As part of North Shore Brewers Quarterly in-club competition, the style chosen for Q2 was Double IPA. I haven't brewed a Double IPA in a long time, which is part of the fun of pulling a style out of a jar.
My first thought was to re-brew my last Double IPA, The Anti-Chris. That was a beer I brewed before I was kegging, so it was bottle conditioned which meant the beer sat at room temperature for three weeks to carbonate which isn't exactly ideal for maintaining hop aroma and flavor. Plus I didn't have temperature control back then either and couldn't cold crash.
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| These homegrown hops aren't getting any better sitting in a freezer |
In the end I made a new recipe designed to use up hops I had on hand. Money was a little tight at the time, and I didn't want to spend a ton of money on hops for a double IPA.
