{"id":94551,"date":"2019-04-16T21:09:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T03:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ska-brewing-to-debut-rancid-beer-at-punk-rock-festival\/"},"modified":"2019-04-16T21:09:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T03:09:28","slug":"ska-brewing-to-debut-rancid-beer-at-punk-rock-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ska-brewing-to-debut-rancid-beer-at-punk-rock-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Ska Brewing to debut Rancid beer at punk rock festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=ebe03bea-2ae1-41ae-9f80-095b17163d11&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=ebe03bea-2ae1-41ae-9f80-095b17163d11&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=ebe03bea-2ae1-41ae-9f80-095b17163d11&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=ebe03bea-2ae1-41ae-9f80-095b17163d11&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"923\" height=\"617\" alt=\"Ska Brewing Co. Head Brewer Kurt Randall, left, and Rancid bassist Matt Freeman brew Brewstomper Golden Ale, on April 4 at the brewery\u2019s headquarters in Durango.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Ska Brewing Co. Head Brewer Kurt Randall, left, and Rancid bassist Matt Freeman brew Brewstomper Golden Ale, on April 4 at the brewery\u2019s headquarters in Durango.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Ska Brewing Co.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>As a rule, \u201crancid\u201d is not a term you want associated with something you\u2019re about to put in your mouth. But Ska Brewing Co.\u2019s upcoming Brewstomper Golden Ale might be the exception.<\/p>\n<p>The beer is the result of a collaboration between <a href=\"http:\/\/skabrewing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ska Brewing<\/a> and the punk rock band <a href=\"https:\/\/rancidrancid.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rancid<\/a> and will debut at <a href=\"https:\/\/thebashfestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bash Music &amp; Craft Beer Festival<\/a> in Phoenix on May 11.<\/p>\n<p>The collaboration came about as a result of Ska marketing folks Kristen Muraro and Arlo Grammatica working their way backstage at the <a href=\"https:\/\/scallywagfest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scallywag! festival<\/a> where Ska was selling beer and met Cameron Collins of Brew Ha Ha productions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRancid is one of the most iconic punk bands ever, and you take a brewery like Ska Brewing and you put it together, it\u2019s kind of a no-brainer,\u201d Collins said in an interview with <em>The Durango Herald<\/em>. \u201cSka Brewing, Rancid? There\u2019s not a better pairing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey make great beer, and they\u2018ve got that Do-(expletive)-Yourselves ethos that\u2019s woven into all of our DNA,\u201d Rancid bassist Matt Freeman said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The crew at Ska leapt at the opportunity. Already, its beers Rue B. Soho and Hoperation Ivy are named after \u201cRuby Soho,\u201d one of Rancid\u2019s hits, and Operation Ivy, Freeman and Rancid singer\/guitarist Tim Armstrong\u2019s previous band.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-block-embed-youtube naviga-video-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0P9QMkm9Eew\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of serendipity because I\u2019ve been a superfan of Rancid and Operation Ivy basically since before we ever started the brewery,\u201d said Ska Brewing President Dave Thibodeau.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I listen to it now, it brings me back to the days of filling out all our licensing paperwork and everything before we ever opened up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fond memories, in fact, played a large part in the brewing and design of Brewstomper.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=9d05f880-7620-454a-ad90-ea8f4ceceb95&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=9d05f880-7620-454a-ad90-ea8f4ceceb95&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=9d05f880-7620-454a-ad90-ea8f4ceceb95&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=9d05f880-7620-454a-ad90-ea8f4ceceb95&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" alt=\"Brewstomper, a 5% ABV golden ale, was brewed and designed with nostalgia in mind, both for \u201990s punk rock and the beers punk rockers drank at the time.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Brewstomper, a 5% ABV golden ale, was brewed and designed with nostalgia in mind, both for \u201990s punk rock and the beers punk rockers drank at the time.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Ska Brewing Co.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>\u201cThey (Rancid) wanted the whole thing \u2013 the beer, the label, everything \u2013 to kind of evoke a sense of nostalgia for back in the days when old punk rockers were drinking cheap beer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong designed the can label, which features the logo from the band\u2019s second album, \u201cLet\u2019s Go,\u201d as well as some other allusions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe yellow is a little similar maybe to a well-known light American lager brewed on a mass scale,\u201d Thibodeau said.<\/p>\n<p>The beer itself is a 5% ABV golden ale to which the brewers added a little bit of Mandarina Bavaria hops, which have a tangerine-like citrus aroma, he said. The hops will not heavily influence the flavor, but \u201cthere might be a little bit of citrus in the nose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe drink a lot of our Mexican Logger, a lot of Steamworks\u2019 K\u00f6lsch. We\u2019ve always wanted a beer like a K\u00f6lsch, and this is similar to that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Brewstomper will be released on tap at Ska\u2019s headquarters in Durango and in cans throughout Ska\u2019s markets around the same time it debuts at the festival.<\/p>\n<p>Brewstomper will be the featured beer at the Bash festival, which hits six cities after Phoenix this summer and will include, in addition to headliners Rancid, Pennywise, The Mighty Mighty BossTones and L7.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:ngonzales@durangoherald.com\">ngonzales@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-scoreboard\">\n<h4 class=\"scoreboard-title\">If you go<\/h4>\n<p>The Bash Music &amp; Craft Beer Festival has dates May 11 through June 16 in Phoenix and Tuscon, Arizona; Englishtown, New Jersey; Boise, Idaho; Tacoma, Washington; and San Jose and Sacramento, California.<br>\n                For more information and ticket sales, visit<br>\n                thebashfestival.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brewstomper a nostalgic take on golden ale<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5742,5735],"tags":[582,1167,4632,2608],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-94551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news","tag-craft-beer","tag-exclude-homepage-video","tag-rock-and-roll-music","tag-ska-brewing-co"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94551"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=94551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}