VOA慢速英语2014 Craft Brewery Meets Changing Tastes 工艺啤酒厂迎合不断变化的口味

 

Craft Brewery² Meets Changing Tastes 工艺啤酒厂迎合不断变化的口味

Welcome to American Mosaic³ from VOA Learning English.

I’m June Simms.

Today on the show we hear from the new album by country star Dierks Bentley.

But first, a report on the art and science of beer making.

People have enjoyed beer for thousands of years.  Beer is a popular alcoholic⁴ drink in many countries, including the United States. The US has several major beer manufacturers, such as Anheuser-Busch and Miller⁵. But the country is also home to hundreds of small brewing⁶ companies. Marsha James tells us about one such brewery in California.

A passenger train passes Golden Road Brewery, a small beer producer and restaurant in the city of Los Angeles.  Golden Road Brewing opened two years ago in an industrial part of LA.  It is housed in old railway buildings.

Inside the owners and brewers hold a weekly meeting to taste the product.

Co-owner Meg Gill says this meeting today is especially important.

“This is our first taste of a lot of the barrel-aged beers that we’ve been working on anywhere from six months to two years.”

Each brew¹ has its own special balance of flavors.

Co-owner Tony Yanow makes changes to the mix of malt and hops⁷, two ingredients, for every kind of beer.  Sometime he makes the beer taste like coffee or fruit.  The process has many steps. It starts with crushing grain. The resulting liquid must be boiled and made clean, says Mr. Yanow.

“Basically, you’ve taken a liquid from here and the liquid has almost no solid in it at all.”

Then the brewers add yeast⁸, which makes the mixture turn to alcohol.

Tony Yanow says specialty⁹ beers, known as craft beers, are a small part of the beer market.  But he says demand is growing.

“It’s in a total boom phase, and the number of different types of beers, the number of beer bars, the number of people that drink beer, it just seems to be expanding in every direction.”

He says that as beer drinkers develop their taste for the drink, beer makers¹⁰ are creating new products.

“People are pushing the boundaries right now and finding new and interesting ways to experiment with beer and push the limits of what beer actually is.”

At Golden Road Brewing, there are seasonal¹¹ beers, like Better Weather IPA, sold from November through February.  A spring summer beer, Heal the Bay IPA, supports a local environmental group.  Tony Yanow says that making craft beers is an art and science.  He says it also about connecting with the local community.

Dierks Bentley is at the top of Billboard¹² Magazine’s country charts.  His album “Riser” came out February 25th. It sold   63,000 copies in its first week.  Caty Weaver¹³ plays us some of the songs on “Riser.”

 

That is “I Hold On” from Dierks Bentley’s new album Riser. The song is currently number five on Billboard’s hot country songs chart. It has been on the chart for 27 weeks now.

Dierks Bentley has had a lot happen in his life in the last couple of years. His father died in 2012. His first son was born the next year. “Riser” is an emotional album. Bentley told a reporter that the song “Here on Earth,” is inspired by his Dad. It is about the unanswerable questions that come up when someone dies. Dierks Bentley sings that there is answer here on earth.

Dierks Bentley also sings about romantic love and the hurt when it ends. “Bourbon in Kentucky,” is how one heartbroken man eases his pain when the woman he wants stops wanting him. Bentley sings “there ain’t enough bourbon in Kentucky to make me forget you.”

Country star Kacey Musgraves performs with Bentley on “Bourbon in Kentucky.”

Dierks Bentley is doing a series of shows in support of “Riser.” This weekend he is in Ireland and Britain.  Next week he’ll be back in the United States. Bentley has said he misses his family when he is gone. But he says music is his love too.

We leave you with the title song from Dierks Bentley’s abum “Riser.”

I’m June Simms. Join us again next week for American Mosaic from VOA Learning English.

1 brew   

v.酿造，调制

参考例句：

• Let's brew up some more tea.咱们沏些茶吧。
• The policeman dispelled the crowd lest they should brew trouble.警察驱散人群，因恐他们酿祸。

2 brewery   

n.啤酒厂

参考例句：

• The brewery had 25 heavy horses delivering beer in London.啤酒厂有25匹高头大马在伦敦城中运送啤酒。
• When business was good,the brewery employed 20 people.在生意好的时候，这家酿造厂曾经雇佣过20人。

3 mosaic   

n./adj.镶嵌细工的，镶嵌工艺品的，嵌花式的

参考例句：

• The sky this morning is a mosaic of blue and white.今天早上的天空是幅蓝白相间的画面。
• The image mosaic is a troublesome work.图象镶嵌是个麻烦的工作。

4 alcoholic   

adj.（含）酒精的，由酒精引起的；n.酗酒者

参考例句：

• The alcoholic strength of brandy far exceeds that of wine.白兰地的酒精浓度远远超过葡萄酒。
• Alcoholic drinks act as a poison to a child.酒精饮料对小孩犹如毒药。

5 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

6 brewing   

n. 酿造, 一次酿造的量 动词brew的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• It was obvious that a big storm was brewing up. 很显然，一场暴风雨正在酝酿中。
• She set about brewing some herb tea. 她动手泡一些药茶。

7 hops   

跳上[下]( hop的第三人称单数 )； 单足蹦跳； 齐足（或双足）跳行； 摘葎草花

参考例句：

• The sparrow crossed the lawn in a series of hops. 那麻雀一蹦一跳地穿过草坪。
• It is brewed from malt and hops. 它用麦精和蛇麻草酿成。

8 yeast   

n.酵母；酵母片；泡沫；v.发酵；起泡沫

参考例句：

• Yeast can be used in making beer and bread.酵母可用于酿啤酒和发面包。
• The yeast began to work.酵母开始发酵。

9 specialty   

n.(speciality)特性，特质；专业，专长

参考例句：

• Shell carvings are a specialty of the town.贝雕是该城的特产。
• His specialty is English literature.他的专业是英国文学。

10 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 seasonal   

adj.季节的，季节性的

参考例句：

• The town relies on the seasonal tourist industry for jobs.这个城镇依靠季节性旅游业提供就业机会。
• The hors d'oeuvre is seasonal vegetables.餐前小吃是应时蔬菜。

12 billboard   

n.布告板，揭示栏，广告牌

参考例句：

• He ploughed his energies into his father's billboard business.他把精力投入到父亲的广告牌业务中。
• Billboard spreads will be simpler and more eye-catching.广告牌广告会比较简单且更引人注目。

13 weaver   

n.织布工；编织者

参考例句：

• She was a fast weaver and the cloth was very good.她织布织得很快，而且布的质量很好。
• The eager weaver did not notice my confusion.热心的纺织工人没有注意到我的狼狈相。