Hello,
Well I wanted to let everyone know that the first Hop Harvest I has gone by the way side. We brought on a new fall beer for you all though. Our Pumpkin ale is pouring now. This beer has 200 lbs (in a double batch) of organic pumpkin that we add to the mash tun. The Pumpkins are from a local farmer and are a mixture of Dickenson and Cinderella pumpkins. The Cinderella’s look like the pumpkin carriage in the movie, hence the name. We hand shredding them and spread them out though out the mashing process. The color of this beer is amazing! We added some pumpkin pie spices, but not too much, to the boil with a light kiss of hops makes this beer delicious. We are truly in fall now.
To answer a few questions:
Mutual Fund Guru: We didn't participate in the Tettnang sale by the BBC. Mostly because we don’t use Tet in anything, and secondly for an interesting German flavoring hop we are playing with the new variety called Saphire. Imperial Pils? We will have to see. Also too bad to see that you are cutting back your visits here. I was hoping to get some investment advise from you since you are a Guru on the subject :)
David: The hostess, Rachel, that you spoke to when you were here is actually my girlfriend. (Sorry ladies I am spoken for!) But I am glad that you heeded her advise to contact me via the blog. Your request for a Belgian Style Triple Bock had Tod, Zack and myself scratching our noggin's this morning. First off Triple Bock is a trademark BBC (Sam Adams) product, aka not even a real style. Secondly a Bock is a German style beer. Though a Belgian yeast strain in a Bock beer would be interesting. But I think it would turn out to be a Belgian dark strong beer when it finished out. Those Belgian yeast strains kick of crazy esters and German beers are all about the clean finish of the beer. Most importantly so we don’t get sued, we have never or never will make a triple bock of any type. The BBC has great lawyers!
On the Smoked Dunkelwiezen, this years is going to be delicious. We added a kiss of smoke to the malt by house smoking 50lbs of malt with lilac wood. Milled it in to a malt profile of crystal and dark wheat malts along with some German pils and 2row. Making the finished beer a nicely "dark wheat" beer (aka "Dunkelwiezen" in German). It is still in fermentation most likely going to be finished this afternoon and dropped in temperature to start the maturation process. Don’t you worry though, it is going to be worth the wait.
Cheers,
Tyler
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Hey, I'm always willing to help you out Tyler, you guys have been good to me. I'm more than happy to lend a hand with allocating your 401k or any other investments you may have. Feel free to send me an e-mail (I assume the comment section lets you see my e-mail).
ReplyDeleteAnd I can't wait to try the Pumpkin ale (hopefully it's better than Pumpkinhead!), but will probably have to wait until tomorrow though. Tuesday is soccer night.
So, had the Pumpkin Ale tonight. First two sips, delicious. Love the pumpkin and spice flavor, very hearty and autumnal. However, after the first couple of sips, the pumpkin/spice fades. About halfway through, I was actually taking smaller sips to try to get the essence of what I tasted at the beginning of the pint. It just disappeared. Even minus the pumpkin/spice characteristics, the ale was very tasty and hearty and actually quite good on its own. And you're right, the color is pretty damn cool.
ReplyDeleteThen I had a milk stout, still one of my favorite beers that you guys put out. So sweet and smooth. Just awesome.
The milk stout is great. I really loved it, but I have to admit I also added some espresso to one. Dam that was good
ReplyDelete(Hinting for a coffee stout)
Well your palate naturally adjusts to any flavor when you are eating or drinking anything. Similar to drinking an IPA. The first few sips would be really bitter but as your palate gets accustom to the bitterness that is when all the other interesting hop flavors come to the front. So that is why you are only getting the spiciness in the first few sips. But that is the greatness of our pumpkin that you are not drinking pumpkin pie. You have the spicy flavors that come out in the beginning then it turns to a easy drinking beer after that.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Tyler
Tyler - What did you guys enter at GABF this year? I didn't see you guys or Smuttynose among the medalists this year.
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