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Jared Witt l March 22, 2018 One sees it in every farmer’s market, in every seasonally sourced restaurant, in every documentary about human rights in the clothing industry, in every Netflix show on the sustainable food movement (my favorite is Chef's Table). There is a deep desire, that is surfacing in communities all across the country, to re-humanize the things that we buy. And we’re starting at the most basic level: with the things we put on and put into our bodies.
It’s not like we all got together and planned this. There was no conference where grass-fed beef farmers in Wisconsin got together with “buy local” activists in so-Cal and said, “Alright, here’s what we’re going to do.” In fact, none of us who are a part of whatever this is can even fully say what binds us together or what the movement is called. Some of us have very high-minded ecological concerns. Some of us, just a gut yearning to live in a tastier and less artificial way. None of us even fully sticks to our ideals a hundred percent of the time (for my part, I can’t seem to quit the cheaply made queso sauce from the tex mex place near my house). But we know it when we see it. We can sense when a dish we’re eating was seasoned with a little bit of love. And we recognize each other from across the room. Aaron Schmalzle & Jared Witt l November 13, 2017 At Castle Church, we say, “If you showed up, you’re one of us,” and that was certainly the case this last Saturday as droves flooded east Orlando for our largest craft beer festival of the year. CCBC upped the festival ante again this year, adding to our solar paneled beer trailer a wind turbine, which means we are not only harnessing (ironically) the hottest thing in the solar system but the power of the wind to chill and serve our beer on 100% green energy. The line at our station was so relentless, they went through our festival parameter beer supply in just three and a half of the five scheduled hours, as a few thousand of our closest friends lined up to hear our story, spin a wheel for a chance to win a Beer for Life memberships (we had a winner!), and more importantly than all of that, to taste our brews.
We have been invited to serve our beer at the Orlando Beer Festival in November, and have had regular requests to serve beer at church and community events. To accommodate these present and future needs, Castle Church is making a Draft Beer Trailer to take our brews and community mobile! All of the commercially available options were extremely cost prohibitive, so after some research we are doing a DIY build-out. It may not look pretty now, but with a some sweat equity and lot's of love, we will have a trailer you would be proud to have at your next event! In the part one video, we prepare the utility trailer, cut a hole and mount the A/C unit, and insulate all the sides to achieve a R-20 barrier. In this next video, we finished the inside, installed the beer draft system, and tested out the electronics. Our long terms plans are to cover the entire trailer with a graphics/logo wrap, and to hook up a battery bank and alternative energy source so we can serve and store beer off the grid. Stay Tuned! Thanks for your support and let us know what you think! Peace, Aaron Aaron Schmalzle is a mission developer in the Florida-Bahamas Synod of the ELCA and, along with Pastor Jared Witt, is a Founding Director of Castle Church Brewing Community and Castle Church Faith Community. We have been invited to serve our beer at the Orlando Beer Festival in November, and have had regular requests to serve beer at church and community events. To accommodate these present and future needs, Castle Church is making a Draft Beer Trailer to take our brews and community mobile! All of the commercially available options were extremely cost prohibitive, so after some research we are doing a DIY build-out. It may not look pretty now, but with a some sweat equity and lot's of love, we will have a trailer you would be proud to have at your next event! In this part one video, we prepare the utility trailer, cut a hole and mount the A/C unit, and insulate all the sides to achieve a R-20 barrier. In the next video, we will finish the inside, install the beer draft system, and test out the electronics. Our long terms plans are to cover the entire trailer with a graphics/logo wrap, and to hook up a battery bank and alternative energy source so we can serve and store beer off the grid. Stay Tuned! Thanks for your support and let us know what you think! Peace, Aaron Aaron Schmalzle is a mission developer in the Florida-Bahamas Synod of the ELCA and, along with Pastor Jared Witt, is a Founding Director of Castle Church Brewing Community and Castle Church Faith Community. This video is a quick overview of the cleaning process that is necessary to successfully brew good quality beer. I'll also show you the newest Castle Church T-Shirts and Logo Pint Glasses that you can get to help our development campaign! Be sure to check back each week for a new short video about the brewery and our beer. Feel free to leave comments if you have additional questions or would like to see something on a specific topic in the future. Cheers! Aaron Schmalzle is a mission developer in the ELCA and, along with Pastor Jared Witt, is a Founding Director of Castle Church Brewing Community and Castle Church Faith Community.
This video is a quick walkthrough of the 1/2 barrel pilot system we use at Castle Church to create new recipes that will scale to the 20 barrel brewhouse when we go into production. Be sure to check back each week for a new short video about the brewery and our beer. Feel free to leave comments if you have additional questions or would like to see something on a specific topic in the future. Cheers! Aaron Schmalzle is a mission developer in the ELCA and, along with Pastor Jared Witt, is a Founding Director of Castle Church Brewing Community and Castle Church Faith Community.
Have you ever wondered what beer from the Middle Ages might have tasted like? If you thought that wheat, hops, yeast esters, and barrel aging were modern craft beer trappings, you may be surprised to know that over 500 years ago the region of Einbeck, Germany was successfully producing a style of beer with a profile that could rival that of the best craft breweries today. |
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