Did a dry hop with 4 oz of caliente in a 5 gallon batch of black ipa and got a mild sambucca/uzo flavor up front with a cherry finish. Not much aroma coming from it for the amount I used. I'm guessing it would be more beneficial to use for bittering.
I recently keg hopped my IPA with 2 oz of centennial not knowing that the hops were oxidized. I went to work for 12 hours and came back to get a drink and the beer was horrible. The taste was like cardboard/ freezer burn. I thought I would have to get rid of it after reading different threads...
My DIPA started at 1.077 and finished at 1.020. I dry hopped it and the aroma and flavor are fabulous, but a little too sweet. I decided to keg and carbonate. I'm debating on making a small yeast starter with my harvested yeast and get it to finish around 1.010. Is it possible to accomplish...
I had a 55 lb bag of milled 2 row that was in a hot garage for about a year and brewed 4 batches with it (5 gallon each). The only thing I lost was mash efficiency (60%), so I just added more grain than usual in the mash to get my OG up to par. No off flavors and the grain didn't spoil. You...
I wouldn't go that crazy on a yeast starter for a gravity of 1.052. You should be fine with a smaller starter. A starter is just going to give you peace of mind that your yeast are healthy and to give you plenty of yeast to make a high gravity brew. I had yeast that were 2 weeks away from...