2012 program - Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild

and success. Not only that, but our machines kill fascists, too.
Now more than ever before, we ask: Can your beer do that?
Black & Blue Grass: ABV: 6.5%, OG: 15 degrees Plato, IBU: 18. Spiced Belgian
Saison. Malts: Rahr Pale and white wheat, Castle Aromatic. Sugar: Blue Agave
Nectar. Hops: German Perle. Spices: Toasted Black Pepper, Lemon Grass. Yeast:
House Belgian Ale. You can’t drink Black & Blue Grass in striped pants The great Bill
Monroe described his bluegrass music as “Scottish bagpipes and ole-time fiddlin’. It’s
Methodist and Holiness and Baptist. It’s blues and jazz, and it has a high lonesome
sound.” Our Black & Blue Grass begs to concur. Belgian yeast and stateside Saison
spicing; black pepper and blue agave and lemongrass, and a great bet alongside any
food you have around.
Naughty Girl: ABV: 6%, OG: 14.4 degrees Plato, IBU: 69, Belgian India Blonde Ale.
Malts: Rahr 2-row, Rahr Premium Pils, Castle (Belgian) Aromatic, CaraPils. Hops:
Cascade, Galena, Golding, Cascade for warm dry-hopping. Yeast: House Belgian Ale.
Naturally Naughty -- by Nurture. It all began as a Belgo-American ménage a trois, but
then the brewers arrived and transformed the trans-oceanic affair into a beer love
pentangle. The collaborative minds at Louisville Beer Store, De Struise Brouwers and
New Albanian Brewing Company offer this, a willfully disobedient India Blonde Ale
with a hop on her shoulder.
Oaktimus: ABV: 10.7%, OG: 22.6 degrees Plato, IBU: 100. Imperial IPA (Oak Aged
Hoptimus). Malts: Special Pale. Hops: Four additions of high alpha Nugget, one late
addition of Cascade, dry-hopped with whole cone Cascades. Yeast: House American
Ale. Aged in Sterner Stuff. When aged on oak, Hoptimus becomes Oaktimus. Living
vicariously through others is a sad compromise meant only for rank amateurs and
subpar international lagers. Rather, we all might profit from the principled example
of Hoptimus, which lives vivaciously, audaciously and capriciously through itself. With
a snarky hop character that is blatantly unrepentant, Hoptimus ensures that meek
palates surely will not inherit the earth.
Solidarity (Cabernet Barrel Aged): ABV: 8%, OG: 21.1 degrees Plato, IBU:
18. Baltic Porter. Malts: Special Pale; Simpsons Aromatic, Dark Crystal, Chocolate and
Black; CaraPils. Hops: Magnum in the kettle; Willamette in the whirlpool. Yeast: House
Lager
Solidarity or Death: In the 1980’s, the Solidarity trade union movement in Poland
helped end the Communist Party’s hegemony. We tip our hats to Solidarity, both
as concept and movement, with this robust liquid reminder of Baltic foresight in
activism … and strong beer.
Yakima (Willett Rye Barrel Aged): ABV: 7.5%, OG: 17 degrees Plato, IBU:
130. Rye India Pale Ale. Malts: Rahr 2-row, Flaked Rye, Weyermann CaraFoam. Hops:
Columbus, Centennial, Cascade. Yeast: House American Ale. How the Midwest Was
Won: “Yakima is simple in design: This beer is for me, the hophead Brewmaster here
in the land of no coast. After many years of liquid research, the time came to satisfy
my inner desire to craft a Rye IPA so immaculate that it would ‘up’ our revolution
even further. Mission accomplished.” -- Jared Williamson, formerly of NABC, now
brewing at Schlafly 10th Anniversary Bygoner Series at the NABC main station, C02
pour
Bourbondaddy: ABV: 9.5%, OG: 20 degrees Plato, IBU: 18. Imperial Chocolate Milk
Stout (Bourbon Barrel Aged). Malts: Rahr Pale, Simpson Chocolate and Roast Barley,
Patagonia Especial, flaked oats. Sugar: Milk (lactose). Hops: Challenger. Special:
Raisins and cocoa added to mash, cacao nibs in the kettle, and “Dry Nibbed” in
the bright for two months prior to filling barrels. Yeast: House Ale. “Go forth and
proceed” The first batches of Bourbondaddy appeared in 2003 and 2004. The 10th
anniversary revival version began life as an Imperial Chocolate Mik Stout, and then
was racked into Angel’s Envy barrels for four months’ aging.
Stumble Bus: ABV: 11.2%, OG: 25 degrees Plato, IBU: 126. American Strong Ale. Malts:
Rahr Pale, Weyermann Vienna, Simpson Medium Crystal, light malt extract. Hops: A
delicate mix of Galena, Cascade and Golding. Yeast: House American Ale. Fall Off the
Bus, Along with Bourbondaddy, Stumble Bus is the most fondly remembered seasonal
ale brewed by NABC’s founding brewer, Michael Borchers. Was it Imperial IPA, or was it
Barleywine? What is it now? It’s not the destination; it’s the journey.
Turbo Hog: ABV: 9.5%, OG: 20 degrees Plato, IBU: 86. Malt Liquor. Malts: Rahr Pale,
flaked maize. Sugar: White table sugar. Hops: Hallertau Magnum and Tettnanger,
Czech Saaz (4 late kettle additions and dry hops). Yeast: House Ale. The finest malt
liquor yet devised by man First came Bush Hog, and then its logical culmination,
Turbo Hog (sans paper bags). Augmented with corn, boosted in strength, and
refashioned as a malt liquor, it was a briefly invigorating experiment. Boss Hog was
planned, but never brewed.
real ale tent
Beak’s Best: ABV: 5.3%, OG: 14.75 degrees Plato, IBU: 35. American Ale. Malts: Rahr
Pale, Simpsons Medium Crystal, Castle (Belgian) Aromatic and Special B. Hops: Triple
hopped with Cascade pellets. Yeast: House Ale. American Bitter & Soul Liniment.
Named in honor of globetrotting historian and educator Don “Beak” Barry. You really
need to meet the Beak, and sample his ale.
Get Off My Lawn: ABV: 4.2%, OG: 10 degrees Plato, IBU: 35, Session India Pale Ale.
Malts: Rahr 2-Row and Simpson Aromatic. Hops: AU Galaxy (100%) … mash hops, late
whirlpool, and dry hopping; no hops in the boil, Yeast: House Ale. This means you,
hipster. David Pierce, NABC’s Director of Brewing Operations, has been telling young
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