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THE COLLABORATION
Chris
Nemlowill: “Straight up, mad props for your hops. If your kettles had kicks,
they’d dunk on Motumbo.”
Jeremy Tofte: “Word. All your ickies are
stickies and your drank is dank.”
Tyler Brown: “My Brewers! Bring it in.”
3-Way IPA is a
collaboration based on mutual admiration. It’s a chance to share ideas and
techniques with some of the world’s finest IPA brewers. Ultimately that
knowledge is utilized in the brewing process and refined over the course of
extensive beta batch testing. Four test batches were brewed this year, each
with subtle changes to ingredients, amounts, and timing of additions.
THE MALT BILL
Tyler: “Shoot for 7.4?”
Chris: “7.3 ABV works for me.”
Jeremy: “7 point 35, right down the middle. Call
it a sessionizzle.”
Tyler: “Fo shizzle.”
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With the grain bill
the goal was to produce an
ultra-pale color, creating a simple yet solid canvas for maximum hop expression.
2-row barley is the base with additions of Pilsner, C15, and wheat (although
Carapils was used in one test batch). A lower than average mash temp decreased
the amount of residual sugar. This allowed the beer to have sweetness derived
from the hop character rather than the malt. Astoria’s slow sand-filtered water
is ideal for brewing. This was enhanced with gypsum and calcium chloride to
decrease the mash PH and improve hop utilization.
THE HOPS
Jeremy: “Mo’ hops, mo’ money.”
Chris: “Long as my pint is phat, I don’t give a
f*** where my IBUs at.”
Tyler: “I feel ya. Make the beer, don’t let the
beer make you.”
Hop additions were as follows:
1st - Apollo hops for bittering - a high alpha hop that tends to
exude grapefruit notes and contributes to an elaborate citrus character as it
interacts with the aroma hops.
2nd - Simcoe, and a lot of it. This addition is 2x the quantity of
the 1st addition.
3rd - Simcoe, Citra, and Mosaic, added later than the average 3rd
addition to decrease bittering and magnify the pleasant citrus character.
Dry
Hopping – Double dry-hopped with Galaxy,
Mosaic, and Citra. These hop additions create peach, pineapple, and grapefruit
taste and aroma. The second dry hop addition is roused with CO2 to boost the
hop efficacy.
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THE BEER
Jeremy: “We cool?”
Chris: “Keepin’ it real.”
Tyler: “One love.”
Look for Fort George 3-Way IPA in 16-ounce
four-packs and draft starting the week of June 13th and throughout
the summer. Fort George beer is distributed exclusively in the Pacific
Northwest. For a preview join Chris, Tyler, and Jeremy at the following release
parties:
Boise, Idaho - Thursday
June 9th - 5pm to 9pm
PreFunk Beer Bar - 1100 W
Front St
3-Way IPA and an assortment
of taps from
Fort George, Barley
Brown’s, and Melvin Brewing
Portland, Oregon - Friday
June 10th - 5pm to 9pm
White Owl Social Club -
1305 SE 8th Ave
Live music from Brass
Monkeys - no cover
3-Way IPA and an assortment
of taps from
Fort George, Barley Brown’s,
and Melvin Brewing
Seattle, Washington - Saturday
June 11th - 5pm to 9pm
Brouwer’s Cafe - 400 N 35th
St
Live music from Brass
Monkeys - no cover
3-Way IPA and an assortment
of taps from
Fort George, Barley
Brown’s, and Melvin Brewing
Fort
George Brewery
1483
Duane Street
Astoria, Oregon 97103
503-325-PINT
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