The Great Taste of the Midwest takes place in Madison, Wisconsin on Saturday, August 11, and once again, NABC will be there. Here's the beer list for 2012.
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NABC Beer Descriptions, for the Great Taste of the Midwest 2012 official program.
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At the NABC main station, C02 pour:
Black & Blue Grass
Naughty Girl
Oaktimus
Solidarity (Cabernet Barrel Aged)
10th Anniversary Bygoner Series at the NABC main station, C02 pour
Bourbondaddy
Stumble Bus
Turbo Hog
Cask-conditioned NABC (pins at the NABC station; tapping time TBA):
There may be last-minute surprises
Cask-conditioned NABC (firkins at the real ale tent):
Beaks Best
Get Off My Lawn
Naughty Girl (Double Dry Hopped)
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NABC BEER DESCRIPTIONS
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At the NABC main station, C02 pour:
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
Sugar: Blue Agave Nectar
Hops: German Perle
Spices: Toasted Black Pepper, Lemon Grass
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.
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Naughty Girl
ABV: 6%
OG: 14.4 degrees Plato
IBU: 69
Belgian India
Malts: Rahr 2-row, Rahr Premium Pils, Castle (Belgian) Aromatic, CaraPils
Hops: Cascade, Galena
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.
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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.
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Solidarity (Cabernet Barrel Aged)
ABV: 8%
OG: 21.1 degrees Plato
IBU: 18
Baltic Porter
Malts: Special Pale; Simpsons Aromatic, Dark Crystal
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
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.
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ABV: 7.5%
OG: 17 degrees Plato
IBU: 130
Malts: Rahr 2-row, Flaked Rye, Weyermann CaraFoam
Hops:Columbus
Hops:
Yeast: House American Ale
How the Midwest Was Won
“Yakima Mission
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.
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.
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Stumble Bus
ABV: 11.2%
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 ofGalena
Yeast: House American Ale
Hops: A delicate mix of
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.
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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.
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.
Cask-conditioned NABC (firkins at the real ale tent):
Beak’s Best
ABV: 5.3%
OG: 14.75 degrees Plato
IBU: 35
American Ale
Malts: Rahr Pale, Simpsons Medium Crystal
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.
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Get Off My Lawn
ABV: 4.2%
OG: 10 degrees Plato
IBU: 35
Session India
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 punks to get off his lawn since long before he even had a lawn. Back then, we didn’t have craft beer. Now we use it to mow our lawns once the hipsters are gone.
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Naughty Girl
(Same as above, double dry-hopped version)
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