Das
Bier und Wine 2009
Das
Bier und Wine 2009
Beers & Wines and a few select Scintillating Soft drinks
The Hops! Oktoberfest Beer List. Click on the Brewer name for their web sites!
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59 for 2009!
Look for more of the best from these fine brewers!
Brewers posted in order of receipt
1) BEER: F5 Altbier, 4.5% ABV - BACK in '09 BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Style: Düsseldorf-style Altbier
While Altbier ("Old Beer") is much more hop-forward than most German beers, a good Altbier uses generous amounts of Munich malt to round out the rough edges provided by the noble German hops. F5 Altbier does just that, with the Munich-heavy grain bill undergoing a decoction to allow the malt profile to stand up to the German Magnum and Spalt hops. The end result is a light and crisp copper ale which starts with an herbal bitterness but gives way to a malty sweetness with hints of honey and toasted bread.
2) BEER: American Pale Ale, 4.0% ABV, 24 IBU - This brew was made to introduce the Millweiser crowd to homebrew. It should have more flavor than Millweiser, but still be a good session beer. Est. ABV: 4%, Est. IBU: 24
RECIEPE: http://www.zlosk.com/brewing/amerale5.html3) BEER: Maple Oatmeal Stout, 6.0% ABV, 19 IBU - I was able to get 5 gallons of maple sap this year, thanks to Bubba Snyder, so I modded my Oatmeal Stout recipe ever so slightly to incorporate it. I didn't catch that the alpha acids on my hops were much lower than those used in my previous Oatmeal Stout, so the bitterness is going to be a bit low for this beer style. The extra sugar in the sap will bumping this up to the high end of the style. The color should be right on style. Est. ABV: 6%, Est. IBU: 19.
http://www.zlosk.com/brewing/mapleoatmealstout.html4) BEER: Black Moon, 4.0 % ABV, 17 IBU- Description TBP
5) NA BEER: Birch Beer, 0% ABV- Non-Alcoholic beverage, similar to Root Beer.
6) NA BEER: Ginger Ale, 0 % ABV - Non-Alcoholic beverage Super "Gingery" all natural.
7) LIQUOR: Irish Cream, 19% ABV- Always a crowd pleaser!
8) LIQUOR: Paul's Apple Pie, 14% ABV- It wouldn't be a Hops! party without this mandatory liquid dessert!!
Tom "Playa" Saldana
9) BEER: American IPA, 5.5% ABV- One of his best !
Style: American IPA
OG: 1.058
IBUs: 45
FG: 1.016
SRM : 12Simcoe and Cascade hops add layers of bitterness with citrusy, floral, resinous, piney spice to this style of beer. The malt presence is that of pale malt grain and extract.
10) BEER: Tommy's Pale Ale, 5.4% ABV- Inimitably Quaffable !
Style: Pale Ale
OG: 1.054
IBUs: 40
FG: 1.012
SRM : 12Hallertaur, Nugget and Cascade hops add layers of spicy (Noble hop), citrusy and floral balance to bready / malty backbone of this style of beer.
11) BEER: English Mild, 5.8% ABV- Great session beer !
Style: English Brown Mild
OG: 1.033 – 1.042
IBUs: 12 – 20
FG: 1.011 – 1.014
SRM: 19 – 35Luscious, malt-oriented brown ale, with a caramel, dark fruit complexity of malt flavor. May seem somewhat like a smaller version of a sweet stout or a sweet version of a dark mild.
12) BEER: Northern English Brown, 4.6% ABV- A "Best Brown" !
Style: Northern English Brown
Gentle to moderate malt sweetness, with a nutty, lightly caramelly character and a medium-dry to dry finish. Malt-hop balance is nearly even, with hop flavor low to none (UK varieties).
13) BEER: Double Chocolate Stout, 5.8% ABV- Dessert in a glass !
Style: Stout
OG: 1.062
IBUs: 20
FG: 1.018
SRM : 30This dark beauty is served on Nitrogen gas with a diffuser tap to give a cascade effect when poured. Made with Belgian Chocolate Malt and Chocolate extract.
14) BEER: Mocktoberfest, 7.2% ABV- Prosit !
Style: German Oktoberfest (sort of ;) )
OG: 1.068
IBUs: 45
FG: 1.011
SRM : 14A bastrardized (Inglorious Bastards?) version of a German Oktoberfest beer. Heck! It’s not even a lager! This ale version does have Munich Malt and Halletaur hops! It is definitely “Volles Kraftbier”!
15) WINE: Green Apple Reisling, 5.5% ABV- One of his best !
Style: Reisling
5 beautiful gallons of a standard favorite…. That’s equal to 25 bottles! No need to fight for the last drops like last year!
Bob "The WaterGuy" Brown
16) BEER: Lemongrass Ginger Blond, 5.3% ABV
Blond: Light and spicy with a Belgian kick
17) BEER: Detonation Porter, 6.6% ABV(Ask Bob about the Story!)
Dark and rich with explosively chocolate notes.
18) BEER: Gumballheadishness 4.5% ABV
American Pale Ale with a touch of wheat and a punch of Amarillo hops.
19) BEER: Vienna Light, 4.0% ABV
Light lager brewed with Vienna malt and German noble hops.
Kazys "Kaz" Ozelis
20) BEER: JR Wam Trippel – ABV 12%(but who’s counting?)
Belgian brewers typically use Candi sugar in their recipes to maintain alcoholic strength , while avoiding excessive maltiness. Which is fine, but SO BORING ! ! ! !
Why not use watermelon candy instead ? And seeing as there is no success like excess, why not use several pounds of it as well ? So, there you have it - a wonderful complex aromatic Trippel, redolent of watermelons, finishing with a nice whoosh !21) BEER: The Inadvertent Belgian(Dubbel Dubbel, toil and trouble ?) –ABV 10% (but you already knew that didn’t you ?)
You don’t have to be Hercule Poirot to figure out this one (although it would n’t hurt).
Twelve pounds of Munich malt, lovingly decocted, boiled with Tettnang hops, well on its way to becoming a fine Oktoberfest… Then… The WRONG yeast is pitched. Well, what to do mon ami ? No fears – some Special B and Chocolate malt steeped and boiled into a lovely goo with a couple of pounds of dark Candi sugar for fun & flavor will transmogrify this potentially lame lager into a beer of beauty. Serependipity at its finest(or foamiest ?)22) WINE: Banana Wine
Because breakfast should be fun and cereal should be surreal.
23) WINE: (Stephen)Bananas Foster
…gone to de rum all night, gone to de rum all day, bet my money on a bobtail nag, somebody bet on de bay… Yeah it’s banana wine, dark Jamaican rum , a hint of vanilla and a touch of brown sugar. Not as purty as those flambeed bananas wit the ice cream, but much more manageable.
Greg "Ghost of Winter" Dotson
24) Blueberry Wheat, 3.5% ABV
Talk about something different. Take the flavor of blueberry and marry it to a light refreshing Wheat beer and you have a sure fire winner
25) BEER: Blackberry Wheat, 3.5% ABV
Something different from your normal flavored wheat beers
26) BEER: Raspberry Wheat, 3.5% ABV
A tart but refreshing Wheat beer that is sure to please
27) BEER: Apricot Wheat, 3.5% ABV
A light refreshing combination of apricots and a Wheat beer just SCREAMS summertime
28) BEER: Watermelon Wheat, 3.5% ABV
You'll have to wipe the smile off your face!
29) MEAD: Ghost Mead, 14.5% ABV
A clean, dry honey wine with a wonderfully smooth finish suitable for any apparition!
30) SODA: Old Fashion Root Beer
A classic soda flavor that is sure to bring back childhood memories
31) SODA: Vanilla Cream Soda
Hmm... can anyone say Ice Cream Floats perhaps?
Brewmaster Iain "The Scot" Wilson
Rock Bottom Brewery - Orland Park
32) BEER: Eric the Red , 5.1% ABV
This Irish red ale is medium-bodied with a caramel-malt aroma and flavor. Liberty hops provide a delicate hop balance, with just a hint of lemon pepper.
33) BEER: Rhinoceros RyePA, 6.5% ABV
A Rye India Pale Ale with a Citrusy, Piney Hop characteristic from the Centennial hops with a Spicy Dry Finish
34) BEER: Hog Head Best Bitter, 5.1% ABV
Pale colored Harvest Ale with a unique flavor from the green locally grown Northern Brewer hops. A dry bitter finish.
Brewmaster Doug Hurst
35) BEER: Krankshaft, 5.0% ABV
A Kölsch brewed in homage to the beer of Cologne, Krankshaft is a pale straw hued smile in a glass. We throw in a little wheat malt to round out an easy Santiam hop bitterness. Original Gravity: 12.5 Plato, Bitterness: 28 IBU, Color: 3 SRM ABV 5%
Brewmaster Wil Turner
36) BEER: Schwarzbier, 4.8% ABV
Wil's German-style Black Lager is medium-bodied with nice roasted malt flavor and low to medium hop character. Weyermann Carafa malt gives the beer it’s opal color without malt astringency and a long maturation period also helps make this brew very smooth and easily drinkable
37) BEER: Six, 2.5% ABV
Belgian table beer
Brewmaster Pete Crowley
& his intrepid Assistant Brewmaster, Davin Bartosh
38) BEER: Dry Hopped American Stout, 6.5% ABV
This is the 2008 World Cup and GABF Gold Medal Winner!
39) BEER: Simcoe Smackdown IPA, 7.0% ABV
There are 66 glorious pounds of Simcoe hops in this 30 barrel batch of hopped heaven on earth.
40) BEER: Oktoberfest, 6.5% ABV
Czech Saaz hops and Imported Malted Barley round out this Bavarian seasonal. Full body and flavor! Prosit!
41) BEER: Hefeweizen, 5.0% ABV
A true Bavarian Hefeweizen! Oompah!
42) BEER: Trent Ens Blond, 6.0% ABV
This Saison is made with authentic Saison Dupont yeast! Fact: Saison DuPont was named “the Best Beer in the World” by the magazine Men's Journal in July 2005.
Brewmaster Bryan Shimkos
43) BEER: Ruby Brown Dunkel, N.N% ABV
A Munich Dunkel. The brew that first brought fame to Bavaria, especially Munich, is its dunkel, or dark lager. Dunkel means "dark" in German. The style is quaintly anachronistic, rich and complex in character, and robust without being overbearing.
Brewmasters Matt Gallagher and Phil Wymore
44) BEER: Daisy Cutter Pale Ale, 6.0% ABV
A big west coast style pale ale that highlights the aromatic quality of dank, pacific northwestern hops. IBU 60
Brewmaster Kevin Blodger
45) BEER: German Style Altbier, 6.0% ABV
Bronze Medal winner, 2009 GABF! A dark brown Düsseldorf specialty, this altbier is a German style brown ale, the “alt” literally translates to "old" in German. Traditionally Altbiers are conditioned for a longer than normal periods of time. This extended conditioning mellows out the ale's fruitiness and produces an exceptionally smooth and delicate brew. It's Medium in carbonation with a great balance between malt and hops.
Marty "The Teach" Carroll
46) BEER: Oktoberfest Ale
This Oktoberfest Ale was based on a grain bill and hopping schedule that you might find in an Oktoberfest or Vienna Style Lager: pils, two row, Vienna and Munich malts with noble Hallertau hops for bittering and flavor. Oktoberfest and Vienna style beers should have a pronounced malty character with a light toasted flavor. This beer definitely has the typical orange-amber color, and toasty malt character you would expect to find in a Vienna lager or Oktoberfest: e.g.,Sam Adams Oktoberfest. Where it depart from a lager is in the flavor contributions of the ale yeast: a fuller flavor with some fruity esters. Upon first taste the beer reminded me of an extra special bitter. You decided which style it falls in best: Vienna, Oktoberfest, ESB. I hope you enjoy it. Ein prosit! Happy Oktoberfest 2009
47) HARD CIDER: Apple Cider Pina Cola
Description Pending
Scott "The Greek" Mikros
48) WINE: 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon
The 2001 growing season was close to ideal in the Napa Valley. Bud break was in early April. Temperatures were moderate through out the summer. Fall was warm with cool evenings and no rain. The ideal weather continued through harvest select only the idea harvest interval. This provided our Scott with grapes and ultimately wine that has been a joy to watch, first in the fermenter, then in the barrel and now in the bottle.
This dense purple-colored 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon possesses abundant quantities of black currant fruit, a liqueur-like aspect to its flavor intensity, sweet tannin, and a long, velvety-textured, juicy finish. Like many other top 2001s, it will be approachable immediately and age well for 10-15 years.
49) WINE: 2001 Cabernet / Merlot Blend 13.5% ABV
2003 1st Place Best Red Blend - Beverage Art Winemakers Classic
This Cabernet / Merlot blend combines the firmness of Cabernet Sauvignon with the softness of Merlot and retains the natural varietal characters of both grapes. Oak maturation completes and balances this classic blend. The wine is deep in color with a bouquet evocative of dark plums, chocolate and cedary oak. On the palate the wine shows mouth-filling softness as well as strength and complexity of flavor. Rich blackberry fruit is supported by fine oak tannins.
SteveM
50) BEER (BARLEY WINE): "Chicago Style" Barley Wine, ~10% ABV
A Chicago variant of a strong ale originating in England in the nineteenth century. The first beer to be marketed as Barley Wine was Bass No. 1 Ale, around 1900. This version are will really appeal to the Hophead through generous usage of high alpha hops.
51) BEER: Export Stout, ~8.0% ABV
A special style of stout brewed bigger than normal for a long journey, say from the North side of Chicago to the South side ;) Traditional Foreign / Export Stouts are normally found in the tropical regions of the world, but this brew bares it all in Sweet Home Chicago. High in alcohol with a pronounced roasted character.
52) BEER: Golden Belgian, ~6% ABV
Designed to compet with Pilsener lagers it uses very pale malts and Czech and German noble hops, while retaining ale yeasts, This is an aromatic, fruity-tasting, golden delite.
Klavs Dolmer
53) BEER: Rainy Weather Saison, 6.0% ABV
A Belgian Saison brewed with rye. Unintended sour, this beer is surprisingly pleasant. 28 IBU
54) BEER: August Blond, 7.0% ABV
A traditional Belgian Blond brewed with pilsner malt and sugar, hopped with Saphir and Hallertauer, and fermented using the Ardennes yeast for a spicy brew. 28 IBU
55) BEER: Belgian Oktoberfest, 7.3% ABV
An Oktoberfest beer with a twist. Brewed with traditional Oktoberfest malts and hops, but with sugar added to the wort and fermented with the Ardennes yeast, this Belgian take on the classic has a spicy kick to the maltiness. 27 IBU
56) BEER: Belgian RIPA, 7.9% ABV
The flavor of the Ardennes yeast mix with the spiciness of 1.5 lb malted rye and the bitterness and aroma of American hops. Hopped with Yakima Magnum and Centennial, and dryhopped with Amarillo for a week. 71 IBU
57) BEER: American Oktoberfest, 6.6% ABV
A different variation on an Oktoberfest beer. Brewed with traditional Oktoberfest malts and bitter hops, this American ale version has a wiff of Cascade hops up front. A seductively quaffable beer. 30 IBU
Lovey Bissett
58) BEER: Hershey Chocolate Porter, 4.0% ABV
Pours a nice clean/clear dark brown color, little fizzy off-white head, with some sticky lacing left behind. Malty nose, with distinct chocolate, and caramel. The taste is slightly sweet, malty, a fine touch of chocolate/caramel, and slight toffee. Medium body
59) BEER: Oatmeal Stout, 6.3% ABV
This is a full bodied stouts that has an unreal smoothness from the addition of oats to the mash. The oats not only add a lot of smoothness to the mouth feel but give a touch of sweetness that is unlike any other type of stout. Medium roasted flavor and full hop character.
