{"id":13080,"date":"2016-03-04T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=13080"},"modified":"2016-02-29T12:34:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T20:34:31","slug":"beer-of-the-week-32-north-malahat-rum-runner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2016\/03\/04\/beer-of-the-week-32-north-malahat-rum-runner\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer of the Week: 32 North \/ Malahat Rum Runner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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32 North \/ Malahat Rum Runner Rye Wine, photographed at 32 North Brewing Co.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From the Beer Writer: <\/strong>As brewers keep pushing the envelope, it gets harder and harder to find something truly unique in this bold new craft-beer world. But undiscovered territory is out there. All you have to do is go out there and find it. I recently came across a rare first-time beer style last week on a visit to 32 North Brewing Company<\/strong><\/a>. I was there to check in on head brewer Will Gallaspy<\/strong>, who has been at the Miramar-based brewery for nine months and now completely responsible for everything on the beer-board. It\u2019s a wide-ranging assortment of traditional and edible-enhanced ales, plus an oddity of sorts called Rum Runner<\/strong> that\u2019s billed as a \u201crye wine.\u201d The wine descriptor comes from the alcoholic strength of beverages such as the common English-style barley wine and its less-common wheat wine cousin. This is the first rye wine I\u2019ve ever heard of, and it\u2019s not surprising considering how infamous rye malt is for causing stuck mashes. Gallaspy encountered that very problem and isn\u2019t sure if he\u2019ll ever produce this outlandish creation again, but I\u2019d attest it was worth all the extra elbow-grease he slathered on it. A healthy infusion of rum-soaked grated ginger from local distilling outfit Malahat Spirit Co.<\/strong><\/a> (they make the best rum in San Diego, in my opinion) and a high but not over-imposing level of alcohol (8.2% by volume) makes this taste like a floral cocktail with an equally botanic and earthy spiciness from both the rye and ginger. No beer I\u2019ve ever had has tasted like this. It\u2019s definitely worth a taste for those chasing the high of something new, but get that taste soon, because it\u2019s not expected to last long.<\/p>\n

From the Brewer: <\/strong>\u201cNothing beats good neighbors. The guys across the street at Malahat aren\u2019t just masters of hand-crafting world-class spirits, they are also class acts. When they knocked on our door asking if we might possibly have any use for hundreds of pounds of freshly grated rum-soaked ginger, we quickly found a home for it in this rye wine, a strong ale brewed with a high percentage of rye. This unique spring seasonal beer has a nose of roses and lilac, picked up from its meeting with Malahat\u2019s reliably floral spirits. Expect a malty sweetness counter-balanced by the spicy synergy of ginger and rye.\u201d\u2014Will Gallaspy, Head Brewer, 32 North Brewing Co.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Beer Writer: As brewers keep pushing the envelope, it gets harder and harder to find something truly unique in this bold new craft-beer world. But undiscovered territory is out there. All you have to do is go out there and find it. I recently came across a rare first-time beer style last week […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[368,369,1],"tags":[1338,2544,376,1461,1436,442,390,2547,2459,2147,880,2548,2549,2546,2542,1637,2545,2543],"class_list":{"0":"post-13080","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-beer-news","7":"category-beer-styles","8":"category-san-diego-beer-beverage-news","9":"tag-32-north","10":"tag-barleywine","11":"tag-beer","12":"tag-beer-of-the-week","13":"tag-beeramar","14":"tag-brandon-hernandez","15":"tag-craft-beer","16":"tag-ginger","17":"tag-indie-beer","18":"tag-malahat","19":"tag-miramar","20":"tag-rum","21":"tag-rum-runner","22":"tag-rye-wine","23":"tag-sdbeer-san-diego","24":"tag-west-coaster","25":"tag-wheatwine","26":"tag-will-gallaspy","27":"entry","28":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-3oY","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}