Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 16, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Inside Story Winnipeg free press january 1995 Ken Gigliotto Winnipeg free press Gary de Pape loads kegs of fort Garry draught ale onto the first Batch Heads to Market Micro brewing dreams into reality risk taker i twists Cap draft ale by Martin Cash business reporter Richard Hoeschen was in premed studies when he quit Little did he know his last biochemistry course would provide a great foundation for his future two thirds of that Bochem class was on the enzyme breakdown of starches and the fermentation exactly what Bee making is All said who today ships the first Batch of Winnipeg first Micro brewed Garry draught i never thought id use that information Hoeschen said with satisfaction this weekend after his first Batch of ale was safely transferred to but i feel like calling up that prof and telling i really get it is the and chief bottle Washer at fort Garry brewing extensive support Hoeschen has no employees but has extensive support from his graphic designer and Friend Dave Ashcroft t and a close ongoing relationship with longtime Beer marketing King jeep who acts As marketing he also has a distribution arrangement with Wett a Winnipeg distributor for other Canadian the former waiter achieved a Lon sought goal of starting his own brewery last Spring when he put together a group of 18 negotiated a Large Bank loan and started buying equipment and ingredients from All Over the business plan said he was already confident he could brew a Quality ale and he now has a Clear idea on How to run his the amount of Goodwill Hes received so far makes him think this just might Keijo Vigliotti free press Hoeschen built his microbrewery in fort to find the Centre of Gravity before a return to the even my Carbon dioxide supplier from Canadian liquid air is Over Here All the time giving me advice and he not Only did Hoeschen put the Deal he also physically built the Small brewery in the fort Garry Industrial showing off the glittering collection of stainless steel fermentation tanks from the yeast filter from Italy and computerized begging machine from Hoeschen thinks nothing of the fact that he is the sole employee of this manufacturing me and about 16 friends carried the two fermentation tanks by hand into the Hoeschen i was just trying we dropped his Robert used to work at his own fathers brewery during the j i was standing far off to the Side at that hoes Hen senior the doctor said he already displays a Large fort Garry draught sign in his Hospital were very also Richards business is keeping one More 30 Leapold in the uses no preservatives or chemical he also uses a combination of three kinds of Barley but 95 per cent of it is supplied by Winnipeg Pommon malting they sell malt to Beer companies around the world by the rail Peschen but they went out of their Way for me to find Winnipeg first bags for my Small Hoeschen said he uses Small amounts of two types of malts imported from one is called Crystal malt to provide a round malt flavor and a Reddish and the other is dark roasted malt for the dark color and a slight roasted he my ale has a interesting malt i dont use any Rice or Hoeschen said in reference to a practice used by some commercial balance two kinds of hops Are one bitter to balance the malty sweetness and the other aromatic to provide an effervescent there both from the Yakima Valley in Washington state where All the North american hops Are the yeast is an exclusive Strain from England that Hoeschen buys from a supplier in the process starts with the malt going through a grinder on top of a tank called a Mash the natural enzyme action of the cracked Barley malt exposed to the water in the Mash Tun Breaks the starch Down to a 12 per cent sugar the solution is pumped into a about a kilogram of hops is added audits boiled for its then cooled to room temperature and transferred to the fermentation tanks where the yeast is the Carbon dioxide is blown off and the Beer is transferred to cellar tanks in a cold room for two to three the yeast stays in As part of the conditioning process until its filtered but i dont filter All the body out of he said of one of the elements that gives his draft a distinctive the carbonation is then added into one of the cold room containers called the Bright tank and then the begging machine cleans and counter pressures the kegs and pressure fills All Legal exemption sought to protect Northern fish jobs by Bob Lowery free press correspondent Thompson chief Joe Guy Wood of the Island Lake tribal Council says his Community wants to be exempt from proposed changes to the fisheries to keep the jobs of 130 Fisher men next the recommendations Are expected to be announced this but Wood said action has to be taken now to take advantage of the upcoming fishing prior to the Freshwater fish marketing our Industry had 210 fishermen and about 100 workers at our local fish pro Messing Wood All that left today is 130 most of whom arc 60 years old or we told the parliamentary com and earlier fisheries minis Ter Brian in that we want to arrange for our total exemption from the marketing Corpora we added that it has become impossible for our fishermen to earn a living under existing Condi said who is also chairman of the Island Lake tribal said fish Ermen belonging to the association intend to create a vertically Inte grated fishing Enterprise under local ownership and it would encompass onsite processing of the catch and aggressive marketing in Wood said the action would pre serve the jobs of 130 fishermen and encourage the younger generation to join in the the new processing operation will be ready for the 1995 Spring and summer fishing which opens june the parliamentary committee listened to fishermen complaints against the Freshwater fish marketing operations late last year at hearings held in the North West Saskatchewan and created by Federal legislation in has the sole responsibility for purchasing and ing fish in the designated areas of Western Canada and the Many fishermen claimed the corporation Only sold half of their it meant that we have had to leave very High protein Content fish lying on the beaches rot or be eaten by wild animals and said Willy Vic Epresi Dent of the South Indian Lake fish Ermens what really riles me is when i open a newspaper or watch to and see the pathetic reports of starving people from so Many parts of the its a Damn but its impossible for us to do anything about because of the corporations rigid control of p1uc1 Mcphillips 476 main Northgate shopping Centre All citizen radios players Ems tapes hurry in for Best selection Mountain 476 main Ian Nathi sunday i free parking with validation saturday sunday this specials Aiso Avail ecu at our Manitoba to cation North att shopping it Nero 351399 hours sunday noon ;