Mat, OMG...this is one of the best beers I've had in a long time. The orange from the zest and the grapefuit from the Cascades are nicely balanced. Poured with a nice white head. Just getting started with this guy, but good job sir.
My Cascade leaf hops are 7.4AA... so I dropped the FWH to .75oz, brewing this thing tomorrow morning!
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Primary- AIR
Secondary- AIR
Keg1- Centennial Blonde
Keg2- Oktoberfest
Keg3- Christmas Spice
Keg4- Fire In The Hole
Keg5- AIR
Keg6- AIR
Keg7- AIR
Keg8- AIR
Mat, OMG...this is one of the best beers I've had in a long time. The orange from the zest and the grapefuit from the Cascades are nicely balanced. Poured with a nice white head. Just getting started with this guy, but good job sir.
Glad you like it! We've killed half the batch already. On my first few tastings, I thought I might add a bit more orange in the next session, but it seems to be showing through more and more as it matures.
How long are you dry hopping this thing in the secondary? 2 weeks? After about 5 days, it looks like the ferment has slowed considerably... will rack to the secondary in a few days to free it up for my Haus Ale
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Primary- Orange Cascade APA
Secondary- AIR
Keg1- Centennial Blonde
Keg2- Oktoberfest
Keg3- Christmas Spice
Keg4- Fire In The Hole
Keg5- AIR
Keg6- AIR
Keg7- AIR
Keg8- AIR
2 Row will work fine for you, honestly there probably won't be an appreciable difference. I don't think you need a mortar/pestle for the coriander, just smash it up however you can. I just happen to have one.
This looks like a great recipe and as soon as I clear some space in a fermentor, I am going for it.
I was just wondering about the 2 packages of yeast. Is the second one for the secondary fermentor or something?
Also what AA were your Cascades to give you that IBU with 6 ounces used? I am thinking about skipping the dry hop portion of this recipe, but we'll see.
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Fermenting: #54 Flanders Red 1.059 16 IBUS 12/22/11
#53 First sour 1.054 ~8 IBUs 12/15/11