The Unfortunate Realities of Bottle Conditioning
...Ragin' Sumpin' came out totally flat. It's stunningly tasty for a totally flat beer, but still: flat. Everything I was aiming for: very hoppy, but not without a malty backbone. The wheat comes through, but it isn't a decidedly wheat-y beer (very much like Lil' Sumpin', in that regard).
Dry hopping an ounce of Amarillo on top of adding an ounce of Simcoe as finishing hops was an excellent idea; the fruitiness comes through, though it isn't as grapefruit-forward as, say, Surly Furious.
It clocks in at about 8.5-9%, probably 90 IBUs (but drinks like a 50-60 IBU beer; it doesn't leave you feeling like your palate is destroyed, even though it probably is).
Time to buy a keg and force carbonate it. A bit more expense, but definitely worth it in the name of sanity; finding and cleaning bottles (not to mention the actual filling and capping) process is a pain. And who can say 'no' to delicious, homemade beer, fresh from the tap?