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