Kolek planning to go pro
I was back in the Great State of Wisconsin over Christmas and was driving to Green Bay to visit with friends when we pulled over in Neenah to visit Lion's Tail Brewing http://lionstailbrewing.com/They were sadly out of the Belgian trappist ale at the moment.
FYI, there are a limited number of trappist breweries in the world. The term "trappist" is a specific certification that only 7 breweries have. Their beer really should be called "Abbey style".
I admit, I looked around the brew kettles and saw absolutely zero monks hanging around back there.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
Don't have time to go through 72 pages so quickly, when cannonball running from MN back to IL, what do I bring back (i.e. what's a must-have craft/micro sold in stores in MN that's not available in IL)?GrainBelte.g. Surly doesn't count because I can get that at Binnys.
Don't have time to go through 72 pages so quickly, when cannonball running from MN back to IL, what do I bring back (i.e. what's a must-have craft/micro sold in stores in MN that's not available in IL)?e.g. Surly doesn't count because I can get that at Binnys.
go to Iowa for the really good Toppling Goliath.
This. If you like IPA's you should get some from TG.
Dangerous Man brewing is fantastic in Minn. I know it is out of season tastewise but their Peanut butter porter is something special. Their other beers are all good too.
My favorites in Minny:--Steel Toe Brewing in St. Louis Park, MN. Very good IPA (Size 7) --LTD Brewing in Hopkins, MN. Great selection of beer and a better ambiance than the above--Inbound Brew Co. in the North Loop (Minneapolis, MN). Dog allowed inside, great selection and food trucks every day--Able in Northeast (Minneapolis, MN). Very cool space, great IPA and dogs allowed. --Clockwerks Brewing downtown (Minneapolis, MN). New and I've only been a handful of times, but the beer is great. They reserve a tap for a rotating local homebrew recipe.
Brewing up a NEDIPA... hope it turns out alright.
New England IPA?
Few questions:What was your grain bill? Yeast strain? Using hop powder?
Mostly UK Pale Ale almost 13lbs.4oz caravienne4oz Torrified WheatSo yeah the grain bill is pretty boring. I'm not sure why I even bothered adding the caravienne and torrified wheat... since 4 oz???... Used both American Ale Wyeast 1056 and American Ale II Wyeast 1272... this is because the local brew store was out of the London 3 Wyeast 1318.currently fermenting like crazy even though its in a 63F basement... 70F on its own.I did not use hop powder, I have a ton of varieties of hops in this thing... Chinook mostly (out of Simcoe, so I am making do), Centennial, Cascade, Columbus (SUPER INTERESTING HOP), Mandarina Bavaria, Citra... Some added at knockout, then 30 min steep, and another 30 min steep... plus there will be two seperate dry hop additions... OG was a tad low around 1.064... so the ABV shouldn't be as high as I wanted (in fact, I probably shouldn't call it a DIPA at all), but its homebrew and that is what I expect to happen.Calling this a NEDIPA may be a bit of a stretch, but it will be interesting.