westwardclock
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I recently brewed a clone of a beer. It has 1 more day of dry hopping. I have tasted it and I like it, however, it does not have the hop level of the original beer. I am really happy with all other aspects of the beer. This beer was deemed "clone" so i'm thinking its not the recipe. Without changing the recipe(add more hops at the end), how can I get more flavor and aroma? I brew 5 gallon batches and this recipe had 1oz each at 85min, 30min, 5min, and 0 min. 21grams dry hop. Part of my problem maybe that I do not incorporate any sort of a hop stand. As soon as my timer goes off I'm draining straight to the carboy(through a plate chiller). Usually 10 minutes and the kettle is drained out. Of course though the recipe does not call for a hop stand. Maybe its common knowledge to let it sit for a little bit before draining. One reason I have not tried it was, for the life of my, I cant find a good description how IBUs would change if I let it stand for 60-80 minutes. I saw 10% a few times however they were only referencing the zero minute hops. What about the rest of the hops that are already in the kettle. Surely they add more IBU's during the hop stand. 10% across the board?
Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
Perhaps more knowledge of my setup could help
I brew All-Grain.
I use a very large 8" Diameter by 18" Tall metal Hop spider(I don't believe that is the problem at least with the small quantity of hops in the recipe in question)
Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
Perhaps more knowledge of my setup could help
I brew All-Grain.
I use a very large 8" Diameter by 18" Tall metal Hop spider(I don't believe that is the problem at least with the small quantity of hops in the recipe in question)