Smuttynose Homunculus Shipping July 16th

From Smuttynose Brewery:

The second release of our hoppy, Belgian golden ale, Homunculus, will begin leaving our warehouse on Monday, July 16. Just a reminder that joining our Big Beer Series Subscription ensures you’ll get bottles of each release before we begin shipping it to our wholesalers. Here’s all the information on this year’s release.

Smuttynose’s Homunculus returns to the Big Beer Series after a wildly successful 2011 debut. Inspired by hoppy, golden Belgian ales, Homunculus’ prototype was a 2007 Short Batch Series release called “The Gnome.” It was a nice tribute, but we needed a new name for the bottled version. Not only is “homunculus” a memorable name, but it’s also synonymous with “gnome.”

So what is a Homunculus? The term, Latin for "little human,” shows up in disciplines as diverse as psychology, alchemy, and biology. As you can see from the label art, we were captivated by the biological roots of the term. Before the creation of ground lenses and microscopes (circa 1600), medieval scientists had many theories that explained the origin of human life. “Preformationism,” widely accepted at the time, proposed that each new child grew from invisible, miniature versions of themselves (homunculi).

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9.37% ABV

45 IBU

Starting Extract: 20˚ Plato
Finishing Extract: 2.5˚ Plato

Malt: North American 2-Row, Weyermann Carahell

Hops: Bittering-Magnum, Flavor-Sterling, Dry-Saphir

Yeast: White Labs Trappist Ale Yeast, WLP-500

Special Guests: Cane Sugar, to lighten the body.

Production Size: 200 barrels (6200 gallons)