Noob Dry Hopping Error, did I ruin my beer?

**nimo23** · 02-08-2012, 01:45 AM

I cooked my second ever batch yesterday, it is a Falconer's Flight Extra IPA kit from Brewer's Best. It came with the following hops:

Millennium Bittering Hops, 1 pack
Falconer's Flight Hops, 2 packs
Falconer's Flight 7C's Hops, 2 packs

I misread the directions, and missed the whole section on dry hopping (supposed to dry hop the 2 packs of 7C's). So, I added all of the hops during the wort boil.

Here were my addition times . . .

Bittering hops - Boiled 40 minutes
FF Hops, both packs - boiled 10 minutes
FF 7C's Hops, both packs - boiled 10 minutes
Removed from boil and began cooling

It was at this point that I read the paragraph on dry hopping. Obscenities ensued, and I continued with cooling and pitching.

What is going to happen to the beer?

**jotakah** · 02-08-2012, 01:50 AM

it'll just be a bit hoppier than the recipe, and less aromatic. you can buy more hops for dry-hopping if you wish; then it'll be hoppier and just as aromatic!

**nimo23** · 02-08-2012, 01:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jotakah

it'll just be a bit hoppier than the recipe, and less aromatic. you can buy more hops for dry-hopping if you wish; then it'll be hoppier and just as aromatic!

Ok cool. So it will be an extra extra IPA now?

So I should go buy some aromatic hops, which my LHBS should be able to recommend for dry hopping, and add those when I rack into secondary in 10 days or so?

**dkennedy** · 02-08-2012, 01:55 AM

You didn't ruin it, you just made it your own!

Would expect it to be more bitter than the original recipe, and less aromatic (to jotakah's point). On a side note, I've got a half pound of the 7C's coming tomorrow

, looking forward to brewing an IPA with just those, they look interesting.

**sudsmcgee** · 02-08-2012, 01:56 AM

Yeah, it's fine. Actually, my best beers have been screw ups and I can't reproduce them!

**nimo23** · 02-08-2012, 02:05 AM

Thanks for the reassurance, I thought this would be the case but got concerned. dkennedy, I grew up on Longmont. Go Trojans. Small world.

**chickypad** · 02-08-2012, 02:06 AM

At least you only boiled them 10 minutes. Will increase the bitterness but not as bad as if you had added at the beginning of the boil.

**dkennedy** · 02-08-2012, 02:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nimo23

Thanks for the reassurance, I thought this would be the case but got concerned. dkennedy, I grew up on Longmont. Go Trojans. Small world.

Right on- I'm a transplant, originally from more your direction (Mainer).
I'd let it ride and see how it comes out, should be fine! Oh, and post results

ilikeguns · 02-08-2012, 03:14 AM

Plug the recipe into BeerSmith and you should get an approximate IBU estimate.. or just wait and drink

thetragichero · 02-08-2012, 03:59 AM

buy more hops and dry hop, nothing wrong with more hops in an ipa!