Cooperstown brewmaster teams up with Troy Aikman By Ted Potrikus Add one award-winning Master Brewer and one Football Hall-of-Famer to make eight — EIGHT beer, that is, a joint project of Cooperstown’s Phil Leinhart and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman that jumps into the jam-packed craft beer market later this year. It’s a brew more than two years in the making, Mr. Leinhart said, made with no sugar and featuring Hallertau Taurus hops. “They’re a variety of Bavarian-growth hops…
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5TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON FOOD, FARMING Quality, Quality, Quality Will Lure Customers, Brewers Say By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Asked today for “key factors to success,” four panelists from the local brewing industry spoke as one: Quality, quality, quality and quality. “It all starts with quality,” said Roger Davidson, Council Rock Brewery founder. “It is fun … (but) I try to do the best I can every single day for consistent quality.” “If quality isn’t the…