Wort Challenge: Forever Summer American Pale Ale W/ Honey & Jasmine

The Wort Challenge is an annual collaboration and competition put on in conjunction with the IBU homebrewers club. We design and produce an unfermented wort, the liquid that contains sugar extracted from grain, then hand it over to a bevy of homebrewers who can modify and ferment it as they see fit. The entries are judged by the Confluence production crew, and the winner gets to brew their beer with us on a commercial scale! The winner of the 2022 Wort Challenge is Paul Bruski, and this is his beer: a pale ale inspired by a perfect vacation to San Diego with his girlfriend Raluca, where every day was filled with the scent of jasmine and the promise of an endless summer. The addition of gallons of Iowa honey to a simple grain bill provides a Show Less