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09-12-2010, 03:18 PM
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Upcoming 20th Anniversary
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I am thinking about a recipe kit that is 20% alcohol with 20 different hops.
What do you think?
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09-12-2010, 03:42 PM
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I think its a great idea.
The name should be similar to Mad Dog 20/20.
Mad Hop 20/20 perhaps.
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09-12-2010, 04:06 PM
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Ichthyophagous Maximus
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Congrats on 20 years!!
As far as the recipe: 20 hops: YAY!, 20% abv: OUCH!
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09-12-2010, 04:08 PM
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Could you even FIND twenty different varieties?? I think my LHBS might sell two dozen at most.
20% ABV would be a monumental challenge all on its own. I'm assuming you'd go barleywine, although you could do go with the imperial <insert style here> trend that everyone seems to be doing lately.
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09-12-2010, 04:20 PM
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How about every order (over a certain amount) on your anniversary gets a free special anniversary t-shirt? You know how much we all like the t-shirts!
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09-12-2010, 04:26 PM
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Just a little FYI: BYO was planning a 15th Anniversary Ale at 15%, and they decided to scale it down after pilot batches were too tough to ferment up to 15%.
After reading that article, I certainly wouldn't want to try a beer with a target of 20%.
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09-12-2010, 04:29 PM
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I didn't read the article. Did they try hard enough?
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09-12-2010, 04:33 PM
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Apparently they used sugar additions to keep the fermentation going.
What was your idea to get it that high?
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09-12-2010, 04:45 PM
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20 kinds of hops sounds like a lot, I'm assuming you will be setting up a continuous hopping schedule (a new variety every 3 minutes) so that the individual characteristics of the hops aren't lost.
Have you even thought about which 20 malts you will use to balance out all of the hops?
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09-12-2010, 04:57 PM
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Ichthyophagous Maximus
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Torchiest
Could you even FIND twenty different varieties?? I think my LHBS might sell two dozen at most.
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2 dozen = 24!
Check out the hops he has in stock at AHS.
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