Blending her passion for the finer things with a Midwestern upbringing, Tracy likes to pair fabulous wines with Dominos Pizza and crappy Chinese food. This paired well with a violent cheese obsession and further motivated her to eat her way through life. With clarity found from sampling different varieties, she began to mock girlfriends sipping Boone’s Farm Strawberry Hill. At her alma mater Michigan State University, Tracy took advantage of half-off bottles on Wine Wednesdays. She found it horrendous but knew someday (when she was of legal drinking age), she’d seek out better vino. Tracy Weiss had her first glass of Manischewitz at age 11. Additionally, his work with Purity Vodka as their national brand ambassador has garnered him even more respect and credibility within the industry, and he regularly contributes to seminars and trainings sessions at cocktail events the world over. In addition to working closely on many of New York City's best cocktail programs, he has also consulted Las Ranitas, an eco-resort in Tulum, Mexico, as well as several other venues around the United States. With his active participation in the United States Bartenders Guild, New York Chapter (USBGNY) he has spent the past four years developing and solidifying relationships in the industry, affording him the opportunity to work with many of the most respected names in the business. His work has been featured in several magazines, and he recently wrote the cover story for Bar Business. Today, he is able to blend his educational training and passion by working as a spirits advocate and educator, consultant, brand ambassador and journalist. While developing his knack for identfying flavors on the plate he excelled when it came to working with spirits from distillation to the creation of cocktails. His passion, interest, and curious nature about food and spirits remained powerful influences. He then went on to graduate school at the University of California at Santa Cruz, where he earned his Masters in Education, as well as the credentials he needed to be an English teacher. Here he had the opportunity to work with and learn from world-renowned chef Cal Stamenov, and sommelier Mark Jensen, formerly of the Highlands Inn. It wasn’t long, though, before he was recruited to open the Bernardus Lodge in Carmel Valley. He worked as a bartender through college at the award-winning Montrio in Monterey, CA. John went from dish washer, to busser, to waiter before finding his stride at the bar. Bitten by the hospitality bug in high school and continuing through college, he used his skills to move ahead when others may have thrown in the towel – literally. John Pomeroy is the epitome of balance – in life and in his cocktails. Vienna lager has similar flavors to a Marzen like bread crust, herbal/floral hoppiness, and a pleasing grain malt taste. Many modern dark Mexican beers that would have been called Vienna Lagers back in the day now fall into the International Amber or International Dark Lager categories, see earlier columns about these styles.įor lovers of Marzen, you’re in luck as Vienna lager is the “non-fest” strength (over 5.8% ABV) equivalent that is brewed year-round so you don’t have to wait for autumn. If you are looking for where Vienna Lagers thrive, it’s in Mexico in the late 1800’s many European immigrants came to Mexico and brought their brewing traditions with them. Going to Vienna to look for a Vienna Lager now will yield limited results. The beer became popular in Austria until golden lagers and more mass-produced beers supplanted it in its home country. This malt could be used to make 100% of the beer and created a deeply satisfying deep golden/light amber-colored beer. Vienna Lager’s origins trace it to Austria in the 1840s when Anton Dreher, an Austrian brewer with his own brewery, started using a new pale modified toasty malt style we now know as Vienna malt. This elegant amber lager is a great anytime beer in all four seasons that demands more respect. The Vienna Lager is a style on the rise thanks to the popularity of lagers.
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