Out of beer around the house!   Time to try out some of this Simcoe and Cascade.   Also been interested in putting a little wheat in an IPA since I’ve had some issues with body.   We’ll see how it goes.  Brew day is 6/30/2013

The brew day went very well.  I think I have the new brew system all squared away.   Hit a gravity of about 1.058 and did end up using Simcoe instead of Chinook since I didn’t have Chinook.(mistook citra)  Looks great, smells great, pitched an active 1.5 liter starter.

Update 7/1/2013

fermentation was going quite well at less than 24 hours with an ambient temperature of 60F.

Update 7/3/2013

Fermentation about done.   Adding dry hops on July 4.

Update 7/13/2013

Fermentation was not done!  Upon transferring on July 5 the fermentation kicked back up.  I transferred the beer to pitch barleywine on it’s yeast cake.   It’s attenuation was pretty low and it instantly kicked up again.   Should be interesting to see how this beer comes out.

Update 7/28/2013

Turned out to be a pretty darn good beer.   Very tasty, good body and nice overall impression.   The bitter on the end is a little harsh but I will probably submit this as an American Pale Ale entry in a competition.

Update 10/26/2013

This beer did quite well as an American Pale Ale at Dixie Cup in Houston.  It scored 37 and was in the second round.  No beers in that category scored over 40 so it was a little stiff on judging.   Will brew again 10/27/2013 albeit with slightly different hopping and water adjustments for the sake of getting it a little better and less harsh.