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Post #1 made 12 years ago
by GuingesRock
Here I am, three months into brewing and I'm stuck on one theme, with no inclination to move on.

The theme is IPAs made with a single large late hopping (hop bursting) addition and the hops left in for the ferment to extract more hoppy goodness. I don't really care much about the grain bill and I use a single malt (MO).

My hop bill is escalating in size exponentially and I am fanatically researching more ways of hopping...FWH, dry hopping, Bob's hop vodka.

My pet name for my wife is "Bunnies". I have no idea where that came from, but it might be because she is "hoppy" too.

What's going on? Am I kidding myself that it is the taste I'm after. I've never been that fanatical about culinary treats. I suspect it might be a chemical in the hops that is seducing me.

Someone was drinking my beer, and on their second glass, they settled back in their chair and said with a euphoric grin..."this beer is great! it's like pot, on a good day"

http://www.herbs2000.com/herbs/herbs_hops.htm
Last edited by GuingesRock on 28 Feb 2013, 21:31, edited 2 times in total.
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Post #2 made 12 years ago
by GuingesRock
Ah Ha! ....Hops and Marijuana are related :!:

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2 ... lated-hops

Needs more research... but then maybe there are times when it is better not to ask questions.

There was a period in the history of England when IPA was taxed virtually out of existence with much higher levies than normal beer. During that time IPAs continued their evolution in America. Maybe the English government recognised something that they could tax heavily. The story is that the higher taxes were because of the higher alcohol content of IPAs. Hmmmm :think:

Maybe these hops are making me a bit wierd and paranoid.
Last edited by GuingesRock on 01 Mar 2013, 03:05, edited 2 times in total.
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Post #3 made 12 years ago
by mally
Do you find you have "the munchies" too GR :think:
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Post #4 made 12 years ago
by GuingesRock
Not sure Mally. Don’t think so.
IPA by Mitch Steel, page 169 wrote:
Cilurzo coined the phrase “Lupulin Threshold Shift,” defined as

1. When a once-extraordinarily hoppy beer now seems pedestrian

2. The phenomenon a person has when craving more bitterness in beer

3. The long term exposure to extremely hoppy beers; if excessive or prolonged, a habitual dependence on hops will occur

4. When a double IPA just isn’t enough
Just came across that in my IPA book.
Last edited by GuingesRock on 29 Mar 2013, 16:59, edited 2 times in total.
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