Flying Monkeys Unveil World's Hoppiest Beer...?

JesseM · Post by **JesseM** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:29 am

Nano beer, hoppy hoppy nano beer.

xocoatl · Post by **xocoatl** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:05 am

would be an interesting experiment to brew a recipe several times, at say 100, 500, 1000, 2000 IBU hopping, then do a taste comparison.

bufordsbest · Post by **bufordsbest** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:08 am

i would guess they used a lot of hop extract to get the ibu amount up there so isomerization wouldn't be as much of an issue.

i think it's a fun one off experiment and i'm sure the brewers learned a thing or two while doing it that will benefit the overall product.

peterchiodo · Post by **peterchiodo** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:21 am

bufordsbest wrote:i would guess they used a lot of hop extract to get the ibu amount up there so isomerization wouldn't be as much of an issue.

i think it's a fun one off experiment and i'm sure the brewers learned a thing or two while doing it that will benefit the overall product.

Exactly, we learned lots. We brewed a 3327 IBU IPA (as well) but it didn't make the grade. We tried a few different methods for isomerizing the hops and dealing with the large amout of trub in the kettle (and FV). Things like mash hopping --and hop sparging / vorlaufing. We had four brewers all involved in the experiment adding their input. It was amusing to say the least. The beer came out surprisingly well once it aged for a few months.

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:37 am

15L liters??? In London??? I can't say I'm very excited by this...

Unless someone wants to get a bottle and share it with me, in which case I am very excited

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:03 pm

JerCraigs wrote:15L liters??? In London??? I can't say I'm very excited by this...

Unless someone wants to get a bottle and share it with me, in which case I am very excited

That's tonight Jer. Come on by!

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:24 pm

Ironically I will be driving past London... next week.

cratez · Post by **cratez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:45 pm

SteelbackGuy wrote: Why rain on their parade? It's a fun experiment, and they wanted to do it. So let them have a little fun. At least an Ontario brewer is actually experimenting with stuff like this. I look forward to sampling the beer tomorrow.

This.

JerCraigs wrote: 15L liters??? In London??? I can't say I'm very excited by this...

God forbid Toronto missing out on a single (albeit very special) beer.

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:58 pm

JerCraigs wrote:Ironically I will be driving past London... next week.

Any chance you'll have time for a beer , Jer?

Saison · Post by **Saison** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:59 pm

xocoatl wrote:would be an interesting experiment to brew a recipe several times, at say 100, 500, 1000, 2000 IBU hopping, then do a taste comparison.

That's the ticket. Once you start trying these beers like this, the differences will start to appear...

sprague11 · Post by **sprague11** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:39 pm

I'm happy to see Flying Monkeys finally taking Mr. Hasler's words to heart

eric hasler wrote:This was my email to the 'brewers' when I purchased my first and last case of this mis-nomer...to their credit the did enjoy and get the sense of humour attached to said email...sorry cannot attach the 'Volleyball Song' as it really is not politically correct and is really reall offensive...but funny.

The email was titled..'What a disappointment'

I picked up a 12 of your so-called hoptical illusion,what a mis-nomer...i suggest you go back to bottling water. This was a flavourless swill that is best left to 'people' who enjoy Coors Light' and welfare cheques.

I am a brewer myself and I created an abomination that I christened HopFucker' that would eat your beer(?) for lunch...or as your package states...'doesn't beat you over the head,steal your wallet and jack your car....mine will and does.

May I suggest a marketing ploy for you...take it to the male volleyball league so that after they have finished princing and prancing and oggling one anothers 'junk' they could have one of your un-hoppy disasters..

I have enclosed a copy of the 'volleyball song' so you could use it as a jingle for the advertisement.

ps:what a waste of $24 and mis-leading advertisement.

Regards

Eric

JesseM · Post by **JesseM** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:46 pm

sprague11 wrote:I'm happy to see Flying Monkeys finally taking Mr. Hasler's words to heart

eric hasler wrote:This was my email to the 'brewers' when I purchased my first and last case of this mis-nomer...to their credit the did enjoy and get the sense of humour attached to said email...sorry cannot attach the 'Volleyball Song' as it really is not politically correct and is really reall offensive...but funny.

The email was titled..'What a disappointment'

I picked up a 12 of your so-called hoptical illusion,what a mis-nomer...i suggest you go back to bottling water. This was a flavourless swill that is best left to 'people' who enjoy Coors Light' and welfare cheques.

I am a brewer myself and I created an abomination that I christened HopFucker' that would eat your beer(?) for lunch...or as your package states...'doesn't beat you over the head,steal your wallet and jack your car....mine will and does.

May I suggest a marketing ploy for you...take it to the male volleyball league so that after they have finished princing and prancing and oggling one anothers 'junk' they could have one of your un-hoppy disasters..

I have enclosed a copy of the 'volleyball song' so you could use it as a jingle for the advertisement.

ps:what a waste of $24 and mis-leading advertisement.

Regards

Eric

This reminds me of that creepy, socially inept loser that had all those youtube videos about how much Ontario craft beer sucks and what not ("comes with off flavours, right out of the can!") Who the f*** was that guy? I completely forget and can't find the stuff on youtube.

Saison · Post by **Saison** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:23 pm

take some advice

I wish he was still doing shows, at least he was funny...

phirleh · Post by **phirleh** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:23 pm

JesseM wrote:This reminds me of that creepy, socially inept loser that had all those youtube videos about how much Ontario craft beer sucks and what not ("comes with off flavours, right out of the can!") Who the f*** was that guy? I completely forget and can't find the stuff on youtube.

TSA - takesomeadvice

Was that the dude? He of the frosty drinking glasses and the hate-on for Hoptical Illusion?

JesseM · Post by **JesseM** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:25 pm

Yup that's him. Thanks for the info/link. I thought he was funny too, just not in the ha-ha kind of way.