Beers from local grains

Ron, what 'makes' the yeast to be Amsterdam yeast? Is it wild yeast that was cultured (e.g., collected off a tree or fruit)?

Cheers!

 

The Holihan family operated the Diamond Spring Brewing Co. in Lawrence Mass. up to 1970. They were probably best known in N.E. for their version of Black Horse Ale (there were 3 different US breweries making the former Canadian brand at the time).

Really? C'mon, circa 1952, there were still around 300 operating breweries in the US, today (depending on how particular you are in counting them) about 12-15 brewing companies from that period left. I'm not sure you can blame one particular ad campaign for the demise of Diamond Spring or any other of the +250 that disappeared during the last half of the 20th century.

Hell, one would have a hard time really explaining how breweries like Schell, The Lion, Stevens Point and even Yuengling survived and so many others didn't. For everything those brewers did "right" I'm sure one could dig up similar moves and situations at many of the defunct companies, too.

 

I'm assuming harvested wild yeast.

 

What a cool thread!
There is a brewery up here (Humboldt County, California) that grows almost everything they need to brew. It’s rad, and I love their concept and customer service so much!
my ONLY issue is that their entire lineup tastes like StarSan or some other sanitizer.
I want so desperately to like their product more.

 

Our brewery uses local grains for all of our American style beers and we always have at least 1 lager with local grains too. This makes up about 40% of our grain usage. We use LINC Malt in Spokane, WA and most of the grain is grown within 100 miles of our brewery. So blessed to have them in our city. Having close relationships with your farmers and maltsters is very special and something most breweries don’t get to do.

 

When's the last time you stopped in there? I've been in only sporadically the last two years but I feel like he's gotten that aspect much better under control. Still, some serious inconsistencies and that potential for serious off batches definitely keeps me from making the effort to visit more often