Behind the scenes of Vallejo's new Napa Smith Brewery
This summer, Vallejo welcomed Napa Smith Brewery to its growing list of great local craft beer breweries. Brewmaster Stein Servick and legendary Brewmaster Emeritus, Don Barkley, sat down with Zakk to talk about their life's work: crafting the perfect beer for every moment in life.
Stein takes this approach to heart and compounds the brewery's traditional beers with hyper-seasonal brews. This attention to detail is what these Brewmasters like the best - Stein says he enjoys to spend his time in the malt room perfecting each blend. Then, every six weeks, the Napa Smith team puts their heads together to plan out the perfect beer for the upcoming season.
We're more concerned with the balance of a beer, says Stein. There's been sort of a movement to put as many hops into a beer that you can possibly stuff in there. I really want the malt to shine as well. There's a time and a place for incredible hop flavor and bitterness, but at the same time I want some delicate things.
Stein's mentor Don Barkley praised the versatility that Stein has brought to the company.
With Stein on board, not only do we have these good tradition beers, but we got his nutty stuff too!
That's high praise coming from one of the founders of craft beer in California. Barkley started his career at the first craft beer brewery in America, New Albion Brewing Company, and later went on to open the Mendocino Brewing Company. He ultimately opened Napa Smith Brewery in 1997 after 15 years with Mendocino.
As the name suggests, newly transplanted Napa Smith Brewery started in Napa Valley, but the company soon found that it needed to build beyond its roots and start with a clean slate.
We look at Napa (as) our home...but the facility that we were in didn't allow us to actually expand and grow in the way that we wanted to do, says Barkley. We came down to Vallejo and we found this lovely spot here where we could actually walk into a warehouse that was a blank sheet of paper.
On the production side, the new space features top-of-the-line Krones filler that pump out 201 bottles per minute (bpm).
It's one of those things where Napa Smith Brewery has always been driven by the technology of beer, and we're enlightened by the creativity, Barkley said.
Located only 3 miles from the Vallejo Ferry (and still close to the original location), the brewery pays homage by aging some small barrel projects in Napa wine barrels, adding an extra dimension to the batch. Their brand new Vallejo taproom offers a myriad of games - from pinball to shuffleboard - to keep you entertained while enjoying your craft beer.
The new taproom at Napa Smith Brewery is open from 12 pm - 9 pm every day.
NAPA BLUES BREWS AND BBQ DAY TRIP
Blues, Brews & BBQ has all the elements one would expect – three musical stages, twenty micro-brewed beers, and lots of BBQ and Wine Tasting. The three stages will present a variety of great music and will feature The J.C. Smith Band. As to Barbeque? We're talkin' ribs, chicken, oysters, corn, pork – just about anything that can be grilled - will be available.
The Bounty Hunter Rib Eatin’ Contest returns, providing opportunity for local pork lovers to go mano-y-mano in an attempt to wrest rib eatin’ glory from last years champion, Darren Turbeville. These lucky twelve contestants will sit down elbow to elbow, and at the sound of the starter’s gun devour as many ribs as they can in a limited time. Winners will receive awards and bragging rights for the year. The Bounty Hunter Rib Eatin’ Contest starts at 3:15 p.m. in the Dwight Murray Plaza in Downtown Napa.
Event sponsor Blue Moon Brewery leads the charge at the Backyard Beer Garden, which will include brews that beer drinkers don’t normally get to taste, including two from Blue Moon, as well as twenty others. Tastes of all beers will be available for purchase for adults 21 and over.
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•motor coach transportation from Sacramento
•Beverages and snacks
•Beer and wine service while traveling
Pick up location is: 2505 Riverside Blvd, Sacramento CA(Target Parking Lot). Meet up time is 11:15 am. This trip will depart on time.
Visit Vallejo from San Francisco
Come and Visit Vallejo, CA and check out Six Flags Discovery Kingdom for all of your thrills that you can handle. Coming from San Francisco? Take the San Francisco Bay Ferry and check out the Mare Island Brewing Co. or Napa Smith Brewery for some of the best craft beers in the Bay Area. Additionally you can get a unique experience in Wine Tasting on Historic Mare Island with Vino Godfather Winery where they have live music in their backyard stage!
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TECHNOLOGY WAS ON THE MENU AT THE FIRST EVER BITE SILICON VALLEY...FROM 3D PRINTED FOOD TO THE LATEST KITCHEN GADGETS
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FINALLY FOR DESERT, A HEAPING SERVING OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
THIS LINE OF AFFORDABLE SOLAR COOKERS AIMS TO REPLACE POLLUTING FOSSIL FUEL STOVES IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD.
BITE SILICON VALLEY...BRINGING TECHIES AND FOODIES TOGETHER.
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Beer Me Charity Livestream: Red Racer Across the Nation Collaboration Pack Review
We're doing a LIVE Beer Me of Red Racer's Across the Nation Collaboration pack! We'll be reviewing beer from all across Canada! And we're doing it all for a friend of ours, named Marc.
Marc has cancer, and he's managed to stay one step ahead of it for the last 15 years. Recently he's been presented with a chance to put himself several steps ahead of it, but needs our help. A GoFundMe has been setup in his name. For every $5 donation you make, you'll be entered into a draw for a Beer Me t-shirt! Just include Beer Me in either the first or last name portion when donating to the GoFundMe so we know to include you. You'll be given one entry per $5, so a donation of $20 will get you 4 entries! The winner will be able to select the color and size of the shirt they'd like. Every last dollar raised is going directly to Marc and his family. Thanks so much for watching and donating guys! We've got the best fans around. Cheers!!
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Women are thriving as winemakers. By taking a closer look at wineries of different sizes throughout Napa, it is obvious that women have the skills of fulfilling a role previously thought to be outside their reach. Thanks to women like Pam Starr, as we consider her, as a pioneer (This is her 30th year in wine making). Pam is a leader, a fighter and an example for women for future generations, and so are her Crocker & Starr wines: full of character, terroir driven, and soulful. Pam plays as hard as she works, diving, golfing, bike riding... and she will quickly oblige any of us guys to any challenge... well almost... and we all know the worst thing for a guy is to lose to a girl. You have been warned.
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