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Mess of a Pale - WC IPA (Idaho 7 / Simcoe / Mosaic) (American IPA 21A)
A West Coast IPA with Simcoe, Idaho 7, Mosaic and Chinook hops.
West Coast Pilsner (German Pils 5D) - Tasting
A “West Coast” Pilsner with Mosaic and HBC 586 hops.
Mosaic/Galaxy/Strata West Coast IPA (Normal Chaos) (American IPA 21A) - Tasting
A West Coast IPA with Mosaic, Galaxy and Strata hops.
German Pils w/ Hallertau Blanc (Gizmodo Pils) (German Pils 5D) - Tasting
A “modern” German-style Pilsner. Brewed with 100% new-school German Hallertau Blanc hops.
Solera Project: Base (2016) (American Wild Ale 28) - Tasting
The base beer was originally brewed in 2013 as a Belgian Blonde Ale. We then aged the beer in a freshly emptied 65 Gallon Chardonnay barrel for 1 year. We inoculated the barrel with some bugs from Wyeast and some dregs from some of our favorite Russian River sour beers. In 2016 (3 years after entering the barrel) we bottled up just the base beer without any fruit. 7 years later I decided to see how this is developing in the bottle.
Surfing Gizzy West Coast IPA (American IPA 21A) - Tasting
This West Coast IPA uses a hop combination of Enigma, Citra, Mosaic and Nelson Sauvin along with my normal malt bill of ~75% Pilsner and ~25% Pale Malt.
Simcoe / Citra West Coast IPA (Kool Aid Kitty) (American IPA 21A) - Tasting
This West Coast IPA uses the classic Citra / Simcoe hop combination along with my normal malt bill of ~75% Pilsner and ~25% Pale Malt.
Dunkles Bock (2nd Luft) (Dunkles Bock 6C) - Tasting
For Winter time, I generally brew a darker and slightly stronger beer. This year I wanted to switch it up and brew a stronger lager, since I normally do stouts. After researching some styles I settled on one that I wasn’t familiar with, the Dunkles Bock.
HBC 586 / McKenzie West Coast IPA (American IPA 21A) - Tasting
Kiwi Pils v4 (New Zealand Pilsner) - Tasting
Every summer I brew up a new batch of one of my favorite styles of lagers, the New Zealand Pilsner. This is my fourth version that uses exclusively 100% Nelson Sauvin hops.