Hope you all are doing well. At long last the braintrust behind such innovation in the craft beer industry as Lime-a-Ritas and Michelob Ultra bring us the penultimate installment in their prestigious catalog; Chelada. An artisanal cuvee of light lager and Clamato "juice", Chelada brings you the absolute best of both flavor realms into one package. No doubt the result of some serendipitous 'Aha!' moment akin to the creation of the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup ("Hey you got your clam on my tomato!' 'You got your tomato on my clam!'") These little babies are extremely limited and selling out fast! You can preorder yours here.
April Fools' joking aside, this week is business as usual here at The Beer Junction. As announced in last week's newsletter, we have expanded our Bar Hours until 10pm Tuesday-Sunday (closed Monday) with last call for pours being half an hour before closing time. The retail section of the store, however, will still close at 8pm so arrive a bit early if you'd like to shop and join us for a pint. Our owner Allison received her 1st dose of the vaccine yesterday (hooray!) and is feeling just fine. Hopefully anyone out reading this who hasn't yet had the opportunity can do so soon.
Finally, one last reminder to everyone that we have closed down our Webstore indefinitely due to declined usage. As online sales dwindled over the past few months, it became financially unviable for us to maintain. So we are closing it down, in it's current iteration at least, until further notice.
Cheers!
Sully and the Beer Junction team
We Have Expanded Our Bar Hours
The bar will now be open until 10pm Tuesday-Sunday with last call for service (both in-house pours and growler fills) coming 30 minutes before closing time.
We Have Expanded Our Indoor Seating!
Bar Rules
Please check-in with the bartender in order to be seated.We may or may not have a party that is ahead of you or need a moment to sanitize a table prior to seating you. Sorry; no reservations allowed at this time.
Table service only.We have placed QR-code links to our Live Taplist on each table so that you may survey the menu prior to ordering. Our bartenders will check on each table periodically to replenish your drinks.
Your mask must be worn anytime you are not seated at your table. Are you standing up? Then your mask is securely on your face. No exceptions.
Parties are limited to a maximum of 6 per table and 90 minutes of service per group.
Anderson Valley Tropical Hazy Sour Ale Aslan Mosaic Oasis Single Hop IPA Aslan Takeyama Japanese-Style Lager Black Raven Tropical Trickster IPA Boneyard Hop-A-Wheelie IPA Boochcraft Ginger Lime Hard Kombucha Boochcraft Grapefruit Hibiscus Hard Kombucha Boochcraft Lemon Maple Hard Kombucha Boochcraft Mint Mojito Hard Kombucha Bosk No Ceilings IPA Breakside+ Beechwood Macchiato Stout Breakside Passionfruit Sour Ale Channel Marker Habanero Lime Cider Channel Marker Lavender Bergamot Cider Cloudburst Cold Activated Cold-Fermented Pale Ale Cloudburst Out of Pocket DIPA Ecliptic + Chuckanut Vienna-Style Lager Elemental Pineapple Cider Ferment Golden Bay IPA Ferment Kolsch Heater Allen Helles Lager Heater Allen Lenzbock Heater Allen Schwarzbier Holy Mountain Fence of Bones IPA Holy Mountain Pentecost Spring Saison Kulshan German-Style Pilsner Lucky Envelope Raspberry Sour Ale Matchless Australia Vs. Hazy IPA Matchless New Zealand Vs. Hazy IPA Matchless None More Black CDA Old Stove Piston Hondo West Coast DIPA Old Stove Twists & Turns Juicy IPA One Tree Strawberry Kiwi Cider pFriem Sparkling IPA Reuben's + Metier Ombili West Coast IPA San Juan Bull Kelp ESB San Juan Czech-Style Pilsner San Juan Outer Island IPA Seven Peaks Raspberry Cosmo Hard Seltzer Sig Black Currant and Blackberry Crumble Smoothie-Style Tart Ale Sig Pippa's Pivo Czech-Style Pilsner Single Hill Grain Dance Helles Bock Single Hill Raspberry Sky Sour Ale w/ Raspberries Single Hill Stormy Monday Export IPA Stemma Citra Single Hop IPA Stemma Lot Of Love IPA Stemma Zach's Mullet Party Imperial Juicy Red IPA Structures Orange Fuzz Hazy IPA Swift Pomegranate Cider The Good Society Modern IPA Three Creeks Tres Arroyos Mexican-Style Lager Urban Family Ancient Caretakers IPA Urban Family Guava Dawn Sour Ale Wild Ride Juicy Gorilla Snax IPA Yonder Sunnyslope Cider w/ Grapefruit & Lemon Verbena Zentopia CBD Infused Peach Tea
Weekly Beer History + Fun Facts
Lightstruck
A common occurrence among the green and cleared bottled import lagers; beer with off-aromas is often colloquially said to be "skunked". Those who have encountered a skunk-like flavor in their beer rarely know just how close they are to the truth. Certain compounds in hops are light sensitive and when exposed to strong light a photo-oxidation reaction takes place, creating the compound MBT (3-methyl-2-butene-1-thiol). MBT is one of the more powerful flavor substances known to man. Commonly referred to as "skunky" the pungent odor compound resembles that of the famously malodorous defense spray deployed by skunks. Without getting too deep into the weeds of organic chemistry, humans are exceptionally sensitive to the lightstruck compound. MBT has a threshold of perceptibility around 4 parts-per-trillion in beer, or roughly the equivalent 1 drop in 5 Olympic-sized swimming pools!
Since about the 1960’s it’s been well established that the blue part of the visible light spectrum (~350-500nm) is the most efficient at generating lightstruck flavor. Brown glass bottles block light that is below about 500nm, while green glass bottles begin to block light below about 400nm and clear glass blocks no visible light. So visible light between 400 and 500nm poses a problem for beer in green bottles, and brown bottles are roughly 4 times as protected at these wavelengths. Unprotected and in strong sunlight, however, the reaction can be almost instantaneous; with tasting panels able to detect the aromatic effects of an exposure to less than 10 seconds of full sunshine. Under less intense conditions, for example a display cabinet with fluorescent lighting, these reactions still occur, though they may take a number of days or weeks to become noticeable.
