shout out to Rick Ash

[Jon Hiller]

Rick Ash one of the original members of CASCADE who now lives in Cali has reached the final 4 of a pro-am copetition. golden road brewing co. If he wins he will get to brew it on the pro equipment and have it served in the brew pub. He will also be entered into the gabf competition. This was a mystery hop comp. Mystery hop was motueka. He brewed a French/Belgian saison. Winner will be decided in June.

[Rick Ash]

Thanks for the shout out Jon!  I'm super pumped for this comp.  I will be brewing with the head brewer on their MoreBeer pilot sculpture.  There will be a private tasting/judging party at the brewery where the winner will be announced.  Also, the winner's beer will be entered into the GABF Pro/Am comp.  Wish me luck guys!

I will be sending a couple bottles for you guys to taste at the next meeting.  I am also going to try to send you guys some CA and other west coast beers!  I will start another thread to start a list of beers you guys would like to try.

If anyone is interested, here's the recipe:

OG 1.055

FG 1.006

6.4% ABV

27 IBU

4 SRM

7 gal at end of boil

5.5 gal to fermenter

Grain:

7 lb Belgian Pale Malt (53.8%)

4 lb Belgian Wheat Malt (30.8%)

1 lb Flaked Rye (7.7%)

1 lb Table Sugar (7.7%)

Mash 148F for 90 min

Hops/Spices:

21 g Motueka (7.8% AA) - 60 min

14 g Motueka (7.8% AA) - 30 min

7 g Crushed Coriander - 5 min

7 g Lime Zest - 5 min

28  g Motueka (7.8% AA) - whirlpool/0 min

8  g Motueka (7.8% AA) - dry hop for 5 days

Yeast:

2 pkg Wyeast 3711 French Saison (start at 68F raise to 75 over 5 days)

[amk...@aep.com]

Congrats Rick, that is very impressive...I must admit I am totally ignorant to that hop variety, but will have to read about it now.  Best of luck to you!

...and yes, Russian River beers would be awesome.  Also, do you have a PayPal account?  I believe I owe you some $$$.

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[Matt Shurtz]

Did you mean 6 gal at end of boil, you said 7, with 5.5 in to the fermenter.

 

That 3711 French Saison yeast is nice, don't you think?  Much less testy with temperature than the standard saison yeasts.

 

Please describe Motueka?  How'd you like it?