RIPA - IPA

Born on June 11th 2010

Here we have our latest creation in Random India Pale Ale or RIPA (that's 'rip-pah') - IPA hitting the taps Friday June 11th 2010 at 5:00pm.

This is just another random IPA in a long long list of IPAs when it comes right down to it. The fact is, I just fucking love to waste perfectly good hops so I figured what the hell. I threw in a truckload of random hops to start with then added more, just because I can. And since I was already wasting perfectly good hops I figured I may as well throw in a load of those awful sort of hops nobody wants, ever. And so it was, I busted out the Sorachi Ace, Celeia and East Kent Goldings.

I know, I know, I'm playing totally out of bounds here, I really am wasting those good Japanese, Slovenian and British hops by trying to cover them up with those damn zesty American hops. Or maybe it's the other way around.

I suggest y'all get down to the Hart and Thistle to see just exactly what this multi-continental-hopped bomb tastes like for yourself. Bliss.


Vital Stats:
Gravity - 15.4 P/1.063
Calculated IBU's - 46
Hop Rate - 3.6 lbs/bbl
ABV - 6.5%
Colour ~ 10 SRM
Malts - Pale Ale, Crystal 70, Munich
Hops - Sorachi Ace, Celeia, East Kent Golding, Centennial