My house sits directly under the incoming flight path for the San Diego International Airport. On cloudy nights the jets will pass over and a few seconds later the air they displace will come crashing back into the place it once idly sat and make the craziest, eeriest noise. We have lived here for almost 3 years and I have wanted to make an IPA named after our location under the flight path.
As I have said before, I love San Diego/West Coast style IPAs that are light on malt bills, have moderately high bitterness, and a ton of flavor and aroma additions. I am making this beer in a similar manner. Simple malt bill, moderate bittering charge and big citrusy, fruity late hop additions of Amarillo and Nelson. As I sit here writing this post the Nelson hops are just smelling amazing and my mouth is watering for this beer.
I didn't hit my OG, so the beer will be a little smaller, maybe more like a Pale than an IPA, oh well.
Ingredients: US-2Row, Honey Malt, Warriors @60, Amarillo and Nelson @30, Amarillo and Nelson @15, Amarillo and Nelson @1, Dry Hopped with Amarillo.
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I tasted this beer when I racked it to carbonate and dry hop. It was fantastic. The hop aroma was pretty low, so I didn't hold high hopes, but when I tasted it, wow. Juicy tropical fruit, guava, pure goodness. I dry hopped it with Simcoe and Amarillo hops. Looking forward to this beer.
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