Chip: Hello, everybody, I'm Chip Walton from
Chop & Brew.
I'm here at Bad Weather with brewer Ryan Kartes.
What are we drinking?
Ryan: We are drinking Kentucky Common or
Dark Cream Ale as we like to call it.
Chip: Why are we drinking it?
Because it's winter, right?
Ryan: It is winter; it's a great beer no matter
what time of year.
Chip: The Pioneer Press approached Bad Weather
about doing a collaboration partnership beer
for the upcoming Saint Paul Winter Carnival.
It's looks like it's coming up, it's in the
subzeros.
Ryan: It's definitely winter finally.
Chip: The Pioneer Press Treasure Dark Cream
Ale,
tell people what to expect when they find
it in
four-pack cans at the store or on tap here
on West Seventh.
Ryan: Cans are being released today on January
21st.
We tapped it actually on the 19th, last Saturday,
we had a big release party - probably the
biggest we've ever had.
It's a nice, clean easy-drinking beer, but
there's a lot of flavor going on.
Little bit of spice, little bit of chocolate
note, I get a lot of maralade.
But there is an underlying current of corn
because this beer has about 35% corn.
We actually milled all of the whole dried
corn ourselves and then mashed it all in and
did a cereal mash.
It's a big beer.
Chip: It's a labor of love; it's not something
you do for every beer.
Ryan: No.
And it's not something that everyone will
be able to easily reproduce.
If we had to do this for every beer, I'd be
a lot more buff. [laughs] That's for sure.
Chip: A lot of love went into this thing that's
celebrating the traditional event of Winter
Carnival.
Saint Paul artist DWITT did the can art; it
turned out lovely.
He did a great job.
You should come down to Bad Weather and get
a pint.
Ryan's also got some firkins and pins up his
sleeve.
Come brave the chill, man, break that winter
chill.
Ryan: It'll keep you warm.
Chip: Don't let the New York Times win.
Prove to them that Saint Paul is worth living
in in the wintertime.
Ryan: Oh yeah!
Chip: Yeah, that's the whole reason -- watch
me not be right here -- but the Winter Carnival
started because some Times travel writer came
and talked about how miserably desolate winter
is and why do people live here?
So, they started the Winter Carnival to show
people, "Hey, we can do stuff."
Then half the time you're too frostbitten
to do anything.
