[ABC Officers] Re: Fw: 1780 Beer Challenge
- From: John Rowland <jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 18:45:27 +0000
Too far for me personally, but sounds interesting.
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[mailto:abcofficers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chad Polenz
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Subject: [ABC Officers] Fw: 1780 Beer Challenge
FYI
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Subject: 1780 Beer Challenge
I've been meaning to mention this to you for a while. I'm hoping the Albany
Brew Crafters might be interested in participating in a beer and history event
out in Middleburgh with Green Wolf and the Middleburgh Libarary I'm organizing.
Here's the background for the event:
In 1780, as the American Revolution raged, another war—a civil war—was being
fought on New York's frontier. New York-born, but Canada exiled Sir John
Johnson, his King’s Royal Yorkers and their Mohawk allies, laid waste on a
slash and burn campaign to destroy what had once been their own farms and
fields in the fertile Mohawk and Schoharie valleys, in order to starve the
Continental Army.
What Johnson wasn’t expecting was the dogged determination of a rag-tag group
of Albany militia and volunteers defending Middleburgh’s fort, led by Colonel
Peter Vrooman, and the hero of the battle of Saratoga, sharpshooter Timothy
Murphy. Murphy, against orders from his commander, fired over the heads of
Johnson’s truce party, shooting the surrender flag out of their hands three
times. Under equipped and outnumbered three to one, the patriot’s refusal to
give-up cost Johnson precious time on his advance and he eventually withdrew.
The delay would help the Patriot forces riding from Albany to catch up with
him, and stop his march on the Mohawk Valley a few days later.
Because of that history, were going to have a battle of the brews—or as we're
calling it the 1780 Beer Challenge—between Middleburgh's own Green Wolf Brewing
Co. and MacKinnon Brothers Brewing Company, of Bath Ontario which operates on a
229-year-old farm settled by the MacKinnons loyalist ancestors.
GW and MB will be brewing two Revolutionary War-ear beers, which will be judged
by News Channel 13's Phil Bayly and Deanna Fox, against each other. The loser
of which will have to hoist their opponents flag in their brew house for a
year. They'll be a winner's prize and People' choice vote as well.
Al, Justin and I will be doing short talks at the Library, we have a group of
Rev war re-enactors from both Middleburgh and Canada participating, Harvey
Alexander a, colonialhome-brewer, will be giving demos, and there will be Green
Wolf and MacKinnon Brother beer samples and a little food from local eateries
(Under the Nose and Middleburgers). It'll be similar to the Cobleskill event,
but less lecture-y and more history interactive—with a a contest thrown in for
good measure.
Is this something you think the Brew Crafters might want to come out and setup
a table at, maybe do some outdoor brewing?
Let me know!
-C
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