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Having erred toward the sweet fruit and coconut flavors of their last Project X Series release, Mother Earth’s brewers decided to swing the pendulum, calling for more traditional IPA flavors with Metamorphosis. Mosaic and Citra hops leave passionfruit and strawberries on the nose, while Strata punches up with flavors of dank marijuana and citrus. A heavy wheat addition and dextrin malt add ...
“We’ve reached the point as a brewery where we are getting access to some pretty cool stuff, like priority hop selection and experimental varietals. HBC 1019 is one of those examples. We were really impressed with its characteristics at hop-selection last year.” -Chris Baker – Director of Brewing Operations, Mother Earth Brew Co.
“We’ve been having a lot of fun with these Southern Hemisphere varietals lately. The sweet/tropical/stone fruit characteristics really lend themselves well to the style. The increased bitterness also helps to balance that perceived sweetness. We typically don’t use lactose in our hazy beers, which is often done to assist with haze stability and to increase body, but we’ve found that we can achieve those qualities through brewing methods rather than loading the beer with adjuncts. The result is a medium to full bodied beer with tons of hop aroma and flavor but without the cloying sweetness.”
-Chris Baker – Director of Brewing Operations, Mother Earth Brew Co.
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Presented by Max Higbee Center and WECU, Bellingham's 20th annual April Brews Day brings 65+PNW craft breweries, an array of food trucks, live music, and thousands of people together to celebrate beer and raise funds for Max Higbee Center in Downtown Bellingham.
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The 8th Annual Baker’s Dozen on 5/11/24 melds 3 things Portland does best: coffee, beer, and doughnuts. Each brewer uses beans from a different roaster. Admission includes all 13 coffee beers, samples of several of the specific coffees, morsels of all 13 doughnuts, and a souvenir glass. (No extra drink tickets needed/sold). As always, several of the specific coffees featured in the beers will ...
Join us at the taproom for an exciting Makers & Bakers event! We will be releasing our Gochujang Chocolate Cream Stout - a collaboration with Kat Lieu who will be at the taproom on May 18th signing her latest cookbook, Modern Asian Kitchen.
Octopus Knitting will be on-site with cross stitch and knitted goods and JD Duong will have delicious baked goods for sale.
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What that all distills down to, as it relates to their newest Spring release, is a decadent chocolatey Bourbon Barrel-aged Brown Ale with a big body and a sweet finish, with notes of toffee candy and macadamia nuts. The base beer would be complex enough on its own, but in the spirit of the Four Seasons program, Mother Earth’s brewers had to take it up a notch further. Overall, Spring is ...
Having erred toward the sweet fruit and coconut flavors of their last Project X Series release, Mother Earth’s brewers decided to swing the pendulum, calling for more traditional IPA flavors with Metamorphosis. Mosaic and Citra hops leave passionfruit and strawberries on the nose, while Strata punches up with flavors of dank marijuana and citrus. A heavy wheat addition and dextrin malt add ...
“We’ve reached the point as a brewery where we are getting access to some pretty cool stuff, like priority hop selection and experimental varietals. HBC 1019 is one of those examples. We were really impressed with its characteristics at hop-selection last year.” -Chris Baker – Director of Brewing Operations, Mother Earth Brew Co.
“We’ve been having a lot of fun with these Southern Hemisphere varietals lately. The sweet/tropical/stone fruit characteristics really lend themselves well to the style. The increased bitterness also helps to balance that perceived sweetness. We typically don’t use lactose in our hazy beers, which is often done to assist with haze stability and to increase body, but we’ve found that we can achieve those qualities through brewing methods rather than loading the beer with adjuncts. The result is a medium to full bodied beer with tons of hop aroma and flavor but without the cloying sweetness.”
-Chris Baker – Director of Brewing Operations, Mother Earth Brew Co.
“We had a couple objectives when designing the next gen of cans: First, although it would be tempting to scrap everything and start over, we knew we had built a certain amount of brand equity we weren’t willing to just walk away from, especially in the Cali Creamin’ Family. We felt that with iconic imagery like the VW bus, we needed to pull in legacy elements that folks could recognize, while also introducing some fresh ideas. The second important consideration, was how the new cans would fit within the rest of our core lineup, especially since we had just designed three new cans somewhat recently. As it turns out that design template would pave the way for the new can design – particularly in the Cali Family.”
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Imperial Oatmeal Stout made with Ecuadorian cacao nibs, sea salt and "crow eggs" (aka milk chocolate Easter eggs). Made by Barbarians for Barbarians. CAAAAAAAAAW!!!!!
Light kettle sour inspired by the Brazilian Rosé cocktail made with açaí berries, rose water and lemon juice.
Double Hazy IPA brewed with rice, Yuzu fruit and Nelson Sauvin, Azacca, Citra and Mosaic hops.
We partnered with Inclusive Idaho to brew this Sour Porter with dates and pomegranate fruit in celebration of Black History Month. This beer was inspired by ingredients used in ancient Egypt, where many historians believe was the original birthplace of beer.
Double Berliner Weisse (kettle sour) made with 75 lbs of Peach Ring sour candy and an absurd amount of peaches (2 lbs per gallon)! It was empeached twice during its fermentation term.
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What that all distills down to, as it relates to their newest Spring release, is a decadent chocolatey Bourbon Barrel-aged Brown Ale with a big body and a sweet finish, with notes of toffee candy and macadamia nuts. The base beer would be complex enough on its own, but in the spirit of the Four Seasons program, Mother Earth’s brewers had to take it up a notch further. Overall, Spring is ...