first "fresh" ipa

So, i made the dogfish head clone that is in the recipe section. i dry hopped in the keg, pulled out the hops, and put it on air. Its only been on air 4 days, so not near carbonated enough, but i had to have a taste. ive never had anything like it. incredibly floral, great bitterness, just perfect. I guess ive never had a fresh IPA, but man im addicted to it. Im glad i have a good porter on tap too or id have a tough time keeping my hands off of it. just thought id share my first fresh ipa experience.

Personally, if the IPA is 'perfect', I'd start in on it. The nose won't last.

it should be finished carbing up in 4 or 5 days. i was surprised how much carbonation it had yesterday. it will definitely disappear quickly

Right on man! I want to do a Dogfish 60 in the very near future. Just converted to kegging with my last batch and got cascade whole leaf hops for dry-hopping while force carbing. The hopped up PA was my most enjoyable beer thus far. I can't wait to get the next batch (Two hearted ale) that is finishing up this week in the primary in the keg.

nice! i have 4 hop plants in my garden this year. Hopefully ill get a few ounces with this years harvest i can dry hop with. kegging is quite nice. I never did any beer bottling, but i did wine bottling and hated the bottling process more than any other process. Figured i would skip it completely with beer.

Ditto on skipping bottles. I doubt I'd have made it past the second batch without the mini-kegs, then cornies. They are also great because you can re-fresh the nose on hoppy beers (yes, I really do make them occasionally.)