Well, Mr. McNulty didn’t like that one bit.  He went home, and tied one on alright, but when night came around and he couldn’t go to the saloon to play cards, he was straight pissed off.  Next thing you know, the saloon is up in a blaze of flame and ash. 

            Nobody saw Red Beard light the fire, but some of the Nacoens saw Red Beard with a lit cigar in his mouth and a scowl on his face walkin’ away from the saloon and right out of town just after the blaze went up.  Now, if a fire weren’t bad enough, while going through the wreckage, there was no sign of the metal brewing and distilling equipment used to make all the beer and whiskey for Naco.  To top it off, there wasn’t a delivery from one of the neighboring towns scheduled for another month, leaving Naco high and dry.

             After the incident, the very sober townsfolk convinced the sheriff to lay a bounty of $1,000 on the head of Red Beard for his crime of tank robbery.  Now, that bounty was never collected, and none were positive what happened to him after the fire, but it’s said that he shaved the beard, started going by the name Tom McLaury and moved North to the town of Tombstone. 

Red Beard's Bounty Red Ale is now on tap at The Beer Concern's West Linn taphouse.  It is a crisp and refreshing lightly hopped, malty ale great for winding down your day. 

Christmas at The Beer Concern

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at The Beer Concern.

Brew Day - Quoth the Raven

'Twas a fine holiday brew night at The Beer Concern. Christmas lights strung among shovels and wetsuits on the wall. In the video you'll see the mash dripping its final runnings into the kettle.
Quoth the Raven is a Cascadian Dark Ale based on the recipe of Barley Brown's Turmoil. Turmoil won gold at the G.A.B.F. in 2010 in the brand new category: American Style India Black Ale or some such nonsense of a title. I met head brewer Shawn Kelso briefly at Belmont Station back in August and tasted Turmoil along with several other Cascadian Dark Ales. What they have in common is that they are black in color, roasty but not heavily astringent, and have a piney hop character. I think a Cascadian Dark Ale is a more specific style than Black IPA or American Style India Black Ale or whatnot because black SRM can be added to any beer without adding much roast/dark malt flavor. It's as simple as using cinnamar extract or grinding carafa II to a powder in a coffee grinder and adding it at the end of the mash.

Either way, Beer Bot is looking forward to a dark and smooth ale for the coming winter.