Brew day! FINALLY!!

yay, so so stoked for the smell of a fresh brew!! tonight we are brewing an IPA!

recipe:
0.5 lbs crystal 20
0.5 lbs maris otter
0.29 lbs vienna
7 lbs light malt extract
1 oz magnum (60 minutes)(16.7 AA)
1 oz mt hood (45 minutes) (6.1 AA)
.5 oz glacier (15 minutes) (5.6 AA)
wyeast 1275 Thames Valley
1 tsp irish moss


notes:
brix= 13.2 original gravity= 1.054
the original gravity was a little bit lower than what we were shooting for (1.067 was the goal), a brix of 14 or higher would put us in the proper range, but eh, we'll see what happens :)


in other news, we opened a bottle of the BB1 (the ballistic baltic w/more honey). it has aged very strangely... however, not in a bad way. we think? you can really taste the honey, and it gives it a super silky mouth feel. it's got great head retention throughout a pint. the honey is very noticeable in the aroma, it smells like summer. in a glass. but more honey-y. that was not a type.
next week we will likely sample the BB2.
also! we recently came across some of the ESB that we brewed last fall. it has aged nicely and is super delish.


till next week :)
e&p