Friday, July 9, 2010

Transfer day

I transferred my IPA into secondary today. It's OG was 1.063 and the FG today was 1.012. It's going to be just under 7% ABV and I put an ounce of Cascade pellets into the secondary so the hop aroma should be pretty prominent. The hydrometer sample tells me that this has some kick to it. I put four ounces of hops in the boil so we should have a pretty standard IPA in about a month.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Tahoe blog

Well, I've been up a while and all I can think about is my IPA at home. I'm just kidding. I'm hanging with V bug quietly, she's been up since about 5. I think it's time to retire the porta crib. She touches both ends with her head and feet. She's playing quietly so as not to wake up the others in the house right now. What a good girl. But back to beer, I had the Dogfish Head 60 minute IPA, and I must say, that is as close to perfect as I have ever had. It got me thinking about my IPA at home. Once we get home, I'm going to transfer it and throw in the dry hops. I'm excited about this one. I just have a good feeling about it.
Until next time