Pretty Things No Place Like Home

es, so we brewed a double IPA. For starters its 9.5% abv, approximately 8.5 lbs/bbl of hops and I must apologize that we only have a theoretical bitterness to give you: just under 100. Our beers always test higher than theoretical but that’s all I have to go by. The hops and characteristics were CITRA (earthy, tropical fruit), CHINOOK (pine, grapefruit), EL DORADO (stone fruit, watermelon) & COMET (pungent, grapefruit) and the malt base is American 2-row, Maris Otter and a couple of German specialty malts. We performed a low temp ale fermentation for a clean profile. Juan came up with a fabulous grist for this beer and we filled in so many nooks and crannies with these hops. The beer itself is golden, neither sweet nor dry and positively loaded with lovely floral hops.