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German pils with cheesesteak .. on a steak roll, mayo, shaved ribeye, sauteed peppers and onions, pizza sauce and sharp provolone. Usually shrooms but somehow they got missed at the store.. this is not the standard philly style, in fact I'm not sure what style it is, central PA šŸ¤” donno, it's not the only way I make them but I certainly enjoy it.
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Just in case you or @BongoYodeler missed it, Kelsey was on cbc podcast a few years back. I remember especially enjoying that episode. If memory serves, he discusses the homebrew origins of Hop Fu, trying to find funding after his many major comp awards, and then working out HB recipes on a pro rig. CBC - North Park
I was listening to this interview on my morning commute. Good stuff! Thanks for the link!
 
Pizza Beer Trial #3 – Tasty but a failure! I was playing around with ratios here, first with 25% Old Rasputin, the second with half of that. That’s right, the dark ā€œPizza Beerā€ rendition in the photo is only about 12.5% Rasputin. This just goes to show how easy you have to go on dark, inky coloring agents (like black malt for example). A little goes a long ways! It’s too dark!

Well, how does 12.5% Old Rasputin and 87.5% Victoria Vienna lager taste? Really terrific! It’s just not a Pizza Beer along the lines of the 1970’s target beer. I have to say, even at these low concentrations, a lot of Old Rasputin still shows through. That’s probably why those British and Irish Ale Brewers easily cranked out both Stouts and Porters. A Porter is just a few clicks off of some of those Stouts, just a few tweaks to the Stout formulas or blending of the post boil wort and you have Porter. Pizza beers would have been Lagers of course rather than Ales, but the same concepts would apply to Lagers.

So my search for the perfect easy to produce, easy drinking 1970’s Pizza Beer continues… !

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Lagunitas ā€œBeast of Both Worldsā€. Supposed to be a hybrid of East and West Coast IPAs. Not a bad IPA. Mildly hopped and sweeter than I expected. It’s a WCIPA with NEIPA hops I’m guessing. I need to look up what those hops are.
Ah...ok. Citra and Mosaic. 8%. 48 IBU.
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Lagunitas ā€œBeast of Both Worldsā€. Supposed to be a hybrid of East and West Coast IPAs. Not a bad IPA. Mildly hopped and sweeter than I expected. It’s a WCIPA with NEIPA hops I’m guessing. I need to look up what those hops are.
Ah...ok. Citra and Mosaic.
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I saw that at the store the other day and almost grabbed it.
 
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