Here in St. Louis, we have a huge beer festival every year called the Heritage Fest which celebrates the rich brewing history that is and was St. Louis. This festival features countless local and surrounding area breweries.
In December, a local brewing club holds an annual contest rightfully titled the Happy Holiday Homebrew Contest. I just so happen to enter a few of my creations and just so happen to place first in the IPA category and second in best of show with the same beer. As a result, my recipe is featured at the Heritage Fest...but not only will one brewery brew it...but instead many will brew it.
Every year the festival event organizers try to have a theme ale. This year they wanted multiple breweries to brew the same beer but each feature a different hop. To make a longer story short, they chose my AIPA recipe as this recipe.
I was able to assist the brewday of Schlafly's version which will feature galaxy hops. I was surprisingly responsible for much of its production, of course being instructed on what switches and what water valves to turn and when....and there were alot.
It was a blast!
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| I never have this much fun cleaning my mash tun! |
