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Batch 90
I’ll be brewing with the Citra hops that Ralph Olson, of Hop Union, sent me last week. They are wonderfully aromatic and I can’t wait to see how this brew turns out. At last evening’s Central Valley Brewers Guild gathering, several of the members were drooling over the hops. This recipe will be the [...]
I recently blogged about my ongoing single hop ale experiment, and it’s time for another round. On Veterans Day, I’ll be taking my base single hop recipe, and subbing in Simcoe hops. Basically, this means keeping the hopping schedule, individual hop charge IBU percentages and overall brew IBUs identical to the original ale – changing [...]
Have I told you before how much I love Centennial hops? You’re looking at 6.5 ounces of Centennials ready to do their job on ten gallons of Two Hearted IPA.
The brew day went well. The only thing out of the ordinary was my pump cavitating for a few minutes. Eventually it corrected itself [...]
It turns out that the Two Hearted IPA I brewed back in June has moved into my “All Time Five Best Ales I’ve Ever Brewed” category and the second five gallon keg is draining quickly. I’ll be brewing this IPA again tomorrow, the only difference being that I’ll be using White Labs WLP001 California Ale [...]
One of the things I like to experiment with in my brewing is making single hop ales. It really allows you to see what a particular hop variety brings to an ale. To take this one step further (and feed my background as a former science teacher:), I like to take a recipe for a [...]
