\nhis recipe, beer historian Christopher Bowen\u2019s long-awaited
\ndocumentary makes its official U.S. premiere in his hometown of
\nBethlehem, Pa. at 8 p.m.<\/span><\/span>, Tuesday June 9, 2015<\/span><\/span> at the Broughal Middle
\nSchool auditorium, 114 W. Morton St.<\/p>\n
The beer, Arctic Alchemy, produced by Bowen and Fegley\u2019s Brew Works,
\nwon a gold medal in 2014 at the Great American Beer Festival, Denver,
\na gold medal in 2012 at the World Beer Championships in Chicago, IL,
\nand a bronze medal in 2011 at the Great American Beer Festival in
\nDenver.<\/p>\n
The film about \u201cone man\u2019s search for the Holy Grail of ales\u201d was shot
\non location in Pennsylvania, New York and Canada and features a
\nbrewing and motorcycle road trip from Bethlehem to the Canadian
\nArctic. The historic beer prompted Bowen to travel 2,000 miles on
\nmotorcycles on a journey to the Hudson Bay and the edge of the Arctic
\nCircle to recreate Allsopp\u2019s Arctic Ale in 2010. There, in dramatic
\nfashion, Bowen brewed 100 gallons of Allsopp\u2019s Arctic Ale.<\/p>\n
This beer was first commissioned by Queen Victoria to supply an 1852
\nArctic expedition led by Sir Edward Belcher, who was supposed to
\ndiscover the fate of an earlier expedition to find Sir John Franklin\u2019s
\nill-fated ships of the exploration of the Northwest Passage.
\nFranklin\u2019s expedition in 1845 had gone in search of a sea route
\nthrough the Arctic Ocean.
\nIn 1852, four of Belcher\u2019s five ships were trapped in ice and the
\nexpedition returned to England in disgrace. One of the abandoned
\nships, the HMS Resolute, broke free of the ice and drifted into the
\npath of an American whaling vessel, which towed it back to London
\nConn., where it was restored in the Brooklyn Navy shipyards in New
\nYork. The ship was eventually returned to the British as a gift and
\nserved the Royal Navy a dozen more years before being decommissioned.
\nBeams from this ship were turned into several desks: One went to
\nBuckingham Palace another to the Oval Office.<\/p>\n
This film contains much more of Bowen\u2019s fantastic Arctic brewing voyage.<\/p>\n
The evening kicks off at 6 p.m.<\/span><\/span> at the festival\u2019s opening night party About the SouthSide Film Festival: The SouthSide Film Festival is an For more information, contact: Pattie Giordani <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\nat the Portuguese-American Club, 337 Brodhead Ave, Bethlehem,
\nfeaturing catered fare and a cash bar.\u00a0 The film screening will follow
\nat 8 p.m.<\/span><\/span> at Broughal Middle School. Tickets are $10 and include both
\nthe party and the film screening.<\/p>\n
\nannual five-day event featuring international films, guest filmmakers,
\njuried selections, locally produced films, seminars, and networking
\nopportunities for filmmakers and fans of independent film. The
\nSouthSide Film Festival is a program of The SouthSide Film Institute,
\na not-for-profit volunteer-run organization promoting the art of the
\nindependent filmmaker. www.ssff.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
\nChristopher Bowen
\n484-554-6026<\/span><\/a>
\nmrbowenz@yahoo.com<\/span><\/a>
\nwww.arcticalchemy.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
\nPublic Relations
\nSouthSide Film Institute
\npattieg1@ptd.net<\/span><\/a>
\n610.882.4300<\/span><\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/ssff.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
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