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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.

A Little Nutty Brown Ale fizzes to life

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A Little Nutty Brown Ale is officially available for your drinking pleasure. First bottle was cracked open and looks like it’ll be drinkable. For the 16oz of nuts in the batch it only took on a bit of nut flavor. This was the first time using whirfloc and I’ll admit it does wonders to clear things up. Our Little Nutty Brown Ale has Pale Malt, oats, wheat, Caramel 20/60/80, and some chocolate. Magnum and Tettnag play the role of the hops in this brew. A pinch of brown sugar and a pound of nuts found there way into the batch as well. Dry S-04 was the yeast of the day. Final numbers for our Little Nutty Ale are 4.9% ABV, 32 IBU, 10 SRM.

Little Nutty Brown Ale

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