IPA and Brown Ale

Sunday night we bottled our newest IPA and it came out a better color than our first IPA. The darker carmel malt gave the beer the richer copper color we were looking for. First taste was good, a nice sweetness balanced by the bitterness from all the hops we added, and it should turn out better than the first. Elise's brown ale is ready, and it tastes good. Elise would like it to be more malty, but for writing the recipe herself, it is a very good first attempt. The dry hopping added a nice hop aroma, and I think we will definately experiment more with dry hopping in the future. Depending on the time of day and day of week that you ask her, she either likes the color or thinks that it isn't dark enough; but I think that it is a very good color for an american brown ale. In a couple of weeks when the IPA is ready, we will have a pretty decent supply of beer to drink with the Stout, Brown, and IPA available. We are still a month away though, from cracking open the Winter Beer, but that time should help the spice flavors in the beer mellow and round out the beer.