On May 13, 2019 UWM Anthropology PhD candidate Josh Driscoll and I met up with the January 2019 Unhopped Iron Brewer Challenge winner Jeff Enders and Gathering Place Brewing’s Head Brewer Corey Blodgett at Spike Brewing in River West. Ryan Oxton of Spike generously allowed us to use one of their smaller fermenters and the experimental lab space so we spent most of the afternoon brewing up a Gallo-Roman cervoise to the cheerful background music of metal-working equipment employed in finishing stainless steel brew kettles and other paraphernalia. The brew will be available soon at Gathering Place River West, Milwaukee for folks to try – watch this space and the Unhopped Iron Brewer Facebook page for the announcement!
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- Spike Brewing, 3866 N Fratney St, Milwaukee, WI 53212
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- Jeff Enders talks to Spike Brewing’s Ryan Oxton in the experimental lab.
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- Josh Driscoll and Jeff Enders add grain to the brewing kettle.
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- Gathering Place Head Brewer Corey Blodgett preparing the fermenter.
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- Hops substitutes used in the cervoise.
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- Adding the botanical flavorings.
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- Spent botanical flavorings after brewing.
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- Jeff Enders samples the wort.
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- Corey uses a refractometer to check the specific gravity of the wort.
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- Pitching one of two yeast strains from Omega Yeast.
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- Josh Driscoll and Jeff Enders help Corey Blodgett with clean up.