Three-Hearted Ale in Primary
Put up a hoppy extract kit tonight from Northern Brewer, based on Bell's Two-Hearted Ale (an IPA I've heard nothing but good things about, but have never had a chance to have). The OG was way lower than NB said to expect. They said in the 060s, but we read something like in the 040s. This is the second beer in a row that has come up way low in the OG.
Either we're doing something wrong (possible, but I don't think so), or their projections are way off (that also seems unlikely). A mystery!
This is our third super-hop IPA we've put up, and the last two have been crap. I'm not expecting very good things out of this one.
Hi Joel. I thought you might find these bits about pale ale via the NY Times...
Interactive feature: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2005/06/29/dining/20050629_TASTING_FEATURE.html?HI
Article:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE5DA153AF93AA15755C0A9639C8B63
If you're wondering who I am and I'm sure you're probably not :-) I'm a friend of Ann and Vic's, I met Susie in NY in July (yep that's name dropping!), and I used to read Gizmodo for your viking styled wit!
Oh, awesome! I just now saw this. I am looking forward to checking it out.
I really need to get into beer journalism :)