The Bar Towel

atomeyes wrote:drank Jeremy's flanders red yesterday. loved it.

Glad you enjoyed it. This was a fun beer. My first beer with truly wild yeast.

atomeyes wrote:the lack of BJCP styles/guidelines is something i, for one, love.

Me too.

not brewing, but today I bottled my batch number 100 Grisette, and kegged a blood orange saison.

Drinking this:

https://untappd.com/b/barncat-artisan-a ... dle/938849

Over the long weekend:

- Brewed an imperial porter
- Bottled a saison made with Tired Hands Emptiness culture, and aged on Ontario Peaches
- Bottled a beer fermented with multiple strains of brett and aged on passion fruit

I just finished brewing a Saison with blood orange juice and zest.

Just finished brewing a Nelson Sauvin single hop IPA.

That's a good question. I hadn't thought of anything else yet beyond initially a pale ale based either off my honey tangerine or galaxy hop recipes. Off the top of my head... Maybe trying a faux berliner weisse again. Should do well with the flavour. Despite a recommended 11% share of the grain bil...

While I'm impatiently waiting for blood oranges I picked up some honey tangerines and made a very nice honey tangerine pale ale. The fruit is there just enough to notice but not dominate while the hops sneak in at the end. I am very happy with this one. :D I'm looking forward to blood oranges too. ...

jrenihan wrote:Really great news. I hope that Ruination and Sublimely Self-Righteous are not far behind. If they start squeezing in the RIS and Enjoy By I will be extremely happy, but I'm very happy to settle for this as a start!
Ren

Apparently they are discontinuing Sublimely Self-Righteous

In Toronto, sooner rather than later breweries making mediocre products and relying on 'being local' will start to struggle. Especially with the influx of Stone, Sierra Nevada, brewdog, etc. The beers that are apparently coming in from these guys are not world beaters, but are going to draw a lot of...

mgmoney wrote:didnt have the opportunity to enjoy that one...speaking of Nelson Sauvin hops other than Alpine nelson, does anyone know of beers that predominantly use this hop, other than Hop Wired?

Jack's Abby Kiwi Rising is very Nelson heavy and amazing.

What are your guys' thoughts on Hop Shots/Hop Jizz? Is it worth the extra money? I'm assuming you get the right bitterness but do you notice anything improved in the final product? Only good for when you're doing giant IBU beers to cutdown on the organic matter in the kettle? Apparently it gives a ...

Just got this reply:

"I have sad news for you - we are no longer able to sell to home brewers as we are not a retailer."

This is some shit. I usually just go down by myself and grab a few sacks as I need them, but is this going to affect group buys also?

I always get it from this place:

http://www.brewbrothers.biz/Hop-JizzTM

Their shipping is half the cost of Yakima Valley's and to me the 5ml size is most convenient.

Now if anyone knows a good source for cans of hop extract that isn't yakima valley, that would be awesome.