Deschutes Brewing Co.’s Larry Sidor dishes on Jubel 2010
By Noah Davis • Feb 3rd, 2010 • Category: Beer Companies, featured
Larry Sidor sounds pleased with Jubel 2010, Deschutes Brewery’s first Reserve Series beer of the new decade. This is his job, of course, but he seems genuinely happy with the result.
“It came out better than expected,” he told us on Tuesday afternoon over a pint of Mirror Pond at The Irish Bank in downtown San Francisco.
This year marks only the second time Jubel will be bottled. (The first was the initial brewing, 10 years ago.) Some parts of the concoction spent 13 or 14 months in a barrel, although Sidor mixed in newer beer as well. The result turned out just fine.
“Flavors just melded together,” he said. “We are where we want to be.”
Not surprisingly, there were plenty of people at Deschutes willing to help Sidor test the brew.
“Guys with pitchers just kept showing up in my office,” he said. Ah, the “hazards” of being a brewmaster.
Jubel 2010 isn’t the only exciting news coming from the Bend, Oregon brewery in the next few months. The crew is hard at work creating Black Butte XXII, featuring chocolate and — new this year — chilis. The latter ingredient gave Sidor some trouble because the beer was too hot, but he’s decided to forgo them in the initial brewing process and instead add chilis into a secondary fermentation in the keg. The recipe isn’t final, but the beer will be ready for its June 27th drop date.
The Dissident, a second Reserve Series beer, will also be bottled this year. Part of the recipe calls for sour cherries that Sidor picked up on a detour during his family vacation.
“My family should have known something was up because I transferred all our stuff from the Suburban to the travel trailer to make room for the cherries,” he said.
There you have it: Showing up at Sidor’s door with a pitcher is a good plan. Going on vacation with him, maybe not.
