Jazzafish
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Forgive me if this has been covered, my brief search didn't find anything here.
I was just looking over the the Pelican Brewery's website and when looking at the list of Seasonal Brews I found this beer:
The interesting thing is that they used a Mash Tun as a Hop Back
Leaving the whole wet hopping debate aside... has anyone used their mash tun as a hop back?
I'm kinda inspired!
Cheers,
Jarrad
I was just looking over the the Pelican Brewery's website and when looking at the list of Seasonal Brews I found this beer:
Elemental Ale - (back this fall)
This special, once a year beer is produced with 420 pounds of freshly picked, "wet" Sterling hops from Goschie Farms in Silverton, OR. The hops were only 3 hours from the vine when they went into the kettle. The mash tun was also used as a hop back, holding 300 pounds of hops!!! This beer features a huge floral, spicy, grassy aroma with a firm malt background and a huge, snappy hop finish. Produced using one malt, one hop variety, one yeast and pure coastal water, this is truly an elemental beer.
This years version of Elemental Ale was inspired by Nigel Tufnel and his amp that goes to eleven, and to celebrate Head Brewer Darron Welch's eleven years of brewing at the Pelican Pub & Brewery (Check out pictures of the brewing session!!!)
Ingredients:
2 Row malt
Fresh picked Sterling
hops from Goschie Farms
Pure local water
Pure ale yeast
Brewing Specifications :
12.9 degree Plato
Alcohol: 5.7% by volume
Bitterness: 111.11 IBU
The interesting thing is that they used a Mash Tun as a Hop Back
Leaving the whole wet hopping debate aside... has anyone used their mash tun as a hop back?
I'm kinda inspired!
Cheers,
Jarrad