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    danmdevries

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    Anyone like really really really hoppy beers?

    I brewed two batches of an experimental wheat ale a few weeks ago. The first one got kegged a couple days ago and is almost done carbonating. The other is still taking its sweet time fermenting, the yeast hasn't dropped out of solution yet.

    The one I kegged is really, really good. Hopped during the brewing process with several handfuls of the hops I've got growing in the woods behind my house. I labeled the vines with a shim that I wrote on with pencil, not realizing pencil didn't hold up in the weather. I haven't a clue what varieties I've got. So, I just experiment with them. Every year I make 4-5 batches brewed with a handful of hops from the various vines (have at least 5 varieties). They've never been bad, but never been good either. Just kinda middle of the road good beers.

    This one though, I wish I knew which vines I dumped at which times during the boil. It ticks most of the boxes I want in a good IPA. Only thing I'd do differently (If I knew what I did in the first place) is to strengthen the malt backbone of the beer. Being a wheat-base it's rather light and kinda lopsided towards the hops. The bittering hops don't have a sweet malt to even them out.

    Regardless, it's a tongue-destroying bitter pale wheat ale dry hopped with Citra hops and it works.

    It's beers like this that make me wish I was more organized and particular about what I was making. I brewed it with 3 handfuls of this, 4 handfuls of that, a coffee can of this malt, three or four of another, a coffee cup of this hop, and a shot glass of another.

    If anyone likes hardcore pale ales, let me know. I'll bottle a few and bring to the clubhouse.

    Homebrewing isn't as fun if you don't share and get feedback.

    ETA: if you're planning on enjoying a smoke while drinking this beer, better grab a full-full cigar. Smoked a La Herencia Cubana CORE and the beer nearly overpowered the cigar, and that's a pretty potent stick.
     

    jedi

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    No you are up because you are a ...... :)
    Chily morning, wet and damp as well.
    But it is Friday and some of you will celebrate that fact.
    Now where is this miserable train so Jedi can go back to sleep for a bit.
     

    KLB

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    No you are up because you are a ...... :)
    Chily morning, wet and damp as well.
    But it is Friday and some of you will celebrate that fact.
    Now where is this miserable train so Jedi can go back to sleep for a bit.
    Then you will get to the office and sleep some more :n00b:
     
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