So I have some challenger I’ve been needing to use and I’m running out of my American hop stockpile I’ve been working on for the past year. Before I can justify ordering a giant round of wholesale hops I need to burn through it. So try some things out. How about Simcoe and Challenger? We’ll see how it comes out. Going to try a little more crystal than I typically use because I’ve read that Challenger can be a little sharp. Simcoe can also be a bit aggressive to me so I think more sweetness won’t hurt. The brew day went well with the gravity being more like 1.048.

2/4/2016 Update
This beer ended up being ok at best. Ironically the BeerXML plugin for my site won’t show the recipe for some unknown reason. Probably because the plugin knows that the beer wasn’t great. The hop flavor and aroma just isn’t smooth. It’s pretty harsh and the bitter probably isn’t very pleasant either.(I have to speculate due to being mostly bitter insensitive) I drink it but don’t love it. May dump it if I run out of kegerator space soon. Currently have 5 full, 2 in the works and want to brew some more. So something has to go!