Free Beer for feedback

[johnnymax]

Well, finally Texas is getting a few new craft breweries and I am starting one too. Just registered the Brewery with the county and hired a licensing service to get my license (I have done it for a meadery before and will never go through that again!) Anyway, I am about to start brewing test batches this week and I am going to ship the beers all over to people to get feedback.
I think the first beer I will test will be an "Imperial Blond" has anybody had or brewed one with an ABV approaching 10%, if so, how was it?
The largest I have brewed was 7.5% and is was awesome.
Any suggestions are welcome

thanks,

 

[hoppymonkey]

:rockin: Free beer!!!! I'm so in.

 

[HH60gunner]

I'm down. Also when you send beer to this house you will get the feedback from me and my wife

Don't have much experience with brewing an imperial blonde.

 

[fineexampl]

this guy likes free beer.

 

[KCBrewer]

It's not April 1st, so I'm gonna have to say I'm in for some free beer!

 

[JetSmooth]

I'm always down to help a brotha' out!

The Imperial Blonde sounds like quite an idea. I humble offer my taste buds and liver.

 

[DrinkinSurfer]

I could help. Congrats on getting this going.

 

[biochemedic]

Well, if you're offering to send beer, I'll even chip in for the shipping!

 

[Paul_Aris]

Yes, I'm in and can offer feedback.

 

[whatsleftofyou]

I'm in...have taken the BJCP test, waiting on scores

 

[Austin_]

I'm no registered beer judge, but I am a pretty decent craft beer consumer. Sign me up if that's the kind of feedback you're looking for.

 

[cd38]

Im in, hope everything goes well, I hate the fact that Texas seems to be lacking in the craft brewery scene. Oh and im with the other guy if you send it here my wife will enjoy it also.

 

[Nickme23]

Heck I'll offer my services and that of a couple friends. Well all get together and taste em in shot glasses. We often have parties where someone each person brings a craft/homebrew/micro and everyone gets to try a new brew, we score em on cards and after it's gone talk about which ones we liked best. Once we did a blind tasting to see who was best at guessing who made the beer and what it was. Fun stuff!

 

[Heckle]

If your still taking names, I will offer myself up and provide some feedback.

 

[samc]

I don't want any free beer, thanks. I would however suggest that from what I see in the stores, Imperials are a tiny niche in a small market. Personally if I really like a beer for its flavor/aroma I prefer it not be an Imperial so I can drink a few without getting hammered.

 

[Quadfire]

No experience with Imperial Blond's but I'll give you feedback on it.

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

From one Texan to another, I'fd be more than happy to test some beer for you! Congrats.

 

[944play]

Lagunitas makes a seasonal high-gravity cream ale, Sirius. It's pretty good.

 

[johnnymax]

Wow, the response was quick. We will be doing small 1/2 barrel test batches almost weekly. Trying new recipes, different styles and fine-tuning recipes based on feedback. We are going to pick the tasters from our facebook fans, but heck, if somebody wants to help with shipping, they would be a shoe-in. We are allowing only $1,000 for shipping the beer at this point.

Thanks guys,

 

[DizzyPants]

Sure I'd be in for a shipping cost. I am from Seattle and frequent the great craft breweries from Sea and Portland. ~Diz

 

[hoppymonkey]

I'll pay for shipping. It'll be the beer of the week club

 

[johnnymax]

Okay, I guess I should go ahead and give you all the link, the detail are at http://tinyurl.com/freeTEXASbeer
The more feedback we have the better I think it will be good to get a broad feel for our market and the market we are shooting for are people who love real beer and appreciate Extreme beer like us.

JMax
Republic of TEXAS Brewery
P.S. My wife is gunning for me, once she registers her company with the county, she will let me say the name. This whole think is going to be some real TEXAS competitive fun.

 

[Germelli1]

One of my favorite beers ever is sam adams imperial white. I am about to put together a recipe based on it and I plan on using pacman yeast to handle the high gravity

 

[homebeerbrewer]

I'm in too!

 

[Retarded_Penguin_Brewing]

wow, didn't think I'd ever see you on here johnny max. I listen to the podcast and would be down to try out some of your beer, give you a west coast perspective. just added your page on facebook(sean thomte) and hopefully I get selected

good luck to both you and the queen

 

[Pivzavod]

Count me in if you need a beta tester in NYC

 

[IrregularPulse]

Replied via FB. (Brad Weaver)

 

[patrck17]

Awsome and awsomer.

 

[freudhawk]

Me and our brewclub are in, so that'll give you 10-15 people.

 

[Challenger440]

I would be in as well. I think an imperial blonde seems like an awesome idea and a nice challenge to hide the ~10% alcohol.