Utopia Clone #3 Perfecting Nirvanha

[Cape Brewing]

Soooooo. When can I show up with a carboy and take my share home?

Not that I don't have FULL faith in Flounders ability to get this done but one of the big concerns has been volume. I can help fix that by takin my share out of the mix.

Its a win-win really.

 

[paulthenurse]

Head over there now. Flounders in Tennessee till tonight and the Mrs loves to entertain while he's gone

 

[Cape Brewing]

ouch... too many responses and I'm actually going to be respectful.

joming aside, if you're kicking around the idea of tossing bugs at some point, I would much rather take my little share and see what I can do with it.

 

[paulthenurse]

Not planned at this point

 

[DakotaRules]

No trust in the big PTN on this batch?

 

[Cape Brewing]

uhhh... I didn't say that.

just saying Flounder's complaint is that there is too many gallons. I'll take mine and it won't be a problem any more. That's all.

I'm trying to do Flounder a favor here.

 

[DakotaRules]

ah, I see...

 

[Cape Brewing]

I am just thinking that i have all of these crazy yeast cakes at my place and if this bqtch is struggling anlittle I might as well give something at my place a shot. I would rather not take on the responsibility of the whole batch but I would roll the dice on my share.

 

[paulthenurse]

Uhhhhh, thanks but we're ok.


Good grief, that's my worst nightmare. I can't get the U3 to finish and you come riding in like John Wayne to the rescue. I can just picture your post the next morning. It would be a link to a YouTube video of you riding on a bus like those JG Wentworth commercials, all dressed up in horned helmets straight from The Flight of the Valkyrie.

"They called Cape Brewing,
I got their beer to ferment NOW!"

Then your boy Dakota pops up on the screen dressed up like Maid Marion,

"He got their beer to ferment NOW!!!!"


Honest to God, I'd rather pour it down a storm drain.

PTN

 

[Cape Brewing]

As long as I get my money back... Go nuts

 

[DakotaRules]

"Call Cape brewing company, it's his yeast cake, it'll get it done on time!"

 

[yeager1977]

I am just thinking that i have all of these crazy yeast cakes at my place and if this bqtch is struggling anlittle I might as well give something at my place a shot. I would rather not take on the responsibility of the whole batch but I would roll the dice on my share.

You mean the share that was offered without consultation with me? The one that screwed the entire batch because the design was to have a starter for 12 gallons??? That share?

 

[Cape Brewing]

Sure. Give it to me.

 

[Cape Brewing]

LOL. And yeah. "my" couple of gallons is exactly the issue. LOL.

 

[DakotaRules]

Because the extra couple of gallons of Capes share stopped the yeast from eating sugar and bringing the gravity past 1.190???

 

[Cape Brewing]

Like I was saying... My share is the big problem so I'll take it so it wont be a problem.

I am home all weekend. Let me know when it is good time to swing by

 

[paulthenurse]

Chris, I'm begging you... Stop talking. That's the last time I'm going to ASK.

 

[Cape Brewing]

Paul... What are you so nervous about. You're "the third best brewer in the country" and you're "embarrassed by how my brew sessions go"... Hell... I apparently don't even measure volumes.

How could I POSSIBLY succeed here???

I don't get why you're so opposed. Anything I do would obviously be a excercise in futility so what is the big deal?

 

[paulthenurse]

I'm afraid you're going to bring an octopus and throw it on my driveway

 

[DakotaRules]

Paul any word on how this is doing? When do you transfer to a barrel? Does this get barrel aged?

Just curious not poking the bear to make it angry.

 

[DrinksWellWithOthers]

I talked to Chris the other day and I think he said it was around 1.090. It's moving a little slow this year.

 

[DakotaRules]

Does this go into a barrel to age? I thought it did but I dint know for sure or if there just using chips.

 

[DrinksWellWithOthers]

If I'm not mistaken they used chips for the U1 but got a couple of 5 gallon barrels for U2.

 

[ComcastWineRookie]

will there be a 4th version coming soon to a theater near you?

 

[paulthenurse]

In February. Date to be determined.

 

[NJstout]

what did #3 actually finish at? did you still bottle it?

 

[paulthenurse]

It's still in Yeager's basement, I haven't seen it or tasted it since the day we brewed it. Last I heard or asked, sometime in the fall or late summer, it was 1070-ish and still too sweet. I know the combo to his garage, maybe I'll drive over some day when they're gone, drop a deuce in the master bathroom, light up a stogie and check it out for myself.

That could be fun.

 

[bluemoose]

Gravity reading?

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!

 

[jtejedor]

So I think I remember you guys saying you got your first sam adams utopia clone down to like 1.030. So how did you guys get that one to go that low. I might try making 3 gallons of this and pitching on a big yeast cake.

 

[paulthenurse]

So I think I remember you guys saying you got your first sam adams utopia clone down to like 1.030. So how did you guys get that one to go that low. I might try making 3 gallons of this and pitching on a big yeast cake.

U1 has been a tough act to follow. Not the brewing of it, that part is easy. The fermentation, OTOH, can be tremendously challenging. We've done four and got two of them to ferment fully. The other two are in a state of suspended animation . We might need to follow Capes lead and treat one of the batches like its Ted Williams head and see what happens.