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Saint James SeaKing brewed with yeast from sunken ship
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Viral Shipwreck Yeast Story Gets Stranger (Holbrook, NY) – Over the weekend the AP led with a story about a small Upstate New York brewery that was working with students at the State University of New York at Cobleskill who are attempting to extract yeast from a bottle of beer that was recovered from the shipwrecked SS Oregon which sank 133 years ago. If the SUNY/ Cobleskill students were successful in their effort to extract the ancient yeast then Bill Felter at Serious Brewing planned to craft a new brew using it.
But when the Shipwreck beer story went viral Serious Brewing receive a call from the another craft brewery in Long Island informing Felter that they were already brewing beer using yeast taken from bottles found in the wreck of the SS Oregon.
Turns out, Jamie Adams the owner/brewer at the Saint James Brewery in Long Island, has for the past year or so been making use of yeast taken from bottles found in the wreck which sank off Fire Island in 1886… And he’d finally successfully crafted a beer using the yeast which he’d hoped to debut at the New York State Brewers Fest on March 9 in Albany.
On Monday afternoon, Felter took a call from Adams. The conversation was friendly, according to NY Upstate. And it ended with Serious Brewing announcing that it no longer planned to make a beer using the shipwreck yeast.
Words To Drink By (Howes Cave, NY) – “I am personally not going to brew any beer with that yeast, out of respect for him (Adams) being a fellow New York farm brewer.” Bill Felter / Serious Brewing
Atlas Doubles Down On DC (District Of Columbia) – Atlas Brew Works has announced plans to open a second brewery and taproom in Washington DC’s vibrant Navy Yard neighborhood in 2020, making it the first manufacturing brewery to have multiple locations within the District.
Located right across from the Center Field Gate at Nationals Park, Atlas Brew Works planned 4,500 square-foot space will include the brewery with a production capacity of 2,000 barrels, led by Head Brewer Daniel Vilarrubi, and an adjoining tap room with outdoor seating. And unlike the brand’s Ivy City facility in Northeast DC, this larger location will have a kitchen facility and offer a limited food program.
What We’ve Been Drinking Lately (Hood River, OR) – The pFriem Family Brewers produce a great line of Flanders-Style Ales including this legendary style. Aged in French oak foudres barrels with more than 1,200 pounds of locally sourced cherries, pFriem Flanders Red Kriek is a 7% ABV Lambic with tart cherry pie aromatics and pinot noir meets almond pastry notes.
