E231: La Cumbre Brewing with "El Jefe" Jeff Erway

La Cumbre Brewing is helping Albuquerque keep cool

Prior to taking starting La Cumbre Brewing founder Jeff Erway was a music teacher.  After tiring of the bureaucracy of the education system and discovering he was pretty good at making beer and after working for others for a short while opened his brewery 10 years ago this year.

Erway joined us this week to talk about his brewery and dive into beer judging and brewing science. He shares his tips and tricks for avoiding palate fatigue when tasting several flights of beer, and whether it's easier over the long haul to judge beers with delicate or bold flavors.  We talk about brewing those hazy IPAs and how La Cumbre recently "broke up" with an old (and popular) yeast.

La Cumbre has one several medals for their beers at the Great American Beer Fest, like this one for their Acclimated IPA.

CRAFT BEER NEWS

• Founding Brewer for MIA Beer Company Died in an Automobile Accident Last Weekend Link to the GoFundMe as mentioned in the show.
• Bud Light is Promising Free Hard Seltzer to Columbus, Ohio If They Change Their Name
• Magic Hat is Closing its Brewery and Will Be Contract Brewed By Genesee

THE BEER LIST

• Abomination Wandering Into the Fog with Sabro | BEDIPA
• Bruery Saule | Barrel-Aged Old Ale
• Monday Night Brewing / Weldwerks Road Full of Promise (2X NE IPA).
• Fat Orange Ca Ask Forgiveness, Not Permission | NE IPA
• Wild Leap Alpha Abstraction Vol. 12 | DIPA

ICYMI: More great craft beer interviews

• It’s Not All Trix and Skittles at Pontoon Brewing | Ep. 225

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