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The Friday Question

Today was a special day in the brewery, the 19th anniversary of the very first Oliver’s brew day … let me say that again … NINETEEN years of Oliver Ales! I don’t know about you but I think that that is pretty amazing! That’s a lot of pints right there. I have had the honor of brewing Oliver Ales for the last 12 years (yeah, so my back hurts) so of course I couldn’t let this day pass without brewing something special to celebrate. “19″ is a big stout … if all goes well in fermentation it should weigh in at about 8.5% abv and I’m thinking about cold conditioning it with whole coffee beans (from our favorite local roaster Zeke’s of course). It will probably be released at the end of February. We’ll be doing some more bourbon barrel aging next week, this time Hot Monkey Love will be destined for the barrels which we’ll age for about 3 months.Yum!

So, last time out I asked how many different beers we brewed in 2011 for a growler of Oliver Ales and a bottle of the super rare BrewDog “Sunk Punk” (saw one at $50 on ebay earlier).  It was a close run thing but only one can win and this time out it was Mr. Chris Sollitto with his guess of 40. The actual number was 39 by the way. Congratulations Chris.

This week I’ll keep you guessing numbers by asking how many pounds of grain total did we use in this weeks brews? We brewed four times, the first of which was a Blonde Ale, with a fairly low grain bill ( OG 1.043, 305lbs, to get you started) finishing with “19″ which had a massive grain bill (OG 1.080). Whoever gets closest will win something very special. I figure that as we’re celebrating the past, I’ll offer up something vintage so a bottle of Thomas Hardy’s Ale 1990 is up for grabs as well, of course, as a growler of Oliver Ale. I have to admit that I haven’t tried this vintage yet so I make no claims as to how it’s held up. As always, post your answer via the comment option and have a great weekend!

Win me!

25 Responses to “The Friday Question”

  1. Scott Posted at 7:08 pm on January 27th, 2012

    2350 lbs

  2. Anne Posted at 7:15 pm on January 27th, 2012

    1850 lbs

  3. Otto Posted at 8:01 pm on January 27th, 2012

    2005 lbs

  4. Mbatley Posted at 8:07 pm on January 27th, 2012

    1752 lbs

  5. Alexander D. Mitchell IV Posted at 8:16 pm on January 27th, 2012

    1902 lbs.

  6. JayZeis Posted at 8:18 pm on January 27th, 2012

    2037 lbs.

  7. justin Posted at 8:32 pm on January 27th, 2012

    1678 lbs

  8. Nate Posted at 8:38 pm on January 27th, 2012

    2110 lbs.

  9. Dave Posted at 9:07 pm on January 27th, 2012

    1425 lbs.

  10. Jakeclifford Posted at 9:33 pm on January 27th, 2012

    1875

  11. BK Posted at 10:33 pm on January 27th, 2012

    1812

  12. Scott B. Posted at 5:54 am on January 28th, 2012

    2227

  13. DaveG Posted at 6:47 am on January 30th, 2012

    1785

  14. Mike Posted at 7:26 am on January 30th, 2012

    1780

  15. Shawn D Posted at 9:02 am on January 30th, 2012

    2130

  16. Jason Fellon Posted at 5:56 pm on January 30th, 2012

    1974

  17. Nick Posted at 6:10 pm on January 30th, 2012

    1950

  18. Dan Posted at 6:39 pm on January 30th, 2012

    1915

  19. BillS Posted at 8:18 pm on January 30th, 2012

    1650

  20. HDThrasher Posted at 10:08 pm on January 30th, 2012

    1500

  21. Andy Posted at 3:43 am on January 31st, 2012

    2351

  22. Scott S Posted at 7:17 am on February 3rd, 2012

    1970

  23. Kyle Posted at 8:42 am on February 3rd, 2012

    2156

  24. Jake Posted at 2:28 pm on February 5th, 2012

    1389

  25. Volker Posted at 3:39 pm on February 5th, 2012

    1996 lbs?

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