Just browsing around as I was curious about the Pikes Peak road in the winter and came across this. Thought I would share:
https://www.pikes-peak.com/summit-house/
Pikes Peak - new summit house
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Re: Pikes Peak - new summit house
"The Pikes Peak Shuttle is Free"
I would have to challenge that statement...they still charge you entering the Pike's Peak Toll Road, so I would not call it "free." Can you imagine if they just blocked access to the summit along that road entirely (no shuttle) and still tried to charge those fees???
Another thing with this new Summit House design...I still think a small nano-craft brewery needs to be part of it. "Beer brewed at 14,000'!"
I would have to challenge that statement...they still charge you entering the Pike's Peak Toll Road, so I would not call it "free." Can you imagine if they just blocked access to the summit along that road entirely (no shuttle) and still tried to charge those fees???
Another thing with this new Summit House design...I still think a small nano-craft brewery needs to be part of it. "Beer brewed at 14,000'!"
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Re: Pikes Peak - new summit house
Would beer brew correctly at 14,000' ?
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Re: Pikes Peak - new summit house
The boil temp would be around 185 degrees, the evaporation rate would differ, I'd probably go longer term for hops utilization--but really shouldn't be any major issues. Now, if you got up to high enough elevations that boiling would be occurring during the mashing stages...then it would be a No Go.justiner wrote:Would beer brew correctly at 14,000' ?
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Re: Pikes Peak - new summit house
Beer at 14k always taste flat... Regardless, chatted with a PPA/PPM buddy yesterday. Apparently if you're at the Pikes Peak Highway gate when it opens at 7:30 AM, something like the first 80 cars are allowed to go all the way to the summit. The shuttle busses actually don't start running till sometime around 9 AM. Not much benefit to hikers, but good for anyone wanting to train at altitude for the PPA/PPM.
