The latest Brew Crew brew to emerge from the J. Leinenkugel’s Barrel Yard brewhouse out in the left field corner of Am Fam Field hits taps Monday, July 7 as the Brewers face the L.A. Dodgers at 6:40 p.m.
The new tropical ale, Yeli’s Gold Coast 22, was brewed by Leinenkugel’s Brewer Corrine Georges with Christian Yelich.
It’s the latest in an ongoing series of limited edition collabs between Georges and Brewers players.
This one will be available as a 16-ounce pour on game days with crowlers and commemorative 32-ounce available on non-game days.
The beer, inspired by Yelich’s California roots, is a 5.25 percent ABV ale with notes of coconut and pineapple.
Yelich joined Georges in the pilot brewery just across from the Brewers main merch store to learn about brewing and work together on style, taste, appearance and aroma before firing up the kettles and brewing the beer together.
Yelich earned the assist by helping with the mashing in, pitching yeast and other parts of the process.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press. A fifth collects Urban Spelunking articles about breweries and maltsters.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has been heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
