Azacca. BRU-1. El Dorado. HBC-586. The list of experimental and hot new hops goes on and on. This is a good thing. But you know what else is? The stuff that started it all and never goes out of style. Today we lit the flame and churned out a classic, West Coast DIPA face-melter. A big grain bill that turns into a big ABV glass crammed with a classic hop profile comprised of CTZ, Chinook, and Simcoe. We think it’s going to be big.
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A stout is on the horizon
Look! In the distance… I can see something… something dark and stormy lookin’
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- Whole Chinook
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- Stout Boil
No better way to ring in the Thanksgiving holiday with a bunch of ho-made (wink) pretzels, some beer cheese dip, a glass of Novemberfest, and another 5 gallons of the good stuff. In these busy, tumultuous times remember beer is not the answer. Beer? is the question and the answer is “yes.”
aRPA is born
A Rye Pale has been born… and finally tasted… and it isn’t all that bad! I’m a bit surprised at the FG/ABV given the extra pound of candy syrup I added during the boil but I guess the hipsters call this sub 5% stuff “session” ale right? Rye, rye, and some more rye. aRPA also has a bit of Caramel80 and it gets its color from a little chocolate. Magnum for the boil and Chinook, Columbus, Amarillo, and Citra were added post boil and/or dry hopped after primary fermentation. WLP-001 makes it a beer. Final stats are 15 SRM, 66 IBU, and 4.6 ABV.
