The chocolate stout has that background flavor of the Pittsburgh beers. This one was brewed with the new kettle but the usual tap water. Not much chocolate flavor. Will check it after a week in the bottle.
The Citra II is very promising. First brewed with bottled water. Nice hop notes, more importantly no off flavors! Just have to wait a week to see how it turns out now.
Citra Stats:
OB - 16, OG - 1.065
FB - 8, FG - 1.011, ABV - 7%
Yay!?...
Aroma - Some pine notes, bread - 6/12
Appearance - Big creamy head, slightly on the darker side - 2/3
Flavor
- Background bitterness, light caramel malt notes, not a ton of hop flavor - 10/20
Mouthfeel - Full, smooth - 4/5
Overall - 5/10
Total - 27/50
Thought this one was drinking better early on. Has that same odor / taste that has plagued several of the previous IPAs. Again, it's drinkable, but not what I wanted. Have continued reading and wondering if it's oxidation. Granted I don't purge the secondary with CO2 but I siphon "quietely" and try to get as little as possible in.
Side note: Drank one of the Galaxy IPAs last night, which didn't have it as much. Now I'm really curious to try the new one with the bottled water to see if that takes care of it...
