Falling In Love Is Easy: Rediscovering Classic Beers From Belgium
BSG Craft Brewing Blog
by Brendan Kennealy
2d ago
Consumer preferences are notoriously unpredictable. You never know for sure if the latest beer fad will go bust after a single batch or become your brewery’s next flagship. Fortunately, BSG Technical Support and Training Manager Ashton Lewis knows a thing or two about navigating uncertainty. “In a sea of Hazy IPAs and Cocoa Pebbles Porters,” he says, “traditional Belgian ales are whacky enough to excite the consumer tastebud.” Fresh off a trip to Belgium that included stops at De Halve Maan, St. Bernardus, Kasteel, and Cantillon, Ashton fell in love all over again with Abbey aromas and F ..read more
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Brew a West Coast IPA with Gambrinus IPA Malt
BSG Craft Brewing Blog
by Brendan Kennealy
2w ago
What’s germinating, everybody? Please join us in extending a warm, wort-scented welcome to BSG Product Portfolio Manager Matt Johnson. Based out of Southern California, Matt’s been brewing professionally for over two decades. His background image on Microsoft Teams video chat features a beautiful hop trellis.  Matt is bringing his expertise to the BSG blog for a crisp and refreshing conversation about Mainstay IPA, an extremely limited one-off beer brewed at the Rahr Technical Center to highlight Gambrinus IPA Malt for potential brewing customers. Matt’s the man who wrote the recipe and ..read more
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Rahr Corporation Announces Strategic Corporate Alignment; Rahr Malting Co. & BSG to Merge
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by Michael Dawson
1M ago
February 7, 2024, 2:30 PM Central Standard Time SHAKOPEE– Rahr Corporation, a family-owned, global supplier of specialty and premium products in the food and beverage industry, announced plans to combine its Rahr Malting Co. and BSG business units, including all operations and commercial activity, creating a new business unit, RahrBSG. Effective today, this new business will be led by CEO, Willie Rahr, President, Darren Smith as well as Chief Commercial Officer, Ron Johnson and Chief Operations Officer, JD Dempsey. A blending of two of Rahr Corporation’s strong, growth-focused and complementa ..read more
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Hefeweizen: Where Yeast Meets Wheat
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by Brendan Kennealy
1M ago
Spend enough time cranking out craft beers and you may eventually come to the conclusion that there are just two kinds of drinkers: Those who adore Hefeweizen, and those who are missing out.  Count BSG Technical Support and Training Manager Ashton Lewis among those who enjoy a vase of Hefeweizen from time to time. (Yes, Hefeweizen is meant to be served in a vase.) Truth be told, Ashton’s brewing two batches at home right now, all thanks to Fermentis SafAle W-68 — a new E2U® active dry yeast developed from the iconic Weihenstephan weizen strain. For more on the traditional German Hefe Wei ..read more
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Set Your Compass for Lindgren Craft Brewery, Duncannon PA
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by Brendan Kennealy
2M ago
Greetings! Thank you for navigating to the BSG Blog. Today we’re spending a little quality time with Rahr North Star Pils, a domestic pilsner malt with low color, low modification, and irresistible overtones of honey and sweet bread. Joining us is Jason Simmons, Head Brewer at Lindgren Craft Brewery in Duncannon, PA. Jason was a career EMT and firefighter before he discovered homebrewing in 2003. His passion for beer soon led to cleaning and filling kegs at a local brewery, and he’s been hopping wort and pitching yeast ever since. The following back-and-forth on beer has been edited for length ..read more
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Gambrinus Maltster Ken Smith Wants to Drink Your Beer
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by Brendan Kennealy
2M ago
Greetings, one and all. Meet Ken Smith, Director of Operations at Gambrinus Malting in Armstrong, British Columbia. He’s here today to chat about Gambrinus IPA Malt and all the beers you might brew with it. If this is the first time you’ve heard about Gambrinus IPA Malt, check out this blog with Blake Masoner from Craft Coast. That’ll bring you up to speed. Now, the floor belongs to Ken.  Ken Smith, left, hoists a toast to malt. BSG: Mr. Smith, how’d you find your way into the wonderful world of malt?   Ken Smith, Gambrinus Malting   Before I joined Gambrinus 11 years ago, I was ..read more
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Let Yourself Be Advised, Drink Helles
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by Brendan Kennealy
4M ago
Coca-Cola was first sold in bottles in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on March 12, 1894. Just nine days later on March 21 of the same year, the Spaten Brewery of Munich, Germany, debuted something quite different: The world’s first Helles lager.   Today Coca-Cola claims to sell over 1.9 billion servings of their dark soft drink each day. While that certainly sounds impressive, Bavarian beer garden visitors (and most brewers) are smiling about something else. Something pale gold with malty sweetness, clean hop bitterness, and nary a trace of high-fructose corn syrup. Something made of pure ..read more
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What’s a West Coast IPA and Why’s it So Damn Good?
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by Brendan Kennealy
4M ago
The West Coast of the United States has brought us Starbucks, Yahoo, and Yacht Rock. It’s also given us the pass-first offense, The Price Is Right, and In-N-Out Burger.  But ask any red-blooded American brewer what the West Coast is known for, and you can bet your weekly allowance they’ll mention hops. Namely the “C” varieties, such as Cascade, Centennial, and Chinook. Fact is, these hops launched the West Coast IPA, a decidedly bitter and hop-forward sub-genre of the American Pale Ale that kinda-sorta took over the world, once upon a time.  Fact or Fiction? Bob Barker’s famous line ..read more
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Craft Coast Brews with Top-Secret Gambrinus IPA Malt
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by Brendan Kennealy
5M ago
Hello? Is this thing plugged in? Everyone say hey to Blake Masoner, Co-Founder and Head Brewer at Oceanside, California’s Craft Coast Beer & Tacos. Blake used to play Tight End. He’s here today to “tacobout” beer, specifically one he brewed with a brand-new top-secret IPA Malt from Gambrinus Malting.   BSG: Blake! Tell us about brewing with the top-secret Gambrinus IPA Malt.   Blake: We did a West Coast IPA called Plug Walk. A West Coast IPA felt like the best platform to start with. It smelled really good when we mashed it in. We used a little acidulated malt with it ..read more
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Brew Great Beer. Save More Money. Here’s How.
BSG Craft Brewing Blog
by Brendan Kennealy
6M ago
Brewers, business owners, and beer-league bowlers know all too well that you can do everything right and still catch a bad break. Balls bounce in unpredictable ways.  John, Len, Ole, Ed, and Frank from the 1952 Rahr Malt Bowling Team, courtesy of Reddit  When you’re staring down a seven-ten split, or bed posts in bowling parlance, maybe the only thing to do is hurl the ball down the lane and hope for the best. There’s always another frame.  But if you’re looking for more flexibility in your brewing budget or a few smart strategies to spare you trouble later on, lace up those ren ..read more
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