Comments on: Buscando El Jefe (Southern Tier Heavy Weizen) http://brewdogblog.com/2008/05/buscando-el-jefe-southern-tier-heavy-weizen/ brews we have encountered Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:21:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: stinky http://brewdogblog.com/2008/05/buscando-el-jefe-southern-tier-heavy-weizen/comment-page-1/#comment-76 stinky Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:14:05 +0000 http://brewdogblog.com/?p=28#comment-76 I wouldn't go so far as to call the Hop Sun insipid but it's a light bodied session beer it's not looking to be a massive hop bomb, just something that's an appealing brew to both those looking for something that is usually vaguely called "summery" and people looking for some hops. It's actually fairly interesting in that the dates on the cases indicate it was either brewed or bottled in late February, which might indicate that it goes through a long period of cold conditioning and dry hopping. The Ubersun is definitely more along the lines of what you are looking for. I'd be a bit wary of starting off homebrewing with a wheat beer. Wheat is extremely glutinous and will stall a fermentation easily. Often times there's no coming back. The one batch of beer I brewed had a little less than a third wheat (I don't have the recipe handy) and went pretty smoothly. You'd be looking at a something more along the lines of around 40%, which becomes a lot more iffy. I heard from one of the guys at Sixpoint that they were shocked by how little hops they needed to use to get the Apollo as bitter as it is. Apparently they cut their hop additions by as much as a third from the original recipe, so you definitely want to be careful about trying something like this right out the gate. Should be fun to drink either way. I wouldn’t go so far as to call the Hop Sun insipid but it’s a light bodied session beer it’s not looking to be a massive hop bomb, just something that’s an appealing brew to both those looking for something that is usually vaguely called “summery” and people looking for some hops. It’s actually fairly interesting in that the dates on the cases indicate it was either brewed or bottled in late February, which might indicate that it goes through a long period of cold conditioning and dry hopping. The Ubersun is definitely more along the lines of what you are looking for.

I’d be a bit wary of starting off homebrewing with a wheat beer. Wheat is extremely glutinous and will stall a fermentation easily. Often times there’s no coming back. The one batch of beer I brewed had a little less than a third wheat (I don’t have the recipe handy) and went pretty smoothly. You’d be looking at a something more along the lines of around 40%, which becomes a lot more iffy.

I heard from one of the guys at Sixpoint that they were shocked by how little hops they needed to use to get the Apollo as bitter as it is. Apparently they cut their hop additions by as much as a third from the original recipe, so you definitely want to be careful about trying something like this right out the gate.

Should be fun to drink either way.

]]> By: t-bone http://brewdogblog.com/2008/05/buscando-el-jefe-southern-tier-heavy-weizen/comment-page-1/#comment-36 t-bone Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:09:13 +0000 http://brewdogblog.com/?p=28#comment-36 Yeah I've killed a bunch of the Hopfen Weizens, good stuff indeed. I did try the Hop Sun on draft at 4th ave and it seemed pretty insipid, but I had already had a pretty heavy DIPA so maybe it's time to try it again. I'm definitely psyched to try the Uber though. Yeah I’ve killed a bunch of the Hopfen Weizens, good stuff indeed. I did try the Hop Sun on draft at 4th ave and it seemed pretty insipid, but I had already had a pretty heavy DIPA so maybe it’s time to try it again. I’m definitely psyched to try the Uber though.

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