A couple of months ago Jeff and I caught wind of something called Triple Hops Brewing.  Since then we’ve been dying to try it but weren’t quite sure how we’d go about doing it.  There’s one brewery that has a unique triple hops brewing process but we were pretty sure they weren’t sharing their secrets.  Guess what?  All of their secrets are right there on their website!  Unbelievable!  Don’t these guys know that just about anyone with a computer can get on the world wide web and steal their secrets?  Well now we’re keen to their process.  Not so unique any more is it guys?  We’ve tried it in our Black IPA to see if we could make it taste “insanely great.”    We added two pounds of Columbus hops to create flavor and aroma (and we always thought aroma came from the last hops, DUH!), then we added five pounds of Chinook hops to develop balance and get the right amount of body, then we added another five pounds of Columbus to lock in the taste by enhancing the foamy head.  We even considered taking it a step further and using 26 pounds of whole leaf Horizons in the hop back and another two pounds of Centennial in the fermenter but we were afraid that might make the beer too filling.  It wasn’t easy going from our usual brew day to a 3-step brewing process but we’re hoping it will pay off. Well the beer will be on tap on Thursday night, so you can see for yourself how well we interpreted this groundbreaking process.  If you like it maybe you’ll drink it Thursday, Friday, and every day for the rest of your naturally born life!  Ok, enough blogging for me.  I’ve got to do some more internet research and see if I can increase the drinkability of my beer too!

SARCASM ALERT!!!!! (We did not steal proprietary information from Miller or any other megabrewery.  We are not forging headlong into the future with a cutting edge brewing technique.  This is how micro brewers and home brewers have been making beer since we’ve been brewing beer.)

Cheers,

Chris