Northern Brewer tequila beer??

[iowabrew]

http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/beerkits/HopquilaDIPA.pdf

Anyone seen this? Just got a new catalog in the mail yesterday and this is a featured item.

 

[mtnagel]

I'm not so sure about tequilla in beer, but it's nice to see them recommending the late extract addition method. I used it on a pale ale and I think it helped reduce that caramelly flavor you get in extract beer. And it's much lighter in color too.

 

[iowabrew]

They also have a "moonshine" type extract beer. I think it's a gimmick to try and attract certain demographics...but maybe not and it is actually delicious

 

[jonnyp1980]

most people think of cheap tequilla like Jose...a top shelf tequilla has more of the smooth fruit flavor which might compliment a nice pale ale or a light ipa with citra or cascades?

 

[iowabrew]

Yeah it says use a high quality tequila. As i said i'm not knocking, and it could be an awesome compliment, i just think its a tad gimmicky.

per their recipe sheet - "We recommend
a reposado or anejo to compliment the sweet malt,
and only 100% pure agave, for the best companion to
this hop monster."

 

[biochemedic]

Sounds interesting, and maybe quite tasty. If nothing else it's a good excuse to buy a bottle of nice tequila...but it still makes me think of:

 

[evrose]

Does the recipe kit come with a packet of freeze-dried worms to put in each bottle? 'Cause if it does, I'm ordering it NOW.

 

[iowabrew]

Does the recipe kit come with a packet of freeze-dried worms to put in each bottle? 'Cause if it does, I'm ordering it NOW.

a beer with hallucinogenic properties! the marketing on this is fool proof!

 

[samuryan]

A shot of corallejo repo into a pacifico, my old man used to call this a "baja Gatorade"

 

[m3n00b]

Does the recipe kit come with a packet of freeze-dried worms to put in each bottle? 'Cause if it does, I'm ordering it NOW.

Tequila doesn't have a worm. That would be mezcal.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I did an Agave Wheat beer a few years ago, but went quite a bit overboard with the agave... Using agave syrup as a fermentable instead of tequila in the finished/fermented product might give an interesting different character...

 

[mrjaked]

I just put one of my IPA's into a secondary, I added a half shot of patron to it, guess ill find out how it taste soon enough.

 

[drainbamage]

Sounds interesting, and maybe quite tasty. If nothing else it's a good excuse to buy a bottle of nice tequila...but it still makes me think of:

First thing that popped into my mind too. My friends had a big Tequiza phase in high school. That crap tastes like Fruity Pebbles.

 

[bbohanon]

I brewed this one up about 2 months ago when NB came out with it but did a 3 gallon AG batch and skipped the Tequila addition just to see how the beer recipe stood on its own. Still turned out to be a solid beer and the Mosaic really shines. Much more grapefruity than Citra.
Certainly on my "To brew again" list for a summer/beach beer.