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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Oct 13, 2013 - 11:47pm PT
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Oct 14, 2013 - 06:09am PT
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That^^^^is pretty damn hard to argue against!
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale,It is widely available,truly consistent and never over the top.
A session Ale in its finest form.
Not To mention ,bottle conditioned.I have used it to start many a batch of homebrew.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Nov 15, 2013 - 11:45pm PT
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Nov 15, 2013 - 11:56pm PT
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I don't drink beer...But must give a shout out to my home town Brewery..
Don't drink beer? How odd. Some new religious cult? Lupulin aversion? Fear of barley?
Whatever. But yes, Sierra Nevada does deserve some love. They've taken the hop torpedo thing and done something wonderful with it. And they sell it at a price that is climber-friendly.
Here's a photo of their hop torpedoes waiting to go into operation
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Mark Force
Trad climber
Cave Creek, AZ
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Nov 16, 2013 - 06:08am PT
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 16, 2013 - 08:46am PT
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Ok, explain the Hop Torpedo, if you don't mind. I love that beer, never knew the name had any significance.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Nov 16, 2013 - 01:28pm PT
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Ok, explain the Hop Torpedo, if you don't mind. I love that beer, never knew the name had any significance.
During the brewing process, after draining the mash you're left with a sweet liquid. It won't be beer until the yeast metabolize the sugar into alcohol, but before that happens, the sweet liquid (called wort) is boiled and hops are added to the boil. It takes a prolonged and vigorous boil to extract the bitterness from the hops, and by the time you've reached a level of bitterness sufficient for whatever style of beer you're making, the flavor and aroma of the hops has long since boiled off. If you're making a lager, that's good, because you really don't want hop flavor or aroma, just a bit of bitterness to balance the malt.
But for what we think of now as IPA, you want plenty of hop flavor and aroma. Traditionally, this was achieved by throwing a bunch of hops in at the end of the boil. Not boiling them, just letting them soak in the hot wort. Of course they are strained out once the wort cools and before it goes into the fermentor.
To get even more flavor and aroma, brewers would wait until the fermentation was done, then add a bunch of hops to the beer and let it sit for a few days (dry hopping) before straining it off and bottling or kegging.
But then came the desire for even more hop flavor and aroma. Enter the torpedo. Probably so named because of its shape. It is a tank, of whatever size, that can be stuffed with hops. Beer is pumped from the big fermenting tank into the torpedo and back into the fermentor in a continuous recirculation loop (with a screen at the exit point from the torpedo, so the hops stay where they belong). This goes on for hours, or days, or weeks, and because the temp is low, relatively little bitterness is extracted, just flavor and aroma.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 16, 2013 - 05:58pm PT
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Thanks!
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Mark Force
Trad climber
Cave Creek, AZ
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Nov 16, 2013 - 06:35pm PT
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Oh, and....
And, if you're on a river trip, you can freeze this and put it in the cooler, cause it still tastes right after it thaws out...
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Nov 16, 2013 - 10:38pm PT
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When what you really want is a Belgian strong ale, this is hard to beat
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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Nov 17, 2013 - 06:15pm PT
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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Nov 17, 2013 - 06:16pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 17, 2013 - 07:26pm PT
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I don't always drink beer because when I don't I'm better for it, or so the wife tells me.
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Bluelens
climber
Pasadena, CA
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Nov 17, 2013 - 08:05pm PT
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Excellent apple ciders, for those done chasing the elusive pear.
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lucander
Trad climber
Shawangunks, New York
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Nov 17, 2013 - 11:42pm PT
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Gunkies: don't miss Newburgh Brewery (2 miles off I-87) > Newburgh Conspiracy is on tap. Revolutionary War history buffs will appreciate the name, the rest will appreciate the taste of this 11% Russian Imperial Stout.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Nov 18, 2013 - 01:14am PT
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CAMRA fans will be delighted to know that the Imperial, a scaled up version to hold a Canadi
This is where I would normally go into the rant about how CAMRA may have saved "real ale," but in so doing held back brewing innovation in Britain for almost three decades.
But it's late, I'm tired, and I think I'll have a little sip of something far better than the real ale they saved, then nod off to sleep.
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i'm gumby dammit
Sport climber
da ow
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Nov 18, 2013 - 01:22am PT
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^in beer teminology, that's two words. just sayin'
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Dec 27, 2013 - 11:41pm PT
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A top ten for me.
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