All BEER All The Time Trivia - Sunday April 25th

Think you know your beer? Come on down and prove it! That's right folks, come on down to join us at our 4th ALL BEER trivia night this Sunday, April 25th 2010 at 7:00pm. Admission is free.

Teams will receive a $10 gift card every time they win a round with the overall 1st place team winning a $75 gift card, 2nd place team wins a $30 gift card.

Our previous incarnations of ALL BEER trivia were a total riot so mark your calendars and git yer butt on down here for some fun!

We're located at 1869 Upper Water St, Halifax, NS - inside the Harbourside Market - Historic properties (beside Salty's restaurant). Lots of parking right beside us in the lower level of the Law Courts - or park near the ferry terminal and enjoy the two minute walk.

Halifax Harbour Sighting: 'Hop Mess Monster'

The one and only 'Hop Mess Monster' aka 'Messie' has been spotted near the Hart and Thistle on the Halifax waterfront!

Not to be messed with, 'Messie' as she is affectionately known to locals is a monstrosity of a Triple IPA, the likes of which this country has never seen. A real Imperial Pale Ale brewed with copious amounts of hops and malts clocking in at a deliciously insane 533 calculated IBU's and 11.0% ABV.

We're fully expecting her to rear her ugly head near the middle of May 2010 so stay tuned. Updates to follow.....

Vital Stats:
Gravity - 22.5 P/1.094
IBU's - 100+ (533 calculated)
Hop Rate > 10 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

'Double Citra SMaSH' - DIPA

Born on April 20th 2010

'Double Citra SMaSH' DIPA is the latest to join our SMaSH beer series and is coming to the taps Tuesday April 20th 2010 at 5:00pm just in time for Hoppy Tuesday (save $2 per glass on our handcrafted brews every Tuesday).

This time our Single Malt and Single Hop beer is brewed with all Citra hops and Canadian Pale Ale malt. It's mash-hopped, 1st-wort-hopped and dry-hopped with massive amounts of the new Citra cultivar (see specs below) and is calculated to 131 IBU's. Reminiscent of 5-alive on 'roids you're all gonna want to get down to the pub to try it on for size before it disappears.

Vital Stats:
Gravity - 17P/1.070
FG (for the idiot that won't beLiEve) -  3.5P/1.014
IBU's - 100+ (131 Calculated)
Hop Rate - 5 lbs/bbl
ABV - 7.5 %
Colour ~ 9.0 SRM
Malt - Pale Ale
Hops - Citra

For colour comparison here's a shot of the Double Citra SMaSH wort before and after a wee simmerin'.....

Citra is a hybrid of a number of different hops.  The breakdown is as follows:
50% Hallertauer Mittelfrüh
25% U.S. Tettnanger
25% East Kent Golding, Bavarian, Brewers Gold, and other unknown hops.

Citra™, HBC 394

Citra™ is a special aroma hop variety developed by the Hop Breeding Company (a joint venture between John I. Haas, Inc. and Select Botanicals Group, LLC).   It was released in 2007.  Citra™  has fairly high alpha acids and total oil contents with a low percentage of cohumulone content. The variety imparts interesting citrus and tropical fruit characters to beer.

Yield (kilos per hectare)	1600-1800
Yield (lbs per acre)	1400-1600
Alpha Acids	11-13
Beta Acids	3.5-4.5
Alpha-Beta Ratio	2.9-3.1
Cohumulone (% of alpha acids):	22-24%
Total Oils (Mls. per 100 grams dried hops)	2.2-2.8
Myrcene (as % of total oils)	60-65%
Caryophyllene (as % of total oils)	6-8%
Humulene (as % of total oils)	11-13%
Farnesene (as % of total oils)	0%
Storage (% alpha acids remaining after 6 months storage at 20° C)	75%
Possible Substitutions	Unknown

On Tap....

Our E-Rosinous Zone IPA is now SOLD OUT. Thanks for drinking!

We have Fèileadh Air Teine SOS on tap. Our new 'Citra SMaSH' will be joining the party in a couple days, more details on the beer soon.

Also on Friday April 16th 2010 at 5:00pm we'll be tapping a lone keg of Blackout CIA. 

On Tap This Week

Blackout CIA is now sold out!


E-Zone IPA and our new smokey Scottish Oatmeal Stout are both on tap and tasting divine so get on 'em while you can.

Cheers

'Fèileadh Air Teine' - SOS

Born on April 5th 2010

On tap Monday April 5th 2010 we have 'Fèileadh Air Teine' (Faila Err Chen-nuh ) [Gaelic for 'Kilt On Fire'] - Scottish Oatmeal Stout.

Brewed with peat-smoked Scottish distillers malt, beechwood-smoked malt and copious amounts of oatmeal it's black, thick, smokey and nutritious like a proper Scottish breakfast. If it's no oatmeal, it's crrrrrap!

Vital Stats:
Gravity – 14.9P/1.061
IBU's - 43
Hop Rate – 0.2 lbs/bbl
ABV - 5.8 %
Hops - Magnum
Colour – 53 SRM
Malts - Pale Ale, Crystal 70, Crystal 150, Peat Smoked, Beechwood Smoked, Black Patent, Chocolate
Adjuncts - Rolled Oats, Roasted Barley

On Deck!

On deck we have a Citra SMaSH IPA and a smokey Scottish Oatmeal Stout. Deets to follow soon.

Some crazy beautiful weather to experience out on the deck at the Hart and Thistle!! The sun feels amazingly like summer, if you haven't been down today there's still time or drop by tomorrow and grab yourself a hop-bomb of a Blackout CIA or E-Rosinous Zone while you're at it.

Cheers

Hart & Thistle CLOSED Good Friday

However we will be back to regular hours Sat April 3rd 2010 with the patio all set up for crazy warmth and sunshine currently in the forecast.

Cheers