Recent content by EA18Brewer

Haha I guess the loss of a batch of beer cuts everyone pretty deep here. I suppose if I had another primary fermenter I would have kept this batch and started another to see how it turned out.

I am not one for denial. I tossed the whole thing. We live and we learn. I am changing up the hop schedule that will yield around 70ibu. Should be a little more up my alley.

Well I tasted it after about 4 days while taking a gravity reading. The gravity said 1.011 which kind of surprised me. It was already something like 7%. It tasted completely foul. Ridiculously bitter and alcoholic. I would say it was ruined by the hop schedule, or even contaminated. Looks like I...

I think I will do that then, thanks. Another question though. I seem to have a ton of trub in the carboy. A bunch stuck in the top from the first couple days of vicious fermentation, and a bunch clumped at the bottom. I feel like I should have filtered the wort into the carboy. Will this produce...

Would I be able to salvage a little more aroma if I do a secondary dry hop of another 1oz Citra? Maybe 1oz for 2 weeks and 1 oz more 1 week?

I was kind of looking for a dryer bitter flavor. You may be right though. I probably should have stretched out the second addition and added the challenger in the last 10 minutes or so. Like I said.. I am an amature.

Hey guys, this is my first recipe so give me your wisdom. Intruder IPA 1lbs Breiss Caramel 40 (155 deg for 30 min) 7# Light LME 1# Pils extra light DME 1oz Galena 60 min 2oz Galena 50 min 2oz Challenger 30 min 1oz Irish Moss 15 minutes 1oz whole leaf Citra Dry hop in secondary Yeast: Wyeast...

Is there any issue with making this a full boil with 5 gallons? Or should I just keep it at a 2 gal boil?