A vast majority of folks on HBT are smaht. They stay out of the dark little crevasses that a few of us "Massholes" tend to frequent among the threads. They're really quite shadey areas and leaving well enough alone is typically good advice. No need in getting sucked down to our level.
That said... We've been known to make a decent beer and a few fairly unusual ones at that (Utopias clone, Russian River Consecration clone, a turbid mash lambic in a oak barrel, etc). Recently, during our usual wasting of electrons with silly drivel, I half-jokingly said that I was going to one-up the rotund nurse that posts from time to time here on HBT by not only brewing his Utopias clone (after he failed MISERABLY at trying to brew that beer again this year), but also going one better and doubling up the ABV on it just to piss him off.
Given his brewing knowledge is roughly equivilent to that of a mildly training gorilla, he scoffed.. "BAH!!! You're whacked in the head if you think you can make a 40% ABV beer!!! Now bring me So-lo and the woo-kie!!!"
To which a couple of us simply asked gorilla-boy to google an eisbock. We then gave him two days to try to figure out a keyboard.
Over those two days... I thought more and more about it... and now, I am actually going to try it.
High level game plan:
1) brew the Utopias clone
2) ferment it CORRECTLY
3) "eisbock it"
4) age it for a reeeeeeeeally long time.
5) drink some
6) fall down
While all of the above sounds awfully silly... I'm actually very serious about doing it and have thought through a fairly detailed schedule of how I intend to it through each step.
I keep coming out to one point though and this is the main reason why I started the thread...
I'm very mildly nervous about how syrupy the end product is going to be. The first Utopias clone that was made by my esteemed gorilla friend... was actually amazing (as painful as that is to admit). My issue is basically taking that beer and pulling 50% of the water out of it. I'm undecided on what I think that's going to leave.... and will be it like maple syrup in terms of consistancy.
I don't think it will be too syrupy but... we're going to find out.
That said... We've been known to make a decent beer and a few fairly unusual ones at that (Utopias clone, Russian River Consecration clone, a turbid mash lambic in a oak barrel, etc). Recently, during our usual wasting of electrons with silly drivel, I half-jokingly said that I was going to one-up the rotund nurse that posts from time to time here on HBT by not only brewing his Utopias clone (after he failed MISERABLY at trying to brew that beer again this year), but also going one better and doubling up the ABV on it just to piss him off.
Given his brewing knowledge is roughly equivilent to that of a mildly training gorilla, he scoffed.. "BAH!!! You're whacked in the head if you think you can make a 40% ABV beer!!! Now bring me So-lo and the woo-kie!!!"
To which a couple of us simply asked gorilla-boy to google an eisbock. We then gave him two days to try to figure out a keyboard.
Over those two days... I thought more and more about it... and now, I am actually going to try it.
High level game plan:
1) brew the Utopias clone
2) ferment it CORRECTLY
3) "eisbock it"
4) age it for a reeeeeeeeally long time.
5) drink some
6) fall down
While all of the above sounds awfully silly... I'm actually very serious about doing it and have thought through a fairly detailed schedule of how I intend to it through each step.
I keep coming out to one point though and this is the main reason why I started the thread...
I'm very mildly nervous about how syrupy the end product is going to be. The first Utopias clone that was made by my esteemed gorilla friend... was actually amazing (as painful as that is to admit). My issue is basically taking that beer and pulling 50% of the water out of it. I'm undecided on what I think that's going to leave.... and will be it like maple syrup in terms of consistancy.
I don't think it will be too syrupy but... we're going to find out.