The Twelve Hopostles

[TyTanium]

YEEEEEHAW. Do you have all the grain/hops too?

 

[mthompson]

And so it begins...

Nice!!!

I think I would have just made a few beers and then rinsed the yeast real good, then combined all the slurries...then used that soon afterwards, measured for each batch, of course. Maybe liven 'em up with a bit of fresh wort in the jar a day before.

 

[mthompson]

Just remembered this....

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

 

[TyTanium]

Looks fantastic. I really like the softened edges. What if you added a subtle touch of gold behind the "Twelve Hopostles" text?, maybe like a small gold shadow and/or embossed look?

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

All hops are ordered and on there way. Lots and lots of hops...

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

I was recently contacted by A.C. Lamonica who is the original artist of the Judas image for the labels. You can find some more of her work here: http://www.deviantart.com/print/4560219/

Thanks A.C for the awesome image!

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

The moment of truth approaches... I quiver with anticipation.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

So after an incredible weekend with friends family and a ton of beer... we have successfully brewed all Twelve and they are fermenting happily at 62º ambient and about 68º beer temp.

And here is the room in action.

I am hoping that some friends will send me some more action shots. It was a very busy weekend. But we stuck to the schedule, 2 beers Friday, 6 beers Saturday, and 4 beers Sunday.

A special thanks to TyTanium who was a man amongst boys in the brewery.

 

[Bradinator]

You brewed 12 beers... In one weekend?

Respect.

 

[TyTanium]

A special thanks to TyTanium who was a man amongst boys in the brewery.

Epic. This weekend will go down in history. I enjoyed every minute and count it an honor to brew alongside you. And I'm still amazed by how consistent our numbers were and that we got through it with no glitches/corrections/accidents/injuries/electrocutions/trips to the ER, etc.

Rousing success. And thanks for the thanks.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

The Twelve are almost to final gravity. I took a sample of Peter today and it is down to 1016.75 SG. Flavor is exactly as hoped for. I think noble hop IPAs have a future.

 

[jay8s]

Ay updates? I am in the planning stages of brewing these this spring.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Bottling stage is in process. Judas and John are in bottles already. Hopefully, I will be done by the end of this coming weekend.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Done and done.

 

[509inc]

Im at a loss for words. I vote this thread be a stickie in the IPA recipe forum.

 

[TyTanium]

Im at a loss for words. I vote this thread be a stickie in the IPA recipe forum.

I'll second that comment.

Simply beautiful. And wow does Judas look cool in the lineup.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Thanks guys.

Yes... Judas may hold a surprise. The back lighting may give it away

 

[dale1038]

Thanks guys.

Yes... Judas may hold a surprise. The back lighting may give it away

Awesome! Super fitting for his to be a CDA. Nice work.

 

[TheBreweryUnderground]

This is incredible.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Judas isn't really a CDA, but it is black. I used 0.6# of de-bittered black malt from Dingmann's to move the color to 33 SRM. So it is black, but does not have an appreciable roasted note. Should be a good aesthetic without throwing off the idea of the series.

 

[JollyIsTheRoger]

Those pictures are insane. Wow, congrats man. Did you end up finding enough "investors" for this project or did it take a big chunk out of the wallet for you?

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

I did find enough brewing partners for the project. I had to turn a couple people away actually; I wanted to have some beer after all. I kept about 4 cases for Danika and I.

 

[JollyIsTheRoger]

Nice, for some reason it came to mind that this project would cost you crazy time and money, but after seeing the cases lined up like that, it sunk in. Awesome job, hope to be able to do something this crazy soon.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

It is indeed a crazy project. The brewing was a lot of work but very fun and went quickly. The bottling is a serious commitment. It would be way easier if you didn't need to wash and delabel all the bottles. I spent approximately 20 hours just cleaning a delabelling, the bottling and relabelling itself took another 12ish hours.

 

[cscade]

This is one of the most awe-inspiring threads I have yet seen. Congratulations my good man.

I'm sitting on 10oz of german Hallertau Mittlefruh (4.1%), and I would love to crank out a St. Andrew. Is the hop you used different? I love this variety, but I am concerned at how grassy it will be if used for all the bittering. Cheers!

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

I used Mittlefruh for St. Andrew. I can't say for sure yet, but the samples tasted pretty interesting a good for the noble hop IPAs. I'll have a more complete review for you in a few weeks.

 

[jhorgan1]

A couple of questions, however first off THIS IS INCREDIBLE! it is so cool! I want to do this sometime. Did you ferment all of them at once? I imagine that would be a lot of fermenters. Also, I didn't see you using citra in any of these brews. Is there any reason for that? I was planning on making one of the 12 and I picked up citra just assuming that you had an apostle for it. Maybe I'll use the alledged 13th female apostle haha

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Yeah, I did ferment them all at once. Post #129 has a picture.

I didn't use citra, but you certainly can.

 

[tennesseean_87]

I get making the Judas a Black IPA, but I'd do it just the same as the others, rename it after Matthias, then brew another batch of all Black IPAs, each with a different hop, named after the 12 tribes of Israel, since the Old Testament contained the shadows (dark) of the realities fully realized in the New Testament. Then you would have an even case with one of each!

I realize that logistically, this would probably be too much work, but I like the idea.