I brewed this last week with some minor changes. Should I rack to secondary? Its been in primary for 7 days now. If so, should the oak chips stay behind when I transfer?
Brewed this beer and substituted Citra for Chinook to add some pineapple flavor, and it was a glorious beer. Won me my first medal in homebrew competition. Thanks for sharing! !
There is a brewery in Meadville, PA (I see you're from PA) that has a FANTASTIC IPA called Fresh Squeezed. You aren't by chance John, are you?
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I'm planning on brewing this on the weekend. Couple of questions:
* Is the consensus still to add the oak chips at the same time the yeast is pitched? I am a little concerned about adding them before the yeast has taken hold due to possible infection issues?
* Over here (NZ) hop pellets come in 100g (3.5oz) packets. I don't brew very often so I'd like to avoid having left over hops. If I was going to leave out one of the 4x hop varieties, which would you suggest? Of course the other option is to just dry hop with the leftovers - I'll have about 30g (just over 1oz) of each left over.
They are oak CUBES, not chips.
Anyways, there is no risk of infection if you boil them in water for a few minutes. Using chips will give this beer a lot more of an oak character than the cubes when used only during a few week primary.
They are oak CUBES, not chips.
Anyways, there is no risk of infection if you boil them in water for a few minutes. Using chips will give this beer a lot more of an oak character than the cubes when used only during a few week primary.
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