28 • UPBEAT TIMES • July 2015 THE ART & CRAFT OF CREATING GREAT BEERS


tures, and in the Middle Ages the brewing of beer was left to women to make because it was seen as a food as well as a drink of celebration. Beer was often consumed rather than the water that could be of very question- able quality.


Kings and queens, peasants and knights, all drank beer. Apparently, in the late 1500s Queen Elizabeth I of England


drank strong ale for breakfast. It is said that the Pilgrims in 1620 landed at Plymouth Rock because of a dwindling beer supply. For many centuries beer and bread were the foun- dation of the ordinary person’s fare.


Most of these beers were


called ale. German brewers developed the lager method of brewing in 1420. However, the


fi rst golden lager was not pro- duced until 1842 in Bohemia. Lager is a type of beer that is fermented and prepared at low temperatures; it may be pale, golden, amber, or dark. Lager is a German word and is stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use. Ale is a type of beer brewed from malted barley using warm fer- mentation with a strain of brewers’ yeast. Ale yeast ferments more quickly than lager yeasts, often pro- ducing a sweeter, fuller-bodied and fruitier taste. Most ales contain hops, which help pre- serve the beer and


can impart a bitter herbal fl avor that balances the malts’ sweet- ness.


BUYING U.S. GOLD COINS


$1.00 GOLD...............................................................$150.00 & up $2.50 GOLD...............................................................$190.00 & up $3.00 GOLD...............................................................$550.00 & up $5.00 GOLD...............................................................$240.00 & up $10.00 GOLD.............................................................$500.00 & up $20.00 GOLD..........................................................$1,075.00 & up $50.00 GOLD 1851 to 1855..................................$10,000.00 & up


BUYING


SILVER DIMES 1964 & Before...................................... $1.13 & up SILVER QUARTERS 1964 & Before..............................$2.83 & up SILVER HALF 1964 & Before.........................................$5.65 & up SILVER HALF 1965 to 1970...........................................$1.47 & up SILVER DOLLAR 1878 to 1904....................................$17.00 & up SILVER DOLLAR 1921 to 1935....................................$16.00 & up


HALF CENTS 1793-1857 LARGE CENTS 1793-1857


BUYING – OLDER U.S. COINS –BUYING DIMES 1796-1891


$30.00 & up $10.00 & up


FLYING EAGLE CENTS 1856-1858 $12.00 & up TWO & THREE CENTS 1851-1889 HALF DIMES 1794-1873


SHIELD NICKELS 1866-1883 LIBERTY NICKELS 1883-1913 . BUFFALO NICKELS 1913-1938


$7.00 & up $7.00 & up $8.00 & up .40 & up .25 & up


TWENTY CENTS 1875-1878 QUARTERS 1796-1891


HALF DOLLARS 1794-1839 HALF DOLLARS 1839-1891 DOLLARS 1794-1804


TRADE DOLLARS 1873-1885


$7.00 & up $55.00 & up $11.00 & up $30.00 & up $14.00 & up $700.00 & up $45.00 & up


SEATED DOLLARS 1840-1873 $150.00 & up


Hops are a rather new addi- tion to making beer. The hops themselves are grown on trel- lis, often growing many feet high. The hop itself is a fl ower. Malt is barley malt. The barley is usually changed into malted barley. The malting


process


involves soaking the barley, allowing it to germinate, and then stopping germination with heat. The amount of heating that barley malt gets has an intense impact on the kind of beer that will be brewed. All the color in beer comes from the malted barley. A lightly-


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roasted malt will yield a very pale beer while deeply roasted malts make for dark or black beers.


The Left Coast of the US is


“He is a wise man who


invented beer.”


Plato, Greek Philosopher


developing a growth industry in craft beers. In 2012 Califor- nia craft microbreweries had a $4.7 billion economic impact, provided 44,000 jobs, with an average salary of more than $38,000 a year, and $850 million in total taxes contributed by more than 450 craft breweries. California has more microbrew- eries than any other state, a number which has expanded each year. In 2013 Califor- nia had 508, Wash- ington State, 251,


Colorado, 217, Oregon, 201, Michigan,


188. The number


has only continued to grow. By 2015 Sonoma County has 25 microbreweries and counting. New ones are schedule to open as this column is being written. For years Sonoma County has been known as a world- class wine region. It now is also a world-class destination for


microbreweries. So on


this 4th of July, if you imbibe either world-renown bever- ages, please remember the in- telligent advice given by our founding father, brilliant thinker, politician,


beer maker Remember When?


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JOKES & Humor #8 A lady who had put on quiet a few pounds went to the doctor for help in loosing the extra weight. The doctor said, “ I’ve been having a lot of success with this new diet plan that I’ve been using. I want you to eat normally for two days and skip the third day. Follow this regi- ment for two weeks and come back in and I guarantee you will have lost at least fi ve pounds.” The lady returned in two weeks and to the doctors’ amazement she had lost 26 pounds. The doctor asked,” Did you follow my directions exactly?” The lady replied,” yes, and I thought that I would surely die on that third day!” “From hunger”, the doctor inquired? “ No, from skipping” , she replied.


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