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| NB Biere de Mars | RR Pliny the Elder, Redemption, Damnation | CS Surette | CS WWB Yellow | RR Consecration, Temptation , Supplication | NB Frambozen | Avery Dihos Dactylion | TP Ghost Face Killah |
I put together another beer trade with a guy in Denver. Man they can get some great beers in that market. Russian River beers are expensive but they are doing things right....but $13 for a 375ml bottle. Whoa. That's highway robbery. Not sure if it is possible, but if I ever start a brewery and make sour beers I'm gonna find a way to make them more affordable. They do have consistently amazing sours beer brands which is no small feat. Also, they make arguably the best DIPA in the world Pliny the Elder. Oh yeah...I got one freshly brewed on February 2nd! I also got my hands on some Crooked Stave which is brewed by Chad Y of the Brettanomyces Project. Word on the streets is that he typically uses a mix of Brett strains for his beers and leans towards the more fruity varieties of Brett. I'd imagine that means Brett C., Brett Drie, and whatever else he's cultures. I also got my hands on some New Belgium Frambozen, and Biere de Mars which my guy in Denver hooked me up with as extras. Whoa...that's generous.
I'm really interested in 1 gallon experiments as of lately with the idea of then culturing, or saving the yeast produced from dregs of commercial beers in 1 gallon experiment batch's. I'll eventually take the saved yeast cakes from these experiments and make larger batch's with them.
It's tough experimenting with sour beer like it is with clean beers because they take so long to age. This is why I've started doing lots of smaller split batch's and 1 gallon batch's. This way I'll have a huge variety...eventually. I love it! I have something like 44 gallons of Sour or Brett beer aging in my house. At some point some of that beer is gonna make it into bottles! I'm actually thinking about using one or two of my 5 gallon kegs for funk and sour beers. Oh boy...what have I got myself into?
"Not sure if it is possible, but if I ever start a brewery and make sour beers I'm gonna find a way to make them more affordable."
ReplyDeletelol. good luck with that.
I'm jealous of your haul. I'm going to need to start doing that trading stuff.
ReplyDeleteAnd 44 gallons of FUNK is great. You got me beat, I only have about 30 (4-5gal, 10-1gal).
Ethin...
ReplyDeleteDon't hate...son.
Jeff...It's my second trade but both of them have been with this same dude. I love it...and we've made some very good and fair trades. But, it's a lot of work and expensive. I'm lucky that I have Surly Darkness and New Glarus available to me otherwise I'd be shit out of luck with nothing to trade! You wanna trade some Grainbelt Premium...not exactly trade worthy.
Good stuff! The Brett's I've cultured up and use are all geared to be on the fruity side. Interesting enough none are Brett claussenii all of them are Brett brux. As for the strains there is a little of the Drie in the yellow as well as some orval and then Brettanomyces custersianus and our house Brett brux which is very citrusy. The dregs in the yellow are pretty fresh.. Culture them up and use them in your next batch!
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Chad
Just out of curiosity, what did you send in return?
ReplyDeleteYo Chad...good lookin out! Can't wait to try your beers. I may have to have my guy send me some more CS's so that I can taste them now and then cellar a few. I'll probably make a saison recipe and split it half with Surette, and half with the WWB Yellow dregs. Keep pushin it man! I'd love to see something from you about the different flavor profiles of the bretts you've cultured. I know there are lots of factors and it's subjective, but that's what I'm most interested in. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteJim...Surly Darkness 2011, 2010, Surly 5, a few fresh Surly Abrasive, some fresh Bells Hop Slam and the Oarsman(berliner weiss), New Glarus Cranbic - Imperial Saison - Cherry Stout, SN Bigfoot 10 & 11 (finished off his vertical). a few extras past that. It was a pretty solid trade!
That's an excellent line-up...not sure which of you I'm more jealous of!
DeleteWe felt it was a fair trade. I'm lucky to have cellared a bunch of cool New Glarus R&D beers.
DeleteNick we may need to do a swap for some abrasive and darkness I've been eyeing those for awhile. Maybe for some St. Somewhere and Cigar City? - The Cuz Max
ReplyDeleteYo Maximus I'm down with that fo sho. I've had a St. Somewhere Lectio Devino and it was fantastic! Never had a Cigar City, but i've heard really good things.
ReplyDeleteHow's your DIPA, and Tripel turn out? Is that batch 1 and 2?
Yes sir, my first two brews, super psyched!! I'm going to crack open my IPA on Friday to give it a taste. My Tripel has a few weeks longer with secondary and then bottling. Also, my brew buddy, Thomas, said the Tripel taste really good so i got more to look forward to.
DeleteNice beer selection BTW, Pliny?!?!?! Nice. How was the Ghost Face Killah? and what was your favorite?