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Hey Guys, Sorry I am so late in responding— but it has been a zoo around here. In response to the recipe…..I promise there has been no change to the recipe for over a year--and "no" I am not calling anyone a liar either. I'm not sure if the date on the bottles has anything to do with it as...

Peter, I think this beer is great. I am curious about the 160 IBUs. Can you indicate how many pounds of leaf hops per 36 Imperial gallons of beer that is? Strong ales in the 1800's might have used 5-7 lbs per barrel, perhaps more in some cases. Of course, alpha acid content might have been lower th...

Hey Guys, Thanks for the comments on batch #1 of SuperCollider. The beer is a bit of an anomaly. We had the abv tested before packaging and it was 12.4 % (we calculated it at 12.3%). When it came back from the lab after filtering and packaging the abv was 10.5. WTF. We finally figured out the source...

Perhaps it's just a matter of them changing their brand to be in line with the American style of brewing. It strikes me as disingenuous. Are they trying to craft good beer? It just appears to be a company recognizing an under served market and trying to cater to it. And because of the lack of compe...

phat matt wrote:Had this again side by side with a smashbomb. Smashbomb truly is the best ipa in ontario ever. Puts anything else to shame. Loving it.

Thanks Matt!

Had this again side by side with a smashbomb. Smashbomb truly is the best ipa in ontario ever. Puts anything else to shame. Loving it. Be better if they didn't lower it to 6%. kinda weak, good taste though. This thing needs it 7% back imo. Yeah, we see your point (we lowered it after the very first...

Like the title says! Nice time to load up for the rest of the summer if you collect airmiles and drink Flying Monkeys and your LCBOs actually have consistent stock. I noticed the 4 miles too when I was buying it at the LCBO to take to a BBQ (because like idiots we shipped all of our stock to the LC...

hidk wrote:Thanks for the replies which all made sense. Congratulations FM Brewery on finally getting this beer on LCBO shelves and I look forward to drinking lots more of it. Cheers.

Thanks dude!

Streets wrote:Yes, it's in open sixers.

Good luck and let me know the results!

I think those bottles have also been sitting in a warehouse for about a month, which could explain the muted citrus. I actually had a bottle last weekend that was part of a case I'd picked up on Canada Day weekend, and I found the citrus to be less evident than when I first picked them up. Bottling...

Oh the large Hadron Collider...it really is a testament to mankind's pursuit of knowledge. I think its awesome to have a beer be inspired by it. Peter, you really should incorporate that into your zany packaging. That would truly be epic ;) It is funny but we looked ata few of those pictures for ar...

Is this beer endorsed by Radiohead? While I love Radiohead, it wasn't the inspiration. A few months ago I was reading an article about a supercollider in France and thought it would be a cool name for a beer.....there you go. Is this part of the next LCBO brewery feature (September?) that is suppos...

SuperCollider DIPA 12.4%ABV 160IBUs: coming to an LCBO theatre near you! Is this beer endorsed by Radiohead? While I love Radiohead / supercollider, it wasn't the inspiration for the beer. A few months ago I was reading an article about a supercollider in France and thought it would be a cool name ...

ErkLR wrote:IIRC, the pints I've had at Gambrinus here in London were cloudy. I just figured there were so many hops added, that some protein precipitated out of solution as suggested above.

This batch of smashbomb was filtered at 50% the usual filter rate.

ErkLR wrote:

SteelbackGuy wrote:

ErkLR wrote: Gah, sadly that is not local to London.

But you tried it at the Meet and Greet, right?

Nope, never got out to that. :

It will likely be released on tap to 5 or 6 micro-supportive restaurants the day it is released to the LCBO (SR approval the label last week).