Recently I participated in a beer trade conducted over HomeBrewTalk.com with
rlhvegas
of
No Limit Brewing out of Las Vegas, Nevada. Over the exchange of
numerous private messages and emails, we settled on a trade consisting
of Russian River Brew Company's Pliny the Elder and Double Jack by
Firestone Walker Brewing Company in exchange for a variety of Surly
beers. I want to thank
rlhvegas for initially contacting me about a trade.
Firestone Walker's Double Jack is a highly acclaimed Double India Pale Ale big brother to Union Jack. Firestone Walker's Union Jack won gold medal in the category of IPA at the Great American Beer Festival two years in a row. Double Jack is brewed with the same malt bill and hopping schedule as Union Jack but instead of collecting 50 barrels of wort, only 35 barrels are collected. This condenses the sugar content in the pre-fermented beer (called wort) making it a Double IPA. The Brewmaster at Firestone Walker is
Matt Brynildson and he is known globally in the brewing industry. His previous work at Goose Island Brewing Company located in Chicago, Illinois helped him gain his reputation.
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