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HOPS MEMBERS TAKE TOP
HONORS!
Best Colonial Ale in the USA
- Poor Richard’s Ale -
Brewed by Tony Simmons
Best Wheat Beer in the USA
- DocDog Wheat -
Brewed by John Eustis
Best Pyment (Wine) Mead in the USA
- Pious Pyment -
Brewed by Tony Simmons & Julie Jessen
Best Fruit Mead in the USA
- Raspberry Ginger Mead -
Brewed by Tony Simmons
2nd Best Pale Ale in the USA
- Powder Day IPA -
Brewed by Tony Simmons & Julie Jessen
CONGRATULATIONS to John Eustis of Pagosa Springs
for the Best Wheat Beer in the Country!!!
John was awarded first place, out of 43 entries, in the
August 2004 "Club-Only Competition" with his DogDoc
Wheat.
As a result of John's success, the Homebrewing Order of Pagosa
Springs (HOPS) leads the country in points!
DogDoc Wheat Recipe
HOPS (Homebrewing Order of Pagosa Springs)
is a not-for-profit club supporting homebrewing and home wine
making in the area. One of the many missions of the HOPS is
to provide a forum for participating in "Club-Only Competitions"
sponsored by the American Homebrewing Association (AHA). The
top entry from our local Club will be sent to the competition.
Club Only Competition Schedule, Click
Here!
For detailed information on styles, go to the Beer
Judge Certification Site.
If you have a potential entry, please contact Tony at the
shop (The Brew Haus in Pagosa Springs) 970-264-0093.
Gingerbread
Ale:
OG = 1.066, FG = 1.013, ABV = 7.3%
The goal was to create an old-style of spiced brown ale (hence
the lack of water treatments, yeast nutrients, or finings.)
A basic, strong brown ale recipe was agree upon. Then, experimentation
was done with a variety of sugars and spices.
Recipes for 'Flips' and 'Lambswools' were also attempted.
However, they are best served warm/hot and the volume of particulate
matter did not lend itself well to bottling. At a club tasting,
the best results for our spiced brown ale came from the addition
of Chai spice tea and Agave nectar, which tastes remarkably
like holiday gingerbread. Enjoy!
Background:
"Widely valued as a flavoring and a medicine, ginger
is one of the oldest spices known. It was so popular in beer
in American at one time that, as Sanborn Brown observes, 'There
were times in the country's history before the introduction
of lager beer when the commercial sale of ginger beer exceeded
both hopped beer or cider.'" - Stephen Harrod Buhner,
Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers
"Recipes for flips, as for other foods and drinks, varied
from town to town. Fortunately, a significant number of the
recipes were printed. Despite the variations, all exhibited
common roots. Generally the formulation called for 'a great
pewter mug or earthen pitcher filled two-thirds full of strong
beer; sweetened with sugar, molasses, or dried pumpkin, according
to individual tastes or capacities.'" - Gregg Smith,
Beer in Early America
"Tavern owners and others prepared lambswool by warming
a strong (old) ale while mixing in grated nutmeg, ginger,
and sugar. Apples were then roasted until the skins burst
and were added to the warm beer mixture before serving."
- Gregg Smith, Beer in Early America
"There is also circumstantial evidence supporting the theory
that beer-based mixed drinks were designed as a way to save
terrible beer. As brewing's raw materials, equipment, instruments,
procedures, and science advanced in the late 1800s, beer mixed
drinks faded from popularity and all but disappeared. They
did not outlast the period when the quantity of beer was greatest
and quality poorest." - Gregg Smith, Beer in America
Killer
Kolsch:
(score = 47 in Ouray and 26.5 in Culver City)
Brewed by Tony Simmons & Mike Musgrove
First Place Light Ale - Ouray Oktoberfest
Best of Show Bronze - Ouray Oktoberfest
OG = 1.048
FG = 1.012
ABV = 4.8%
Color (SRM) = 6
Bitterness (IBU) = 23
Makes 12 gallons
All-grain Batch
16.5 lbs. Pale Malt
2.5 lbs. Pils Malt
2.5 lbs. Crystal 20L Malt
1.0 oz. Progress pellet hops (6% aa) - 60 min
0.5 oz. First Gold pellet hops (8% aa) - 45 min
1.0 oz. Hallertau whole hops (5% aa) - 15 min
0.5 oz. Perle whole hops (7%aa) - 15 min
Split Batch:
White Labs German Ale II (WLP003) - 6 gallons
White Labs English Ale (WLP001) - 6 gallons
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