A Revolutionary Beer From Beacon

Mike O'Herron from 2 Way Brewing in Beacon says he's created a beer that's all about simplicity and drinkability.

The same ingredient that makes stouts that dark color can make a beer turn red if used in lighter amounts. If you hold a dark stout up to a bright light, you can see that the beer isn't actually black, it's more of a dark, ruby red. This is due to the roasted grains that are used in the brewing process.

Revolutionary Red is a drinkable red ale that's made from a flavorful base grain, roasted barley and oats. According to O'Herron, all of 2 Way's beers are unfiltered, which means that the spent yeast is kept in the final product instead of being filtered out. This lends more flavor to the beer and also keeps in a fair amount of vitamins that would normally be left out of the finished beer.

The yeast is even more important in 2 Way Brewing's beers because it comes from right here in the Hudson Valley. In February, Mike told us about the painstaking process of finding and cultivating the strain of yeast used in his beers from a blackberry found on his family's farm in Newburgh.

2 Way Brewing is located near the train station in Beacon and has a full tasting room where you can sample Revolutionary Red, along with all of the other beers offered by the brewery. Here's Mike to tell us more about our beer of the week: