A buddy of mine and I kegged the Amberhop last Thursday. I set the regulator to 30 PSI and let it sit for about 3 whole days. Yesterday, amidst a painfully long day of serious yard work, I decided I had earned a pint of my long await recent batch. I went down the basement, dropped the regulator to 3-4 PSI, purged most of the gas from the keg and then poured a glass. Foam as usual on the first 1/3 cup, but then clean, free flowing, carbonated beer. I was surprised. Usually I will do the “set it and forget it” method of setting the regulator to 12-13 PSI and waiting a week, but I wanted to try this new way. Sure enough, it seemed to work out just fine.
The beer is really good. Big, malty and sweet, but lots of hops in the aroma, flavor, and mouthfeel. One pint turned into about 3, and with the Blackhawks playing in the middle of the day, I basically kissed yardwork goodbye. That is, until my wife got home and I had to pretend I wasn’t sitting on the couch, 3 beers at 7% ABV deep, doing nothing. In my defense, if you saw the work that went into our backyard this past weekend, you would understand the need for a mid-day beer break. Full review coming soon, I want to give it a bit more time to condition before really reviewing it.
Racking the IPA to secondary this week, will update.