Mar 12, 2008

Celebrating 10,000 reviews on Ratebeer



Saturday the 8th of March we had a special guest come and brew a small batch with us at Gourmet Bryggeriet / Ølfabrikken.

Jens Ungstrup celebrating his 10,000th documented beer rating on the infamous beer rating site ratebeer.com, he is the first on ratebeer to reach so many ratings. As a brewer I have always respected Jens's ratings as they are thoughtful and honest. All 10,000 of them!


I have spent time with Jens seeing him on a rate rampage believe me he is very commited to seeking out new beer to rate, he is hardcore!


We promised to brew him a beer which strangely enough fell on Gourmet Bryggeriet's 1001th brew... so another milestone was passed that day as well. He asked for a smoked barley wine, thats what he got...


The beer ...

Grain bill:

330 kgs Pilsner malt

100 kg Weyermann Smoked malt

25 kg Castle malting's peated smoked malt

25 kg Thomas fawcett Crystal malt


Hops:

Bittering (60 mins of boiling) 2 kg Chinook hops

Flavor / Aroma (15 mins) Mt. Hood hops


Adjuncts:

50 kg Brown sugar in kettle full.


Yeast:

Wyeast London Ale


Orginal Gravity: 24 plato

Final gravity (Still fermenting today it was down to 9 plato)

in the fermenter we put 1000 liters of cold wort.


I will update the beer as it is finishing up.


This beer will be given to Jens to celebrate how he likes! I hope Im invited to the party...


Mike



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Congrats to Jens! That's a serious accomplishment and I can lay claim to witnessing Jens' tenacity! I hope the beer turns out well, sounds very interesting. Cheers fellas!