Rock Hoppers Brew Club Logs

Saison — BJCP Style Information

Saison 2012

Apr 7, 2012

Saison

Category:	Belgian and French Ale
Number:	16C

A medium to strong ale with a distinctive yellow-orange color, highly carbonated, well hopped, fruity and dry with a quenching acidity.

Commercial Examples: Saison Dupont Vieille Provision; Fantôme Saison D’Erezée - Printemps; Saison de Pipaix; Saison Regal; Saison Voisin; Lefebvre Saison 1900; Ellezelloise Saison 2000; Saison Silly; Southampton Saison; New Belgium Saison; Pizza Port SPF 45; Lost Abbey Red Barn Ale; Ommegang Hennepin.

All Grain

6.5/12.8

33.1

8.3%

Saison — BJCP Style Information

Black Rice Saison 2012

Apr 7, 2012

Saison

Category:	Belgian and French Ale
Number:	16C

A medium to strong ale with a distinctive yellow-orange color, highly carbonated, well hopped, fruity and dry with a quenching acidity.

All Grain

4.8/9.5

30.6

Saison — BJCP Style Information

Potiron Saison

Apr 7, 2012

Saison

Category:	Belgian and French Ale
Number:	16C

A medium to strong ale with a distinctive yellow-orange color, highly carbonated, well hopped, fruity and dry with a quenching acidity.

All Grain

Moravian Dark Lager - 14 degree - 2012

Mar 25, 2012

Oktoberfest/Marzen

Oktoberfest/Marzen — BJCP Style Information

Category:	European Amber Lager
Number:	03B

Smooth, clean, and rather rich, with a depth of malt character. This is one of the classic malty styles, with a maltiness that is often described as soft, complex, and elegant but never cloying.

Commercial Examples: Paulaner Oktoberfest, Ayinger Oktoberfest-Märzen, Hacker-Pschorr Original Oktoberfest, Hofbräu Oktoberfest, Victory Festbier, Great Lakes Oktoberfest, Spaten Oktoberfest, Capital Oktoberfest, Gordon Biersch Märzen, Goose Island Oktoberfest, Samuel Adams Oktoberfest.

All Grain

16.9/33.3

25.2

Belgian Golden Strong Ale

The Devil You Know

Mar 4, 2012

Belgian Golden Strong Ale — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Belgian Strong Ale
Number:	18D

A golden, complex, effervescent, strong Belgian-style ale.

Commercial Examples: Duvel, Russian River Damnation, Hapkin, Lucifer, Brigand, Judas, Delirium Tremens, Dulle Teve, Piraat, Great Divide Hades, Avery Salvation, North Coast Pranqster, Unibroue Eau Benite, AleSmith Horny Devil.

All Grain

3.7/7.3

29.1

Biere de Garde — BJCP Style Information

Biere de Garde 2012

Mar 3, 2012

Biere de Garde

Category:	Belgian and French Ale
Number:	16D

A fairly strong, malt-accentuated, lagered artisanal farmhouse beer.

Commercial Examples: Jenlain (amber), Jenlain Bière de Printemps (blond), St. Amand (brown), Ch’Ti Brun (brown), Ch’Ti Blond (blond), La Choulette (all 3 versions), La Choulette Bière des Sans Culottes (blond), Saint Sylvestre 3 Monts (blond), Biere Nouvelle (brown), Castelain (blond), Jade (amber), Brasseurs Bière de Garde (amber), Southampton Bière de Garde (amber), Lost Abbey Avante Garde (blond).

All Grain

11.2/22.1

27.8

8.8%

Fizzy Whizzy Dizzy Blonde

Feb 26, 2012

Blonde Ale

Blonde Ale — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Light Hybrid Beer
Number:	06B

Easy-drinking, approachable, malt-oriented American craft beer.

Commercial Examples: Pelican Kiwanda Cream Ale, Russian River Aud Blonde, Rogue Oregon Golden Ale, Widmer Blonde Ale, Fuller’s Summer Ale, Hollywood Blonde, Redhook Blonde.

All Grain

4/7.9

Weizen/Weissbier — BJCP Style Information

Weizen

Feb 19, 2012

Weizen/Weissbier

Category:	German Wheat and Rye Beer
Number:	15A

A pale, spicy, fruity, refreshing wheat-based ale.

Commercial Examples: Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier, Schneider Weisse Weizenhell, Paulaner Hefe-Weizen, Hacker-Pschorr Weisse, Plank Bavarian Hefeweizen, Ayinger Bräu Weisse, Ettaler Weissbier Hell, Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse, Andechser Weissbier Hefetrüb, Kapuziner Weissbier, Erdinger Weissbier, Penn Weizen, Barrelhouse Hocking Hills HefeWeizen, Eisenbahn Weizenbier.

All Grain

2.9/5.7

5.6%

Vienna Lager — BJCP Style Information

unnamed

Feb 18, 2012

Vienna Lager

Category:	European Amber Lager
Number:	03A

Characterized by soft, elegant maltiness that dries out in the finish to avoid becoming sweet.

Commercial Examples: Great Lakes Eliot Ness, Boulevard Bob's 47 Munich-Style Lager, Negra Modelo, Old Dominion Aviator Amber Lager, Gordon Biersch Vienna Lager, Capital Wisconsin Amber, Olde Saratoga Lager, Penn Pilsner.

All Grain

4/7.9

American Pale Ale — BJCP Style Information

Sheila

Feb 18, 2012

American Pale Ale

Category:	American Ale
Number:	10A

Refreshing and hoppy, yet with sufficient supporting malt.

Commercial Examples: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Stone Pale Ale, Great Lakes Burning River Pale Ale, Bear Republic XP Pale Ale, Anderson Valley Poleeko Gold Pale Ale, Deschutes Mirror Pond, Full Sail Pale Ale, Three Floyds X-Tra Pale Ale, Firestone Pale Ale, Left Hand Brewing Jackman’s Pale Ale.

All Grain

7.3/14.3

46.3

American IPA — BJCP Style Information

American IPA

Feb 11, 2012

American IPA

Category:	India Pale Ale (IPA)
Number:	14B

A decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American pale ale.

All Grain

9.4/18.5

175.2

American Pale Ale — BJCP Style Information

Stars and Bars

Jan 29, 2012

American Pale Ale

Category:	American Ale
Number:	10A

Refreshing and hoppy, yet with sufficient supporting malt.

All Grain

8.7/17.1

38.6

Doppelbock — BJCP Style Information

unnamed

Jan 28, 2012

Doppelbock

Category:	Bock
Number:	05C

A very strong and rich lager. A bigger version of either a traditional bock or a helles bock.

Commercial Examples: Paulaner Salvator, Ayinger Celebrator, Weihenstephaner Korbinian, Andechser Doppelbock Dunkel, Spaten Optimator, Tucher Bajuvator, Weltenburger Kloster Asam-Bock, Capital Autumnal Fire, EKU 28, Eggenberg Urbock 23º, Bell’s Consecrator, Moretti La Rossa, Samuel Adams Double Bock.

All Grain

5/9.9

Vader (Sh*t My Darth Says)

Jan 22, 2012

American Style Black Ale

All Grain

31.3/61.6

87.2

7.7%

Belgian Tripel — BJCP Style Information

Timothy’s Tripel

Jan 21, 2012

Belgian Tripel

Category:	Belgian Strong Ale
Number:	18C

Strongly resembles a Strong Golden Ale but slightly darker and somewhat fuller-bodied. Usually has a more rounded malt flavor but should not be sweet.

Commercial Examples: Westmalle Tripel, La Rulles Tripel, St. Bernardus Tripel, Chimay Cinq Cents (White), Watou Tripel, Val-Dieu Triple, Affligem Tripel, Grimbergen Tripel, La Trappe Tripel, Witkap Pater Tripel, Corsendonk Abbey Pale Ale, St. Feuillien Tripel, Bink Tripel, Tripel Karmeliet, New Belgium Trippel, Unibroue La Fin du Monde, Dragonmead Final Absolution, Allagash Tripel Reserve, Victory Golden Monkey.

All Grain

5.4/10.6

29.7

10%

Robust Porter — BJCP Style Information

Smoke on the water

Jan 14, 2012

Robust Porter

Category:	Porter
Number:	12B

A substantial, malty dark ale with a complex and flavorful roasty character.

Commercial Examples: Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter, Meantime London Porter, Anchor Porter, Smuttynose Robust Porter, Sierra Nevada Porter, Deschutes Black Butte Porter, Boulevard Bully! Porter, Rogue Mocha Porter, Avery New World Porter, Bell’s Porter, Great Divide Saint Bridget’s Porter.

All Grain

52/102.4

42.6

Specialty Beer — BJCP Style Information

The Martz Factor

Jan 13, 2012

Specialty Beer

Category:	Specialty Beer
Number:	23A

A harmonious marriage of ingredients, processes and beer. The key attributes of the underlying style (if declared) will be atypical due to the addition of special ingredients or techniques; do not expect the base beer to taste the same as the unadulterated version. Judge the beer based on the pleasantness and harmony of the resulting combination. The overall uniqueness of the process, ingredients used, and creativity should be considered. The overall rating of the beer depends heavily on the inherently subjective assessment of distinctiveness and drinkability.

Commercial Examples: Bell’s Rye Stout, Bell’s Eccentric Ale, Samuel Adams Triple Bock and Utopias, Hair of the Dog Adam, Great Alba Scots Pine, Tommyknocker Maple Nut Brown Ale, Great Divide Bee Sting Honey Ale, Stoudt’s Honey Double Mai Bock, Rogue Dad’s Little Helper, Rogue Honey Cream Ale, Dogfish Head India Brown Ale, Zum Uerige Sticke and Doppel Sticke Altbier, Yards Brewing Company General Washington Tavern Porter, Rauchenfels Steinbier, Odells 90 Shilling Ale, Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale, Stone Arrogant Bastard.

OG	FG	ABV	Bitterness	Color (SRM/EBC)
Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies

All Grain

3.7/7.3

Kjell Wygant

Doctor Cronic’s Black Cat

Jan 7, 2012

Schwarzbier

Schwarzbier — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Dark Lager
Number:	04C

A dark German lager that balances roasted yet smooth malt flavors with moderate hop bitterness.

Commercial Examples: Köstritzer Schwarzbier, Kulmbacher Mönchshof Premium Schwarzbier, Samuel Adams Black Lager, Kru?ovice Cerne, Original Badebier, Einbecker Schwarzbier, Gordon Biersch Schwarzbier, Weeping Radish Black Radish Dark Lager, Sprecher Black Bavarian.

All Grain

999/1968

5.9%

Swilz - it’s a long story

Dec 28, 2011

German Pilsner (Pils)

German Pilsner (Pils) — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Pilsner
Number:	02A

Drier and crisper than a Bohemian Pilsener with a bitterness that tends to linger more in the aftertaste due to higher attenuation and higher-sulfate water. Lighter in body and color, and with higher carbonation than a Bohemian Pilsener. Modern examples of German pilsners tend to become paler in color, drier in finish, and more bitter as you move from South to North in Germany.

Commercial Examples: Victory Prima Pils, Bitburger, Warsteiner, Trumer Pils, Old Dominion Tupper’s Hop Pocket Pils, König Pilsener, Jever Pils, Left Hand Polestar Pilsner, Holsten Pils, Spaten Pils, Brooklyn Pilsner.

All Grain

2.5/4.8

20.9

American Pale Ale — BJCP Style Information

cc Pale Ale 3

Dec 28, 2011

American Pale Ale

Category:	American Ale
Number:	10A

Refreshing and hoppy, yet with sufficient supporting malt.

All Grain

6.3/12.4

38.5

5.6%

Imperial IPA — BJCP Style Information

Seven Seas

Dec 26, 2011

Imperial IPA

Category:	India Pale Ale (IPA)
Number:	14C

An intensely hoppy, very strong pale ale without the big maltiness and/or deeper malt flavors of an American barleywine. Strongly hopped, but clean, lacking harshness, and a tribute to historical IPAs. Drinkability is an important characteristic; this should not be a heavy, sipping beer. It should also not have much residual sweetness or a heavy character grain profile.

Commercial Examples: Russian River Pliny the Elder, Three Floyd’s Dreadnaught, Avery Majaraja, Bell’s Hop Slam, Stone Ruination IPA, Great Divide Hercules Double IPA, Surly Furious, Rogue I2PA, Moylan’s Hopsickle Imperial India Pale Ale, Stoudt’s Double IPA, Dogfish Head 90-minute IPA, Victory Hop Wallop.

All Grain

6.1/12

104.8

9.1%

Strong Scotch Ale — BJCP Style Information

Ugh Wee #2

Dec 18, 2011

Strong Scotch Ale

Category:	Scottish and Irish Ale
Number:	09E

Rich, malty and usually sweet, which can be suggestive of a dessert. Complex secondary malt flavors prevent a one-dimensional impression. Strength and maltiness can vary.

Commercial Examples: Traquair House Ale, Belhaven Wee Heavy, McEwan's Scotch Ale, Founders Dirty Bastard, MacAndrew's Scotch Ale, AleSmith Wee Heavy, Orkney Skull Splitter, Inveralmond Black Friar, Broughton Old Jock, Gordon Highland Scotch Ale, Dragonmead Under the Kilt.

All Grain

16.4/32.2

27.7

6.3%

Gueuze — BJCP Style Information

pLambic Again

Dec 10, 2011

Gueuze

Category:	Sour Ale
Number:	17E

Complex, pleasantly sour/acidic, balanced, pale, wheat-based ale fermented by a variety of Belgian microbiota.

Commercial Examples: Boon Oude Gueuze, Boon Oude Gueuze Mariage Parfait, De Cam Gueuze, De Cam/Drei Fonteinen Millennium Gueuze, Drie Fonteinen Oud Gueuze, Cantillon Gueuze, Hanssens Oude Gueuze, Lindemans Gueuze Cuvée René, Girardin Gueuze (Black Label), Mort Subite (Unfiltered) Gueuze, Oud Beersel Oude Gueuze.

All Grain

7/13.8

Maibock/Helles Bock — BJCP Style Information

Goatboy’s Revenge

Dec 10, 2011

Maibock/Helles Bock

Category:	Bock
Number:	05A

A relatively pale, strong, malty lager beer. Designed to walk a fine line between blandness and too much color. Hop character is generally more apparent than in other bocks.

Commercial Examples: Ayinger Maibock, Mahr’s Bock, Hacker-Pschorr Hubertus Bock, Capital Maibock, Einbecker Mai-Urbock, Hofbräu Maibock, Victory St. Boisterous, Gordon Biersch Blonde Bock, Smuttynose Maibock.

All Grain

6.4/12.6

29.8

7.5%