Aqua Vitae

This weekend I brewed a batch of IPA based on a recipe for Stone Ruination IPA. Basically a copper-colored, somewhat-high-gravity (1.078) and very highly-hopped IPA (100+ IBUs). I decide to scale the hops and gravity back slightly, aiming for 1.070 and 100.
Instead, my brewhouse efficiency sucked in an incredible way, and depending on how I […]

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Two beers have matured since I last wrote anything, so here’s a quick update.
The Roselare Imperial IPA carbonated fairly quickly, and so I’ve since tried a couple of bottles of it (it’s been in bottle for about 4 weeks). On the whole, this beer is really caught in limbo. There is a fabulously fresh, hoppy […]

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