My standard brewing practice of late has been to set aside 2 bottles after bottling. Try 1 at 2 weeks, try another at 3 weeks to see how the batch is coming along. At that point I usually let it age for about 1.5-2 months before touching it again
So I just tasted the first bottle of a batch of IIPA after 2 weeks of aging, and it tastes GREAT. I am kind of an IPA snob (aren't we all?) so I am rather picky about the malt/ hop balance. At 2 weeks, this has a pretty damn good balance between bitterness and maltiness, and in my experience, after aging big hoppy bitter IPAs, the bitterness tends to subside, leaving a sweet beer with a lot of hop aroma, and no bitterness.
At this point I am debating whether or not I should let this continue aging, or just start digging in before the bitterness spoils. I'm Looking for suggestions from the veterans here.
Batch info:
OG 1.095
FG 1.019
ABV ~9.5%
IBU 85
SRM 12
So I just tasted the first bottle of a batch of IIPA after 2 weeks of aging, and it tastes GREAT. I am kind of an IPA snob (aren't we all?) so I am rather picky about the malt/ hop balance. At 2 weeks, this has a pretty damn good balance between bitterness and maltiness, and in my experience, after aging big hoppy bitter IPAs, the bitterness tends to subside, leaving a sweet beer with a lot of hop aroma, and no bitterness.
At this point I am debating whether or not I should let this continue aging, or just start digging in before the bitterness spoils. I'm Looking for suggestions from the veterans here.
Batch info:
OG 1.095
FG 1.019
ABV ~9.5%
IBU 85
SRM 12