Fresh Squeezed IPA Clone

[Kealia]

I'm glad that it went well. Sounds like a great day and I can almost smell it from here.

I'm very excited about this batch.....<taps fingers impatiently>

[BlackDuck]

Sounds so good. Too many recipes to make, not enough time to do it.

[Inkleg]

Great brew day guys.

[Kealia]

Sounds so good. Too many recipes to make, not enough time to do it.

Truer words have never been spoken.

[Beer-lord]

Ron, have you had an official taste of this yet? Ours is nearing the dry hop stage so it'll be a long while before it's taste time but I'm very curious if you've had the royal cup yet.

[Kealia]

Not yet. Sadly, my household has been sick since last Friday so I'm just getting back on my feet now.
Hopefully tomorrow!

[Beer-lord]

Sorry to hear that news.....get well soon. I am nerding for your thoughts on it.

[Beer-lord]

Ron, oh Ron.....I must hear how yours turned out. I can't wait. Drink it now and tell me you're happy!

[Beer-lord]

OK Ron, I don't like the game you're playing.....it's been 12 hours since I posted and still no reports on your Fresh Squeezed so I can only assume it sucks to bad, you don't want to talk about it.
That and the fact that the 49ers will feel some DOME-INATION today.

[Kealia]

Well, I figured out that I still don't have 100% of my taste buds by tasting something else, but I had to try this last night.

Color-wises, it's got that nice darker orange color that Fresh Squeezed has. The aroma was a little light at first but:
1) I realized the beer was too cold (need to readjust my beer fridge after moving it)
2) As mentioned, my nose is still a but stuffy

The aroma seemed pretty spot on me, and as it warmed up it got even better. The carb level was a little low, but the bottle I tried barely had two weeks to carb before I put it in the fridge. It was there for a week since I got sick so the others have had an extra week now to carb up so they should be better.

The taste was good - nice hop flavor and a crisp finish, at first. I think because it was cold the finish was a bit 'clean' or it could be because of the use of Magnum (my error) instead of Nugget for bittering. Again, as it warmed it got better. But to be honest, I was so happy to have a beer that this drank pretty quickly

I think it's going to be very close. I'll try to get my hands on the original again soon but so far I'm very happy with what I tasted last night. I'm going to put another in the fridge today to drink on Tuesday and will post more then.

[Beer-lord]

Thanks for the update. I should be kegging my version and RedBEERd's next weekend so it'll be a while before I can give you my thoughts.
It looks good to me but I agree, 2 weeks is early and it's still green.

[Kealia]

Yeah, a bit green and my tastes are off but even with that in mind I did like this one and think it's going to be really good. I can tell you that last night's went down pretty easy.

That and the fact that the 49ers will feel some DOME-INATION today.

Damn close game so far. Not sure why we can't catch the ball so well today.

[Kealia]

[Kealia]

OR maybe you prefer?

[BlackDuck]

Did you see Graham try to cheat to win the game???