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[SAISON FUCK]

Ghost Lemons....needs some time

But how was the sake?

 

[Dunt1]

But how was the sake?

Very nice

 

[RedCoffee]

Trigger warning: Rev content

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Freedom of Speach is tasty. Wife loved it too.
I'm not a historian of the company but is this the first soured beer that's been distributed by Rev?

 

[user 306237]

Trigger warning: Rev content

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Freedom of Speach is tasty. Wife loved it too.
I'm not a historian of the company but is this the first soured beer that's been distributed by Rev?

You mean on purpose?

 

[vav1]

Trigger warning: Rev content

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Freedom of Speach is tasty. Wife loved it too.
I'm not a historian of the company but is this the first soured beer that's been distributed by Rev?

I can’t think of a single one honestly.

And speaking of Rev I’ve been carrying the Hero can series at Pub because I love the single hopped theme and it’s educational for the staff, so I was super bummed to get Tropic Hero in and see it’s like 7 different hops....the opposite of what I wanted.

Then I popped one last night to taste out for the staff and, uh, holy **** it’s exceptional. The world doesn’t need anymore IPAs, but this is so good it would be a travesty to not keep it on the menu.

 

[beeraficionado]

I'm not a historian of the company but is this the first soured beer that's been distributed by Rev?

Correct, hadn't really even brewed a kettle sour until a year ago when Freedom of Speach first came out on draft. This was a Brewpub creation of Wil Turner's (recipe + name) that he brewed 3 separate times over there, dialing in the amount of peaches to use. It had the perfect combination of approachable, flavorful, great name in the Rev theme, and being in a style that could reach some new drinkers. So we went all in and scaled it up to the production facility. It's the first kettle sour brewed over there as well, which required some new processes that seem to be working well, just very time and labor intensive. Some might put Rosa in this category since it has a tartness to it, but it's not a kettle sour.

 

[beeraficionado]

I can’t think of a single one honestly.

And speaking of Rev I’ve been carrying the Hero can series at Pub because I love the single hopped theme and it’s educational for the staff, so I was super bummed to get Tropic Hero in and see it’s like 7 different hops....the opposite of what I wanted.

Then I popped one last night to taste out for the staff and, uh, holy **** it’s exceptional. The world doesn’t need anymore IPAs, but this is so good it would be a travesty to not keep it on the menu.

Well first off, this is awesome to hear because I thought the same thing but was keeping myself in homer-check. I will pass on the feedback to Jim.

As far as the hops go, Tropic-Hero heavily features a hop that when we first created it last year, was called HBC #438. It has since received the name Sabro. The hop was developed in part by Vinnie at Russian River and is used in an awesome pale ale that they do called Ron Mexico (yes, I get it). Sabro is the primary hop used in Tropic-Hero's dry-hop and is worth talking about in my opinion. Last year we could only get a limited amount of the hop, but this year we got a lot more and heavily dialed up the how much is used.

The hop has a decent amount of tropical fruit, but that gets overshadowed by the cedar/woodiness and coconut that make the hop exciting, distinguishable, and different from anything else I've had. When Jim thinks a beer will be a little too one-dimensional with a single-hop dry-hop, he'll round it out with another hop(s). In this case, he uses:

Spoiler: Top Secret Recipe Alert

Citra & Mosaic

to further bring out the citrus/orangey and tropical/pineappley flavors in Sabro, to balance out with the intense wood. The other hops are only used in the whirlpool, and can probably be omitted from an educational perspective, depending on how deep you want to dive.

 

[vav1]

Well first off, this is awesome to hear because I thought the same thing but was keeping myself in homer-check. I will pass on the feedback to Jim.

As far as the hops go, Tropic-Hero heavily features a hop that when we first created it last year, was called HBC #438. It has since received the name Sabro. The hop was developed in part by Vinnie at Russian River and is used in an awesome pale ale that they do called Ron Mexico (yes, I get it). Sabro is the primary hop used in Tropic-Hero's dry-hop and is worth talking about in my opinion. Last year we could only get a limited amount of the hop, but this year we got a lot more and heavily dialed up the how much is used.

The hop has a decent amount of tropical fruit, but that gets overshadowed by the cedar/woodiness and coconut that make the hop exciting, distinguishable, and different from anything else I've had. When Jim thinks a beer will be a little too one-dimensional with a single-hop dry-hop, he'll round it out with another hop(s). In this case, he uses:

Spoiler: Top Secret Recipe Alert

Citra & Mosaic

to further bring out the citrus/orangey and tropical/pineappley flavors in Sabro, to balance out with the intense wood. The other hops are only used in the whirlpool, and can probably be omitted from an educational perspective, depending on how deep you want to dive.

Yeah yeah i know, however Apollo, Warrior, Crystal, Cascade, Amarillo, Mosaic, Citra, Crystal, & Sabro is still not single-hopped, and that's actually kind of a bummer a single hopped beer would be considered one dimensional pejoratively...it's supposed to be!

And anyway, a better name for a single hopped Sabro beer would be We Are 438

 

[DiscountMegaMall4ever]

Los Deutschland

 

[Marksy]

Marksy any cans in the taproom....specifically, any that will last/be around tomorrow?

Just saw a his my bad! We have V15, V16, and Samarbeid still available in the tap room. I’m actually covering a shift today so if you come by you’ll be stuck with my ugly mug.

 

[trickytunadicky]

I can name a dozen sandwich meads, but a coworker is asking me about peanut butter porters and the only one I can think of that is "easy to come by" locally is Spiteful God Damn Pigeon Porter when it's in season. Anything else?

 

[beeraficionado]

I can name a dozen sandwich meads, but a coworker is asking me about peanut butter porters and the only one I can think of that is "easy to come by" locally is Spiteful God Damn Pigeon Porter when it's in season. Anything else?

4 Hands - Absence of Light, also seasonal, but very solid and only about $8-$9 per bomber.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Second Absence of Light for PB porter/stout. Can't recall when it's "in season" but I'd hazard to guess you can find it in a number of shops.

 

[furley]

 

[Alum]

I can’t think of a single one honestly.

And speaking of Rev I’ve been carrying the Hero can series at Pub because I love the single hopped theme and it’s educational for the staff, so I was super bummed to get Tropic Hero in and see it’s like 7 different hops....the opposite of what I wanted.

Then I popped one last night to taste out for the staff and, uh, holy **** it’s exceptional. The world doesn’t need anymore IPAs, but this is so good it would be a travesty to not keep it on the menu.

Yeah, picked some up on a whim Thursday at Binnys.

**** drinks real good.

 

[Alum]

Huh. Sounds kinda fun.



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[trickytunadicky]

Huh. Sounds kinda fun.



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It does. (Okay, it isn't a saison base, but srs, let's not pretend this is all that unique).
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/27861/77769/

 

[mdomask]

It does. (Okay, it isn't a saison base, but srs, let's not pretend this is all that unique).
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/27861/77769/

Never forget. No ginger but hibiscus?
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1146/50276/

 

[SAISON FUCK]

Huh. Sounds kinda fun.



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Chicago-only until they see if it is popular or not?

Ginger. Kombucha. middlebrow

 

[DiscountMegaMall4ever]

Huh. Sounds kinda fun.



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Is this to get on the Saturday morning brewery yoga bandwagon?

 

[middlebrow]

its like a new version of fleur, hooray. the unity vibration moscow mule we collabed on was zero percent beer but it was pretty fantastic. dont fear the bucha...its damn near the same lacto/brett cultures that are in your popular lambeeks, with a side of acetobacter which gives it some weird ass vinegar/shrub twang. I've seen your guts, your guts could use some live cultures.

 

[JRBecks]

I stand corrected... got reservations for 615, will you be around vav ?

Publican'd for the first time on Friday and it was GLORIOUS.... Pixie Dusted was incredible as well as the beef heart! Thanks for the hospitality vav .... now to find time to get back again

 

[vav1]

Publican'd for the first time on Friday and it was GLORIOUS.... Pixie Dusted was incredible as well as the beef heart! Thanks for the hospitality vav .... now to find time to get back again

<3

 

[Dunt1]

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[Dunt1]

beeraficionado, can you guys send a couple of those kegs to 35th and Shields?

 

[Thorpe]

beeraficionado, can you guys send a couple of those kegs to 35th and Shields?

And to my house?

 

[middlebrow]

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an easy drinkin belgian table beer w/ motueka...sounds familiar

j/k - beeraficionado thanks for bein kewl bout gene's jean genie.

 

[vav1]

an easy drinkin belgian table beer w/ motueka...sounds familiar

j/k - beeraficionado thanks for bein kewl bout gene's jean genie.

I have that on tap at Anker right now, drinkin' so fine

 

[BobCobb1]

Gonna get in on this Rev bootlicking before the window closes again.

Hey beeraficionado, remember when you guys sold off the employee stash of Deth by Cherries at some later event.

Can you round up the rest of their ryeway cans too?

 

[beeraficionado]

beeraficionado, can you guys send a couple of those kegs to 35th and Shields?

And to my house?

If you're serious about the sixtel for your home, reach out on the PM soon and I'll see what I can do. It doesn't look like it's going to Sox Park though.