IXNAYXJ
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I went over to GI-John's place with Slacker87XJ (Ian) on Sunday to brew, as the title suggests, IXNAY's Stryker IPA, ver. 3.0 Mod 0. And of course, eat some of John's food. 
The first IXNAY's IPA was one of John's early brewing projects (about four months ago), meant to be a super-hoppy Mirror Pond-ish IPA, patterned off of a Deschutes limited run called "Hop Henge." It was a huge success, especially considering John pretty much winged it. We drank the 5 gallons that night at what has come to be known as "Drunkfest 1."
Ver 2.0 is still conditioning, but we went ahead with a further refinement. When we weren't brewing the new beer, we were trying John's latest brew, a Mirror Pond clone. He came very close to nailing it dead-on! We did a side-by-side comparison between that and the genuine article: The color was a dead ringer. Perfect. The taste was a little bitterer, it seemed to me, and not quite as crisp and clear. That being said, I think it has about double the alcohol content! Very, very tasty beer!!!
Anyway, here are some pics of the brewing process:
Doesn't look like much, but the smell was great, and made me very hopeful for the finished product:
Those are Chinook hops that I picked out for their super-hoppy smell that characterized both the Hop Henge and ver. 1.0 of IXNAY's. And there's a helocopter named Chinook. Which is cool.
John doing some laundry. Or cooling down the wort (see, John? I was listening!).
John's lovely and talented wife, Lonnie, in the process of telling me "Not to look, and damn sure not to take a picture." Oops.
Rebecca the Terrible, cutting off John's arms.
John saying "You'd better not take a picture of this and post in
!" Oops.
Huddling in the shade, trying (in vain) to stay cool:
Anyway, I'll let you know how IXNAY's Stryker IPA Ver. 3.0 Mod 0 tastes in about a month! Thanks again, John!
-----Matt-----
The first IXNAY's IPA was one of John's early brewing projects (about four months ago), meant to be a super-hoppy Mirror Pond-ish IPA, patterned off of a Deschutes limited run called "Hop Henge." It was a huge success, especially considering John pretty much winged it. We drank the 5 gallons that night at what has come to be known as "Drunkfest 1."
Ver 2.0 is still conditioning, but we went ahead with a further refinement. When we weren't brewing the new beer, we were trying John's latest brew, a Mirror Pond clone. He came very close to nailing it dead-on! We did a side-by-side comparison between that and the genuine article: The color was a dead ringer. Perfect. The taste was a little bitterer, it seemed to me, and not quite as crisp and clear. That being said, I think it has about double the alcohol content! Very, very tasty beer!!!
Anyway, here are some pics of the brewing process:
Doesn't look like much, but the smell was great, and made me very hopeful for the finished product:
Those are Chinook hops that I picked out for their super-hoppy smell that characterized both the Hop Henge and ver. 1.0 of IXNAY's. And there's a helocopter named Chinook. Which is cool.
John doing some laundry. Or cooling down the wort (see, John? I was listening!).
John's lovely and talented wife, Lonnie, in the process of telling me "Not to look, and damn sure not to take a picture." Oops.
Rebecca the Terrible, cutting off John's arms.
John saying "You'd better not take a picture of this and post in
!" Oops.
Huddling in the shade, trying (in vain) to stay cool:
Anyway, I'll let you know how IXNAY's Stryker IPA Ver. 3.0 Mod 0 tastes in about a month! Thanks again, John!
-----Matt-----
