{"id":20376,"date":"2018-05-04T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=20376"},"modified":"2018-05-03T15:01:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T22:01:46","slug":"beer-of-the-week-afternoon-zester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2018\/05\/04\/beer-of-the-week-afternoon-zester\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer of the Week: Afternoon Zester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From the Beer Writer:\u00a0<\/strong>Earlier this year,\u00a0Vista&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boozebros.com\"><strong>Booze Brothers Brewing<\/strong><\/a> launched a sister business dubbed\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.owlfarmbeer.com\"><strong>Owl Farm<\/strong><\/a>, the purpose of which is to create &#8220;unique fermentations,&#8221; many of which are ale-incarnated takes on alcoholic beverages outside the beer realm. The latest,\u00a0<strong>Afternoon Zester<\/strong> takes most of its flavor cues from the citrus stalwart Margarita, and arrives just in time for Cinco de Mayo. As one would expect, it&#8217;s made using fresh lime zest, but a large percentage of this beverage&#8217;s overall, cocktail-like flavor comes from pear juice and a base kettle-sour. The Owl Farmers did a good job finding the proper balance of all three, resulting in a beer that is recognizable as an emulation of something very familiar, yet much more drinkable at 5.6% alcohol-by-volume versus the spirit-proof potency of an actual Margarita. It may be missing a tequila kick, but it&#8217;ll make for a lengthier fiesta devoid of a siesta.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From the Brewer:\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;<b><\/b>Like many beers from the Owl Farm line-up, Afternoon Zester was inspired by a beverage other than beer. This particular example was based upon a cocktail created by <strong>Levi Daigneau<\/strong>, a local bartender who named the original drink, &#8216;The Dagnow.&#8217; Working with local mixologist, <strong>Scott Obermeyer<\/strong>, we developed a recipe to recreate the aspects of the cocktail we most enjoyed.\u00a0<b><\/b>Afternoon Zester is a mix of pear juice and a kettle-soured beer, fermented together with Amalgamation, a six-strain blend of brettanomyces yeast. The resulting beer is dosed with organic, cold-pressed lime juice and just a touch of lime zest.\u00a0<b><\/b>The result is reminiscent of a margarita; refreshingly tart with a touch of funk. The lime and pear play a game of sweet and sour, with neither claiming the win. Enjoy.&#8221;<strong><em>\u2014Donny Firth, Co-founder &amp; Brewmaster,\u00a0Owl Farm Unique Fermentations<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Beer Writer:\u00a0Earlier this year,\u00a0Vista&#8217;s\u00a0Booze Brothers Brewing launched a sister business dubbed\u00a0Owl Farm, the purpose of which is to create &#8220;unique fermentations,&#8221; many of which are ale-incarnated takes on alcoholic beverages outside the beer realm. The latest,\u00a0Afternoon Zester takes most of its flavor cues from the citrus stalwart Margarita, and arrives just in time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":20377,"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":[4904,1],"tags":[1353,4974,376,1461,1661,442,4973,390,4971,1664,2483,4969,4972,4673,1439,4970,44,1637],"class_list":{"0":"post-20376","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-beer-of-the-week","8":"category-san-diego-beer-beverage-news","9":"tag-sdbeer","10":"tag-afternoon-zester","11":"tag-beer","12":"tag-beer-of-the-week","13":"tag-booze-brothers","14":"tag-brandon-hernandez","15":"tag-cinco-de-mayo","16":"tag-craft-beer","17":"tag-dagnow","18":"tag-donny-firth","19":"tag-indiebeer","20":"tag-levi-daigneau","21":"tag-margarita","22":"tag-owl-farm","23":"tag-san-diego","24":"tag-scott-obermeyer","25":"tag-vista","26":"tag-west-coaster","27":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/botw_ofaz.jpg?fit=1024%2C657&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-5iE","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20376","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=20376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}