{"id":1727,"date":"2015-06-26T14:47:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T14:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beer-syndicate.com\/blog\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2017-01-12T17:32:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T17:32:00","slug":"the-beer-idea-generator-the-next-step-in-beer-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersyndicate.com\/blog\/the-beer-idea-generator-the-next-step-in-beer-evolution\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beer Idea Generator: The Next Step in Beer Evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wouldn\u2019t it be crazy<\/em> if a brewery<\/a><\/span> fermented a beer to the Wu-Tang Clan\u2019s classic debut album?<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Enter<\/a><\/p>\n

[The certified platinum album Enter The Bru-Tang<\/em> is probably best known for its chart topping single “C.R.E.A.M.”: Craft. Rules. Everything. Around. Me.]<\/span><\/p>\n

Or what if a brewer<\/a><\/span> resurrected the medieval German beer style known as\u00a0\u201cBroyhan\u201d?<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Seeh\u00e4user<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0[“Broyhan”, meaning “brother” in Old German, referred to monastic brothers who consumed the beer; the term serves as the etymological basis behind\u00a0the modern term “broham”, “brohem”, or Latin “brohamulus”, also meaning “brother”. Broyhan, the ultimate bro-beer.]<\/span><\/p>\n

Turns out\u00a0that\u00a0as of 2015, all of these things and more have already occurred. And although creative, really none of these events by themselves were\u00a0all too strange.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s\u00a0the strange part:\u00a0 What if I told you all of those events were predicted long before they happened?<\/span><\/p>\n

Sounds unlikely, right?<\/span><\/p>\n

At the beginning of 2014, BeerSyndicate<\/a><\/span><\/strong> was given a sophisticated software\u00a0program<\/span><\/a> from someone claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto (creator of bitcoin) who professed to be able to predict the future of craft beer. \u00a0Naturally we were skeptical, but posted the program to the web anyways and called it the \u201cCraft Beer Trend Predictor\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lo and behold, it worked.\u00a0 Well, sort of.<\/span><\/p>\n

First of all, it\u2019s difficult to know whether or not breweries were aware of the program and created a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy situation. \u00a0Not to mention, the beers generated by the program are probably too specific to become a reality; however specific elements<\/em> have been successfully predicted.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the beauty of the program isn\u2019t whether or not it can predict the future.\u00a0 Sure, that would be a nifty novelty, but we found that the key behind it all\u00a0is in its ability to be used as an artistic tool to spark creative ideas for homebrewers and professionals alike, nudging along the next step in the evolution of beer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Think about it: in order to be called an innovator today, simply brewing\u00a0a Berliner Weisse, adding salt to the boil kettle or having a barrel-aged whatever on tap isn\u2019t going to cut it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Enter the Beer Recipe Idea Generator<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

While satirically whimsical at times, the Beer Recipe Idea Generator<\/em> <\/strong>can produce approximately 2.34 trillion different combinations of a hypothetical beer.\u00a0 That\u2019s a lot of beer. \u00a0But it\u2019s not about quantity, it\u2019s about creativity and inspiration.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are just a few curiosity inducing\u00a0musings we extrapolated from ideas all\u00a0found on the\u00a0Beer Recipe\u00a0<\/em>Idea Generator<\/em><\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Interested in historical beers?<\/em> Why not try your hand at recreating a Belgian\u00a0Uitzet<\/strong> (pronounced: out-set), or a\u00a0Pennsylvania Swankey<\/strong>?\u00a0 Or how about doing your take on a native\u00a0Mbege<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, Cauim<\/strong>, or\u00a0Boza<\/strong> ale?<\/span><\/p>\n

Sure, there\u2019s salt.\u00a0 And then there\u2019s salt<\/span>.\u00a0 How would Hawaiian Black Sea Salt<\/strong>, Sel Gris<\/strong>, or Fleur de Sel de Gu\u00e9rande<\/strong> change things up in your brew? [We found an impressive offering\u00a0of\u00a0specialty salts at\u00a0SaltWorks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and the San Francisco Salt Company<\/a><\/span>.]<\/span><\/p>\n

We all know how vital the role of\u00a0yeast is in making beer, but how far can we push it?\u00a0 How about exBEER<\/em>imenting with new or mutated strains,\u00a0wine yeasts<\/strong>, Scottish whiskey yeast<\/strong>, hornet yeast<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, zymase<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, or taking your beer to the final frontier with some yeast recovered from the Fobos-Grunt spacecraft<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0and then dry hopping it with\u00a0Higgs boson particles for good measure (of course).<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of yeast, what\u2019s the best type of beer to ferment to the\u00a0Midnight Marauders<\/strong><\/em> album\u00a0<\/strong>from\u00a0A Tribe Called Quest<\/strong>? A Jarobi White Ale<\/em> or Phife Dawg Dunkelweizen<\/em>?<\/span><\/p>\n

And while aging a brew in Whiskey barrels is cool (I guess<\/em>), I might throw down an extra buck or two for a barrel-aged RIS that did some time soaking up\u00a0a bit of the complex character of\u00a0a\u00a0Grand Marnier Quintessence<\/strong> or L’Art de Martell Cognac <\/strong>barrel; two of the most sought-after\u00a0(and costly) liquors on the planet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yeah, Burtonized water is great and all, but imagine what you could do if you got your hands on some pure Elmvale well water<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(alleged to be the purest water on Earth). \u00a0VEEN<\/strong> and\u00a0Tasmanian Rain<\/strong>\u00a0waters ain’t half bad either.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the business end, underdog breweries crowdfunded via\u00a0 Kickstarter<\/strong> or Indiegogo<\/strong> are yesterday\u2019s news. \u00a0Where\u2019s the Wolf of Wall Street<\/em> brew house financed by shorting Equity Index Futures<\/strong> or Cross-Currency Swaps<\/strong>? \u00a0[Shot out to Kai Ryssdal.]<\/span><\/p>\n

Too 1 percenter for you?<\/em>\u00a0 Then wouldn\u2019t we all feel good about a startup brewery funded\u00a0with a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation<\/strong> or even The Pew Charitable Trusts<\/strong>? [Shot out to Terry Gross, Steve Inskeep, and Ira Flatow.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Get the idea?<\/span><\/p>\n

In sum,\u00a0it seems the future of beer will be found not just in the past, or science, or the culinary world, or business philosophies or\u00a0marketing strategies, but in the resulting creations culminating from the intersections of\u00a0all of these things and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the art of brewing.<\/span><\/p>\n

So if you’re looking for a little brewing inspiration, perhaps a glimpse into the future, or just a laugh, check out the…<\/span><\/p>\n

Beer Recipe Idea Generator<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Click. Get inspired. Brew.\u00a0 Repeat.<\/span><\/p>\n

P.S.<\/strong>\u00a0Just for fun, we challenge the homebrewing community or any<\/span>\u00a0brewery crazy enough to try it to actually brew an exact (or pretty close<\/em>) beer produced by the Beer Recipe Idea Generator<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

And to The\u00a0Brewing Network<\/em>, if you’re out there, we have just one question for you: Can You Brew It?<\/em>\u00a0 [Happy 10th, by the way.]<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course some of the beer produced by the Idea Generator may not be possible to brew, which is why, as with\u00a0horseshoes and hand grenades, close enough counts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Drop us a line if you accept.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cheers\u2026 and good luck.<\/span><\/p>\n

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