Race Car Bed Red IPA

When you wake up in a haze after sleeping off that apartment complex pool party in your racing car bed, your singing career is a bust, and you can't draw dignity because your ex took it, you just want something simple and satisfying to forget it all. Well, grab a Red, 'cause the beauty of this one is its all-extract, single hop profile simplicity. 9 pounds of gold and Breiss dark quality malts deliver the smile that comes with your ex using a crudely drawn door. Then, cryogenically conditioned Centennial hops are with you the whole way. As the 60 minute boil begins, the first dose delivers all the bitterness of coming home to a sink-thawed hot dog. But at 30 minutes in, the second wave comes to the rescue to deliver the sharp flavor that helps you regain that rush of being a major player down at the cracker factory. Finally, with 5 minutes left, they finish it off by adding an aroma that will have you just begging to borrow a feeling. And the 7.8% ABV will in no time at all wash away the guilt of chugging one in the bathroom down the hall. So crack open this glove of love for your taste buds and when you're done, huck the bottle over the fence and let Arby's worry about it. You'll be back.

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Brewed on 4 Sep 20:

Missed OG. Came in at 1.081. Let's see what FG looks like.

Took about 5-10 mins to cool wort.

Had to move to another fermenter when I noticed the spigot seal had a slight leak on the first one. Wort was exposed for less than a minute during transfer.

Secondary ferment in glass carboy at 2 weeks. Thick layer of sludge in primary. Gravity at secondary: 1.021.

Bottling on 2 Oct. Another thick sludge layer in carboy. Final gravity was 1.021. OG and FG values missed targets but by equal amounts, ABV on target at 7.8%.

Color is a little dark for an IPA, at least compared to the red I put it next to. Not as dark as a stout so perfect.

Tasting prior to conditioning: pretty bitter. Might try to find different malts to counteract, or reduce the bittering hops to 0.5 oz next time.