theveganbrewer
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I just saw this beer at the store. http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/29619/87986
An India Pale Lager.
An India Pale Lager.
Nobody was "ripping" on Tapedeck. I've seen people get ripped on and this wasn't it in my opinion.
NordeastBrewer77 said:Remember WeizenWerks? (ducks out of the room)
j1laskey said:Jack's Abbey from Framingham who recently won bronze at the GABF for their Smoke and Dagger, only makes lagers, and they make a great IPL....People do want IPL's....wait for it...I'll call it now....it's the next trend
This has gone MUCH better than that
NordeastBrewer77 said:Understatement of the millennium there buddy.
I'm really going to have to get my hands on some more Heady. I've only had one can, and all I remember was that it was wonderful. I would love to throw in on making a batch. I think I currently have every hop ever.
NordeastBrewer77 said:Feel like taking a vacation in an icebox? DangerRoss and I should have some yeast sometime next week. We've got Hop Shots too. Bring some Russian River offerings and you're in!!
Dude I wish.. Even though you guys talk like the Irish it would still be a hell of a time. Minnesouuta.
So is there a working recipe, and is there a variation you guys want me to try? I am going to run a 2.5 gallon test batch this weekend.
I know you guys have mentioned Pearl but I have a sack each of 2row, Marris Otter and Pilsner so im not buying anymore base. I figure I'll use MO with a little bit of 2row if the color is off and for some breadiness.
Not sure if anyone of us has finished the brew yet, I'm about 3 days from tasting my first sample. I think we'll have a round of good feedback and fine tuning and more intel on the hops after we all get our first batches done.
I initially thought this might the 3 week timeframe for the brew was because of the dryhopping, but after working with Conan, I could see where the actual fermentation might take longer than normal and causing the extra time, not necessarily a 2nd dry hop.
A recent blog post up on The Alchemist web site says this:
"As of right now, we hope to bump up capacity in early January, and that would give us more beer in cans 28 days later."
Can we make the assumption that it is a 28 day start to finish process?
I was thinking about that 28 days incorrectly, they do cold condition at 40 degrees for 2-3 weeks. It would make sense given Conan's floc rate that the fermentation process might take 10-14 days.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orbspiders/7494736558/in/photostream/lightbox/
Another interesting one which I didn't notice before.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orbspiders/7494737906/sizes/h/in/photostream/
"Proprietary blend of six hops". That is technical jargon for hop extract, right? Not something like Falconer's Flight or Zythos?
whitehause said:The Proprietary blend could just be referring to the types and amount that they have combined. I'm not sure they have a secret hop, but more the ratio of the hops that only they know.
The proprietary blend line was troubling.
Zythos, Falconer's Flight, 7Cs are just examples of proprietary blends that came up in Google.
He wouldn't have blended his own set of hops together, would he, like 6 hops into one pellet? I'm wondering if he's just adding the same blend each time, or if he alters the blend.
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