We pressed the first batch of The Queen City of the Plains on Saturday. The press prototype still has a few kinks that we need to work out, but it works! The Queen is now sitting in secondary fermentation and should be ready for drinking by December 20th.
We have also gotten a huge dumping of snow and will be harvesting snow for the Leadville Snow Queen really soon.
Well, we ran into a big speed bump this week that we'll hopefully get smoothed out by the end of the year. We found out that we are able to make the sake in our current location (Grandma's House - shameless plug...go drink there today!), but we are unable to sell it in the tap room. So upside, we're still making all of the planned batches...downside, we're going to have to go back into the legal tussle to figure out the best plan of attack. We've got a meeting with some great layers this week to start that plan, but it may be up to 3 months before we can sell. Hopefully this will all work out quicker than expected and we can get all the goodness to you soon!
So this experiment went interestingly. We had some leftover Leadville Snow Queen that wouldn't clarify so we decided to let it sit for a few months...then we decided to try and "barrel" age it as an experiment. It was a hit with some and a flop with others. The medium French oak stave that we placed in it brought out some of the earthy flavors, added a bit of caramelness, and some hints of the oak. Those that enjoy whiskeys and scotches really enjoyed it. They loved that it held many of the characteristics of a short aged whiskey, but removed all of the burn. It is an interesting experiment that I would love to try again at an earlier stage of resting the sake. I may try this with a small portion of each batch going forward. I realize that aging sake is a rare occurrence, but I think the flavors would appeal to quite a few people. Let me know how you feel about it.
- Marc
I've always been interested in drop shots, especially the sake bomb. I always figured there had to be a better way to do it. I realized now that we share space with a brewery, I should try to work on this project again. The first attempt was the above photo. I paired Grandma's Blonde Ale with our El Colorado red sake...and it was darn tasty. The lightness of the blonde combined with the cider and fruit notes married very well together making the best sake bomb I'd ever tried. I'm excited to keep trying out different flavor combos and seeing what we can make.
-Marc
Hey kids! It has been a crazy month.1. We moved into our space - Grandma's House Brewery 1710 South Broadway. Come down and have a beer! Maybe if you're nice we'll give you a taste of what we're working on :) 2. We built some work tables and are working on some fancy shelves. 3. We are completing our first batch, a Palisade Peach sake. If all goes as planned it will be naturally carbonated and ready to go in late November. 4. We started the first batch of Queen City of the Plains. It should be ready to go December 20th. 5. We're heading back to the Liquor Board for more talks. 6. We got a short run of shirts printed. They will be available for purchase soon! 7. Our site crashed so we're rebuilding it from scratch! (Thanks Rob!)
It has been a crazy ride getting everything up and going, but super fun. Here is what our 2014-2015 brewing schedule looks like so far. Peach Sake - Late November 2014 Queen City of the Plains - Late December 2014 Leadville Snow Queen - Shooting for February 2015 (Just waiting on the snow to get going) El Colorado - February 2015 Old Mose - April 2015 Cherry Blossom - April 2015
Thanks!
Looks like Denver is going to get it's own sake brewery after all! The Department of Revenue gave us the green light on Monday and we've jumped immediately into high gear. We're super excited to move into Grandma's House, a collective brewery space at 1710 South Broadway Denver, CO 80210. Not only will it be a great place to make sake, but it is a great neighborhood. We're still working through a few of the final details, but should hopefully be moved in and starting to brew by the end of September / beginning of October. We'll post our brew schedule soon. We just want to say thanks to everyone who has helped us get this far and we look forward to all the crazy months ahead!
Marc & Keith
Looks like Denver is going to get it's own sake brewery after all! The Department of Revenue gave us the green light on Monday and we've jumped immediately into high gear. We're super excited to move into Grandma's House, a collective brewery space at 1710 South Broadway Denver, CO 80210. Not only will it be a great place to make sake, but it is a great neighborhood. We're still working through a few of the final details, but should hopefully be moved in and starting to brew by the end of September / beginning of October. We'll post our brew schedule soon. We just want to say thanks to everyone who has helped us get this far and we look forward to all the crazy months ahead!
Marc & Keith
We had a great time at the first day of the Fermentation Festival today.
We were also fortunate to teach a Sake 101 class. It was super fun and really challenging to squish a lot of tasting and homebrew knowledge into just 30 min.
We're excited to have our head brewer featured in this month's 5280 magazine! http://www.5280.com/eatanddrink/spirits/magazine/2014/07/sake-time
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