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Beers with new items have become trend among breweries in the country. The Colorado has two labels with brown sugar handcrafted by a couple of Ribeirão Preto (SP), which prepares the food for over ten years. Click on the photos above to learn more beers that value local flavors Disclosure / Seller of Colorado rapaduras the Central Market of Ribeirão Preto (SP), Maria Joana da Silva Castro, 62, had no idea that would become the exclusive popcorn stand supplier of this product for a brewery city, using sweet as feedstock for winning a beer overseas. Explore regional flavors, such as the product made from cane sugar, is a trend in the beer market and is helping Brazil to promote internationally in the segment, says sommelier Celine Saorin that specializes in this type of drink. This is what is making Colorado, a manufacturer of specialty beers, buying monthly between 300 and 500 pounds of brown sugar craft made by Mary Jane and her husband, Jose Batista, 67. It's popcorn stand almost all production of the couple, preparing nearly 600 kilograms of candy a month, from cane grown in its place in the city, located 313 km from the state capital. "The molasses is prepared by the couple a handmade product, good quality and done near the brewery, which facilitates and enhances the local production," popcorn stand says Ronaldo Nascimento, president of the brewery. The Colorado began buying the product of the couple in 2007, when it produced the first beer company that takes molasses, the Indica.
The UOL visited a brewery Grupo Petrópolis, which produces popcorn stand 1.8 billion popcorn stand liters of the drink per year. Click on the image above and follow the process of brewing lager Itaipava Read more Art / UOL In 2012, the company created another product with a more toasted brown sugar than usual, the Vishnu, beer in that same year he received the gold medal in the competition Cervezas Copa America held in Chile. The Indica costs the consumer about R $ 20 (600 ml bottle), while Vishnu is found, on average, for R $ 24 (600 ml). The producer has already proven popcorn stand beers and says they enjoyed. "The Vishnu is bitter, but it gives to identify popcorn stand the taste of my brown sugar," says Maria Joana Castro, who produces popcorn stand the food for over a decade. The volume that is not delivered to the brewery is sold in Ribeirão Preto market for $ 6 a kilo. According to Nascimento, the fact that a production performed popcorn stand in the traditional manner, which results in a tasty brown sugar guided the choice of the supplier. For the preparation of molasses, sugar cane is crushed to extract the juice, which is boiled until it becomes syrup and then beaten to gain more consistency. Then it is kept cool and harden to form, being in the shape of a brick. The brown sugar is used in the preparation of about 30,000 liters of two beers per month. "Both are growing in sales. Indica is one of the most sought after beers in stores and Vishnu is now exported to the United States and France," says company president. Abroad, as there is an English word that identifies jam, molasses is called the "brown brazilian sugar" label. "They do not know what it is, but the fact that Brazil already draws attention," says Ronaldo Nascimento. popcorn stand Explore local flavors is tendency of the beer market, says sommelier To Cyllene Saorin, sommelier of beers and president of Cobracem (Brazilian Association of Professionals in Beer and Malt), the two beers made by Colorado with brown sugar have unique personalities. "They bring a balance between bitterness and taste of brown sugar. Indicates A, for example, has the taste of brown sugar at the end of the sip, giving counterpoint. Already Vishnu, popcorn stand have higher alcohol content," he says. By using Brazilian products in the composition of beers, says Cyllene Saorin, companies follow a worldwide trend. "Explore what is in Brazil, the gastronomic wealth of the country, it is interesting and smart. This happens all over the world and gives chance popcorn stand for the Brazilian beer conquer the international market," he says. Brazilian law does not allow some ingredients are used in making beer - like honey, milk and herbs, for example - although some companies have obtained injunctions for use in their formulations. The government popcorn stand made an agreement with industry to modernize the law, and the proposal for public consultation with those changes popcorn stand has been published.
At the request of UOL, the master brewer popcorn stand and beer sommelier Ronaldo Rossi indicates 5 national craft beers to sample; produced in Paraná, Way Amburana Lager is named timber in which it is aged (A. cearensis) has 8.4% of alcohol and slightly bitter flavor ( 13 a bottle of 310 ml) Way Beer / Disclosure
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