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| By Gary Where's the hops? Randall on Apr 10th 2005, 5:08 am | Permalink |
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Why don't I take the time to type something in here every so often? Let's see... Here I sit, relaxing. I am down to just a keg of my Pale. I call it a Pale, but it is really more an IPA. It is basically my extract IIPA recipe cut in half. When I brewed this batch I was exposing my old friend Ron "Meadow Muffin" Macomber to the world of homebrewing. He doesn't like the high gravity beers quite as much as I do. He does like Bridgeport IPA, Mirror Pond and the like. He wants to brew extract to start out, so I pulled together some Centennials for the boil and some Cascades to flavor and finish. I had some crystal malt a little caramel and some vienna. We brewed 10 gallons. It hit 1.056. I fermented here and he came back when it was ready. We bottled his five gals and I kegged mine. It turned out great, and he is nursing that batch of beer. He usually waits until he is visiting with someone so he can pull out a bottle or two and say.. "I brewed this beer. I think I hooked another victim... Gary |
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