Good news on the Guangzhou craft beer trail, Standing Goose Brewing is officially making small-batch beer.
This makes the Goose the fourth pub in Guangzhou to brew its own beer, after The Strand, Lazy Guys and My Beer Taproom.
The first batch of ‘Goose brew’, as this patron has affectionately termed it, will be ready in the next week. It will be an America-style pale ale.
This adjustment to in-house brewing seems natural for the Goose, since they currently pride themselves on being a craft beer hangout, with 12 ‘proper’ beers on tap and 15 bottled varieties.
“We don’t want to be the same as everyone else with the Heineken and Tiger, we have beers that nobody else has on draft,” said Gary Brown, part-owner of the Goose.
The intention, according to Brown, is to have two ‘Goose brews’ on tap at all times, allowing patrons to sample finely crafted in-house suds.
Currently, planned beer varieties include two lagers, an IPA, a saison and a cream ale.
The brewing ingredients, which are obviously essential to good beer, come from a company in Hong Kong that sources ingredients from around the world. The hops are imported from New Zealand and the grains are imported from the United States, New Zealand or Australia, depending on the desired outcome of the batch.
According to Brad Mear, the Standing Goose brewmaster, in the next two months there should be six varieties of beer prepped and ready for sale – although (as stated above) only two will be available on tap at any given time.
Mear has six years experience working with established and experienced brewers in Australia, making him the perfect man to helm the Goose’s operation.
“The guy I used to brew with in Australia has been brewing for 22 years and the pale ale we are currently brewing is a variation on his recipe,” said Mear.
The true brilliance behind the Goose’s beer-crafting operation is the ability for amateur brewers to come in and try their hand at the honorable art of brewing.
“I want to breed a culture of people in Guangzhou who love good beer and are passionate about brewing good beer,” said Mear.
In the coming months a system will be put in place to ensure interested individuals get a chance to come in and learn.
The first step is watching, the next is helping out during the brewing process and after that (if you get this far without fucking something up) the option to brew your batch of beer will be available (with some supervision obviously). Interested brewers will have to pay for their own ingredients, but will have them ordered and provided by the Goose.
The best part of coming and learning is that it’s free, just take note, brewing is a full-day commitment, don’t expect to be in-and-out in an hour.
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