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created from researching the types of beers brewed by George Washington
and Thomas Jefferson in the late 18th and 19th centuries.
,
Stoyanoff uses American hops, English rye, Canadian barley, and
molasses to create a burly pale ale with sweet toffee notes and a hoppy
aroma, flavor, and balance. This unique beer is unfiltered, keeping with
the time period since filtration was nonexistent during that time. The
combination of these key things makes this artisan beer one of a kind in
the
On the morning of September 11, 1814, the British fleet sailed around Cumberland Head on Lake Champlain and into the bay where Commodore Macdonough’s small U.S. fleet was waiting. As the English squadron approached, Thomas Macdonough knelt for a moment with his officers on the quarter-deck in perfect silence. The men were waiting for the opening fight.
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Instead of being frightened at his sudden release, the rooster jumped
up on a gun-slide, clapped his wings and crowed! The men laughed and
cheered; immediately afterward Macdonough himself fired another round of
shots. The 24-pound ball struck the British ship
and
ranged the length of her deck, killing and wounding several men. All of
the American long guns opened fired and the British fleet replied back.
The American crew was outnumbered by the British fleet and arms, but
took the rooster’s fighting spirit as a sign of good fortune - and they
were right. Macdonough’s crew
Today,
the U.S. Navy continues to have the rooster as a mascot on the USS
Saratoga aircraft carrier, and now lends its name to this
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