Last Thursday found me making an IPA. With a few experimental excepetions, I say of every beer I make that it is going to be good. Nevertheless, this one is going to be good. The recipe was .75 lbs. 10-20L british crystal, .38 lbs. Carastan (35L), and 11 lbs. Maris Otter hopped with .5 oz. Chinook (60 min), .5 oz. each cascade and amarillo (30 min), .25 oz. each cascade and amarillo for 15 min, 1 oz. each cascade and amarillo for 1 minute. I'll dry hop it when I rack it. The mash was at 149 degrees for 75 minutes. I went over temp for a period of the mash, but i'm not too worried. We shall see what results I get. 78% attenuation will be enough, and it's California Ale yeast, so there's a good chance I get it.

Perhaps the most interesting portion of this beer is the water treatment. I skipped the pH stabilizer and used gypsum to get my target pH--that means I was brewing with Burtonized water, a first for me.

Obviously, I was seeking an American IPA but not too extreme. I look for high attenuation to give it a dry finish, lots of citrusy hop character backed by solid malt. About 55 IBU and an O.G. of 1.065. To repeat, I was seeking an American IPA.