{"id":1895,"date":"2022-07-03T20:52:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T03:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnmitchell.beer\/?page_id=1895"},"modified":"2023-07-16T15:16:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T22:16:44","slug":"jm40beer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/johnmitchell.beer\/jm40beer\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Beer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>John Mitchell Signature Cascadian Dark Ale\u00a0<\/em>is being released in packaged format as well as on draught.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image_71b1a8-5e .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image_71b1a8-5e\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"\/JM40\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"301\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/johnmitchell.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Russell-Beer-John-Mitchell-with-glass-Transparrent-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnmitchell.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Russell-Beer-John-Mitchell-with-glass-Transparrent-edited.png 301w, https:\/\/johnmitchell.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Russell-Beer-John-Mitchell-with-glass-Transparrent-edited-160x240.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ABOUT THE BEER<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>John Mitchell Signature<\/em> is a delicious Cascadian Dark Ale incorporating two things John Mitchell loved: Northwest-grown hops and a darker malt bill.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Author of the beer recipe and KPU Brewing alumnus Mark McBride reveals that he wrote it taking inspiration from John Mitchell\u2019s&nbsp;<em>ESB<\/em>&nbsp;recipe, as well as&nbsp;<em>Mount Tolmie Dark Ale<\/em>&nbsp;from Mitchell\u2019s time as founder of&nbsp;<strong>Spinnakers Brewpub<\/strong>. \u201cCombining these elements,\u201d McBride notes, \u201cWe decided it would be a cool idea to brew a CDA.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russell Brewing Head Brewer Graham Kenny confirms, \u201cWe had access to John\u2019s old brew sheets from Horseshoe Bay Brewing and had a look at his first ever brew sheet. We took notes and guidance from that in creating this beer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenny points out the use of whole leaf Cascade hops in the brew for tradition\u2019s sake. \u201cThey weren\u2019t the easiest thing to track down,\u201d he shares. \u201cI managed to get some shipped up from Yakima Chief Hops and they were fun to brew with.\u201d No doubt John Mitchell, always a fan of whole hops, would have approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TASTING NOTES<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\" id=\"attachment_51254\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatsbrewing.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_8080-360x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51254\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">KPU alumnus Michael Hodgson measures out some whole leaf hops. Photo: J. Ohler<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>McBride describes&nbsp;<em>John Mitchell Signature Cascadian Dark Ale<\/em><em>&nbsp;as follows:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This Cascadian Dark Ale features roasted and crystal malts, whole leaf Cascade hops, and the same yeast strain John used 40 years prior.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pleasant aromas of roasted malts are met with floral and citrus hop character. Subtle flavour notes of chocolate and dark fruit are balanced with a full body and slight creaminess.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Beer Specifications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>IBU: 25<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ABV: 5.4%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OG: 1.056<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FG: 1.015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SRM: 32<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Mitchell Signature Cascadian Dark Ale\u00a0is being released in packaged format as well as on draught. ABOUT THE BEER John Mitchell Signature is a delicious Cascadian Dark Ale incorporating two things John Mitchell loved: Northwest-grown hops and a darker malt bill.&nbsp; Author of the beer recipe and KPU Brewing alumnus Mark McBride reveals that he&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2030,"parent":0,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/johnmitchell.beer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/About-the-Beer-750x563.jpg",750,563,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Dave Smith","author_link":"https:\/\/johnmitchell.beer\/author\/dave\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnmitchell.beer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1895"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnmitchell.beer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnmitchell.beer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnmitchell.beer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnmitchell.beer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1895"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/johnmitchell.beer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2033,"href":"https:\/\/johnmitchell.beer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1895\/revisions\/2033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnmitchell.beer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnmitchell.beer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}