JUPITER
"Champagne" style Tripel
10.0 % Alcohol By Volume
40 International Bittering Units (IBUs)

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As king of all gods, JUPITER will make you feel like royalty. This was our most expensive beer to produce to date. Brewed on 07/17/08 then bottled to undergo our own version of the tradtional methode champenoise process, JUPITER is elegant but so much more flavorful than any Champagne on the market. When the beer world "goes French", waTCH ouT. At release, this beer is almost 1.5 years old. It is distinctive and completely fabulous.

Here’s a quick breakdown of the process: Brewed as a Belgian-style tripel. Fermented with Belgian and Champagne yeasts. Aged in stainless. Filtered. Injected with sugar and Belgian/Champagne yeasts then hand-bottled and hand-capped with the usual beer crowns. Underwent a secondary fermentation in bottles to create carbonation and a little more alcohol. Turned "bottom up" to begin riddling process: bottles were hand-turned or vibrated on a metal table once a day to encourage the lees [yeast] to settle into the neck of the bottle. Almost a year and a half later, the final process was completed: freeze neck of bottle in dry ice chips, uncap bottle, encourage yeast plug to pop with warm water, dose the bottle with "clear beer" to replace loss -- in our case we used OB6 [Obliteration VI Double IPA], cork and wire-cage the bottle. Hand-label it. SeLL iT.

LOGISTICS LOG: brewed as a traditional Belgian-style tripel. Fermented with Belgian and Champagne yeasts. aged in stainless tank. bottle-conditioned then underwent the traditional "Champagne" process to create an elegant "bubbly" beer with lots of flavor.

Availability: AK - 750 mL and 1.5 L bottles (limited release begins 12/01/2009)