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This one is based on an IPA recipe Phyl and I have been using the last few years. It is hopped with our hops (Hammerhead) and fermented with the classic NEIPA yeast (Conan).

It was intended as a double IPA but the efficiency was much lower than expected. I believe it was because of my new grain mill, which I am still getting used to. Nevertheless it's still in the range of an IPA in terms of ABV but a bit high in terms of IBU.

I bottled this one on November 22, so it needs conditioning time in a warm environment before opening.

Malt
2 row: 11.66 kg
melanoidin: 0.09 kg
C30: 0.44 kg

Hops
Hammerhead Newport (pellets) (60 minutes): 22 g
Hammerhead Cascade (pellets) (60 minutes): 18 g
Hammerhead Magnum (pellets) (60 minutes): 9 g
Hammerhead Columbus (pellets) (60 minutes): 6 g
Hammerhead Cascade (pellets) (15 minutes): 40 g
Hammerhead Newport (pellets) (15 minutes): 27 g
Hammerhead Cascade (pellets) (5 minutes): 98 g
Hammerhead Columbus (pellets) (5 minutes): 71 g
Hammerhead Newport (pellets) (5 minutes): 36 g
Hammerhead Cascade (pellets) (0 minutes): 60 g
Hammerhead Lemondrop (pellets) (dry hop): 30 g

Yeast
Conan (cultured from a Heady Topper can)

Water
Pockwock

Procedure
mash: 65° C, 60 minutes
boil: 60 minutes
fermentation: 20-25° C, 3 weeks

Specs
alcohol: 6.3 ABV
bitterness: 75 IBU
colour: 6.9 SRM

Dates
brewed: October 30, 2019
bottled: November 22, 2019
consumed: December 12, 2019?

Nice hop aroma and flavour. Carbonation was tight as well. The bitterness is a little outta balance, of course like you mentioned it would not have been so if the grain mill wasn’t give you problems. there’s a slight medicinal aroma and flavour that leads to a astringent finish. But that just me being picky.

Thanks for the beer Kyle, Kim and I are enjoying.


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I'm afraid our bottle was pretty badly infected and we had to dump it

Enjoyed this beer last night. Nice Carb, nice head. Lots of hop aroma and flavour. I also got that medicinal aroma that Glen got but it wasn't off putting and I wasn't sure what it was. Thanks!

Didn't notice this thread before it got put in the fridge where it stayed so I didn't realize I hadn't let it condition before I opened it. My bad!

I got the medicinal part but I actually liked it.. Kind of gave it a Belgian feel. I enjoyed it!

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Mine was carbed quite nicely with a big pillowy head. Bitterness is a nice change up from many IPAs these days, even if it is a touch high for a single IPA. Definitely getting some medicinal phenols here, but you could have told me it was a Belgian style IPA with an appropriate yeast and I probably wouldn’t have batted an eye. Thanks for sharing.


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I messed up this year by not covering my bottles, so unfortunately all my green bottles are badly skunked, especially the hoppy ones.

I could taste that something good was in this one, but unfortunately the light-struck smell was a little overpowering.

I'll do better next year.

Lots of nice hops upfront. Great carbonation. I'm getting almost a powdery fluffy mouthfeel. The beer is full bodied. The bitterness could be bumped up a tad. I'm getting a quite a bit of astringency from the hops that dries out my mouth in the finish.

Mine was phenolic too, I would have believed it was a Belgian IPA if somebody told me that. The bitterness was big, which I like, but I found it a bit harsh. Overall though, I liked the hop flavour and aroma. Thanks!

Nothing more to add that has not already been said. Medicinal on the nose and in the flavour along with a very big bitter finish. Thanks for sharing!

I am a little behind, but really excited to have these beers to try over the holidays. This is such a great activity - so nice to have something to look forward to!

Perfect carb for me, nice mouthfeel.

Agree with the phenolic/belgian comments... a little medicinal/spicy, but not unpleasantly so. Kinda reminded me a little of Unibroue's stuff somehow? Hoppy and nice. Thanks for the share.

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