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More Haze!

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We got a little thirsty while waiting for the heavy to finish aging. With Cannonball almost gone, we decided to rip another hazy for the tap house.

  • The base
  • The hops

The last hazy we made was such a popular pour, we decided to make a similar version with some tweaks to the hop additions. All the cool guys are going to be there. Citra. Mosaic. Azacca. Just say Azacca again. Azzzzzzaca! We’ll pack some in a bio and we’ll dry hops some others into the fermentor a half dozen times before it gets to the keg. This will be another pounder for sure. Can’t wait!

This one is going to be huge!

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Due to some recent moves, our hop stash is completely overflowing. First world problems for sure but problems nonetheless. With a pint of Quarantine IPL in hand, we hatched a plan to make an IPA with a whole pound of hops in it. The goal is to make a higher gravity beer that is part face melting IPA and part Hazy NEIPA.

  • Grains ready to work
  • 15 lbs is no match for the mash tun

With some new equipment, we slammed 15 pounds of grain into the mash tun. We took the wort, lit the fire, and started the journey. By the time this pale meets a glass, 16 ounces of Magnum, Citra, Mosaic, Azacca, and Nelson will be in the beer.

Capitol C IPA: First Taste

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The keg is charged and cooled. Time for the first pour of VA!

Beating the farmhouse out by a few weeks, Capitol C IPA has a fantastic nose on it but the mouth-feel tastes… well like it should with a FG of only 1.004 I guess. My untrained first impression is it smells like beer, looks like beer, tastes like beer, but kinda “feels” like water on the way down. Good I guess for a hot summer but I’ll have to examine where things went awry to have a bit more malt in the next batch of IPA I cook up.

Final stats come in at 10 SRM, 69 IBU, and 5.0% ABV

Capitol C IPA Label

Liquid Citra is in the keg

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Hopefully this one will beat the farmhouse out of the tap as it should require a bit less time to rest. I was surprised to read a FG of 1.004 on the hydrometer before I poured the beer into the keg. Not sure if the WLP-001 did something it shouldn’t have or if the hydrometer is busted. I guess I’ll brew some more and find out.

Must… have…. IPA…

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It’s been nice becoming forcefully reacquainted with the many other styles of beer in the world over the past year. I used to have a fridge stocked full of IPAs that would share some real estate with the occasional out-of-towner. However, the relocation of the brewing facilities from West to East Coast means that the copious amounts of IPA aren’t as readily available as they used to be and the ones that are available…. well let’s just say, the East doesn’t do West Coast IPAs. There are some exceptions to that statement but only some.

Ramblings aside, while I have enjoyed drinking styles I neglected for a few years, that empty place in my heart/belly/fridge could only be filled with an IPA. Match. Burner. Boil. Hops. Yeast. An IPA is born. Single hops and lots of them! See you in a few weeks!

aRPA is born

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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.

aRPA: a Rye Pale Ale