{"id":15985,"date":"2016-12-23T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=15985"},"modified":"2016-12-16T11:20:53","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T19:20:53","slug":"beer-of-the-week-karl-strauss-seven-sharks-a-circling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2016\/12\/23\/beer-of-the-week-karl-strauss-seven-sharks-a-circling\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer of the Week: Karl Strauss Seven Sharks A-Circling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Karl Strauss’ Seven Sharks A-Circling Holiday Imperial Smoked Porter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From the Beer Writer: <\/strong>Some of the first beers I fell for when introduced to craft were dark, smoked ales. From the clean, peaty Stone Smoked Porter to the\u00a0smoldered-salmon sensation of Alaskan Smoked Porter, these beers were rather\u00a0prevalent. It would seem the beer-drinking public’s interest in smoked beers has declined a bit over the past two decades, making it all the more special when a new one comes along. Swimming into the local sudscape like the migratory sharks it gets its name from is Seven Sharks A-Circling<\/strong>, the latest holiday-beer offering in\u00a0Karl Strauss Brewing Company<\/strong><\/a>‘s 12 Days\u00a0of Christmas series, which sees a unique yuletide offering released each December. This imperial porter is as big on alcohol (9% by-volume) as it is on smoke character. Subdued chocolate-coated, malted milk-ball notes greet one’s taste buds, and are quickly overtaken by a deep, almost meaty smokiness. The beer has a warming effect that’s perfect for winter, and the brawn of this brew makes it best consumed in tight sips while taking in the splendor of a roaring fire or the family Christmas Tree.<\/p>\n

From the Brewer: <\/strong>\u201cWe wanted to brew an imperial porter for this installment of our holiday series, but with a little something extra.\u00a0 We had this nice, beautiful smoked malt left over from a recent collaboration brew we did with Taylor Guitars<\/strong><\/a> that we had smoked using maple wood from the Skagit Valley, where they source the wood for their guitars. We had experimented a bit and didn\u2019t end up using the smoked malt in that particular brew and thought it would be a great addition to this imperial porter.\u00a0 We added just enough smoke flavor to complement the base-beer in a delicate and thoughtful way without overwhelming the brew. I think we ended up with a respectable, balanced imperial porter with a high ABV to keep you warm during those cold San Diego winter nights.\u201d\u2014Paul Segura, Brewmaster,\u00a0Karl Strauss Brewing Company<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Beer Writer: Some of the first beers I fell for when introduced to craft were dark, smoked ales. From the clean, peaty Stone Smoked Porter to the\u00a0smoldered-salmon sensation of Alaskan Smoked Porter, these beers were rather\u00a0prevalent. It would seem the beer-drinking public’s interest in smoked beers has declined a bit over the past […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15988,"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":[368,369,371,1],"tags":[1353,376,1461,442,391,2405,2483,79,918,1439,3458,1560,3459,1637],"class_list":{"0":"post-15985","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-beer-news","8":"category-beer-styles","9":"category-brewing-ingredients","10":"category-san-diego-beer-beverage-news","11":"tag-sdbeer","12":"tag-beer","13":"tag-beer-of-the-week","14":"tag-brandon-hernandez","15":"tag-craftbeer","16":"tag-imperial-porter","17":"tag-indiebeer","18":"tag-karl-strauss","19":"tag-paul-segura","20":"tag-san-diego","21":"tag-seven-sharks-a-circling","22":"tag-smoked-porter","23":"tag-taylor-guitars","24":"tag-west-coaster","25":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/botw_sharks-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C1710&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-49P","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15985","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=15985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}