The 6 Pack: Old Ale + Aging Beer & Oxidation

Welcome to the 6 Pack. We discuss 6 quick topics, mostly about beer. One is always a full breakdown of a classic beer style and another is always office hours, where I answer audience members' questions. If you've got a question for me, record a brief voice memo introducing yourself & asking your question, then email it to [email protected] 🎙️ The 6 Pack: S1E2 1. TCH infused beverages are now being sold by large US retailers such as Total Wine, this is going to be HUGE. 2. It’s Black Friday season & Beer Scholar is getting in on the action. This is legit the lowest price you’ll EVER see for the Beer Scholar Course for the Certified Cicerone® Exam. You can get fully 50% off the usual price if you use the code BLACKFRIDAY6PACK. This offer lasts until midnight PST on Sunday, Nov 26th. If you missed this offer, go to www.thebeerscholar.com and opt in for more info about my CC course to receive a discount offer that won’t be quite this good, but which is still a screaming deal for: video lessons that track the entire syllabus; awesome flashcards decks; practice tests; weekly tasting sessions with me; & my “Become a Certified Cicerone® or Your Money Back” guarantee…yes, the course is that good. Cheers! Here’s the Black Friday link: https://www.thebeerscholar.com/offers/mPMRWcVA?coupon_code=BLACKFRIDAY6PACK 3. STYLE OF THE WEEK: Old Ale (BJCP 17B). Get the full Old Ale style breakdown, learn all about the related British Strong Ale style, how to properly cellar a beer, the effects of aging a beer, and the effects of oxidation and trans-2-nonenal in beer, among many other things. BJCP link: https://www.bjcp.org/style/2021/17/17B/old-ale/ 4. Headlines: - Craft Beer & Brewing just announced the launch of a sister publication, Craft Spirits & Distilling. - Boston Beer Company aka Sam Adams released the 28% ABV 2023 edition of Utopias. - Rhinegeist is hosting its annual INKED festival. - Tickets for the Festival of Dark Arts at Fort George Brewing in Astoria go on sale at sunrise on Black Friday. - Registration for the World Beer Cup (WBC) is now open. - Brooklyn-based Five Boroughs Brewing Co. was acquired by Smuttynose Brewing Co. - Here in Portland Oregon, legendary brewer John Harris, who is responsible back in the day for developing excellent beers you’d recognize from the likes of Deschutes and Full Sail, announced he was selling his 10 year old brewery, Ecliptic, to Great Frontier Holdings. 5. Constellation's four Mexican import beers — Modelo, Corona, Pacifico, and Victoria — and their branded spinoffs, have seen increased sales of 8.3%. Those 4 families of beer brands now represent fully 22% of US dollars spent on beer at stores. 6. Constellation’s distributor, Reyes, is flexing hard and shaking things up in US Big Beer. If you have a question for me, about pretty much anything, please fire up your phone’s voice recorder, record your question, and email the audio file to [email protected] Subscribe to The Beer Scholar Youtube Channel for new content! ----------------------- For more Beer Scholar action check out: ----------------------- 🎓 Crush the Cicerone exams: www.thebeerscholar.com 📧 Email Me: [email protected] 🎥 YouTube: www.youtube.com/@BeerScholar 📷 Instagram: www.instagram.com/thebeerscholar/ -----------------------