{"id":16831,"date":"2017-04-07T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=16831"},"modified":"2017-04-01T13:38:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T20:38:50","slug":"beer-of-the-week-monkey-paw-ol-colo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2017\/04\/07\/beer-of-the-week-monkey-paw-ol-colo\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer of the Week: Monkey Paw Ol’ Colo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ol’ Colo imperial altbier from Monkey Paw Pub & Brewery in downtown’s East Village<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From the Beer Writer: <\/strong>While recently visiting the East Village, I had a chance to catch up with an old colleague, Nick Norton<\/strong>. Both of us are former members of Team Stone, but I hadn\u2019t seen him since he\u2019d left his job assisting Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens \u2013 Liberty Station<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s brewing manager in that brewpub\u2019s production enclave. His reason for leaving was to become head brewer at Monkey Paw Pub and Brewery<\/strong><\/a>, a position vacated late last year by popular homebrewer-turned-phenom Cosimo Sorrentino<\/strong>. The latter took the former under his wing, executing an intensive transition that saw the two spend a great deal of time brewing at the downtown pub as well as participating in collaboration beer projects. It would seem Norton has the hang of things at his new digs. When I showed up, 17 house beers were available and all of them were up to snuff, including holdover standouts like Bonobos San Diego Pale Ale. But the gem of the day for me was a beer unlike any I\u2019ve found throughout the county, Monkey Paw<\/strong> Ol\u2019 Colo<\/strong>, an imperial altbier that drinks like a bready, balanced yet satisfying amber ale. It\u2019s a style Norton presented during his job interview; a beer that helped get him his current gig. That pre-employment prospect comes across nicely in 6.3% alcohol-by-volume reality and is a nice early sign of the new guy\u2019s creativity and appreciation of styles more obscure to the San Diego market.<\/p>\n

From the Brewer: <\/strong>\u201cColo the Western Lowland Gorilla was the first known gorilla to be bred in captivity anywhere in the world at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, and also the oldest gorilla to ever live at 61 years old. In honor of her recent passing, we brewed a slightly bigger version of a D\u00fcsseldorf altbier, which we affectionately named after her. With all German malts, American Crystal hops and a German ale yeast, the beer presents a bold amber with an off-white head. A huge bread-crust aroma is supported by a moderate floral hop scent and clean, slightly fruity German ale-yeast presence. The aroma carries over to the flavor, with more bread crust, floral hops and light fruit esters. Medium-bodied, with a crisp carbonation and hardly noticeable alcohol presence, it may be the least \u2018cool\u2019 beer to come out in a while, but what it lacks in fashion sense it makes up for in flavor. This is a beer I have wanted to brew since falling in love with the base-style in the form of Space Bar Friends, Stone Liberty Station\u2019s awesome alt. I was really excited when I pitched the idea of an un-hazy, un-juicy malt-bomb of a beer to (Monkey Paw owner) Scot Blair<\/strong>, he was totally on board. Come grab a pint!\u201d\u2014Nick Norton, Head Brewer, Monkey Paw Pub & Brewery<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Beer Writer: While recently visiting the East Village, I had a chance to catch up with an old colleague, Nick Norton. Both of us are former members of Team Stone, but I hadn\u2019t seen him since he\u2019d left his job assisting Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens \u2013 Liberty Station\u2019s brewing manager in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":16832,"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":[1353,3809,376,1461,442,3812,3813,391,3017,3810,1212,2483,451,3808,3811,1439,251,1637],"class_list":{"0":"post-16831","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-altbier","13":"tag-beer","14":"tag-beer-of-the-week","15":"tag-brandon-hernandez","16":"tag-colo-the-gorilla","17":"tag-columbus-zoo","18":"tag-craftbeer","19":"tag-downtown-san-diego","20":"tag-dusseldorf","21":"tag-east-village","22":"tag-indiebeer","23":"tag-monkey-paw","24":"tag-nick-norton","25":"tag-ol-colo","26":"tag-san-diego","27":"tag-scot-blair","28":"tag-west-coaster","29":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/botw_mpcia.jpg?fit=1000%2C910&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-4nt","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16831","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=16831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}