re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread

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Pretty pumped about my 1st real recipe creation.

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Good job. Nothing is more satisfying than crafting your own brew. I believe mine was my 3rd Prime IPA. I wanted to do an IPA similar to dogfish head 90. First year i did it, it was great. last years version, the hops were too muddled. I tried to throw in another hop and it made the hop profile indistinguishable. This spring, when i Brew it, i'll go back to the original recipe and may omit a few ingredients. I find the more i brew, the less complicated my ingredients list becomes.

FWIW, my christmas ipa, which is, in reality, an Imperial IPA, is bubbling along nicely. Not as much krausen as i thought there would be, but i've heard that about gigayeast vermont IPA. The hops were smelling incredible. Chinook, Simcoe, Mosaic, Cascade. Mosaic being the real star in this brew, smells downright delicious. Can't wait for the dry hop, 2 oz. Mosaic, 1 oz. Simcoe, 1 oz. Cascade.

Once this brew is complete and i taste it, i'll tinker with the recipe. Been thinking about omitting the cascade. We'll See.