Columbus IPA aka Jose’s Rooter IPA

Well, you learn a few things along the way in life. One of the lessons I learned recently is that no matter how many beers you have had, it never makes sense to dump 1.5lbs of spent caramel malt (grain) down your sink drain. Even if you run 5 gallons of water down behind it, it is not a good idea. So, an hour later when the sink backed up, I called Roto Rooter. It was Saturday afternoon and none of the local plumbers would even answer their phones. The one that did was pretty pissy with me. Anyway, I have to say Roto Rooter is on their game. They are probably 50% more expensive, but they seriously are out of control with the customer service and follow-up…A+ team. The guy that showed up was named Jose and I honored him by naming the Columbus IPA kit (from More Beer) after him. It was great and we finished it off last weekend. More malty than a traditional IPA. I would say it is fair to call it a Steam IPA, rather California Common IPA, since Anchor Steam trademarked “Steam Beer.”

I am going to brew up another batch of the stuff, but use the late extract addition technique to lower some of that body and flavor, plus dry hop it with 2 oz. of Cascade hops in the secondary fermenter. Was hoping to drink this on July 4th (we will), but some people out there frown upon drinking it so young.

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