So this beer is so great that I’m brewing it without ever having tasted it. Firestone Walker Double Jack is one of the beers everyone says they’d take if they only had a couple to choose from forever. It’s a big bold Imperial American IPA(Double IPA) Given the huge amount of hops going in this beer it’d better be good! Mash temp will be 145F for 60 minutes 155F for 10 minutes then mash-out to 168F for 10 minutes.

Update 9/8/2014

So this beer finished with a final gravity around 1.019. It tastes quite luscious in terms of the malt profile. It’s very easy drinking for me but I wonder how the judges at Dixie Cup will feel about that. Hop flavor is huge but hop aroma while fairly large is a little one dimensional. I did get to sample Double Jack and while I won’t call this a clone it’s certainly in the family tree. Overall a success which is all you can ask for when you have such a huge hop bill.