Too extreme to be called beer? Brewed to a colossal 45-degree plato, boiled
for a full 2 hours while being continually hopped with high alpha American
hops, dry-hopped daily in the fermenter for a month and aged for a month on
whole leaf hops, 120 Minute IPA is by far the biggest IPA ever brewed! At
21% abv and 120 IBU's, you can see why we call this the Holy Grail for
Hopheads!
Released quarterly, very limited availabilty
21% ABV 120 IBU

Descriptors: Marmalade, orange peel, woodsy, minty
Food pairing reccomendations: Duck a l'orange, crepes, fruit pies
Suggested serving glass: snifter
Comparable wine style: Grappa
This beer AGES WELL

It's tasted here in Belgium in Bruges at beer pub Dickies's
(http://drink.to/dickies)
http://beeryreports.50megs.com/images/dh01.jpg
http://beeryreports.50megs.com/images/dh02.jpg
http://beeryreports.50megs.com/images/dh03.jpg
José from Dickies' pouring out that marvelous beer liquid.

Be aware that this beer is not available at this beer pub as this was a gift
from an Amercan fellow !!
This was one of my best beer taste moments ever. Truely outstanding stuff
!!!
America !! We love you !!!!!
Cheers,
--
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City: Brugge Belgium Europe
URL: http://surf.to/beer
Forum Belgian Beer Board: http://board.to/bbb
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Filip Geerts ) wrote:

: This was one of my best beer taste moments ever. Truely outstanding stuff
: !!!

I have a few to trade -- want to work out a deal and ship me equal value
in Ichtegem's?

--
Bill

reply to sirwill1 AT same domain as above

On Sun, 4 Jul 2004, Filip Geerts wrote:

Too extreme to be called beer? Brewed to a colossal 45-degree plato, boiled
for a full 2 hours while being continually hopped with high alpha American
hops, dry-hopped daily in the fermenter for a month and aged for a month on
whole leaf hops, 120 Minute IPA is by far the biggest IPA ever brewed! At
21% abv and 120 IBU's, you can see why we call this the Holy Grail for
Hopheads!
Released quarterly, very limited availabilty
21% ABV 120 IBU

If you're a hophead, I think you'd like the 90-min IPA much better. Same
bitterness perception as the 120, but not cloyingly sweet. Drinking the
120 min made my teeth hurt from all the residual sugar in the beer. I
payed $10 for a 12oz bottle and now wish I had bought 2 more 90-min
bottles instead.
Warren Place

notbob wrote in message news:xyFJc.86110$MB3.9132@attbi_s04...
What are "whole leaf hops"? No hop leaves are used in brewing. The flower,
also known as the cone or the bud, is used. Petals and lupulin glands are
the individual parts of the flower. No leaves!

nb

Eh semantics.

Hops available to me as a homebrewer:

pellets
plugs
whole-leaf -- Just the whole cone, when you crush it between your
hands is actually pretty 'leafy'.

_Randal

On 2004-07-16, Randal Chapman wrote:

Eh semantics.

whole-leaf -- Just the whole cone, when you crush it between your

No, just correct terminology. As a homebrewer, myself, I understand what you
mean. But, the fact is, I can find no online hop source that uses the term
"whole-leaf". If you can, I'm happy for you.

nb

"notbob" wrote in message
news:3KTJc.90407$a24.79347@attbi_s03...
On 2004-07-16, Randal Chapman wrote:
Eh semantics.

Indeed.

whole-leaf -- Just the whole cone, when you crush it between your

No, just correct terminology. As a homebrewer, myself, I understand what
you
mean. But, the fact is, I can find no online hop source that uses the
term
"whole-leaf". If you can, I'm happy for you.

Where'd you look, the phone book? Google turns up a ton (in 0.20 seconds!)
with the following search: "whole leaf" hops
Here's three:
http://www.homebrewit.com/aisle/2030
http://cascadehomebrew.tripod.com/About_Hops.html
http://brewingusa.com/allabout_hops.asp

Of course, you get all kinds of hits with this search, too: "whole flower"
hops

But I like this guy's take on it: "Whole hops (you may hear them referred to
as "whole leaf" or "whole flower")..." He's at:
http://www.homebrewhq.com/brewing_beer/hop_info.html

Now we can ALL be happy. Or not. Whatever.

--
Lew Bryson

"GOOD or SHITE?" -- Michael Jackson, "Thriller", 1982
www.lewbryson.com

"notbob" wrote in message
news:3KTJc.90407$a24.79347@attbi_s03...
On 2004-07-16, Randal Chapman wrote:
Eh semantics.

Indeed.

whole-leaf -- Just the whole cone, when you crush it between your

No, just correct terminology. As a homebrewer, myself, I understand what
you
mean. But, the fact is, I can find no online hop source that uses the
term
"whole-leaf". If you can, I'm happy for you.

Where'd you look, the phone book? Google turns up a ton (in 0.20 seconds!)
with the following search: "whole leaf" hops
Here's three:
http://www.homebrewit.com/aisle/2030
http://cascadehomebrew.tripod.com/About_Hops.html
http://brewingusa.com/allabout_hops.asp

Of course, you get all kinds of hits with this search, too: "whole flower"
hops

But I like this guy's take on it: "Whole hops (you may hear them referred to
as "whole leaf" or "whole flower")..." He's at:
http://www.homebrewhq.com/brewing_beer/hop_info.html

Now we can ALL be happy. Or not. Whatever.

--
Lew Bryson

"GOOD or SHITE?" -- Michael Jackson, "Thriller", 1982
www.lewbryson.com

On 2004-07-16, Lew Bryson wrote:


But I like this guy's take on it: "Whole hops (you may hear them referred to
as "whole leaf" or "whole flower")..." He's at:
http://www.homebrewhq.com/brewing_beer/hop_info.html

Now we can ALL be happy. Or not. Whatever.

I concede defeat! :\


Exhibit No 1: The Picture

http://www.johbarth.com/agronomy.htm

......scroll down, note term "bract".


Exhibit No 2:

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~plants-c/bio415/glossary.shtml


Oh well, live and learn!

nb

On 2004-07-16, Lew Bryson wrote:


But I like this guy's take on it: "Whole hops (you may hear them referred to
as "whole leaf" or "whole flower")..." He's at:
http://www.homebrewhq.com/brewing_beer/hop_info.html

Now we can ALL be happy. Or not. Whatever.

I concede defeat! :\


Exhibit No 1: The Picture

http://www.johbarth.com/agronomy.htm

......scroll down, note term "bract".


Exhibit No 2:

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~plants-c/bio415/glossary.shtml


Oh well, live and learn!

nb

"notbob" wrote in message
news:eJVJc.91572$MB3.28381@attbi_s04...
On 2004-07-16, Lew Bryson wrote:
But I like this guy's take on it: "Whole hops (you may hear them
referred to
as "whole leaf" or "whole flower")..." He's at:
http://www.homebrewhq.com/brewing_beer/hop_info.html

Now we can ALL be happy. Or not. Whatever.

I concede defeat! :\

Oh, you're RIGHT, there's no question about it. But most of the brewers and
homebrewers I know call 'em whole leaf. No biggie.

--
Lew Bryson

www.LewBryson.com
Author of "New York Breweries" and "Pennsylvania Breweries," 2nd ed., both
available at www.amazon.com
The Hotmail address on this post is for newsgroups only: I don't check it,
or respond to it. Spam away.

"notbob" wrote in message
news:eJVJc.91572$MB3.28381@attbi_s04...
On 2004-07-16, Lew Bryson wrote:
But I like this guy's take on it: "Whole hops (you may hear them
referred to
as "whole leaf" or "whole flower")..." He's at:
http://www.homebrewhq.com/brewing_beer/hop_info.html

Now we can ALL be happy. Or not. Whatever.

I concede defeat! :\

Oh, you're RIGHT, there's no question about it. But most of the brewers and
homebrewers I know call 'em whole leaf. No biggie.

--
Lew Bryson

www.LewBryson.com
Author of "New York Breweries" and "Pennsylvania Breweries," 2nd ed., both
available at www.amazon.com
The Hotmail address on this post is for newsgroups only: I don't check it,
or respond to it. Spam away.