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Jeremy Joerger, owner of JDub's Brewing Co., and Spike Buckowski, co-founder and brewmaster at Terrapin, talk business as a batch of Das Gloop boils at JDub's on Tuesday.
Sarasota's JDub's Brewing collaborated with Georgia-based Terrapin to create "Das Gloop," a chocolate rye bock. Tuesday was brew day for the first batch of the beer.
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Spike Buckowski of Terrapin pours one of the hop additions for Das Gloop in the brew kettle as JDub's head brewer Tom Harris watches.
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Evan Haskins, left, Terrapin market rep for the region, talks with Kurt Vietti of distributor JJ Taylor on the back patio at JDub's.
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A sign in the taproom at JDub's promotes the brewery's "Street Team" volunteer initiative.
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Molly Flynn measures the first batch of Das Gloop before the beer is transferred to a fermentation tank. The brewers planned to make 30 barrels all told, with a second batch being brewed Wednesday. Look for the beer at the JDub's taproom in a month or so.
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JDub's brewer Chris Lexow holds a bag of malt as assistant Ryan Mello pours grain back into the bag.
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Brewer Chris Lexow uses a light to monitor the opacity of Das Gloop as it is transferred to a fermentation tank. The moment the liquid began to appear cloudy, he closed a valve to stop the transfer.
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Chris Lexow measures the starting gravity of Das Gloop as its fermentation process begins.
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JDub's head brewer Tom Harris slips out of his work boots and back into some more comfortable footwear after working on the collaboration brew with Terrapin.
JDub's and Terrapin collaborate on 'Das Gloop'
/ Wednesday, October 8, 2014