![]() ![]() When he brought me up to the counter to check out, he took the time to double check that all the ingredients of the kit were in the box (including my extra hop additions). So one of the Keystone employees named Alan put the kit together for me using the Emperor Pale Patine recipe that they keep in a three ring binder for just this kind of situation. But the other day was different – I needed help because my favorite kit (called “Emperor Pale Patine”) wasn’t on the shelf. Usually I run in, get my prepackaged kit, grab the hops and yeast out of the fridge myself (because I can’t help myself – I usually tinker with the recipes), pay and leave. I was reminded of the importance of attention to detail in brewing the other day when I stopped in to Keystone Homebrew Supply in Montgomeryville to pick up my next kit. I have to note – every single one of those Brewing kits have come from Keystone Homebrew Supply in Montgomeryville (even the 2 in 1995 & 1996, when they were located in a tiny little shop on Route 309)! Not too bad of a ratio for an amateur – but it’s the small mistakes that kill your beer, and paying attention to detail is extremely important. But let’s be clear: extract only (One of these days I’ll find the extra time to brew all grain).Īt last count I’ve brewed 18 five gallon batches over the past 4 years (I’m not counting the two I brewed sometime in 1995/1996), with only 3 that were pretty much undrinkable – and those 3 failures were the result of simple process mistakes. If you can’t find any Nimble Giant this year, I’ll try to hold a spot for you in line at the Tröegs brewery on release day 2017.When I’m not drinking beer or writing about beer or dreaming about beer, I try brewing beer. I’d be more than happy to have it as an every-day-drinker, but I think the limited release schedule will help keep this beer exciting and fresh. With its very well-hidden 9% ABV, that’s a dangerous amount of beer, so you may want to recruit a few hop-heads to help drink it.īy the time you read this, Nimble Giant may already be gone, but you should definitely snag a few if given the chance. Nimble Giant is available in the ever-popular 16-ounce cans (pounders), but the giant 3L swing-top bottles are the more intriguing option. Photo Credit: Tröegs Independent Brewing (via Facebook) This is one tasty brew, which I think would go very well with a savory meal, such as chicken with roasted vegetables. ![]() The mouthfeel is slick and juicy, and it finishes with a light coating of hop resin. As the beer had a chance to warm up a little, tropical fruit flavors started to become more apparent. My first sip was dominated by grapefruit flavors followed by a moderate piney hop bitterness. Immediately upon pouring unmistakable citrus aromas waft out of the glass. This DIPA pours clear with an orange color and white head. “Without sway, there can be no balance.” Our Double IPA gracefully boasts grapefruit rind, pineapple and honeysuckle notes with a hint of earthy forest floor. When Azacca hops were thrown into the mix in the seventh and final version, Tröegs’ brewers believed they had landed on something special, and Nimble Giant was born. Evolving through seven different Scratch iterations along the way, the beer transitioned from an IPA to a DIPA and, to the delight of brewery visitors, Simcoe hops were added to the recipe. This brew started its life as a small-batch experiment with Mosaic hops in Tröegs’ popular Scratch Series. ![]() Line at the Tröegs Brewery release of Nimble Giant. I found a 4-pack of Tröegs Nimble Giant in the beer department of an upscale grocery store the next day. ![]() Despite my last minute run-in with adulthood, Lady Luck was still on my side. Eventually, I decided that lugging three small kids into a busy brewery would be a poor life choice and canceled my plans. When I heard the official release of their new once-a-year double IPA was coming up, I promised myself I would make the trip. As the first production brewery I ever visited, Tröegs Independent Brewing in Hershey, PA will always hold a special place in my liver and in my heart. ![]()
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