Dit etiket toont een boot. Althans het lijkt een klein bootje, maar het blijkt een groot schip. Dat in de storm ergens vaart. Gezien de naam van de brouwerij is de locatie De Grote Meren in Amerika.
The Great Lakes (also called the Laurentian Great Lakes, or the Great Lakes of North America) are a series of interconnected freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada–United States border, which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence River. Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron (or Michigan–Huron), Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth, containing 21% of the world's surface fresh water by volume (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes).
De Grote Meren (Engels: Great Lakes) is de naam voor de vijf grote meren op of nabij de grens tussen de Verenigde Staten en Canada. De Grote Meren bestaan uit: het Bovenmeer (Lake Superior), het Huronmeer, het Michiganmeer, het Eriemeer en het Ontariomeer. Het Michiganmeer ligt volledig op het grondgebied van de Verenigde Staten, de overige vier meren ook op Canadees grondgebied. Het totale oppervlak van de meren is 244.106 km².
Het land rondom de meren is rijk aan delfstoffen als ijzererts, nikkel, koper, lood, zink, goud, zilver en asbest. Voor het transport daarvan en van steenkool zijn de meren van groot belang.
De meren werden uitgesleten door de ijskap die tijdens het laatste glaciaal het grootste deel van het noordelijk halfrond bedekte.... In 1848 is het Illinois and Michigan Canal opengesteld, waarmee de Grote Meren in verbinding kwamen met de Mississippi.... De Saint Lawrencezeeweg is de scheepvaartroute vanaf de Grote Meren naar de Saint Lawrencerivier en de Atlantische Oceaan. De route bestaat uit negen sluizen tussen het Ontariomeer en de rivier. Schepen dalen daarmee van 75 meter naar 6 meter boven zeeniveau. Dankzij de zeeroute kunnen schepen uit Duluth, Thunder Bay, Chicago, Cleveland en Buffalo de oceaan bereiken (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grote_Meren).
SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Superior storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29. When launched on June 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes, and she remains the largest to have sunk there.
For 17 years Fitzgerald carried taconite iron ore from mines near Duluth, Minnesota, to iron works in Detroit, Toledo, and other Great Lakes ports. As a "workhorse," she set seasonal haul records six times, often breaking her own previous record.
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Northwestern named the ship after its president and chairman of the board, Edmund Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald's own grandfather had himself been a lake captain, and his father owned the Milwaukee Drydock Company that built and repaired ships. More than 15,000 people attended Fitzgerald's christening and launch ceremony on June 7, 1958. But the event was plagued by misfortunes: When Elizabeth Fitzgerald, wife of Edmund Fitzgerald, tried to christen the ship by smashing a champagne bottle over the bow, it took her three attempts to break it. A delay of 36 minutes followed while the shipyard crew struggled to release the keel blocks. Upon sideways launch, the ship crashed violently into a pier.
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Carrying a full cargo of ore pellets with Captain Ernest M. McSorley in command, she embarked on her ill-fated voyage from Superior, Wisconsin, near Duluth, on the afternoon of November 9, 1975. ... Fitzgerald suddenly sank in Canadian (Ontario) waters 530 feet (160 m) deep, about 17 miles (15 nautical miles; 27 kilometers) from Whitefish Bay near the twin cities of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario—a distance Fitzgerald could have covered in just over an hour at her top speed. Although Fitzgerald had reported being in difficulty earlier, no distress signals were sent before she sank; Captain McSorley's last message to Anderson said, "We are holding our own." Her crew of 29 perished, and no bodies were recovered. Many books, studies, and expeditions have examined the cause of the sinking. Fitzgerald might have fallen victim to the high waves of the storm, suffered structural failure, been swamped with water entering through her cargo hatches or deck, experienced topside damage, or shoaled in a shallow part of Lake Superior. The sinking of Edmund Fitzgerald is one of the best-known disasters in the history of Great Lakes shipping. Gordon Lightfoot made it the subject of his 1976 hit song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" after reading an article, "The Cruelest Month", in the November 24, 1975, issue of Newsweek. The sinking led to changes in Great Lakes shipping regulations and practices that included mandatory survival suits, depth finders, positioning systems, increased freeboard, and more frequent inspection of vessels.
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In 1976, Ontario singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot wrote, composed, and recorded the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" for his album Summertime Dream. On NPR's Saturday Morning Edition on February 14, 2015, Gordon Lightfoot said he was inspired to write the song when he saw the name misspelled "Edmond" in Newsweek magazine two weeks after the sinking; Lightfoot said he felt that it dishonored the memory of the 29 who died. Lightfoot's popular ballad made the sinking of Fitzgerald one of the most well-known disasters in the history of Great Lakes shipping. The original lyrics of the song show a degree of artistic license compared to the events of the actual sinking: it states the destination as Cleveland instead of Detroit [According to the song, the Fitzgerald was bound "fully loaded for Cleveland". In fact she was heading for Detroit, there to discharge her cargo of taconite iron ore pellets before docking in Cleveland for the winter, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wreck_of_the_Edmund_Fitzgerald] and, in light of new evidence about what happened, Lightfoot has modified one line for live performances, changing “When suppertime came the old cook came on deck / Saying ‘Fellas, it’s too rough to feed ya.’ / At 7 p.m. a main hatchway caved in / He said, ‘Fellas, it's been good to know ya.” to “When suppertime came the old cook came on deck / Saying ‘Fellows it’s too rough to feed ya.’ / At 7 p.m. it grew dark, it was then / He said, ‘Fellas, it's been good to know ya.’ ...
The fame of Fitzgerald's image and story have made it public domain and subject to commercialization. A "cottage industry" has evolved across the Great Lakes region from Two Harbors, Minnesota, to Whitefish Point, the incident's "ground zero". Memorabilia on sale include Christmas ornaments, T-shirts, coffee mugs, Edmund Fitzgerald beer, videos, and other items commemorating the vessel and its loss (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald).
(www.johnrleeman.com/2015/11/10/40-years-ago-the-wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald/)
That clash between fact and fiction has been central to the Edmund Fitzgerald legend in the 40 years since the mighty iron ore carrier sunk with all hands aboard during a hurricane-force gale on Monday, Nov. 10, 1975.
Thanks to Gordon Lightfoot's popular folk song and an enduring mystery that is debated to this day, the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald — surpassed in maritime notoriety perhaps only by the Titanic — has become an American cultural touchstone in a way that no other Great Lakes tragedy has before, or likely ever will again (www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/11/wreck_of_the_edmund_fitzgerald.html).
The Fitzgerald was not the only major iron ore carrier to sink during the latter half of the 20th century. In 1958 — roughly two months after the Fitzgerald's maiden voyage — the 639-foot freighter Carl D. Bradley sunk in Lake Michigan off Gull Island during a Nov. 18 storm.
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About eight years later, the 580-foot Daniel J. Morrell sunk in Lake Huron off Pointe aux Barques during a Nov. 29 storm in 1966.... Loss of the Morrell, the Bradley and another ship, the Henry Steinbrenner, which sunk May 11, 1953 in Lake Superior south of Isle Royale, were tragic modern-era wrecks that devastated families and added to the list of 30,000-some sailors who have died on the Great Lakes. But they are hardly remembered as well. ...The Fitzgerald was 17 years old when she sunk. By contrast, the Bradley was 31, the Morrell was 60 and the Steinbrenner was 52 years old at the time of their wrecks. Nobody wrote a hit song about those shipwrecks, though (www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/11/wreck_of_the_edmund_fitzgerald.html).
(www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/11/10/40-years-ago-edmund-fitzgerald-sank-lake-superior/75503300/)
Two Irish brothers with limited brewing experience. A city that shuttered its last production brewery in the early 80s. A neighborhood in serious need of a facelift. In 1986 when Patrick and Daniel Conway opened their fledgling operation in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood, the odds were stacked against them. Fortunately, they surrounded themselves with a staff of passionate, knowledgeable people, and from the start committed themselves to bringing a sophisticated, diverse selection of craft beer to their home state. Two decades, multiple awards, and a whole lot of stories later, Pat and Dan Conway celebrate over two decades of brewing exceptional beer for their adventurous and discerning customers (www.greatlakesbrewing.com/our-history).
Founders Pat and Dan Conway incorporate in 1986. They attain a collective 75 years of brewing experience by recruiting Master Brewer Thaine Johnson and Engineer Charlie Price, both former employees of Schmidt's, Cleveland's last operating brewery.... Together, the team sets to work designing GLBC (www.greatlakesbrewing.com/our-history): Great Lakes Brewing Company...
Ze brouwen o.a.:
Edmund Fitzgerald Porter (6.0%)
Robust and complex, our Porter is a bittersweet tribute to the legendary freighter’s fallen crew—taken too soon when the gales of November came early.
Brewed in memory of the sunken freighter, with rich roasted barley and bittersweet chocolate-coffee notes. 37 IBU (www.greatlakesbrewing.com/edmund-fitzgerald)
Gebrouwen ter nagedachtenis aan de overlevenden (zie www.greatlakesbrewing.com/node/1214), smaakt het goed bij (en in) een pepersteaksoep of corned beef nachos.
Brewery: Great Lakes Brewing Co., Cleveland, Ohio
Beer: Edmund Fitzgerald
Serving: 12 oz bottle
Glassware: Nonic
Information: 5.8% ABV, 37 IBUs
Style: American Porter
Availability: Year-round
Cellaring: Not recommended for extended aging.
Pairings: “Barbeque ribs, steaks, oysters, chocolate, and heartfelt balladry.”
Appearance
Edmund Fitz pours clear brown in color but once in the glass it becomes nearly opaque. Topped by an ever-lasting light tan head, this porter has sheet after sheet of thick lacing left caked to the glass for pure perfection!
Smell
Large cubes of dark bitter-sweet chocolate are sprinkled with a dusting of dry cocoa, trailed by light smokiness and a suggestion of mildly roasted, freshly ground coffee beans, all attributed to heavily roasted malts. English hops give the beer a dried cedar humidor, dried cigar-like earthiness that briefly crosses the olfactory on the back end.
Taste
Chunks of cooled bittersweet chocolate retain the aroma’s dusty cocoa powder dryness with a soft waft of smokiness crossing the palate before a trickle of light iced coffee flavor interrupts hop earthiness briefly touched on in the finish.
Mouthfeel
Instantly noticeable as a bit over-carbonated to me, the beer almost fizzes across the tongue like soda. Edmund Fitzgerald remains a robust beer, however; falling around medium in body with a very dry, bittersweet finish.
Overall
Robust in appearance, aroma, and flavor but looks can be deceiving as Great Lakes’ Edmund Fitzgerald remains incredibly drinkable, loaded with a delicious chocolatey malt profile that’s complex and smooth with notes of smoke, aged cigar, and coffee resulting in a terrific porter. This is, without a doubt, one of my go-to dark brews! (www.beerfm.com/2015/12/great-lakes-edmund-fitzgerald-review/)
Our Edmund Fitzgerald Porter, named for the great ship that tragically sunk in Lake Superior, is blended with the same fresh spices used in our Christmas Ale to create a new seasonal treat. Originally inspired by a special firkin served in our brewpub, Winter Fitz is a bold porter infused with the holiday season’s favorite spices.
ABV 5.8%
IBU 37
Flavor
Edmund Fitzgerald Porter brewed with fresh cinnamon and ginger (www.greatlakesbrewing.com/winter-fitz).
