Just ran across this

[Red over White]

I wrote a hand written letter to Jim Koch in 1993 for help cloning his cream stout. A couple weeks later he sent a box with a t-shirt, 6 pint glasses and this information sheet with all the brews they made at the time. He also said that he would personally give me a brewery tour if I ever was in the area, such a class act. Anyway, the information sheet on the brews from back then gives everything but percentages of the grist, which isn't to hard to figure out. I got a kick out of finding this again, maybe some of y'all will to. Cheers

 

[day_trippr]

Man, if they brought back that cream stout I'd even buy some...

 

[hotbeer]

The Cream Stout was a favorite for me too when I first started buying their beer long a ago. As well as the Boston Lager.

 

[day_trippr]

I've been wanting to try their Chocolate Bock but can't find it anywhere.
I can find their repulsive Cherry Wheat though
I had one of those from a mixed 12 pack 20 or more years ago. One and done for me...

Cheers!

 

[rgregoryirving]

This is pretty cool, thanks for sharing!

 

[Sammy86]

This is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Yesfan]

I've been wanting to try their Chocolate Bock but can't find it anywhere.
I can find their repulsive Cherry Wheat though
I had one of those from a mixed 12 pack 20 or more years ago. One and done for me...

Cheers!

Same here. I hated the cherry wheat. Their Oktoberfest however, very good!

 

[Red over White]

I've been wanting to try their Chocolate Bock but can't find it anywhere.
I can find their repulsive Cherry Wheat though
I had one of those from a mixed 12 pack 20 or more years ago. One and done for me...

Cheers!

I still have a couple chocolate bocks in the refrigerator and just cracked one for ya. The nibs dominate the aroma, if I hunt for it I almost think I detect that distinct munich malt character. It drinks a lot like the aroma, but it starts fat and finishes thin. A bit deceiving for a low IBU 5.8% beer. I definitely couldn't write a recipe for this one from just drinking it, with the overwhelming chocolate notes coming at me from every direction.

I'm glad everyone enjoyed this blast from the past. I just tapped my Hitachino Nest Sweet Stout today, but I think Lightship is going to replace my next brew on deck. I have everything but klages lol Back then I was getting klages for $27 a sack, those were the days.

 

[Red over White]

Same here. I hated the cherry wheat. Their Oktoberfest however, very good!

They had a few years Iron City was doing some contract brewing for them and the Octoberfest was absolutely stellar.

 

[LUIS FELIPE]

Essa receita fica sensacional... Um clone de primeira!

 

[Civilian]

Thats cool! You can guess what was my fav back then. Cream Stout was good as well. Cherry Wheat is great with a shot of Lemonchello in it.

 

[day_trippr]

Cherry Wheat is great with a shot of Lemonchello in it

lol! That would never have occured to me - and I've had real Limoncello on the actual Amalfi coast

Cheers!

 

[AzOr]

Thanks for sharing. I was just thinking of making a Boston Lagerish type of beer this spring.

They are a big fan of Harrington malt. I’ll have to do a bit of research on it.

 

[Red over White]

Thanks for sharing. I was just thinking of making a Boston Lagerish type of beer this spring.

They are a big fan of Harrington malt. I’ll have to do a bit of research on it.

Back then Harrington was easy to get, I am not sure if it is even grown today. I'll bet some current varieties are descendants of Harrington.

 

[Dland]

Seeing the klages malt in the recipes brings back memories.