野球ラベルの地ビール クーパーズタウン醸造所 富山 吉田酒店
日本人選手ではボストン・レッドソックスの松坂、
タンパベイ・レイズの岩村、 ドジャース（発音はダイジャース？）の斉藤隆あたりが
ポストシーズンに絡む有力候補でしょうか。
岩村選手の入場曲は渡米にあたりa-haのTake on Meにする計画もありましたが
日本でも使われた永ちゃんの曲を英語にアレンジする事に落ち着いた…という話。
何故にアーハ？？
まぁ、イメージ的には矢沢永吉のほうが似合いますよね。
斉藤隆の「隆」はアメリカに行ったら付かなくなると思っていました（笑
中日の山本「昌」も他に山本選手がいるのか？高橋「由」も謎です。
古いところで、渡辺「久」と渡辺「富」でしたか。
ナベキュウとナベトミのように同姓が存在するなら納得しますが…
皆さん、他に思いついたらコメントください。
さて、本日はアメリカンベースボール発祥の地ともいわれる
クーパーズタウンのビールを紹介いたします。
少量生産のレア・ビールにつき紹介は今回限りですよ！
ニューヨーク州 クーパーズタウン
Cooperstown Brewing クーパーズタウン・ブリューイング
イチローもバットなどを寄贈したアメリカ野球殿堂博物館
（National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum）が有名です。
町もベースボール！な観光地。
この醸造所は少量生産の地元でしか買えないビールとして人気で、
ネーミングは野球にちなんだものばかりです。
醸造所の歴史はこちら（英語）
http://www.cooperstownbrewing.com/history.htm
Cooperstown Brewing Company
River Street, P.O. Box 276 Milford, NY 13807
http://www.cooperstownbrewing.com/
●Old Slugger Pale Ale オールドスラッガー ペールエール
●Benchwarmer Porter ベンチウォーマー ポーター
●Strike Out Stout ストライクアウト スタウト 『三振』
●Backyard India Pale Ale バックヤード IPA
●Pride of Milford Special Ale プライド・オブ・ミルフォード スペシャルエール
ご購入はこちら↓
http://www.yoshidawines.com/product/178/admin
メーカーHPよりビールの詳細↓
"Old Slugger" is a hearty Pale Ale, copper in color, crisp malty fullness on the front of the palate and lingering hop bitterness on the back with a dry finish. It is brewed with four barley malts, including two-row English pale and crystal malts, balanced with Mt. Hood, Cascade and Fuggle hops, and fermented in open vessels by Ringwood Yeast, a true top-fermenting ale yeast. "Old Slugger" is the flagship beer of the Cooperstown Brewing Company and was first brewed in July 1995 and bottled in November 1995.
- Original Gravity 1.054 / Final Gravity 1.012 / 5.5% abv.
"Benchwarmer" is a very smooth Porter brewed in accordance with the original "high gravity" porters of early London. More than 4% chocolate malt, which is the most similar to the brown malts of the early 1700’s, gives "Benchwarmer" its dry coffee-like finish. It is fermented with the Ringwood yeast which is an excellent yeast for the brewing of porters. The widely accepted theory of how porter got its name is that it was a very popular beer among the porters who hauled produce and goods around the marketplace of early industrialized London.
Original Gravity 1.062 / Final Gravity 1.014 / 6.4% abv.
"Strike Out" is brewed with 6 malts including a balanced portion of chocolate and crystal malts. It is also brewed with 5% flaked oats for a velvet-like mouth feel. English pale, Munich and black malt, plus roasted barley round out the malt bill. Considerably lower in alcohol than both Benchwarmer Porter and Old Slugger Pale Ale, "Strike Out" is a well-rounded stout, opaque black in color with a roasted palate.
Original Gravity 1.048 / Final Gravity 1.012 / 4.6%
"Back Yard" is a golden India Pale Ale. Historically, ale shipped to India in the 19th Century was brewed to higher gravities so that it could mature during the long sea voyage. English brewers also hopped these ales heavily to protect them from spoiling. The term "India pale Ale" or "I.P.A." is still used by brewers to denote a super-premium, hoppy pale ale style. Backyard IPA is no exception. English pale barley malt is predominant in this beer with just a small amount of crystal malt. It is well bittered with Cluster and Cascade hops and finished with a mix of local hop and larger amounts of Fuggle hop.
Original Gravity 1.060 / Final Gravity 1.013 / 6.1% abv.
"Pride of Milford" is a very special ale with a tapestry of complex flavors and aromas. It is brewed with five malts and fermented with the Ringwood yeast at a higher temperature which gives this beer a uniqueness all its own. "Pride" has a distinctive reddish copper color. It is strong and rich beer. When "Pride" was first brewed in December 1999, many thought the flavor and aromas of this beer had fruit overtones. No fruit or adjunct flavoring is added to this beer. The unique flavor comes from our special brewing process.
Original Gravity 1.070/ Final Gravity 1.012/ 7.7% abv.
