100th Batch

Just wanted to give an update on this. I ended up brewing an all Centennial beast of an IPA (well, double IPA, just due to the excessive hoppiness). Not that creative but I had fun with it. Probably wasted some hops in the process, but to me, it was a celebration so I went overboard just for the hell of it. Here's the recipe (5 gallons):

15 lbs Golden Promise
1 lb Cara-pils
.5 lb Crystal 75
2.5 oz Centennial (9.5% AA) - 120 min
5 oz Centennial (9.5% AA) - 20 min
4 oz Centennial (9.5% AA) - Hop stand
1.8 oz Centennial - Dry - 7 days
3 oz Centennial - Dry - 5 days
Mashed at 155*F 60 min
Fermented with Wyeast California Lager
O.G.: 1.079 (efficiency suffered, oh well...)
F.G.: 1.020

So not huge on alcohol, but that doesn't bother me. I tend to brew <5% beers, so it's still pretty high for me. The reason I used the California Lager yeast is that my bigger beers tend to get way out of control, and I sometimes end up with a big mess, so I fermented this one extra cool (around 58*) for about 3 weeks and wanted a fairly clean yeast to do the job. When fermentation was done, I lagered for a while, then dry-hopped.

It ended up pretty fantastic. The hops assault the palate up front, then mellow into a smooth, characterful citrusy goodness. The Golden Promise gives a great biscuity, slightly grainy taste in the finish that complements the hops very well, in my opinion.

The 3 oz second dry-hopping really transformed this beer. I tasted it after the initial 1.8 oz dry-hopping and thought it was great, but I was going for excess here, so I added a lot more. Did I need all the hops I used? Probably not, but like I said, I just wanted to have fun with this one.

Anyway, thanks everyone for your input and, please, share your milestone batches and recipes!
Cheers.