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Real Ale, or cask-conditioned beer, is unfiltered and unpasteurized beer which is conditioned (including secondary fermentation) and served from a cask without additional nitrogen or carbon dioxide pressure. This process makes real ale unique amongst beers and develops wonderful tastes and aromas. Join us the evening of June 9th from 5:00 to 9:00pm, under open spring skies on the Mother Road patio. Flagstaff has unpredictable spring weather – be prepared for snow or shine; we are pouring no matter the weather!
Last week, owners Michael and Alissa Marquess signed a lease on an 8,000-square-foot production facility about a mile east of the historic Mikes Pike brewery. The new space, located at 1300 E. Butler Ave., will house a 20-barrel brewhouse and two 80-barrel and 120-barrel fermenters with a potential total capacity of 20,000 barrels per year. That’s five times the 4,000 barrels per year the Mother Road crew is currently able to crank out of the 3,000-square-foot Mikes Pike brewery. It’s going to give us a great ability to have flexibility and a better guest experience at the original tap room while increasing the quality, consistency and output of beer at new production facility,” Michael said.
The hops are picked over just a few weeks around the end of August and beginning of September, and they begin to decompose within just 24 hours, which means breweries have a narrow window once a year to snag the fresh cones for special release beers. Mother Road made the most of the occasion by traveling up to Colorado to pick up 110 pounds of freshly harvested hops from Paonia-based High Wire Hops. The trip provided the opportunity to complete the circle between farmer and final product, Mother Road production manager Campbell Morrissy said. Most of the hops are dried to a carefully monitored percentage of moisture before being pelletized (you can see the drying room at High Wire above), a small percentage of whole cone hops are purchased by breweries like ours to brew fresh hop ales within 24 hours of picking.
Mother Road Gets Real’ Real Ale Festival. Real Ale, or cask-conditioned beer, is unfiltered and unpasteurized beer which is conditioned (including secondary fermentation) and served from a cask without additional nitrogen or carbon dioxide pressure. This process makes real ale unique amongst beers and develops wonderful tastes and aromas. Join us the evening of June 10th from 5:00 to 9:00pm, under open spring skies on the Mother Road patio and enjoy 12 real ales!