I think I've planned my next beer, which will be my 2008 anniversary beer, brewed on the same day as the first beer I ever brewed. This year, I think I'm too busy to brew on Sept. 1st, but close enough will do. I have always done some version of IPA and will do so again this year. Moreover, there's always a variation on the basic theme that I'm trying, and this year will be no different. The first I ever did was from a kit. The second was using all belgian malts. The third was an imperial IPA. This year's will be "continuously hopped." Instead of doing several discrete additions, I'm going to add small amounts of hops every five minutes for the last twenty-five minutes of the brew. (Okay, techincally, that's several discrete additions, but the basic idea is that I'm adding hops almost constantly throughout the aroma/flavor period of the boil.)

I'll blend sterling and cascade in a ratio of 1:1. By adding 1/3 ounce of this to the boil every five minutes from 25 to flame out, that's six total additions for a total of 2 ounces of finishing hops. There will be some at the start of the boil, for bitterness to a BU:GU ratio of .9. I'm probably going to use plain old Cali Ale from white labs for this one, and I'll probably attenuate the devil out of it.