Kyoto Brewing Co. - Wholesale
黙々人 (Mokumoku Jin)
Grodziskie "Polish Champagne" brewed in collaboration with Kobo and Godspeed.
Unlike the smoke-heavy beers that hail from Germany that gives off notes of ham and bacon, the smoke character on the Grodziskie is supposed to be toned down so that it interplays well with the sour notes of the beer. As such, we decided to smoke all the wheat ourselves to ensure that the malt was not exposed too much smoke. This malt was smoked under the careful watch of the Kobo Brewing team over several days at a Japanese smoke house in Toyama. The final result was a beautiful and mouthwatering smoke flavour that filled the air around the brewhouse during the collaboration.
The 100% wheat malt bill and a low ABV meant we had to take our time with this one and make sure everything was just right. We kept the hops all European, using Tettnang, Saaz and Lubelski a Polish hop variety. Paying an ode to Godspeed’s 7th anniversary, we used a near continuous hopping method adding small amounts of hops every 7 minutes through the boil. The low Alpha acids of these hops allowed us to focus on getting a well-rounded hop character while keeping the bitterness low on this beer.
This beer was fermented with a blend of yeast designed to mimic the traditional style of a mixed culture fermentation of this beer. This allowed us to sour the beer slightly giving the beer a crisp and bright character along side the smoked wheat to keep this beer refreshing but flavorful. Finally, we finished the beer off with a high level of natural carbonation to give this beer a spritzy champagne like finish allowing the aroma to come alive. This was a fun beer to brew and a lot of care when into it by the whole team to bring forth our best representation of this classic style.