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 Homemade Ground Beef - Course 102

Homemade Ground Beef

Introduction to Making Ground Beef: Why Grind Your Own Meat?

Most of us eat meat a time or two every day, and most know nothing at all about it.  

We think we don’t need to know.  

If it looks good, doesn’t have much fat on it, nice and red and the price is right, it’ll work.

The lower the fat content of the ground beef, per the label, the better, we think. "Ground Fresh Daily", the advertising says. 

It would be, in almost every case, more honest to say, "Re-Ground Fresh Daily".

In most cases, the ground beef was first ground last week, in Iowa, or some other distant state, stuffed in a long, large tube of plastic, and trucked to your local supermarket. 

We buy ground beef in Louisiana or Los Angeles this morning, after it's been re-ground and re-packaged into smaller packages. 

We don’t need to know what kind of meat went into the grinder, do we? 

We don’t need to know how long ago the meat was first ground, do we?

I do.  

Want to have the best ground beef you ever tasted?

Grind your own.

Want to know that your ground beef is completely pure?

Grind your own.

Want to have the freshest, cleanest, tastiest ground beef money can buy?

Grind your own.

Want to feel safe eating your ground beef rare or medium-rare, rather than cooked to a cinder?

Grind your own.

Okay, so I grind my own -- what do I grind, and how do I do that, anyway?
Comparing homemade ground beef to store bought

 

 

Comparing real, homemade ground beef, to store bought


Package at photo right is "Fresh Ground Beef", Less than 30% Fat.
1.12lb. @$2.09 = $2.34

Package at photo left is "Fresh Ground Beef" Lean, Less than 22% Fat.
1.12lb. @ $2.99 = $3.35

Our homemade ground beef, in the center, for 1.12 lbs., @ $2.39, would cost a total of $2.68


First, please see my short Meat Grinders Course to get information on choosing, assembling and cleaning a meat grinder.

Here is the "what":

What do I grind?  

You don’t have to be a meat expert to make homemade ground beef. 

I try to buy the cuts of meat we use the most of when it’s on sale. 

For our tastes, we prefer our ground beef to be juicy, which means it has to have some fat content. 

Additionally, we grind the meat only once, using the medium sized plate, as shown on the Meat Grinder page of this site. 

If you prefer your ground beef finer, you would use the medium sized meat grinding plate, then re-grind it through the smallest sized meat grinding plate.

Boneless chuck roast is often on sale, and can be bought for about $2 per lb. 

I’ll buy whatever total weight I want, sometimes buying 4 or 5 roasts of 3-6 lbs. each.

Finding U.S.D.A., (United States Department of Agriculture) Choice beef used to be very easy, since it was the standard grade supermarkets used. 

With the advent of the idea fat is "bad", back in the mid ‘70’s, markets began carrying lesser grades. 

For homemade ground beef, most of us wouldn’t want to use U.S.D.A. Choice, since the fat within the meat, called marbling, can’t be removed, and makes the ground beef too fatty.

Most supermarkets now carry the next lower grade, but call it by some trade name, such as “Reserve”, or some such. 

USDA Select is generally ideal for making your own ground beef, since the fat content is enough to make the ground beef juicy, without it being overly fatty.

Click on ground beef to proceed.

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The Northern Goshawk...


Welcome to my Northern Goshawk Page, here you will find information on the goshawk and Goshawks as a species. 

Also info about two of the Goshawks Subspecies, the Red and the Grey.
goshawk


  • Latin Name – accipiter gentilis
  • Wingspan – 90 – 130cm
  • Tail Length - 22-27cm
  • Total Length - 49-65cm
  • Male Size in Relation to Female – 72%


Northern Goshawk – Description


The Northern Goshawk is a medium to large sized hawk, with a big range within the temperate regions.

It is a highly successful hunter and has adapted to many different environments.

Goshawks, as with all accipiters, have short wings in relation to their size, for flying through confined spaces, and very long tails for extra manoeuvrability and agility in flight.

The tail acts like a big fan-like wind brake which is used for sudden changes of direction during a hunt and also for slowing down quickly to avoid extreme impact and for balance, whilst perching on branches.

Goshawks usually fly with short fast flaps, then a short glide, their flight is fast because of their heavy wing load (more weight in relation to surface area of wing) although, at times, they can soar and ring up on thermals.

This they do not do as often as the Eagle and buzzard families, due to most of their time spent in enclosed forested areas.


Hunting and Weaponry


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The Northern Goshawk has fantastic eyesight, like most birds of prey.

They are very highly tuned to movement and these birds will chase things purely out of impulse reactions.

All accipiters have very fast metabolisms, which give them very fast reflex reactions, this, ultimately gives them the edge when chasing fast and elusive quarry.

Goshawks have a very high kill rate when hunting.

They employ a lot of the element of surprise, and will often still hunt.

This means sitting on a branch, preferably out of sight, until an unsuspecting prey animal wanders underneath them.

The Goshawk will then swoop, (they are incredibly quick) and grab it.

Often the prey isn’t even aware of the presence of the goshawk until it’s too late.

Goshawks will take a very large variety of prey, and one of the most versatile, in terms of hunting birds of all the raptors.

Common prey species include; 


  • Ground Squirrels
  • Tree Squirrels
  • Ruffed Grouse
  • Mallard Ducks
  • Snowshoe Hares
  • Jackrabbits
  • Pigeons
  • Doves
  • Corvids
  • Passerines
  • Other raptors (especially the kestrel)


Good on the rabbit, it has to be said!

As you can see from the extensive prey species list, the Northern Goshawk is not fussy, and will take pretty much anything.

One of the most successful features of this amazing bird is its ability to hunt both mammal and bird prey, to the same degree of success.

This, in raptor terms, is quite rare, most raptors and members of the owl species have evolved to specialize in catching either quarry in the air (Falcon Bird Species) or prey on the ground (see my Eagle Facts page).

Being an all round hunter has proved to be the best selling point in the world of evolution for this accipiter, and is one of the main reasons why it is quite so successful.

Another raptor that has managed to be a jack of all trades is the harris hawk.

To find out more on the Harris Hawk, please follow the link.


Northern Goshawk – Breeding




Northern Goshawk Adults begin the breeding cycle in march-april time and the female normally lays 2-4 eggs aroud may time.

The incubation period lasts up to 40 days and the eggs take 1-2 days to hatch. Goshawk young quickly develop and will leave the nest after about a month.

During this period, (referred to as the brancher period), the eyass hawks cannot fly and so they will clamber over branches flapping constantly so as to build up flight muscles for a further 10 days.

Once the young hawks are fully fledged in the beautiful juvenile plumage, they are then ready to leave and will be completely independent for the rest of their lives.

This can be a very short period because Goshawks have a low survival rate in the first year.

Only the most successful hunters survive.

In Falconry and conservation in America, Goshawk eggs and eyass chicks are taken from the nest.

Normally the smallest chicks are taken, since these would be the ones to die in the wild.

By taking them from the nest, the theory is, the falconer is giving the chick another chance.

In the UK, all forms of nest robbing is completely illegal, and falconers breed goshawks in captivity.


The Gray Goshawk

grey goshawk

    Red Goshawk

  • Gray Goshawk – accipiter Novaehollandiae
  • Wingspan - 70-110
  • Tail Length – 20-24cm
  • Total Length – 40-55cm
  • Size Of Male in Relation to Female – 65%


grey goshawk
The Gray Goshawk, or white goshawk in the paler morph, is an extremely beautiful, medium sized subspecies of the Northern Goshawk.

The Gray Goshawk is found in Australia, and although rarer and less widely distributed than its cousin, in its region it is also very successful as a hunter

Prey species of the gray goshawk include;


  • Rabbits
  • Possums
  • Bats
  • Birds
  • Reptiles
  • Insects
                                                                                         White Goshawk




Because of their much bigger size, the female gray goshawk is more versatile and can catch a lot more prey species than the male. 


Sexual dimorphism is strong in accipiters.


The Red Goshawk



  • Red Goshawk - Erythrotriorchis radiatus
  • Wingspan – 111-136cm
  • Tail Length – 20-27cm
  • Total Length – 46-61cm
  • Male Size in relation to female – 73%

    The Red Goshawk used to be seen as a larger subspecies of the other goshawks.

    Experts have now agreed the red goshawk is actually not a goshawk, but a large buteonine.

    The red goshawk is indigenous to Australia, and is one of the rarest and most endangered birds of prey in the world.

    It hunts mainly water birds, and because of its size, is a very imposing predator.

    The red goshawk is closely related to the black breasted buzzard, and the square tailed kite.

    The red goshawk is found usually in savannahs in northern Australia and Water Course ways.

    If you get to see one of these birds, then you are a lucky chappy!

    I'm sorry I do not have a photo of this bird.

    If anyone would like to send one in, I would hugely appreciate it!

    Northern Goshawk in Falconry


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    The Goshawk is, without a question, the main bird flown globally in falconry.

    Ever since falconry began, Goshawks have been the stable companion for a falconer, due to their incredible speed, lightning reactions, savagery in the field, and trainable nature (sometimes).

    Due to their amazing hunting prowess, they were nicknamed the cook’s bird, because of their ability to provide for the pot.

    Imagine how it was all those years ago, even before projectile weapons, and then, imagine how useful having a trained goshawk would have been.

    Almost essential to many, the goshawk would have been an indispensable companion.

    The Northern Goshawk is trained to the lure and the fist, and comes equally well to both.

    One of the main things to worry about with goshawks is weight control.

    Due to their fast metabolisms, goshawks can drop very suddenly in weight, and if you are not careful this can lead to serious complications, even death of the bird, in a very short space of time.

    Goshawks can suffer from hypoglycaemic fits if their blood sugar goes too low, so it is necessary to always watch out for this.

    Male goshawks can be flown at rabbits, ducks, moorhens (not advised because too easy), pigeons, crows, rooks, and many more species.

    The female can be flown at all the same species, but is also flown at hares, because of her size advantage over the male.

    Females are slightly less agile in the air, but make up for it in overall speed and power.

    All in all, the Northern Goshawk is formidable, with an impeccable history in the sport.

    They can be possessive, and especially imprinted goshawks can show quite a lot of aggression.

    Goshawks are sometimes tame hacked in the training process.

    This means an imprint goshawk is then returned to the wild for a short while, to kick start its natural wild nature, and stop feeding aggression and jealousy later on.

    I hope you have enjoyed my Northern Goshawk Page, found the red goshawk and grey goshawk facts interesting.

    The Goshawk is a wonderful bird and I hope I have transferred some of my enthusiasm for these great raptors.

    Please feel free to browse the rest of the site. :)

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Shmaltz Brewing Company...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shmaltz Brewing Company
Industry Alcoholic beverage
Founded 1996
Founder(s) Jeremy Cowan
Headquarters Saratoga Springs, New York; San Francisco, California, USA
Products Beer
Production output 7,200 barrels (859,000 liters)
Website http://www.shmaltzbrewing.com/
Shmaltz Brewing Company is an American craft brewing company, based in San Francisco, California that owns HE'BREW Beer, and Coney Island Craft Lagers.

Founded as “American Jewish Celebration Beer”, by proprietor Jeremy Cowan, the company’s beers now are distributed in over thirty-one U.S. states, Canada, and England.

Shmaltz is known for blurring beer styles and using puns, art, history, and pop culture in every aspect of their products.

As a contract brewer, Shmaltz buys space and ingredients at Mendocino Brewing Company and Mendocino's brewery staff brews Shmaltz's proprietary recipes for both the HE'BREW Beer and Coney Island Craft Lagers lines.[1]

Shmaltz Brewing Company was recently recognized as "Best Craft Brewer" by Beverage World Magazine, at their 2010 BevStar Awards, and ranked by craft beer consumer website RateBeer.com as one of the 100 "Best Brewers of 2011".[2]

Contents

HE'BREW Beer

Ice-cold HE'BREW Beers and Coney Island Craft Lagers

HE'BREW Beer began as a Chanukah experiment, in 1996, when founder and proprietor Jeremy Cowan and friends squeezed pomegranates to produce juice for the first HE'BREW beer.[3]

Early distribution for this beer was done by Cowan himself, out of the trunk of his grandmother’s car, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

In 1997, Anderson Valley Brewing Company began brewing HE'BREW Beer, and its distribution expanded to small craft beer wholesalers in California, Chicago, and New York.[4]

2003 marked the year Shmaltz began packaging Genesis Ale, and Messiah Bold, in six-packs, and moved production to Mendocino Brewing Company's facility in Saratoga Springs, NY.

Six beers currently make up the HE'BREW Beer line: Genesis Ale, Messiah Bold, Origin Pomegranate Strong Ale, Bittersweet Lenny’s R.I.P.A., Rejewvenator, and Jewbelation.

All HE'BREW Beers are certified Kosher, by the Kosher Supervision of America.

Marketing

HE'BREW Beer is widely recognized for its playful, yet earnest, study of Jewish, world, and pop cultural histories.[5]

Each label of HE'BREW Beer lists facts and quotations related to the beer’s inspiration and its ingredients.

For example, Origin, an imperial amber pomegranate ale, pays tribute to the original 1996 HE'BREW beer, made with pomegranates, and its label contains facts, ancient mythology, and pop cultural references to pomegranates.

Another component of HE'BREW’s marketing is its “shtick”, which incorporates Jewish religious references into the beers’ names and slogans.

Genesis Ale is aptly named, because it was the first HE'BREW creation, and the tagline to Messiah Bold is “the beer you’ve been waiting for”, which alludes to the Jewish belief the promised savior of the world has yet to come.[6]

Shmaltz is also developing the recipe for Hop Manna, the first IPA in the HE'BREW line.

The name refers to manna, the sacred food that fell from the sky to the desert, to feed the Israelites following their exodus from Egypt.

Hop Manna was released in 2011, only on draft, with a full national launch of bottles and draft to follow  in 2012.[7]

HE'BREW Messiah Bold

Series

In 2006, HE'BREW debuted Bittersweet Lenny’s R.I.P.A., a rye double IPA, dedicated to the late Jewish comedian, Lenny Bruce.[8]

This beer is brewed with an "obscene" amount of malt and hops, including three kinds of rye malt, and seven different hops varieties.

Bittersweet Lenny’s R.I.P.A. is the first in a series of “Tributes to Jewish Stars”, and is available year-round.

Following the release of Bittersweet Lenny’s R.I.P.A., Shmaltz sponsored an "Homage to Lenny Bruce & Free Speech", a fundraising event that featured Sarah Silverman and Lewis Black.[9]

The barrel-aged version of Bittersweet Lenny's R.I.P.A., R.I.P.A. on Rye, took home the Silver Medal in the Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer category, at the 2010 Great American Beer Festival.[10]

Shmaltz offers the Rejewvenator and Jewbelation series as limited seasonal releases.

Rejewvenator is a half-doppelbock, half-Belgian-style dubbel that takes inspiration from the German custom of brewing strong, dark lagers (bocks) for springtime consumption and adding the suffix “-ator” to the beer’s name.

Rejewvenator's spring-to-fall availability coincides with the barley harvest in the spring and the hop harvest in the fall, as well as with the spring and fall new years in Jewish tradition.

The beer itself is a lager-ale hybrid, fermented by both a lager yeast and Trappist and abbey ale yeasts, and each year a different sacred species fruit is added to the fermenting wort.

The 2008 Rejewvenator featured fig juice, while the 2009 Rejewvenator was made with California date juice, and 2010 Rejewvenator, with Concord grapes.

The Beverage Testing Institute awarded both Rejewvenator 2009 and Rejewvenator 2010 a gold medal at their 2010 and 2011 World Beer Championships, respectively.[11][12]

Inaugurated as an eighth-anniversary ale, called Jewbelation 8, Shmaltz commemorates their anniversary with each subsequent edition of Jewbelation, by using the same number of malts, hops, and alcohol-by-volume value as the number of years they have been brewing.

Numerology is integral to the Hebrew alphabet and Judaism, and in recognition of this aspect of its Jewish heritage, Shmaltz features religious, scientific, and cultural facts and quotations involving the special anniversary number on the Jewbelation label.[13]

This extreme beer is released in the fall, and Chanukah 2011 heralded the 15th anniversary of Shmaltz and the release of Jewbelation 15.

In keeping with the Jewbelation tradition, this beer contained 15 malts, 15 hops, and 15% ABV.

Fall 2011 Shmaltz also released Genesis 15:15, a barrel-aged Harvest Barleywine brewed with pomegranates, figs, dates, and Concord grapes, to commemorate its anniversary.

In connection with each Chanukah season, Shmaltz hosts an annual beer challenge “Chanukah vs. Christmas: The Battle Royale of Beers”, in national markets including NYC, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Baltimore and others.[14]

Coney Island Craft Lagers

Summer 2008 marked the official launch of Shmaltz's Coney Island Craft Lagers line.

This brand was released in partnership with the arts organization Coney Island USA, a 501(c)3 Non-Profit, and a portion of the proceeds from Coney Island Craft Lagers directly benefits Coney Island USA.

The line includes the flagship Coney Island Lager, which was first released in June 2007, and five experimental lagers: Sword Swallower, Albino Python, Mermaid Pilsner, Human Blockhead (Winter), and Freaktoberfest (Fall).

In 2010, the brand was awarded "Best Craft Brewer" and "Best in Show" at industry publication Beverage World Magazine's BevStar Awards, for product quality, brand marketing, and overall creativity in "pushing the limits of lager."[15]

Coney Island Human Blockhead

Marketing

The striking artwork for Coney Island Lagers is the creation of Shmaltz’s art director, Matt Polacheck, and Brooklyn-based tattoo artist, Dave C. Wallin, whose original illustrations spotlight Heather Holliday (Sword Swallower), and the MC of the sideshow, Donny Vomit (Human Blockhead).

The logo for the brand and for Coney Island Lager is based on the iconic "Tillie" face, that graced the entrance of George Tilyou's Steeplechase Park in Coney Island.[16]

Coney Island Craft Lagers’ signature, “Beer Freak” logo, also inspired Roger Mallette, founder of the cycling jersey company, Retro Image Apparel, to create Micro Beer Jerseys, a spin-off venture that features jerseys with craft brewery artwork.[17]

The October 2008 release of Freaktoberfest, a seasonal blood-red lager, inspired the inaugural Freaktoberfest Boutique Craft Beer and Music Festival, in Coney Island, and the festival has become an annual event in Brooklyn, NY, featuring craft beer, sideshow performances, live music, and burlesque.[18]

Shmaltz Brewing Company also participates in the annual Mermaid Parade, a nearly 30-year-old tradition incorporating performance art, local businesses, and Brooklyn celebrities in a celebration of the historic Coney Island neighborhood and the lore of beach and sea-themed creatures.

Barrel-Aging Projects

Like many of its craft brewing counterparts, Shmaltz Brewing has begun aging several of its more complex and higher alcohol beers in various barrels previously used to store whiskey and bourbon whiskey.

HE'BREW R.I.P.A. on Rye, Vertical Jewbelation, and Genesis 15:15 were all aged in Sazerac 6-year Rye Whiskey barrels, while Barrel-Aged Coney Island Human Blockhead was the first Shmaltz beer to be aged in Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey barrels.[19]

While the beers in the barrel-aged series are Shmaltz's most limited offerings, they are also the most award-winning: R.I.P.A. on Rye was the Silver Medalist in the Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer category at the 2010 Great American Beer Festival, and the Beverage Testing Institute awarded Vertical Jewbelation a gold medal at its 2011 World Beer Championships.[20]

List of beers brewed

Name Original Release Date Availability Style ABV%
HE'BREW Genesis Ale 1996, Dec Year Round Amber Ale 5.6
HE'BREW Messiah Bold 1999 Year Round Nut Brown Ale 5.6
HE'BREW Bittersweet Lenny's R.I.P.A. 2006 Year Round Rye Imperial India Pale Ale 10
HE'BREW Origin 2006 Year Round Imperial Amber Ale brewed with pomegranate juice 8
HE'BREW Rejewvenator 2008, May Seasonal Belgian-style dubbel/doppelbock hybrid brewed with figs (2008); dates (2009); Concord grapes (2010) 7.8
HE'BREW Jewbelation 2004, Dec Seasonal American Strong Ale/Imperial Brown Ale - number of malts and hops used and ABV corresponds to anniversary[13] 8-15
HE'BREW Genesis 10:10 2006 Limited Imperial Amber Ale brewed with pomegranate juice 8
HE'BREW Hop Manna 2011 Limited - Draft Only IPA 6.8
HE'BREW R.I.P.A. on Rye 2010 Limited Rye Imperial India Pale Ale aged in Sazerac 6-year Rye Whiskey barrels 10
HE'BREW Vertical Jewbelation 2010, Dec Limited Blend of Barrel-Aged (Sazerac 6-year Rye Whiskey barrels) Jewbelations 8-14 10.5
HE'BREW Genesis 15:15 2011, Sep Limited Harvest Barleywine brewed with pomegranates, figs, dates, and Concord grapes and aged in Sazerac 6-year Rye Whiskey barrels 13.4
Coney Island Lager 2007, Jun Year Round American Amber lager 5.5
Coney Island Sword Swallower 2008, Jun Year Round IPA brewed with lager yeast 7.2
Coney Island Albino Python 2008, Jun Year Round White lager brewed with sweet orange peel, crushed fennel seed, and ginger 6
Coney Island Human Blockhead 2009, Jan Seasonal Imperial American Bock 10
Coney Island Freaktoberfest 2008, Sep Seasonal Halloween blood-red lager 6.66
Coney Island Mermaid Pilsner 2009, Jun Year Round American rye pilsner 5.3
Coney Island Barrel-Aged Human Blockhead 2011, Jul Limited Imperial American Bock aged in Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey barrels 10
Meadusa 2010, Sep Limited, Draft Only Blend of Albino Python and Redstone Meadery's Traditional Mead 7
Geektoberfest 2010, Sep Limited, Draft Only Imperial Sour Brown Ale collaboration blend with Captain Lawrence Brewing Company and Ithaca Beer Company; official beer of New York Craft Beer Week 9
Source: Shmaltz Brewing Company [21][22]

Coney Island Brewing Company

In May 2010, Shmaltz launched its first brewing location in Brooklyn, New York.

At one gallon of beer per batch, Coney Island Brewing Company is officially the smallest commercial brewery by volume in the world.[23]

In August 2011 Coney Island Brewing Company registered as a fully licensed brewery with the state of New York, and within its 175-square foot space, brewery staff began bottling its nano-batches of beer for sale to the public, including a Pumpernickel Bagel Porter, and a Cotton Candy Wit Ale.[24]

The grand opening was celebrated on 10 August 2011 with a proclamation from Brooklyn Borough President, Marty Markowitz, with other distinguished business and cultural leaders in attendance.

Shmaltz also has welcomed several guest brewers to Coney Island Brewing Company during its first two seasons to brew experimental recipes inspired by Coney Island and the local gastronomical landscape.[25]
Coney Island Brewing Company and Mermaid Parade 2011
Coney Island Brewing Company, established in 2010 on the corner of W 12th Street and Surf Avenue, in Coney Island, New York.  
On August 10, 2011 Coney Island Brewing Company was certified as the "World's Smallest Commercial Brewery" by the World Records Academy. Average brew batch size is one gallon.  
Beers from Shmaltz Brewing Company's HE'BREW Beer and Coney Island Craft Lagers lines are also sold at Coney Island Brewing Company. All production for these beers, however, is done at Mendocino Brewing Company's brewery in Saratoga Springs, New York.  
HE'BREW Beer and Coney Island Craft Lagers merchandise at Coney Island Brewing Company.  
Justin Mullins and the Neptunes Brass Band provided lively music on Shmaltz Brewing Company's Mermaid Parade float.  
Shmaltz Brewing Company employees break into an impromptu air guitar solo on the Mermaid Parade route.  
Many Mermaid Parade marchers make their costumes by hand. This reveler assembled various recycled aluminum pieces to make a shiny gown.  
Donny Vomit and his friend survey the merry scene from the Shmaltz Brewing Company float.  

Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah

CBBM COVER

In September 2010, owner Jeremy Cowan published a small business memoir, Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah, that chronicles Cowan's upbringing in the Northern California suburbs, and describes how HE'BREW Beer evolved from an inside joke with high school friends to a nationally distributed craft beer brand, under Shmaltz Brewing Company.

The book was launched at Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado, and a second edition was released in December 2010.[26]

"Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah" was written with help from friend and journalist, James Sullivan, and is published by Malt Shop Publishing.

National distribution of Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah begins September 2011 through Small Press United.

It is now available at bookstores across the country, as well as at major digital retail outlets including Amazon.com.

Detailed information on Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah, including a free sampling of Chapter One, and suggested beer pairings, can be viewed at here

Jeremy Cowan will head out on a book tour this fall and winter, hitting major and regional markets, including NYC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Atlanta, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and others.

Check external links below or click here for tour dates.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Shmaltz Brewing Company" Ruby Tuesday, Pick of the Week, May 26, 2009
  2. ^ "Best Brewers in the World 2011". RateBeer. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  3. ^ "He'Brew". Shmaltz Brewing Company. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
  4. ^ Brand, William (2005). "He’brew - The Chosen Beer: How It All Began". Northwest Brewing News. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
  5. ^ Hawthorne, Marc. "Food Feature: Shmaltz Brewing Company". The Onion. Retrieved May 2009.
  6. ^ Cowan, Jeremy (2010). Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah. New York, NY: Malt Shop Publishing. pp. 14, 138.
  7. ^ Nason, Adam. "Shmaltz Brewing to Release Hop Manna IPA". BeerNews.org. BeerNews.org. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  8. ^ Kitsock, Greg (30 September 2009). "Rye Observations". Washington Post (Washington Post). Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  9. ^ Cowan, Jeremy (2010). Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah. New York, NY: Malt Shop Publishing. pp. 236–238.
  10. ^ Brewers Association. "2010 Great American Beer Festival Winners List". Brewers Association. Retrieved September 2010.
  11. ^ Beverage Testing Institute. "Shmaltz Brewing Company 2009 He'Brew Rejewvenator Ale". Beverage Testing Institute. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  12. ^ Beverage Testing Institute. "Shmaltz Brewing Company 2010 He'Brew Rejewvenator Ale". Beverage Testing Institute. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  13. ^ a b Cowan, Jeremy (2010). Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah. New York, NY: Malt Shop Publishing. pp. 216.
  14. ^ Farrell, Maureen (28 September 2009). "Must Try Marketing Maneuvers.". Forbes.com. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  15. ^ Cioletti, Jeff (15 July 2010). "A Trio of Freaks". Beverage World Magazine.
  16. ^ Miliard, Mike (13 August 2008). "Shmaltz Coney Island Lagers: Freaking Delicious.". The Boston Phoenix.
  17. ^ Laura Oppenheimer, “Cycling Jerseys Show Off Retro Flair,” The Oregonian, March 17, 2009. http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/03/cycling_jerseys_show_off_retro.html.
  18. ^ Shmaltz Brewing Company. "Freaktoberfest Boutique Beer and Music Festival". Shmaltz Brewing Company. Retrieved September 2011.
  19. ^ "Shmaltz Brewing Company". 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  20. ^ Beverage Testing Institute. "Shmaltz Brewing Company He'Brew Vertical Jewbelation Barrel Aged Ale". Beverage Testing Institute. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  21. ^ "Shmaltz Brewing Company". Shmaltz Brewing Company. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  22. ^ Cowan, Jeremy (2010). Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah. New York, NY: Malt Shop Publishing.
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