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- Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:46 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: What're you drinking right now?
- Replies: 16950
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Mill St. Barley Wine 2008. This is a superb interpretation of a strong English stock beer style, probably very close to the old October beers of the English countryside. It is very well-knit and while upwards of a year old shows no sign of wear (no signs of oxidation or excess acidity) but offers go...
- Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:05 pm
- Forum: Good Pubs, Brewpubs & Beer Bars
- Topic: Bow and Arrow - closed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7191
- Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:10 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: IBUs and Pounds per Barrel of Hops
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15834
- Sat Feb 14, 2009 4:25 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: IBUs and Pounds per Barrel of Hops
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15834
From my reading, there is a distinction between ale sold for quick consumption, which would be little hopped; porter sold for ditto, which was ditto; and beers (ale, porter or other) stored to be served months hence or longer, which were more alcoholic, hoppier, and dryer due to periodic ferments in...
- Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:29 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: IBUs and Pounds per Barrel of Hops
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15834
- Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:55 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: IBUs and Pounds per Barrel of Hops
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15834
Thanks for that information on Fuller's Chiswick Bitter. One and half pounds per barrel (I'll assume they use whole flowers) is about the average which I've read was typical starting from about 1900. It sounds similar to the low end of hopping for pale ales in the 1800's, and perhaps became the norm...
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:18 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: IBUs and Pounds per Barrel of Hops
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15834
All good points, but the old timers used both bittering and aroma hopping in the kettle (i.e., apart from dry-hopping). There are lots of statements that hops should not be long-boiled where it is desired to impart more the aroma of hops than their bitterness. This was done especially for ales. Just...
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:47 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: IBUs and Pounds per Barrel of Hops
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15834
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:45 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: IBUs and Pounds per Barrel of Hops
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15834
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:39 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: IBUs and Pounds per Barrel of Hops
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15834
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:41 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: IBUs and Pounds per Barrel of Hops
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15834
But still, can any commercial brewers here state approximately what is used - not pellets but normal bagged hops - per barrel (or 36 gallons) of finished beer, if not for their own beers, then as an industry yardstick? That would give some idea of the range in relation to pale ales in the 1800's (wh...
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:59 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: IBUs and Pounds per Barrel of Hops
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15834
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:29 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: IBUs and Pounds per Barrel of Hops
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15834
Okay thanks, that is helpful, so this would suggest around 100 IBUs per English barrel, which is quite astonishing. 1060 would be about right for many IPAs then (and now). Not sure how lupulin and the aa's have changed but I would discount this because we are going more (I'd suggest) for a general i...
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:45 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: IBUs and Pounds per Barrel of Hops
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15834
IBUs and Pounds per Barrel of Hops
In continuing my readings on historical beers, I've read that pale ales and IPAs in the 1800's used between 2-6 pounds hops per barrel, a barrel being 36 gallons. The lower end was for pale ales and "domestic" IPA, the higher end for beers intended for export to India or for long keeping. ...
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 6:36 am
- Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
- Topic: Mill St. Tripel
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11953
I just tried this at beerbistro. An excellent beer, with that strong Belgian yeasty note that does characterise certain tripels and also some golden ales (Duvel kept coming to mind, also Affligem). I don't get any connection to a gueuze style though. By the way, the English beer Speckled Hen has to ...