Toppling Goliath Brewery appreciation thread...

Bought 4/8 Pompeii in the Twin Cities yesterday

 

And yet, we cannot seem to get that fresh of Surly...
I hope to find some of that soon. Fresh IPA is so much better.

 

And still amazing flavor!

 

Wait a minute..... are the new PseudoSue going to be brewed in FL or IA

 

IA...the label says its 22 oz

 

I am guessing they will be bombers brewed in Iowa

 

Did anyone get over there today. Did Sosus makes its way to the taproom? I will be calling tomorrow if no confirmation, but just curious. Thanks!

 

From what I understood Sosus was brewed today, not bottled.

 

It was brewed yesterday, so typically some gets bottled and makes its way over the next day. At least that was the case with the King Sue they recently ran, so I thought maybe that was the standard protocol now. Can you tell I'm excited? heh...

 

I don't know much about brewing, but I think from start to finish it takes longer than a day, right?

 

Yeah, I was just thinking that. I misread Mike's tweet as 'we just finished brewing'... Whoops! Guess I will keep waiting.

 

I think minimum two weeks before bottling.

 

ISO: Sosus wort

 

And you typically need to wait a while after bottling to drink . . .

 

Correct me if I am wrong but I think that applies to home brews? They've bottled and had them in the taproom for consumption same day. IDK, I just drink them

 

I know the big boys don't bottle carb, but I figured you'd still have to wait a little bit. Maybe not.

 

Usually TG bottles are available day they are bottled.

 

No need to wait, the big boys (and even small ones) just force carb it in the brite tanks. Once bottled/canned/kegged, it is ready to go.

Some breweries do bottle condition beers however (Schell's Noble Star Series for example), so if it is a bottle conditioned beer, you do have to wait after bottling.

 

I think some people are getting confused about how beer is made. When its brewed it contains no alcohol.

It goes into a tank(s) for a period of days/weeks/months, depending on the beer. That's when the yeast goes to work on the sugars and turns it into alcohol. Then, it's sometimes re-fermented (sometimes many times) and dry-hopped.

Once all that is done, its ready for bottling.

In the case of King Sue I believe the process takes almost 2 months from initial brewing to bottling. SOSUS is probably closer to 3 weeks-1 month.