Leftover IPA

This year, I wanted to try something different.  I do small, 1 gal batches, and many times, I have a some hopped wort left at the bottom of the brew kettle after I'm done transferring most of it to a fermenter and pitching the yeast.  So what I'm doing is saving this hopped wort (depending upon the recipe, it may not be hopped...) in a sanitized growler, and once I have enough saved up, either add it to a beer (rather than doing a partial mash) or, if I save up a full gallon, then use that as the basis for a "leftover" beer.

At this point, I have about a full gallon of hopped wort left over from several brews (here, here, here, and here).  All of the previous brews have used some (if not all) experimental hops and were brewed to be NE-style IPAs.  I thought that this would be a great way to start, and the great thing is that I don't really need to add anything to this brew; all of the previous brews had been hopped via FWH, as well as having a steep at flameout.  The most I need to do with this brew is boil it again, pitch the yeast, and do a dry hop.

The great thing is that I get to be creative about the beers I brew, save the leftovers from the boil, and be creative all over again, all the while being able to drink some great beer that I made.  ;-)

Brew Day: 12 Feb 2019

Boil (20 min):
*Nothing added, just boiled for 20 min.

Hops: all of the hops used in the beer to this point are what was used in the original brew for each individual beer; so, a lot of experimental hops.  I will likely dry hop the beer once it's had some time to ferment, but at this point, there will be no new additions of hops.

Yeast: BE-134 (in keeping with the idea of brewing with what I had left over...)

Addendum, 24 Feb: Dry hopped on 14g of Citra hops

Addendum, 28 Feb: Bottled; got 9 good ones out of it.

XJA/436 IPA

I found another experimental hop at NorthernBrewer, this one called XJA/436.  As with the other experimental hops, I wanted to try this one in a NE-style IPA first, and then try it in combination with other similar hops.  This hop is said to impart berries...blueberries, gooseberries...so I wonder what it would be like with a little Brewer's Gold and Mosaic.  We'll have to see how this one turns out, and then maybe continue with the experimentation.

Brew Day: 12 Feb 2019

Partial Mash:
8 oz 2-row
2 oz flaked wheat

Boil (20 min):
1 lb Pilsen DME
4 oz table sugar

Hops:
14 g XJA/436 hops (FWH)
1 oz (28 g) XJA/436 hops (10 min steep @ flameout)
14 g XJA/436 hops (dry hop)

Yeast: US-05

Addendum, 24 Feb: Dry hopped.

Addendum, 28 Feb: Bottled, got 9 good ones out of it.