Sacramento's First Coffee Week Has a One of a Kind Beer Event

10/5/2014

Sacramento seems to have a dedicated week for just about anything. There’s a week for cocktails, a week for beer, a week for bikes, a week for bacon, and now...a week for coffee. For the first time ever, Sacramento is hosting a week of celebrating speciality coffee - aptly named Speciality Coffee Week, Sacramento - from October 13 - 19.

In celebration of this week, lovers of craft beer and craft coffee are getting together and creating their own coffee beers for the Cafe Au Ale Competition and Party at Old Soul Coffee in Oak Park on Oct 17 from 6-10 pm. The competition is for homebrewers only, and will be judged by certified judges and people in both the speciality coffee and craft beer industries in Sacramento.

Lovers of craft beer and craft coffee are getting together and creating their own coffee beers for the Cafe´ Au Ale Competition and Party

Mike Ungerbuhler, 33, from Curtis Park, brewed a Robust Porter that has a little of Old Soul’s Whiskey Dreams added to it. Mike describes this beer as an “opaque, near black and has burgundy edges. The first aroma to hit the nose is dark roasted coffee, this is followed by dried dark fruits and dark chocolate. It is not fully carbonated yet, so the mouthfeel is still a bit of a mystery. I am hoping that it will be a creamy medium-full bodied beer with moderate carbonation and a subtle warming from the 7.11% ABV.”