Born on May 14th 2010
So you're a Hophead....
On tap Friday May 14th 2010 at 5:00pm we have our 'Hop Mess Monster' - a real Imperial Pale Ale.
At 11% ABV with calculated theoretical IBUs of 533 the Monster is NOT to be messed with. Pummeled with 11 lbs/bbl of hops there's little doubt 'Messie' is the hoppiest beer to ever have been brewed in this country. Brewed with hop pellets as well as whole hops throughout each stage of the brewing process the beer is a testament to just how wonderful these glorious flowers can be - it's been mash-hopped, 1st wort-hopped, hop-bursted and dry-hopped (again and again) with more hops stuffed in there wherever I could fit them. Hell I ate a hop cone while I brewed it just for shits and giggles.
Vital Stats:
Gravity - 22.5 P/1.094
Calculated IBU's
- 533
Hop Rate - 11 lbs/bbl
ABV
- 11.0 %
Colour ~ 10 SRM
Malts - Pale Ale,
Melanoidin, Crystal 30, Dextrin (CaraPils), Munich
Hops - Magnum, Chinook, Cascade,
Sorachi Ace, Simcoe, Citra, Columbus
Hoppy as balls.
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Well, it just sounds like a waste of good hops to me: but I guess I'll have to try it out. A-hahaha!
Yes.Yes.Yes.
Oh yes, this will be phenomenal!
11%? WTF? are you trying to kill people?
Better put some fences up. Dont want the Hop Mess Monster dragging people in the water!
A-freakin-mazing. Pine, resin, oil, pine, hops, bitterness, pine, pine pine.
No floral or citrus notes, just straight up pine! Friends I were with loved it too and they aren't beer drinkers. 11%? You can't taste it, only feel it.
I personally prefer a hop flavour malt beverage not a malt flavoured hop beverage.
Well, anonymous, that's 'cause you're personally a fucking dickhead.
Andrew:
Agreed.
I think moving to Halifax is going to work out after all. This is hands down my favourite Canadian brewed beer right now. I love it, wish you could bottle it. Happy birthday to me! Thanks Nash.
Simply fucking awesome. I just wish drinking it wasn't putting me on a short trip to the poor house.
Fucking amazing. Like you managed to juice hop cones. The 11% isn't discernible in the mouth, but goddamn do you feel it after a couple of pints.
I'm certainly glad to hear you're enjoying the beast guys, I'm right there with ya! The depth of flavours are incredible not to mention the brain numbing effects.
On a side note, I hear a lot of people commenting that the beer is really quite sweet. The fact is that couldn't be further from the truth with the finishing gravity of the Beast at 2.6P or 1.010 FG. The thick chewy feel from hop oils and full-on malt flavours can be quite deceiving.
Rock on.
That thick oily texture is awesome! And hell, the hart burger goes down so well with it too!
I'm really going to miss this one when it taps out.
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