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News Bites: Relish Rhody, Rhode Island Community Food Bank and Tilted Barn Brewery

by David Dadekian
written by David Dadekian

Three current news releases—Eat Drink RI is not the source for these items—please follow any links for more information.

Relish Rhody

Participate in Relish Rhody as part of Food Day 2013!

Food Day, October 24, 2013, is a nationwide movement for healthy, affordable and sustainable food. Relish Rhody is the RI Food Policy Council‘s statewide campaign to celebrate RI food during the entire month of October.

It’s easy to participate and/or incorporate Relish Rhody into your existing Food Day celebration:

Teen Chef Creates 2014 Food Calendar to Benefit Food Bank

Warwick student has two-year history of supporting the Food Bank

Catherine Amoriggi’s 365 Food Calendar 2014 to support the RI Community Food Bank

Catherine Amoriggi may be only 16 years old, but she is a seasoned chef and food blogger. And she’s putting her skills to good use for hungry families in Rhode Island.

Catherine has created a unique 2014 wall calendar, featuring her recipes with professional photographs of each dish. In addition, the calendar presents facts about hunger and information about the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. She’s also included a variety of “food days,” like National Brown Bag It Day.

“Thanks to the generosity of the Amoriggi family, every penny of the proceeds from the calendar will benefit the Food Bank,” said Andrew Schiff, Chief Executive Officer of the Food Bank. “This grassroots project demonstrates the ability of young people to make a real difference in our community.”

Catherine has a history of cultivating ways to help the Food Bank. At age fourteen, she hosted a culinary event where she prepared an elegant meal for a large community gathering, raising more than $3000 for the Food Bank.

Catherine Amoriggi

The 365 Food Calendar 2014 is now on sale for $15 at Barrington Books and several Providence locations, including Stock Culinary Goods, Books on the Square and Farmstead. In addition, the calendar can be purchased online at www.rifoodbank.org/gifts, at the Food Bank’s facility at 200 Niantic Avenue, Providence, and at the Food Bank’s special events.

Catherine is one of many young philanthropists who have found creative ways to benefit the Food Bank. Recognizing this desire in our youth to make a difference, the Food Bank recently published “One Kid Can! Helping the Hungry: A Toolkit for Kids and Young Adults.” The 20-page booklet contains dozens of ideas organized by age group, along with tools and helpful hints for conducting food and “fun” drives; and can be downloaded for free by visiting www.rifoodbank.org/HungerActionMonth or by picking up a copy at the Food Bank, which is open Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm.

The Rhode Island Community Food Bank provides food to more than 68,000 Rhode Islanders in need every month through its statewide network of food pantries and meal sites. One in three served by the Food Bank is a child under the age of 18.

Tilted Barn Brewery, RI’s First Farm Brewery, to Open

Tilted Barn Brewery Founders Matt and Kara Richardson Seek Funding via Indiegogo to Build Rhode Island’s First Farm Brewery

Kara and Matt Richardson, owners/brewer of Tilted Barn Brewery
Kara and Matt Richardson, owners/brewer of Tilted Barn Brewery

In 2007, Matt Richardson and Joel Littlefield founded Ocean State Hops, Rhode Island’s first commercial hop farm. As their mission statement declares, these home brewing brothers-in-law were fueled by a passion to cram as many hops into each batch of beer as humanly possible and supply other brewers looking to quench their thirst for hops. Over the past six years Matt and Joel have succeeded, supplying hops to local homebrewers and breweries alike. Now Matt and his wife Kara will be expanding upon this success as they open Tilted Barn Brewery, Rhode Island’s first farm brewery.

Tilted Barn Brewery will be located in the historic barn on their farm in Exeter, Rhode Island, which has been in Kara’s family for over 50 years. The couple’s mission is to expand upon the success of Ocean State Hops and not only provide locally grown hops but also provide local, hand-crafted beer that is brewed with ingredients grown on the farm. The motivation behind Tilted Barn Brewery is to keep Kara’s family tradition of farming alive while adding their own modern twist for craft beer and the art of brewing. Visitors to the farm brewery will be able to tour the barn brewery, enjoy samples in the tasting room, and walk around the farm to see the ingredients that will go into each batch of beer.

Contributions will be used to

  • Convert the first floor into the brewery space and second floor into a tasting room and viewing area of the brewery.
  • Make the necessary modifications to the infrastructure of the barn, such as heating, plumbing, drains, etc.
  • Construct the bar and purchase the necessary draft lines, refrigeration, etc.
  • Build a temperature controlled fermentation and cold storage room.

This campaign will receive all funds raised even if it does not reach its goal. Funding duration: September 24, 2013 -November 23, 2013 (11:59pm PT).

Indiegogo Page: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tilted-barn-brewery/

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Newport Storm '11
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Newport Storm Annual Release ’11 Is Rhode Island’s First Major “Collaboration” Beer

by David Dadekian
written by David Dadekian
Newport Storm '11
Newport Storm ’11

On Friday evening, November 11, Newport Storm Brewery is holding a “Celebration of ’11” to showcase the release of their newest annual release. This year’s brew is particularly special as well as particularly Rhode Island having been bottle-conditioned with Aquidneck Honey, hopped with locally grown hops from Ocean State Hops, aged in Thomas Tew Rum barrels and brewed through the collaboration of all six of Rhode Island’s professional brewers: Derek Luke of Newport Storm, Dave Sniffen of Mohegan Café and Brewery in Block Island, Sean Larkin and Tom Tainsh of Trinity Brewhouse in Providence, Aaron Crossett of Union Station Brewery in Providence, and Marshall Righter of the Coddington Brewing Company in Middletown.

Derek Luke, brewmaster at Newport Storm, explains the motivation behind the beer, “Collaboration beers are a great chance for brewers to exchange knowledge, pool strengths and come up with a beer that’s greater than the sum of its parts. Since we come from the smallest state, the Rhode Island brewers often don’t get enough exposure for the great beers they’re making. For the ’11, we want to make an awesome beer together. When you drink it, it will be obvious exactly how great Rhode Island beer can be.”

Jeff Mello, beekeeper owner of Aquidneck Honey, added, “I loved the clip, especially when it mentions only RI’s best ingredients and there we are: a jar of Aquidneck Honey is bee-ing poured into the brew. Hopefully it will catch on, more breweries will use Aquidneck Honey and bee a regular item available on the East Coast. You know me, and our passion, 1039 hives strong as of this fall and not one penny collected for pollination services to RI and Southern Mass. You know my slogan . . . “No Bees = No Farms = NO FOOD.”  The amended one is going to read more like this . . . “NO Bees = No Farms = NO BREW!”

The beer has been bottle-conditioning since its February 5th brew date. A “Celebration of  ’11” is planned for 11/11/11 at the Newport Storm Brewery. Brews from all of RI’s breweries will be on tap, as well as the ’11. Tickets are $11 and are available at www.NewportStorm.com. Newport Storm ’11 will be on sale in CT, MA, and RI liquor stores, as well as on draft at each Rhode Island brewer’s establishment and select venues around the Ocean State. Below is the “Newport Storm Annual Release ’11” promo video.

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