Tomorrow will be week number 1 of my brewing experience. I'm working real hard doing nothing. I have one more week before I test the final gravity and go to bottle. It has been killing me to wait not knowing how this is going to turn out. I want it in the bottle ready to pop a cap.
I have decided to brew an IPA as soon as I bottle next week I will start the brewing process for my next batch. Plus, if the first batch goes South I will have a back-up waiting in the wings. I went to the Liquor store last night to get a sixer of Pale Ale and have some bottles to recycle for my beer. I assumed all micro brews used non-twist off caps, yeah they don't, and I just so happened to get ones that twist off and I can't use them.
The beer was good, can't complain there. Hood River, Oregon's own Full Sail Pale Ale. It is a nicely hopped Pale with what drinks like an alcohol content on the lower side for Pale Ales. Even though it clocks in at 5.4% it does not overwhelm the flavor. It is not overly hopped, but just the right amount and a nice woodsy flavor, not on the minty or floral side. Not that I don't like minty or floral. I would say for a Pale Ale it is an uncomplicated straight forward double or triple hopped Ale, with a flavor that begs for you to enjoy more than one in a siting. Bet you just can't have one. So, all of this makes up for the fact that the bottles are twist off.
If you like Sierra Nevada's Pale Ale, check out Full Sail and be prepared to add a new favorite to the "will buy again" list. If for some reason you find that you cannot enjoy, let me know and I will send a disposal unit to your doorstep free of charge.
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