Outlaw

Outlaw IPA it is, names have been thrown around, but this is it.  The names of the initial beers are located in the right hand column of the blog.  I don't know that I will have all five available when I open, but those are the ones I will be making first.  The Ales of No Return listed below are the first four of the big beer/one-off series that I plan to release periodically.  More to come on the Ales of No Return in a future post.

The big change to this batch of the IPA compared to recent ones is water adjustments.  Now that I am in the brewery space and using the brewery water, I am starting to alter the water composition to match the ideal makeups for the different beer styles.  Beer styles like an IPA, where you want the bitterness of the beer to come through as a dominant characteristic, require a lot more additions to get an ideal water composition.  It has been a while since I have brewed with water adjustments, so I am looking forward to seeing how it comes out with the water here.

Outlaw IPA
Malts: American 2-Row, Crystal, Honey Malt, Munich
Hops: Centennial, Chinook, Columbus
IBU: 70
ABV: ~6.3%