more bitter than Extra Special Bitter

India Pale Ale, that is. And by “more bitter” we mean an especially aggressive presence of hops. I paid a visit to Strange Brew armed with a recipe and the plan of a few hours on Father’s Day weekend. The recipe originally called for all-grain, but I panicked at the thought of my beleaguered mash tun and reverted to extract. As it turns out, I had to make several substitutions, therefore I'm going to call the finished product Bitter Old Man IPA.

Here are the ingredients:

6 pints Munton's IPA Bitter extract
1/2 pound Dark Crystal malt
3 oz Chinook Hops
2 oz East Kent Golding Hops
2 oz Fuggles Hops
1 teaspoon Irish Moss
Wyeast 1005 German Ale Yeast

I'll let you know how it tastes in about six weeks.