JDub's and Terrapin collaborate on 'Das Gloop'

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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.

  • 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.
  • Evan Haskins, left, Terrapin market rep for the region, talks with Kurt Vietti of distributor JJ Taylor on the back patio at JDub's.
  • A sign in the taproom at JDub's promotes the brewery's "Street Team" volunteer initiative.
  • 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.
  • JDub's brewer Chris Lexow holds a bag of malt as assistant Ryan Mello pours grain back into the bag.
  • 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.
  • Chris Lexow measures the starting gravity of Das Gloop as its fermentation process begins.
  • 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.