Posts Tagged ‘jacob’s summer celebration’
The Friday Question
Friday, August 13th, 2010
Firstly thanks to all those who tried Jacob’s Summer Celebration at Max’s last night. Obviously I haven’t been out and about much recently so it was great to see everyone. Cheers! Here’s a pic. that I stole from @CDoubleIPA’s tweet ….
Jacob's Summer Celebration dry hopped with Liberty
If you haven’t already seen the beer list for Max’s Rare & Obscure event over the next few days I urge you to get over there … it’s beer geek heaven!
You may have seen news that DC beer week is almost here … check out DCBeer.com for updates. There are a lot of cool events happening and of course we’ll be involved in some of them. We’ll be at The Big Hunt on Monday 8/23 with 3 firkins of 3 Lions (French Oak/Dry Hopped/Cacao Nibs), Meridian Pint on Tuesday 8/24 with a selection of casks and drafts, Kramerbooks on 8/27 (subject to confirmation) and RFD on Saturday 8/28 with a cask of Jacob’s Summer Celebration with American Oak. There’ll be glassware giveaways at the events so if you’re in the area come on by and say hello and grab a beer.
On to the Friday Question … last week I asked how many pounds of hops we’d used in the previous weeks 4 brews. There was a good spread of answers but closest was Nick with his guess of 32 lbs … the actual amount was 30lbs. Congratulations Nick you win a growler of Oliver Ale of your choice and a bottle of something nice (as soon as I get to the Wine Source to buy it!) This weeks prize is provided by the amazing generosity of former Friday Question winner DaveG who donated this ….
Trust me ... you want this!
yeah … that’s right … 2006 … Nice! I’ve never tried this beer (so feel free to not try to win it so that I can drink it) but it gets an A rating on Beer Advocate. Again, thanks Dave. The question is this … next year Oliver Breweries will celebrate it’s 18th year of brewing (holy crap, I just realised that I’ve been here for more than half of that, no wonder my back hurts so much!) so what I want to know is on what date was the first batch brewed?
Don’t forget, today is Friday The Firkteenth @ T-Bonz and will feature casks of Old Habit, Bishop’s Breakfast with Coffee and Jacob’s Summer Celebration amongst others.
Cheers
Steve
Beer Release
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Psst … have you heard the news? My Dad made a beer to celebrate my birth. Cool,eh? It’s 8.8% abv because I weighed 8lb 13oz when I was born and Dad used 8lb13oz of bittering hops and (you’ll spot a theme here) 8lb 13oz of finishing hops. Dad’s English but Mom’s American and guess what … I was born on July 4th so Dad used half American hops and half English hops! Guess what? It gets it’s local release at Max’s Taphouse tomorrow, on draft and cask dry hopped with Liberty. Mom says I’m too young to go to Max’s, she says I have to be 21 … seriously …21?! Oh well, Dad says he’ll be there at 6pm if I let him (and Mom gets out of work in time to look after me) and check this out, he hasn’t even tried the finished beer yet so he’s pretty excited. He hopes you’ll come and try it with him.
The Friday Question
Friday, July 16th, 2010
Last night’s Brew At The National Zoo proved to be an excellent event despite the heat and humidity. The beer festival was excellently organised and had something for everyone in terms of beer, plenty of great craft beer as well as the generic big brands, as well as great food and live entertainment. I look forward to this being a regular event in our festival calendar and, of course, it’s for a great cause. Thanks to everybody who stopped by to sample Oliver Ales, we “sold out” 15 minutes before the end of the event!
Mike, our DC sales rep serves some Oliver Ale @ Brew At The National Zoo
Today I’m brewing our latest seasonal offering, Golden Glory. It’s a golden wheat ale (40% of the grain bill by weight is wheat) brewed with root ginger (chopped and suspended in the boiling wort) and I’m trying out the Liberty hops I bought for Jacob’s Summer Celebration as the finishing hop. Speaking of little Jacob’s brew, it’s fermenting nicely. I can’t wait to get this on tap, especially on cask, which will be dry hopped with Liberty and maybe Chinook also. I’ll be filling about 6 firkins so expect to see it at a few of your fave purveyors of cask conditioned ale.
O.K., onto the Friday Question. As I haven’t had any responses to “what’s in the fridge” (see earlier post), I’m going to offer up a couple of bottles from our stash, namely Fuller’s Vintage Ale (’08) and Stone Double Bastard (also ’08) AND a growler of Jacob’s Summer Celebration (when it’s released next month). Staying on the theme of Jacob, the question is this …. next Wednesday the little man will have his scheduled doctor’s check-up … at that time, how much will he weigh? As usual, post your answer via the comment option below …. the winner will be posted next Friday. Good luck.
Cheers
Steve
Jacob’s Summer Celebration Ale
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
Hey Dad, breast is best but what about a kick-ass strong ale?
Today’s the day … little Jakey is a little over a week old and I’m brewing the ale that will celebrate his birth (wet the baby’s head as we say). It’s going to be a big beer. Jacob weighed 8.8lbs at birth so I’ll be aiming for 8.8% abv. I’m also using his birth weight to determine the amount of hops used in the brew … 8lb 13 oz didn’t seem enough so I’ll be using 8lb 13oz of pellet hops in the kettle and 8lb 130z of leaf hop split between the hop percolator and dry hopping in tank. The hops used will be split between American and English varieties to reflect his English and American parentage and of course because he was born on July 4th! As another tribute to Jacob’s ironic birth date I’ll be using Liberty to dry hop with (and Liberty is derived from a cross of Hallertauer, so there’s a nod to his German Grandmother and his Great Grandmother … Jacob’s middle name, Evan, was chosen as a tribute to his Great Grandmother, Eva.) The beer will be released in about 3-4 weeks and then will be brewed for release on his birthday each year as is the case with William’s Winter Warmer. I didn’t have time to get any in time for this brew but next year we will also be using the American hop “Independence” (you see where I’m going with this!). We’ll have a low key release party at the Ale House, details will be posted in the near future.
Cheers
Steve