This is an interesting ale. First, we put in a bunch of hops--enough to take this beer to over 100 IBUs. That is whack in anyone's book. How we got the hops in there is another story. First, the process starts with Alex Francis walking the hops three times around the building.

First a quick primer on the brewing process. Spoiler alert: click on the links after you've read the text.

THE MASH
That's where we take the malt and convert the grain starches into sugar, using our mash tun.

THE GRANT
We run the resulting sweet liquid, wort, through the grant on the way to the brew kettle.

THE BREW KETTLE
This is where we add the hops and water to the wort. Think of it as the stock pot you'd make soup in.

THE HEAT EXCHANGER
After we've brewed, we send the hot liquid through a heat eachanger on its way to the fermenter.

THE FERMENTER
This is where we add yeast and let it do its thing which results in alcohol and carbon dioxide. The beer is done!

THE FILTER
After fermentation, we may run the beer through a filter to clarify it before it goes to the serving tank.

THE SERVING TANK
The finished beer is ready to serve to the taps at the bar.

The unique (and crazy) thing we did with Bitter Dan is add hops at every stage of the brewing process. We added hops in the mash tun, the grant, the brew kettle (duh, that's where you're supposed to add it,) the fermenter and the serving tank!

Who knows if it was worth it? You tell us! This unique IPA was named after our General Manager, because he's involved in every aspect of our operations, just like the hops in this brew. Cheers!

Bitter Dan eXtreme IPA

Style Guidelines: American Double IPA

Rotation Schedule: rotated with our other IPAs

Food Pairings: Well marbled beef; smoked beef brisket, especially with burnt ends; salty fries; Stilton cheese; spicy foods such as Thai

Body: medium

Color: Honey gold

Grain: British lager and Victory, American crystal

Bittering Hops: Simcoe

Finishing Hops: Centennial and Simncoe

Dry Hops: Centennial, Willamette and Pacific Gem

Original Gravity: 1.072

IBUs (estimate):103

Alcohol By Volume: 7.9%

First Tapped: April 23, 2009

Dan's not bitter, justt the beer is!

Barley's Smokehouse & Brewpub Ale House No. 2xx 1130 Dublin Road Columbus OH 43215