On Tap this Saturday 10/30/10

Halstead's Hearty Indian Brown Ale
4.75% ABV

Let's keep the ball rolling on the Patron Inspiration Series. In this exciting installment we bring you Halstead's Hearty Indian Brown Ale named for our good friends John and Lijana Halstead. The interesting thing about this addition to our collection is that John and Lijana don't drink beer.....or any liquor for that matter. Normally, you would think, "what in tar-nation are these guys doing hanging out Bashore BrewHaus?" The simple answer to that question is that we are just so cool, who wouldn't want to be around us?

In all seriousness, these are two of the best people that we have the privileged to be around. It goes to show you that its not about beer at the bunker, it's about good friends being goofy, dancing, joking and having good time and the Halstead's are at the top of the list when it comes to having fun. They never act like they are uncomfortable or out of place around all the drunken hooligans that are usually hanging around. They just go with the flow all the while injecting some of there own Halstead excitement into the place! (insert funny comment from John)

In honor of John and Lijana I made a dry hopped Indian Brown Ale. This beer looks like a regular sessionable brown ale right down to the lowish alcohol. That's where the similarities stop. This beer has an intense hop aroma and flavor with hints of chocolate and roasted malts that come from the grains. I really do think this beer is pretty delicious. I've only had samples of it warm without carbonation and I really enjoyed it.....which can't be said for most beers I brew. I know John and Lijana won't be drinking any of this ale, but they should be able to get a good idea about it from the smell.

Cheers to You Crazy Kids!

If it's Brown drink it down, if its black......send it back!!

NOW ON TAP: K-Roc Da House

Now on Tap!!
K-Roc Da House
Belgian Singel
5.25% ABV



The newest beer in our Patron Inspiration Series is a beer dedicated to our good friend and fellow Spartan Alumni Karen Thomas. Karen has been right by our sides through the course of our drinking/beer evolution. Whether we were singing at Crunchy's in college or attending beer festivals in temperatures well below freezing Karen was right there to sip and judge every beer that we were. Even now that beer has become more than just a drinking "thing" and has become about crafting fine ales and having events for friends to get together and tell stories over a pint or two. Karen is still there to give her opinion, whether she's sober or not......usually not!!

One of the things that I've always found to be funny about Karen is her intense, unbridled love for cool refreshing Triple Hopped brewed Miller Lite! Don't get me wrong Karen is willing to try any beer and she usually responses with her catch phrase, "it's good, but I couldn't drink a lot of it". But her love for the cheap stuff burns hotter than 10,000 cases of Herpes. Its always been hard for me to figure out why she couldn't bridge the gap and become a strictly craft drinker. Then the other day I had a Miller Lite and it occurred to me why she likes it so much. It tastes like water!! Karen loves Water.....Of Course!!

All kidding aside, it would be a waste of my and your time to make a beer that tastes like water. So I set out to try and recreate one of the first session beers, the Belgian Trappist Singel. Belgian beers are known for being sweet and complex due to the different sugars and yeasts used in the country. The Belgian Singel is what Trappist monks would/will drink during the day when they were brewing. It is light and refreshing with an up front "fruity" flavor followed by a slight hop bitterness. My goal for this beer if for Karen to utter the words, " I could drink this all day".......we'll see!!

Triple Hops.......Belgian Style!!