That made me laugh.
Clearing up SN Celebration myths:
I was at Beer Camp when Celebration was being made. I know how correct that article is.
Sorry hard to pick up sarcasm from someone’s first few posts, especially sans any emoticons to indicate said sarcasm. It’s funny now that I know.
I wanted it to sound like a uniformed rant from a beer rating site. I don’t mind being told I’m wrong.
This one time… at beer camp
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“I stuck a hop cone…” 
I buy Celebration once a year because I like the label. This year, I blended it 50/50 with Luponic Distortion #4. The result was the best beer you’ve never had. This boastful proclamation should not make you angry. You still have time to try the blend and tell me how wrong I am.
I can’t prove you wrong because I have no idea what the best beer I’ve never had is.
And I have no idea what Luponic Distortion #4 is.
I aspire to make confident statements no one can disprove. 8)
Denny just lost hop head credibility points for not knowing about the Luponic Distortion series. It’s a Firestone Beer series that is made with 100% white wheat and a revolving bouquet of hops. #4 has a bunch of South African hops that no USA homebrewer has used. They make a new version 4x a year.
#4 is a good beer, if you like tropical flavors and aromas. The aroma was guava with a little dank. The flavor was a blend of tropical fruit and it didn’t taste like Citra.
Alone it was good, not great. Blended with the classic citrus and malt of Celebration, it was the best beer you’ve never had.
My only complaints with the Firestone Luponic series is the commitment to using absolutely no specialty malts and the fixed 6% abv. Beyond that, Matt B does a very nice job of blending experimental and common hops to produce flavors and aromas that aren’t that common.
Can you point me to an article that has the malt bill? Couldn’t find info on that.
Edit - this says Pale and wheat malts. Since pale malt is first, there would be more of it.
If you have anything else, please post.
I probably could with some Google foo gymnastics. My malt bill statement is based on the memory of following the Luponic series from the beginning. I recall Matt B saying the beer was 100% wheat and all the variants would have the same malt bill. I think this was disclosed around version 1 or 2. All versions have been 6% abv.
They publish something about every version. Sometimes the hops are completely disclosed. Sometimes they are vague in disclosure. So far it seems like all the versions have had more than 4 hops and usually have some experimental hops or uncommon hops.
My taste and smell suggests the malt is white wheat. They never disclosed it was white wheat, AFAIK. The SRM of the beer is 4 which makes it more likely to be white wheat than the counter-intuitively lighter SRM of red wheat.
So, you will have to take a stranger’s word for it or use my words to confirm or deny it using the Google.
I do recall an early version was said to be pale and wheat and then I recall reading 100% wheat. The only source of recollection is something I (thought) I read from Firestone.
It’s possible all versions contain pale and wheat. The Luponic malt bill has consistently reaffirmed my preference for using a variety of malts beyond base.
The reason I am interested is that a 100% wheat malt beer is a pain to mash and lauter. It can be done in a production brewery, but even the Germans use barley for a little less than half of the grist.
I’m with you Jeff. I can’t imagine mashing 100% wheat more than once.
It’s certainly possible the beer is not 100% wheat. Like I said before, I do recall at least one of the early versions was disclosed as pale and wheat. The reason I said 100% wheat is due to the memory of reading about it and it seemed unusual. It’s possible I read an erroneous Firestone blog entry. It’s possible my memory is incorrect. It’s possible I’m typing this in your basement right now.