Birth of a Beer...

[tshile]

Really? I thought you had to grow them like a vine and they get up to 20 feet?

 

[Boone]

They are like vines - when I said 'easy' I meant that they are grown from rhizomes and are perennial - they don't require much care.

 

[Boone]

I assume you use hop flowers for that Mike, vs. pellets? Sounds amazing... I am not a hop head, but I do enjoy a really intense IPA now and then.

 

[Neophyte]

I've thought about doing my own hops as well, Boone. I'm afraid our climate in Dallas is just too hot for it but I might try it anyway. Maybe something kinda neutral that I used in several different brews like Willamette.

 

[tshile]

Mission accomplished. Things went so much smoother. Only issue this time is I decided to drink and picked up a strong ipa, drank beer while making beer, and am now I am a cheap date. Whoops.

 

[Boone]

That was probably your problem the first go-round. You can't make beer without drinking beer.

Man law.

 

[tshile]

That's what I've been telling my wife! She just shook her head

 

[Neophyte]

That was probably your problem the first go-round. You can't make beer without drinking beer.

Man law.

True dis is.

 

[Lanky Livingston]

Our local craft-beer bar, which has already received national acclaim is having its 1-year anniversary this weekend. The owner, a self-acclaimed "beer hoarder" is breaking out 26 special kegs for the event...which I will miss b/c I'm out of town for a wedding. FML! Check out this beer list!

Sixpoint Brewery 3Beans
Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA 2012
Dogfish Head Midas Touch
Dogfish Head Noble Rot
Great Divide Old Ruffian Barley Wine
Stone Vertical Epic 08.08.08
Stone Vertical Epic 10.10.10
Stone Vertical Epic 11.11.11
Stone Saison Du BUFF
Jester King RU-55 (Cask)
Jester King El Cedro
Real Ale Scots Gone Wild
Karbach Bourbon Barrel Aged Hellfighter 2012 (Batch #1)
Brooklyn Monster Ale 2008
Real Ale The Highlander 2012
Avery The Kaiser 2012
Harpoon Leviathan Quad 2011
Karbach Bourbon Barrel Aged Rodeo Clown (Cask)
Karbach Wine Barrel Aged Pumpkin (Cask)
Unibroue Trois Pistoles 2011
Sierra Nevada Ovila Quad With Sugar Plums
Victory Helios Ale
Great Divide Espresso Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout
Real Ale Empire 2012
Harpoon Leviathan Czernobog
Southern Star Bourbon Barrel Aged Buried Hatchet 2010 (The WORLD’S VERY LAST BARREL of Batch #1.)

This might even warrant a trip down from Dallas, Neo!


EDIT: Nvm, I'm a moron - it was in February. D'oh!

 

[tshile]

and............ now i'm buying a kegerator.

there is just no end to this hobby

 

[Neophyte]

So much no end, t, that later on in life when you build a house, you might just add a three car garage when you only have two cars just so you have space to brew. Not that I am speaking from experience or anything.

 

[tshile]

Hah.
Just picked up ingredients for a vanilla porter. Going to let this one age for a bit while I drink the others

 

[McD5]

I just ran across a crazy beer at a local pub, called World of Beer.

DogFish Head 120. The alcohol content is insane. Even more than other extreme beers like Samichlaus.

I recommend it....but wouldn't drink more than two in a row.

 

[Boone]

tshile - have you tried your first batch yet?

 

[HOF44]

If you get a chance to try this beer get it, it comes in 750ml bottles.

 

[tshile]

tshile - have you tried your first batch yet?

it's not ready. i got caught up on some things and bottled it on Wednesday.

the porter went really well, getting the hang of this. it smelled delicious going into the fermenter.

 

[#98QBKiller]

I just ran across a crazy beer at a local pub, called World of Beer.

DogFish Head 120. The alcohol content is insane. Even more than other extreme beers like Samichlaus.

I recommend it....but wouldn't drink more than two in a row.

Not sure if you've ever had their other beers but the Dogfish Head 60 minute is their staple beer and IMO, it's one of the best widely-available IPAs out there. Next time you make it to the DC area hit one of their Alehouses where they have a ton of great DFH brews on tap.

 

[Lanky Livingston]

I just ran across a crazy beer at a local pub, called World of Beer.

DogFish Head 120. The alcohol content is insane. Even more than other extreme beers like Samichlaus.

I recommend it....but wouldn't drink more than two in a row.

Not sure if you've ever had their other beers but the Dogfish Head 60 minute is their staple beer and IMO, it's one of the best widely-available IPAs out there. Next time you make it to the DC area hit one of their Alehouses where they have a ton of great DFH brews on tap.

The 90-minute Imperial is my favorite beer of all time; its perfection. They also have a 75-minute, which is just a blend of the 60-minute and 90-minute, which is also very good. The 90 & 75 are not that widely available though, you have to go to specialty stores for the most part. Whole Foods and stores of that ilk will often have the 90-minute.

The 120 was surprisingly sweet - tasted like I was drinking syrup!

 

[Lanky Livingston]

Its really a barleywine which is why its sweet

Green flash is going to invade with west coast style ipas soon
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What is the differentiation between a regular beer and a barleywine, just ABV? Or is there another specification? Its made like an IPA (EDIT: referring to the 120-minute here), just hopped for much longer than most anything else.

 

[Boone]

I'm not sure of the technical requirements to be classified as a 'barley wine' but , yeah. generally it's a highly alcoholic 'big beer' that is aged for anywhere from 6 months to several years with complex favors that evolve over time.