Mountain Man and City Slicker

The word on the street is that Payette Brewing could have building permits early next week, could be rumors, could be fact, only time will tell.

In the mean time, I'm getting some good brewing in this week, today being my second double of the week.  On Tuesday I made the Amber, which is not included on the opening list, but could find it's way onto it.  Today I am brewing a batch of the Mountain Man and what I am dubbing, City Slicker.  The Mountain Man is my Barleywine that should clock in around 10%, not huge for a Barleywine, but plenty big enough.  The City Slicker is a new one for me.  It will be made from the second runnings of the Mountain Man mash, which is often called parti-gyle brewing.  The link explains it well, but basically efficiencies on a high gravity beer aren't that good, so there are a lot of residual sugars left in the mash, why not make a beer out of it?

Since the City Slicker is essentially a "free" beer to make because I already used the grains, why not have some fun with it.  True to the name, the beer is going to try to look the part, but in the end you find out it is way out of place.  My best description of the vision for this beer is a Double Mild IPA.  The beer is made from second runnings, which inherently means the beer is going to be low in alcohol, hence Mild.  The beer is also going to be overly hopped, hence Double IPA. Not the worst idea that I have come up with, but not a sure-fire hit either.