1.200 20%+ 120 Minute IIPA

[sirsloop]

Will do tonight... I have some leftover in a growler... should have extra nice hop aroma now too!

 

[sirsloop]

 

[Saccharomyces]

Truly stunning. Nicely done.

 

[sirsloop]

Dang this stuff is good! Its taken me like 45minutes to polish off a 2oz pour... I think a 5 gallon keg will last me a while!!!!

 

[saq]

Bottle it and age it! 120's get MUCH better with age!

 

[CnnmnSchnpps]

Bottle it and age it! 120's get MUCH better with age!

^ +1

Just had a dogfish 120 this weekend that had been aged one year and it was smooooth....

 

[GroovePuppy]

Did I miss the pic?

 

[user 22118]

^^+1 I can't see the picture either. Donde Esta?

 

[Danek]

FWIW, I can see the pic. It is making me jealous and impressed in equal measure.

Really nice glass, too - I should get me one of those.

 

[sirsloop]

wierd... idk... I just went in and saved the same message and its there now...

hmm...

 

[Coastarine]

^Can't see.

 

[spin02]

I can't see it either. If I quote the message, I can see the url, but when I copy and paste it in the a browser, the page is blank.

 

[Danek]

Now I can't see either picture anymore. The beer is so strong it has broken teh internets.

 

[GroovePuppy]

I saw it there yesterday but it's gone again.

 

[sirsloop]

lmfao... ITS BACKK!!!

 

[MacBruver]

When I click on the link for the picture:

http://tmp.smugmug.com/photos/542672270_b9wQN-X2.jpg

I get a 404 error.

 

[Homercidal]

lmfao... ITS BACKK!!!

LMAOROFPMP!!!

No, it's not!

 

[Ooompa Loompa]

Just got done reading all 23 pages........this is an epic brew!!! Nice job sirsloop.

 

[Coastarine]

Just got done reading all 23 pages........this is an epic brew!!! Nice job sirsloop.

dood, you know you can set the number of posts per page, right? This is a six pager for me.

 

[KYB]

^ +1

Just had a dogfish 120 this weekend that had been aged one year and it was smooooth....

The one I had was 2 years old and I was not a fan of it. It was very sweet, and honestly, there wasn't really any hop bitterness or aroma. Just lots of sweetness.

 

[sirsloop]

Mine is actually quite bitter, but has a sweet side to it as well. You can definitely taste A LOT of hops in it. Most people have never had this much flavor in their mouth from a beer... so it usually gets the "WOW" response first. After you have had a few (2oz pours) you can enjoy its complexity a lot more.

 

[CnnmnSchnpps]

Mine is actually quite bitter, but has a sweet side to it as well. You can definitely taste A LOT of hops in it. Most people have never had this much flavor in their mouth from a beer... so it usually gets the "WOW" response first. After you have had a few (2oz pours) you can enjoy its complexity a lot more.

... if you can pick yourself up off the floor!

 

[ShameBrews]

I'm a novice and I've really enjoyed reading about how sir sloop intends to work around the difficulties in achieving such a high abv. I have been brewing with one of my chemical engineering classmates and we are considering attempting this for our graduation next may. Should have plenty of time to condition it before then. We may not make it work but certainly won't be convinced not to try. Thanks a lot for your detailed explanation that even a newer brewer can understand.

 

[Brewin_CRAZY]

SirSloop, I was directed to this forum because I am currently in the middle of my fermentation for my DFH 120 clone. My recipe is very similar to yours however my yeast is a little different and of course the minor stuff is a little different. I would love to swap a bottle with you eventually (once mine is aged) and see how we both did.

Currently I am just now pitching my second yeast starter (WLP099) at 1.7 L for the starter. I have been adding dextrose for three days now and it is just an amazing beast of a brew. I love how every time dextrose is added those little yeasties just go crazy!

 

[dibby33]

Beast III for me may be started this weekend. I cheat though and use DME. Still takes months to ferment and a long time for the flavours to meld together...

 

[Brewin_CRAZY]

Beast III for me may be started this weekend. I cheat though and use DME. Still takes months to ferment and a long time for the flavours to meld together...

I used DME once on a different brew, not quite the same beast as this one (only added 3 lbs). I really didnt like the flavors it gave to my brew. It just seemed like using dextrose is both cheaper and doesnt have any flavor to add to the brew.

 

[sirsloop]

DME is gonna be an issue with large brews because you cannot control the fermentability of the wort. What they made is what you get. When mashing for high gravity you usually go real low on the temps because the lower amounts of residual sugar add up to the right amount in the end. If you use all DME thats less fermentable, you could end up with a sweet brew.

I'm game for some bottle swaps! I think it'll be good fun!

 

[Homercidal]

I'm also starting the planning of a mega beer, and from what I've read, I think I'll be looking to use sugars for the extra fermentables, and may be doing first runnings only. Maybe save the second runnings for a partigyle.

This is so very different from anything I've brewed, I'll have to be careful to get many things right.

 

[dreadnatty08]

Sirsloop - why was your nutrient addition schedule? I have a big beer fermenting right now (OG 1.142 before any sugar) that I've been adding 1L of wort to, O2'd for 2min each day (I started with about 1.5gal). After the final wort addition, I was going to start adding sugar to hopefully get the theoretical OG around 1.180-1.200, whenever the yeast dies. I didn't know if you were adding nutrients throughout, or only at certain points. I have generic yeast nutrient and FermentK, I only added the former during the boil.

 

[sirsloop]

Brewin_CRAZY and I are going to be doing a bottle swap with our two 120min IPA's this week. I plan on taking his three bottles and doing a blind taste test at my next homebrew club meeting on the 15th. We'll be comparing my 120, his 120, and the real deal 120, blind**. We'll have written judging of the beers and see what happens! I should able to scan the sheets in and create a large pdf available for download. My club has had a taste of the my 120 with great reviews. It'll be really interesting to see how the brews compare to each other in color, aroma, taste, balance, and drink-ability. Brewin_CRAZY also mentioned that he will be doing a taste test with our three beers with some of his friends back in Oregon. So.... hold on for a couple weeks, RDWHAHB... we'll have some real world results back on how well our homebrew stacks up against commercial!