Hi, Its been awhile since I tried Dogfish Head Beer but it was tasty but some of the styles were too hoppy for me. Speaking of hops, last fall I brewed an all grain dark beer using some spices. The hops I used I found growing on a bank of the CT river in Agawam,MA. It turns out they must be a bittering hop! They were so bitter that I added some items duing the tranfer to secondary fermation to try and sweeten things up. Its now a very good sweet and spicey beer with a lasting bitter after taste. Its a cross between a brown ale and a IPA. Sam Goodwin
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From: John Knuerr <urw...@comcast.net>
To: entstrees@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:29:51 AM
Subject: [ENTS] Dogfish Head Beer
Don,
Never
tried it. Flying out to Oregon today. I’ll look for it and give it a try.
A
friend of ours is brewing some excellent beer. He is using a starter (forget
the technical beer term) from a place in Vancouver .
John
Sam/John-
I think it's GREAT that there are other tree nerds that are homebrewers in this forum!!!
I started my brewing of all places when I was working a couple of 1 year contracts in Saudi Arabia back in the late 70's (necessity was the mother of that invention...very Islamic country, Saudi)...during weekly forays into civilization (I was 'billeted' in a construction camp, aways into the interior) we would buy fruit juices by the case, in part for tasty juice, but as much for the bottles which were wire bail and ceramic topped (perfect for brewing!). Once we accumulated a "batch worth" of empty bottles, we sterilized the bottles (750 ml) in our showers (cold water tap was around 100 degrees and hot water tap was scalding!). Our 'carboys' were company igloo water coolers, and the lids were our 'fermentation locks'. The Igloos and lids were also sterilized in showers...the beers went through primary fermentation in our closets, with frequent midday returns back to camp from the field, once the fermentation rose to a crescendo...'lagered' our beers in an apt.-sized refrigerator for 6 weeks (first run we inadvertently doubled the recipe, mistaking the 5 gallon Igloo for a 10 gallon Igloo). We were able to buy intentionally mislabeled Pabst Blue Ribbon malt extract, and bakers yeast (hey, gotta run with what ya brung) in local suq (mom and pop style grocery) near Aramco compound.
I have probably made better beers since the Saudi batches, but none that were anywhere as well appreciated as the 'closet batches'!
-Don
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:31:59 -0700
From: samsw...@yahoo.com
Subject: [ENTS] Re: Dogfish Head Beer
To: entstrees@googlegroups.com
CC: samsw...@yahoo.com
Hi, Its been awhile since I tried Dogfish Head Beer but it was tasty but some of the styles were too hoppy for me. Speaking of hops, last fall I brewed an all grain dark beer using some spices. The hops I used I found growing on a bank of the CT river in Agawam,MA. It turns out they must be a bittering hop! They were so bitter that I added some items duing the tranfer to secondary fermation to try and sweeten things up. Its now a very good sweet and spicey beer with a lasting bitter after taste. Its a cross between a brown ale and a IPA. Sam Goodwin
From: John Knuerr <urw...@comcast.net>
To: entstrees@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:29:51 AM
Subject: [ENTS] Dogfish Head Beer
Don,
Never
tried it. Flying out to Oregon today. I’ll look for it and give it a try.
A
friend of ours is brewing some excellent beer. He is using a starter (forget
the technical beer term) from a place in Vancouver .
Dogfish is a great beer! If you ever find yourself in or around San
Diego proper, vernture to Escondido and check out Stone Brewery. The
facility is top notch, brewery and restaurant with excellent gardens
to boot. A buddy of mine in Oceanside discovered a small brewery
called Oceanside Ale Works, really good stuff. Stone Brewery bottles
their beer and you can find it out here but Oceanside is a much
smaller operation and supplying local pubs and eateries in the So-Cal
area. Lots of good brewing out west.
On Apr 16, 3:24 pm, DON BERTOLETTE <forestorat...@msn.com> wrote:
> Sam/John-
> I think it's GREAT that there are other tree nerds that are homebrewers in this forum!!!
> I started my brewing of all places when I was working a couple of 1 year contracts in Saudi Arabia back in the late 70's (necessity was the mother of that invention...very Islamic country, Saudi)...during weekly forays into civilization (I was 'billeted' in a construction camp, aways into the interior) we would buy fruit juices by the case, in part for tasty juice, but as much for the bottles which were wire bail and ceramic topped (perfect for brewing!). Once we accumulated a "batch worth" of empty bottles, we sterilized the bottles (750 ml) in our showers (cold water tap was around 100 degrees and hot water tap was scalding!). Our 'carboys' were company igloo water coolers, and the lids were our 'fermentation locks'. The Igloos and lids were also sterilized in showers...the beers went through primary fermentation in our closets, with frequent midday returns back to camp from the field, once the fermentation rose to a crescendo...'lagered' our beers in an apt.-sized refrigerator for 6 weeks (first run we inadvertently doubled the recipe, mistaking the 5 gallon Igloo for a 10 gallon Igloo). We were able to buy intentionally mislabeled Pabst Blue Ribbon malt extract, and bakers yeast (hey, gotta run with what ya brung) in local suq (mom and pop style grocery) near Aramco compound.
> I have probably made better beers since the Saudi batches, but none that were anywhere as well appreciated as the 'closet batches'!
> -Don
> Hi, Its been awhile since I tried Dogfish Head Beer but it was tasty but some of the styles were too hoppy for me. Speaking of hops, last fall I brewed an all grain dark beer using some spices. The hops I used I found growing on a bank of the CT river in Agawam,MA. It turns out they must be a bittering hop! They were so bitter that I added some items duing the tranfer to secondary fermation to try and sweeten things up. Its now a very good sweet and spicey beer with a lasting bitter after taste. Its a cross between a brown ale and a IPA. Sam Goodwin
> From: John Knuerr <urw...@comcast.net>
> To: entstrees@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:29:51 AM
> Subject: [ENTS] Dogfish Head Beer
> Don,
> Never
> tried it. Flying out to Oregon
> today. I’ll look for it and give it a try.
> A
> friend of ours is brewing some excellent beer. He is using a starter (forget
> the technical beer term) from a place in Vancouver .
Marc-
Yeah, Dogfish's "CEO" Sam Bellagioni (sp??) was the keynote speaker at our local brewing club two Christmas's ago, and was instrumental in getting more Alaska distribution of their products...they like expanding the envelope, at one point getting 26% Alcohol By Volume (ABV) beers, but have backed down since...they made one beer out of a 4000 year old recipe that was a mead/beer concoction, another from a South American tree/bush...
I was in San Diego last year, sampled four breweries within walking distance of the Convention Center, but missed out on Stone Brewing...we do get a number of their products up here, both in bottled and on tap at a couple of our finer brewpubs! Great stuff.
Anymore, any travels my wife and I do, I map out the breweries and wineries in the area we're visiting! Dang things are everywhere...;>}
-Don
> Dogfish is a great beer! If you ever find yourself in or around San
> Diego proper, vernture to Escondido and check out Stone Brewery. The
> facility is top notch, brewery and restaurant with excellent gardens
> to boot. A buddy of mine in Oceanside discovered a small brewery
> called Oceanside Ale Works, really good stuff. Stone Brewery bottles
> their beer and you can find it out here but Oceanside is a much
> smaller operation and supplying local pubs and eateries in the So-Cal
> area. Lots of good brewing out west.
> On Apr 16, 3:24 pm, DON BERTOLETTE <forestorat...@msn.com> wrote:
> > Sam/John-
> > I think it's GREAT that there are other tree nerds that are homebrewers in this forum!!!
> > I started my brewing of all places when I was working a couple of 1 year contracts in Saudi Arabia back in the late 70's (necessity was the mother of that invention...very Islamic country, Saudi)...during weekly forays into civilization (I was 'billeted' in a construction camp, aways into the interior) we would buy fruit juices by the case, in part for tasty juice, but as much for the bottles which were wire bail and ceramic topped (perfect for brewing!). Once we accumulated a "batch worth" of empty bottles, we sterilized the bottles (750 ml) in our showers (cold water tap was around 100 degrees and hot water tap was scalding!). Our 'carboys' were company igloo water coolers, and the lids were our 'fermentation locks'. The Igloos and lids were also sterilized in showers...the beers went through primary fermentation in our closets, with frequent midday returns back to camp from the field, once the fermentation rose to a crescendo...'lagered' our beers in an apt.-sized refrigerator for 6 weeks (first run we inadvertently doubled the recipe, mistaking the 5 gallon Igloo for a 10 gallon Igloo). We were able to buy intentionally mislabeled Pabst Blue Ribbon malt extract, and bakers yeast (hey, gotta run with what ya brung) in local suq (mom and pop style grocery) near Aramco compound.
> > I have probably made better beers since the Saudi batches, but none that were anywhere as well appreciated as the 'closet batches'!
> > -Don
> > Hi, Its been awhile since I tried Dogfish Head Beer but it was tasty but some of the styles were too hoppy for me. Speaking of hops, last fall I brewed an all grain dark beer using some spices. The hops I used I found growing on a bank of the CT river in Agawam,MA. It turns out they must be a bittering hop! They were so bitter that I added some items duing the tranfer to secondary fermation to try and sweeten things up. Its now a very good sweet and spicey beer with a lasting bitter after taste. Its a cross between a brown ale and a IPA. Sam Goodwin
> > From: John Knuerr <urw...@comcast.net>
> > To: entstrees@googlegroups.com
> > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:29:51 AM
> > Subject: [ENTS] Dogfish Head Beer
> > Don,
> > Never
> > tried it. Flying out to Oregon
> > today. I’ll look for it and give it a try.
> > A
> > friend of ours is brewing some excellent beer. He is using a starter (forget
> > the technical beer term) from a place in Vancouver .
> Marc-
> Yeah, Dogfish's "CEO" Sam Bellagioni (sp??) was the keynote speaker at our local brewing club two Christmas's ago, and was instrumental in getting more Alaska distribution of their products...they like expanding the envelope, at one point getting 26% Alcohol By Volume (ABV) beers, but have backed down since...they made one beer out of a 4000 year old recipe that was a mead/beer concoction, another from a South American tree/bush...
> I was in San Diego last year, sampled four breweries within walking distance of the Convention Center, but missed out on Stone Brewing...we do get a number of their products up here, both in bottled and on tap at a couple of our finer brewpubs! Great stuff.
> Anymore, any travels my wife and I do, I map out the breweries and wineries in the area we're visiting! Dang things are everywhere...;>}
> -Don
> > Dogfish is a great beer! If you ever find yourself in or around San
> > Diego proper, vernture to Escondido and check out Stone Brewery. The
> > facility is top notch, brewery and restaurant with excellent gardens
> > to boot. A buddy of mine in Oceanside discovered a small brewery
> > called Oceanside Ale Works, really good stuff. Stone Brewery bottles
> > their beer and you can find it out here but Oceanside is a much
> > smaller operation and supplying local pubs and eateries in the So-Cal
> > area. Lots of good brewing out west.
> > On Apr 16, 3:24 pm, DON BERTOLETTE <forestorat...@msn.com> wrote:
> > > Sam/John-
> > > I think it's GREAT that there are other tree nerds that are homebrewers in this forum!!!
> > > I started my brewing of all places when I was working a couple of 1 year contracts in Saudi Arabia back in the late 70's (necessity was the mother of that invention...very Islamic country, Saudi)...during weekly forays into civilization (I was 'billeted' in a construction camp, aways into the interior) we would buy fruit juices by the case, in part for tasty juice, but as much for the bottles which were wire bail and ceramic topped (perfect for brewing!). Once we accumulated a "batch worth" of empty bottles, we sterilized the bottles (750 ml) in our showers (cold water tap was around 100 degrees and hot water tap was scalding!). Our 'carboys' were company igloo water coolers, and the lids were our 'fermentation locks'. The Igloos and lids were also sterilized in showers...the beers went through primary fermentation in our closets, with frequent midday returns back to camp from the field, once the fermentation rose to a crescendo...'lagered' our beers in an apt.-sized refrigerator for 6 weeks (first run we inadvertently doubled the recipe, mistaking the 5 gallon Igloo for a 10 gallon Igloo). We were able to buy intentionally mislabeled Pabst Blue Ribbon malt extract, and bakers yeast (hey, gotta run with what ya brung) in local suq (mom and pop style grocery) near Aramco compound.
> > > I have probably made better beers since the Saudi batches, but none that were anywhere as well appreciated as the 'closet batches'!
> > > -Don
> > > Hi, Its been awhile since I tried Dogfish Head Beer but it was tasty but some of the styles were too hoppy for me. Speaking of hops, last fall I brewed an all grain dark beer using some spices. The hops I used I found growing on a bank of the CT river in Agawam,MA. It turns out they must be a bittering hop! They were so bitter that I added some items duing the tranfer to secondary fermation to try and sweeten things up. Its now a very good sweet and spicey beer with a lasting bitter after taste. Its a cross between a brown ale and a IPA. Sam Goodwin
> > > From: John Knuerr <urw...@comcast.net>
> > > To: entstrees@googlegroups.com
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:29:51 AM
> > > Subject: [ENTS] Dogfish Head Beer
> > > Don,
> > > Never
> > > tried it. Flying out to Oregon
> > > today. I’ll look for it and give it a try.
> > > A
> > > friend of ours is brewing some excellent beer. He is using a starter (forget
> > > the technical beer term) from a place in Vancouver .
Just got back from a trip to Oregon. Saw some nice trees and lot's of
logging.
Also, had a chance to try some of those good beers!
_____
From: entstrees@googlegroups.com [mailto:entstrees@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of DON BERTOLETTE
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 12:15 PM
To: entstrees@googlegroups.com
Subject: [ENTS] Re: Dogfish Head Beer
John-
Dogfish Head is a new exciting brewery in Delaware!
Oregon is heaven on earth for beer guys!
-dON
_____
From: urw...@comcast.net
To: entstrees@googlegroups.com
Subject: [ENTS] Dogfish Head Beer
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:29:51 -0400
Don,
Never tried it. Flying out to Oregon today. I'll look for it and give it a
try.
A friend of ours is brewing some excellent beer. He is using a starter
(forget the technical beer term) from a place in Vancouver.
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John-
Welcome back!
Good beers are where you find them! I've been sampling some from New York, oddly enough from a brewery called The Southern Tier...GREAT seasonal offerings, only a few of which are available up here in Alaska!
What beers did you taste?
-Don
From: urw...@comcast.net
To: entstrees@googlegroups.com
Subject: [ENTS] Re: Dogfish Head Beer
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:26:11 -0400
Don,
Just got back from a trip to Oregon. Saw some nice
trees and lot’s of logging.
Also, had a chance to try some of those
good beers!
From: entstrees@googlegroups.com [mailto:entstrees@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of DON BERTOLETTE
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009
12:15 PM
To: entstrees@googlegroups.com
Subject: [ENTS] Re: Dogfish Head
Beer
John-
Dogfish Head is a new exciting brewery in Delaware!
