Booth: Drekker Brewing Co.

Mark/Drekker,

Thanks a ton for joining the fest and offering one of your beers!

That's a lot of hops! I usually brew (homebrew) IPAs with around 2-3 hop varieties. I'm drinking an IPA of mine where I used 6 varieties of hops. The hop presence is there but doesn't have much character; it's kind of muddled like the hops all muted each other.

How do you pick what hops to use for beers using so many varieties? Thanks!

 

Are you using pelletized 007 and Huell Melon or fresh cones?

 

Any thoughts on a pinball themed beer? Got a favorite pinball machine?

 

I heard that your beers are not that popular with the audience near your brewery, and that you do most of your sales to more distant markets. Is that true? How has that affected your decisions as to the beers you make?

 

Interesting to see spelt in the grain bill, something I usually only see in saisons and grisettes.
What do you think spelt brings to the party in a Hazy IPA?

 

Punchgut created some awesome label artwork. Do you know what the inspiration is behind it all?

 

Great beer! Have you ever tried sitting backwards on the toilet and using the back of the toilet as a little table for your beer?

 

How many different beer runs do you have?
Which is your favorite?

 

My dog loves the can art.
https://imgur.com/a/loWp7Uy

 

Loving this one. Do you use oars in this? Has that Finback, Other Half creaminess I love!

 

How many breweries are in the North Dakota area?

 

I know this is an IPA-fest, but I need to give love to your Slang Du Jour series. The Blueberry Peach Cobbler blew my mind.

I live in CA and got that beer through Tavour. Just wondering how does that partnership work, do you send specific beers to them, do they request beers? Any say on which areas get the beers?

Thanks!

 

How do you get this beer so damn pale? How do you prevent browning reaction?

 

Do you distribute to PA?

 

There are many different hops in this beer, which do you think is highlighted best?

 

This beer is so silky and smooth, what components contribute to this? Great beer.

 

Fargo rocks. Cool city. (Wife from ND and we get to Fargo at least once a year).

 

Loving the beer - is the demand for hazy IPAs changing what you see in available hop varietals? Can you talk about how Drekker experiments with new hops?

 

Loved all of the Drekker IPAs (and fruited sours) that I've been able to try so far. Curious what your thoughts are in terms of drinking IPAs "super fresh" versus letting them sit in the can for a week or two and mellow out a bit - is there any validity to either approach, in your experience?

 

This beer has such great balance. How do you find the happy medium between excess and not enough hoppiness and bitterness?

 

Label reminds me of Tim Burton artwork!

 

Great beer! Love the story about the name! I'm just a putz home brewer, but how much time/pain do you put into the naming of the beers?

 

What percentage of customers to your brewery are people who travel to want to try your beer vs your local regulars?

 

Just recently started seeing drekker in AZ bottle shops. Good stuff!

 

Your label shows, MALT, HOPS and YEAST. Does that reveal a trade secret or does that help brewers recreate the beer you create?

 

Do you guys ship to the Northeast? PA in particular?

 

(Assuming you are) Being Scandinavian, have you experienced any Scandinavian breweries and do take any influence from them?

 

Hey Mark, beer is dope. How many hops are enough? Whats the limit or is there none?

 

Totally. It's like Glenn Danzig in a Tim Burton Japanese anime. Very cool

 

Amazing beer! Love the pineapple! How do you get the ABV to where it is without making the beer taste ‘heavy’?

 

I love that you list the fruit ingredients on your smoothies as "Gimmicks". Thank you for that sense of humor!

 

First beer from ND and couldn't have been better! Is that T-shirt available in your merch?

 

love how bright this beer is.