Hobbit Brew?

[passedpawn]

This is the single greatest post I've seen on this board. And no, I'm not being sarcastic.

Awesome.

I too am in awe. Wow.

 

[Ragutis]

I may have the name for my next ESB.

 

[passedpawn]

I may have the name for my next ESB.

6.6% ESB? That's a little high. Wild label.

 

[Ragutis]

6.6% ESB? That's a little high. Wild label.

That's what my last one came in at. BJCP guidelines say ESB can be up to 6.2 so I'm not too far out of style.

 

[CDbrews]

Ive got some sort of recipe in mind, i liked the home roasted malts idea so im ihjt incorporate that in too. I was also thinking along the lines of a ESB also

 

[cheezydemon3]

I'm still not convinced hobbits, trolls, or even wizards had hops.

For that mater, they know nothing of India.

 

[Edcculus]

Well, they have tobacco, so its not out of reason that the would have hops.

 

[Ragutis]

 

[gratus fermentatio]

This is the single greatest post I've seen on this board. And no, I'm not being sarcastic.

Awesome.

Many thanks! Regards, GF.

 

[onipar]

I just saw that Harry Potter thread, and I thought, "Well, a Hobbit beer would be amazing!" I did a search, found this impressive thread, and spent the past 45 minutes reading it (skimming some I'm afraid).

This thread was created long before I got here, so I was wondering if any "finished" recipes ever came of it (I only saw recipes that still seemed under construction, with no mention of how they turned out). Did any of these brews ever see bottle? How did they come?

I have a few brews already queued up that will probably take me into the fall, but I want to use this thread to construct a Hobbit brew soon. If nothing else, this thread deserved a bump. :rockin:

 

[frazier]

It's all about imagination, isn't it? Last year I made King Brian's Common Room ESB, which he described thus:

It is named for the fact that I can easily imagine a beer very similar to this being drunk in large tankards in the common room of inns by weary travellers in your favorite fantasy novel. Whether washing down a roasted chicken or being enjoyed by itself with friends, I hope you get similar feelings when drinking this ale.

A simple recipe, traditional English ingredients, make yourself a nice label to go with it. When I made the beer, it was very popular.

I think a barleywine would also be suitable. "Barleywine of Baranduin", or something like that.

 

[onipar]

Since I necro-bumped this thread, I guess i should add more than just my previous questions (see two posts ago).

I found a cool article that seems to follow many of the same lines of thought first described in this thread, it also offers up a recipe:

Barliman's Best
makes 20 litres - OG 1070

Pale Malt 2,5 Kg
Amber Malt 1,5 Kg
Rauchmalz 2,5 Kg

Nettle tops 1 Kg*
Sage 50 gr

Yeast Top Fermenting

*original recipe was 2,5 Kg
Preparation
Infusion at about 67C until conversion
Boiling of wort: 60 min
Last 15 min: add sage (and nettles, if not already used)

Note:; for the possible use of heather (as an addition or as a substitute of nettle) check here
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If I find any other recipes, I'll post. And as i requested in my previous post, if anyone did brew one, please let us know how it turned out, along with the recipe.

 

[onipar]

Sorry, one more post. I found a blog by someone named Law that based his personal brewing company on LOTR. The site is pretty cool and has three different recipes under the "beer" tab.

Check out The Bywater Brewing Company.

 

[blackbird]

GreenWolf pointed out earlier in the thread that Tolkien mentioned oasts, but no one seemed to comment on it. Here is the quote from the book

"The townlands were rich, with wide tilth and many orchards, and homesteads there were with oast and garner..."

To me this is proof that there most definitely were hops in middle-earth and the ales and porters that Tolkien referenced would have most likely been hopped.

 

[passedpawn]

I don't know why I feel this way when a new post appears in this thread. I suppose it's because there is a convergence of two of my favorite things: LOTR and beer. Thanks all.

 

[Dynachrome]

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[brewbobaggins]

I definitely didn't try to get Middle Earth/Hobbiton-type ingredients, or aim for the Gaffer's Ale or anything, but one of my first beers tasted dark and sweet, like something I imagined a hobbit would enjoy. So I named it McBaggins Stout...

 

[passedpawn]

Thanks for bumping this thread! I've got a scotch wee heavy that I was going to bottle, label, and give away. Now I know what it will be called: Dead Marshes. With the following

 

[Chubbs]

After starting to read lord of the rings (again) and stumbled upon this thread, I decided that I had to brew a hobbit ale. My interpretation of an ale that could be drunk in Shire is an slightly overhopped (but balanced in terms of bitterness) English pale ale. Here's my recipe:

Bag End Pale Ale
Batch Size: 12 liter
OG: 1061
Est. Bitterness: 51 IBU
Est. Color: 30 EBC
Est. Alc: 6%
Total Amount of water (BIAB): 18 liter
Efficiency: 80%

Malts
92.3% Golden Promise (2.71 kg)
7.7% TF Dark Crystal (0.23kg)

Hops
60min - 3g Bramling Cross + 3g First Gold
20min - 20g Bramling Cross + 20g First Gold
5min - 20g Bramling Cross + 20g First Gold
0min - 27g Bramling Cross + 27g First Gold (cooling started after 10mins)

Jäst
Wyeast 1469 - West Yorkshire Ale (förkultur på 1.5 liter)

Water etc:
Gypsum - 0.38 tsp (mash)
CalciumChloride(33%) - 2.64 tsp (mash)
Yeast nutrient 0.5tsp (20min)

Pictures etc can be found at (sorry but I write my blog in Swedish):
http://chubbsnanobryggeri.blogspot.se/2012/05/bryggdag-bag-end-pale-ale.html

 

[sieglere]

I'm on my phone at work, so please forgive me if I missed the posts (I've tried to look through them all and this is how I've spent my morning)

I want to make a nice brown ale. I'm an extract brewer. Can anyone suggest or repost a hobbit's brown ale with an extract recipe?

Thanks

 

[lowtones84]

Was just re-reading recently and I forgot that the dwarves ask for ales and porters when they assemble at Bilbo's home for the adventure. Has me wanting to make a porter now, even though it's summer...

 

[mattmcl]

You could look for hints in the food they ate. I don't remember specifics, but I believe there are details of Bilbo's going-away feast- food is probably mentioned. It might give some idea of tastes they liked- was their food spicy, sour, sweet, etc?

They would almost certainly have added seasonal fruits, herbs, veggies, maybe even some of whatever they put in their pipes...

 

[Homercidal]

More than likely the ale and porter that Tolkien put into his stories were meant to duplicate the beers that Tolkien himself drank in England at that time. He was quite fond of hanging out with his buds to discuss writing. I'm sure they had a few glasses to go along with their pipes. He was known to be addicted to his pipe and has mentioned hating the habit.

At any rate, you can bet that Hobbit brew was the finest sort of ale you can imagine. Only the finest ingredients and loved throughout the land. I'm betting the Dwarves loved their dark beer, the Elves had something like a golden strong ale when they were not drinking wine, and Hobbits had Pale Ale and for special occasions, IPA (But they called them EPA, since they were more highly hopped to survive the long journey to Esgaroth.)

 

[cheezydemon3]

(But they called them EPA, since they were more highly hopped to survive the long journey to Esgaroth.)

Masterful

 

[badlee]

It's got to be strong, given the nature of hobbits. It's got to be of big body and it's got to finish sweet I would think. A strong mild(gayles festival mild) of an old ale I woulod think, with herbs.

 

[thorongil]

I am so ashamed... I'm only finding this thread now. I don't have much to add that has not been already said, but I have to say that I agree that the basic ale of the Shire would have to be a Mild. But other options would be there, especially for special occasions. Some kind of bitter, porter, and strong ale (barleywine or even something like a Scotch Ale) would have been available. The Shire and Hobbit culture was all about early 20th century English country life (even though the mythology would place it millennia earlier). Plan your ales accordingly...

 

[sieglere]

Here's a name suggestion: Sharkey's Delight. Referring to how Sauramon delighted in pipe weed and ale from the shire, yet thought very little of the hobbits and their power. In the same way, you'll delight in the beer only to be smacked in the face a little later by all the boozeahol.

 

[cheezydemon3]

I know that others disagree, but the fact that dwarves call for stout (an ale) and ale (an.......ale) separately makes me think Tolkien was not very knowledgeable. There was a bitter or brown or something at his local pub called "the ale" for short and he thought ale to be a specific style.

 

[lowtones84]

I feel like terminology was probably just different then. People around the pubs he was hanging out at must have used the same terminology I would figure. And just to be nitpicky, it's ale and porter It made sense to me when I read it, ale to me probably just means pale ale, or perhaps mild or brown.

 

[onipar]

I know that others disagree, but the fact that dwarves call for stout (an ale) and ale (an.......ale) separately makes me think Tolkien was not very knowledgeable. There was a bitter or brown or something at his local pub called "the ale" for short and he thought ale to be a specific style.

Interesting point. Makes me think of back before I knew anything about beer, I used to go into bars and simply ask for "lager." I mainly drank Yuengling, and I knew that was lager. But beyond that, I had no idea the difference between lager and ale, or that there were different types of either.

In fact, I remember a time when the term "ale" seemed old fashioned to me, and something I didn't think anyone drank anymore. :cross: