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Ed's Best Bitter
Don't let Ed's expression fool you. This highly-hopped ale, named for the
first mayor of Austin, has a well rounded hop bitterness with a smooth,
full-bodied flavor. It's medium, amber color and maltier, hoppier taste
comes from our combination of American Pale, a touch of English Caramel
Malt, and authentic English Ale Yeast. We think Edwin
Waller, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, would have
signed up for a few pints of this Best Bitter too. |
| Style: O.G.: IBU: Percent of Alcohol: |
English Bitter 10.5-11. Degree P or 1.042-1.044 28 3.4-3.6% Alc./wt. |
| Beer Profile:
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English Traditional
Bitter is gold to copper-colored with medium bitterness, light to medium
body and low to medium residual malt character. Diacetyl and fruity properties
should be minimized in this form of bitter. Very low carbonation is a must. |
| Brewers Comments:
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A good example
of a "session beer" characterized by being light in body, low in carbonation
and relatively lower in alcohol; so it may be enjoyed one after another
for several hours without a deterious effects as other, stronger alcoholic
beverages. It is for this reason that bitter has become a beer of choice
for responsible drinkers throughout England. Our bitter is made with 91% two-row pale malt and 9% imported English Crystal malt to give it a malty caramel flavor. This maltiness is balanced by an assertive hop bitterness and hop aroma. The hops used are rare, imported East Kent Goldings from the U.K. as well as the English Fuggle. An English yeast strain (London ESB from Wyeasy Labs) is used for fermentation to create this authentic, classic style. |
| EDWIN
WALLER by W.W. Bennet Edwin Waller, first mayor of the city of Austin was born on November 4, 1800, in Spotslyvania County, Virginia. He came to Texas from Missouri, and was one of the delegates from Brazoria to the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. In 1839, Waller was appointed to survey, sell lots, and erect public buildings in Austin, the newly-selected capital site for the Republic. In December of that year, President Mirabeau B. Lamar appointed Waller postmaster general of the Republic of Texas, but owing to a split vote in the Senate during his confirmation hearings, Waller resigned within two days. In January, 1840, Waller was elected as the first mayor of Austin, but resigned before the end of his term and moved to his farm in Austin County (later Waller County). He was elected Chief Justice of Austin County in 1844, and re-elected in 1852 and 1854. Waller was a member of the Texas Veterans Association in 1873. Waller fathered seven children, and moved back to Austin to live with one of his daughters a few months before his death in January 1881. He was buried in the family cemetery in Waller County, but in May 1928, his remains and those of his wife were transferred to the State Cemetery. In 1936, the Texas Centennial Commission erected a marker at the site of the old Waller home in Waller county and placed a joint monument at the graves in the State Cemetery. In Texas, there is a town, a county, and at least two creeks named after Edwin Waller. Now with the addition of our Best Bitter Beer, the state acknowledges another welcome addition in his name. Source: Kemp, L.W. "Waller, Edwin" The Handbook of Texas, p.856-857 |