hops2it
Well-Known Member
I've read many "is my beer ruined?" threads and I'm not going that far necessarily but I'm still a little down about my brew today. It was Edwort's Bee Cave IPA and it tasted EXCELLENT albeit slightly watery at the end of primary so much I thought about bottling it up and calling it quits. But it called for dry hopping with 1 oz Centennial, so I racked to secondary and added pellet hops in a grain bag with a marble. Boiled the entire bag w/ marble before adding hops.
One week later, it does not smell good IMO, kind of a cidery smell and I swear it's darker than a week ago, not sure how that happens. Also, for being a secondary, it wasn't even close to clear. There were all kinds of small floc particles in suspension. To me it tasted pungent but I guess I'm hoping that's the result of the dry hops. This is the second beer in a row I've dry hopped in secondary and the last one didn't come out anywhere near clear either. I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong or if I need some sort of filter on the suction side of my racking cane?
Anyway, I'll wait it out and see but was wondering if others have had similar results?
One week later, it does not smell good IMO, kind of a cidery smell and I swear it's darker than a week ago, not sure how that happens. Also, for being a secondary, it wasn't even close to clear. There were all kinds of small floc particles in suspension. To me it tasted pungent but I guess I'm hoping that's the result of the dry hops. This is the second beer in a row I've dry hopped in secondary and the last one didn't come out anywhere near clear either. I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong or if I need some sort of filter on the suction side of my racking cane?
Anyway, I'll wait it out and see but was wondering if others have had similar results?