Jono
09-06-2008, 19:04
http://www.io.com/~tweek/siebens/
http://blogs.trb.com/news/local/morningnews/blog/2006/11/historic_beer_makes_comeback.html
"In 2000, Siebens took brewing classes at Siebel Institute of Technology in Chicago. While going through old storage logs, Sieben discovered that some of the yeast used in his family’s brewery had been preserved in a Siebel Institute freezer. It helped reproduce an important aspect of Sieben’s recipe.
“I was dying to find out what the beer tasted like,” Esp said. “It’s smooth and well-balanced. Not sweet; a clean finish.”
For a fraction of the cost of building their own brewery, they hired a brewery to produce the recipe. After a year of experimenting with ingredients, temperature and ph-levels, the beer will hit bars and stores at the end of the month.".....
"Sieben’s has a colorful history, which includes doing business with the mob. The details are unclear. But, according to John Binder, author of The Chicago Outfit, prohibition put breweries in a tough spot.
“Either you shut down or make near (non-alcoholic) beer, which nobody wanted to drink, or you sold out to the bootleggers, or you took them in and run full-blast and make real beer.”
Binder said Chicago mobster Dion O’Banion (north side) told his rival Johnny Torrio (south side) he was planning to retire and wanted to sell his share of the Sieben’s Brewery. On May 19, 1924, they met at the brewery, which was raided by police. Torrio knew he’d been set up. O’Banion made sure the cops would be there. He also knew that because it would be Torrio’s second prohibition offense, that Torrio would end up behind bars. This is what led to the infamous “handshake murder” of O’Banion at his flower shop. It was the spark that set off the north and south side gang wars, including the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1929."
I wonder if any of my fellow Chicago area SBers know of this beer...supposedly, it is revived and being produced again:
http://www.siebensbrewing.com/
Who is producing it? The brewery is not identified.
http://www.united-nations-of-beer.com/beer-on-the-pier-chicago.html
http://www.united-nations-of-beer.com/siebens-real-lager.html
"The story of the day at Beer on the Pier Chicago laid in wait until we approached a humble table with one and I mean only one brand, Sieben's Real Lager Beer.
There was no Light, Dark, Genuine Draft, Extra, Ultra, Rub'n Tug... er, uh, anyway, my point is Sieben's Real Lager Beer is a beer lover's beer.
It’s a man's beer with a 5-O'-clock shadow, the sizzle when a steak hits the grill. Too good to summarize in this brief report: click here to read my full review and history."
http://blogs.trb.com/news/local/morningnews/blog/2006/11/historic_beer_makes_comeback.html
"In 2000, Siebens took brewing classes at Siebel Institute of Technology in Chicago. While going through old storage logs, Sieben discovered that some of the yeast used in his family’s brewery had been preserved in a Siebel Institute freezer. It helped reproduce an important aspect of Sieben’s recipe.
“I was dying to find out what the beer tasted like,” Esp said. “It’s smooth and well-balanced. Not sweet; a clean finish.”
For a fraction of the cost of building their own brewery, they hired a brewery to produce the recipe. After a year of experimenting with ingredients, temperature and ph-levels, the beer will hit bars and stores at the end of the month.".....
"Sieben’s has a colorful history, which includes doing business with the mob. The details are unclear. But, according to John Binder, author of The Chicago Outfit, prohibition put breweries in a tough spot.
“Either you shut down or make near (non-alcoholic) beer, which nobody wanted to drink, or you sold out to the bootleggers, or you took them in and run full-blast and make real beer.”
Binder said Chicago mobster Dion O’Banion (north side) told his rival Johnny Torrio (south side) he was planning to retire and wanted to sell his share of the Sieben’s Brewery. On May 19, 1924, they met at the brewery, which was raided by police. Torrio knew he’d been set up. O’Banion made sure the cops would be there. He also knew that because it would be Torrio’s second prohibition offense, that Torrio would end up behind bars. This is what led to the infamous “handshake murder” of O’Banion at his flower shop. It was the spark that set off the north and south side gang wars, including the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1929."
I wonder if any of my fellow Chicago area SBers know of this beer...supposedly, it is revived and being produced again:
http://www.siebensbrewing.com/
Who is producing it? The brewery is not identified.
http://www.united-nations-of-beer.com/beer-on-the-pier-chicago.html
http://www.united-nations-of-beer.com/siebens-real-lager.html
"The story of the day at Beer on the Pier Chicago laid in wait until we approached a humble table with one and I mean only one brand, Sieben's Real Lager Beer.
There was no Light, Dark, Genuine Draft, Extra, Ultra, Rub'n Tug... er, uh, anyway, my point is Sieben's Real Lager Beer is a beer lover's beer.
It’s a man's beer with a 5-O'-clock shadow, the sizzle when a steak hits the grill. Too good to summarize in this brief report: click here to read my full review and history."