by dbmanager
Saturday October 23, 2010 @ 16:22 PM
About to be released is the "Kung Pow Enter The Hop", the first in the Triad series of far-eastern influenced beers. "Kung Pow Enter The Hop" is a strong IPA hopped with 100% Japanese Sorachi Ace hops. It gets only Vienna malt and flaked rice for grains. The idea is to do some beers with some Asian ingredients and / or inspiration. Kung Pow is a simple beer with one malt, one hop, one yeast, and one adjunct (rice). Sorachi Ace hops are known for an intense lemon like citrus character. We use Sorachi Ace in our summer beer "Summer Haze" but that beer is not a hop forward beer like Kung Pow. "Kung Pow Enter The Hop" will be around 6.8%abv, 75+ IBU's, and served unfiltered for extra purity. It will be on tap around Thursday 10/28 and should be on tap for about a month. It should be like a karate chop of hops to the mouth.
The second beer in the Triad Series will be "Bock Choy". It will retain the simple and pure formula of one malt, one hop, one yeast, and one adjunct. "Bock Choy" will be a bock beer fermented with plum juice. It will be made of 100% Munich malt, Sorachi Ace hops, lager yeast and plum juice. It should weigh in at around 7.5% abv and 20 IBU's. I want to blend the rich malt notes from the Munich malt with the dark fruit character of the plum juice. The hops will be there only as a supporting measure. I should brew that in late November for a February release. It should be a good winter beer.
The third and final beer in the Triad Series is yet to be decided. My friend Barrett, the head brewer at the District Chophouse in Washington DC suggested a name of "Mothra" but the style is to be determined. Perhaps it will be a "monster" of a beer!
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