BeeGee said:Good luck! Let's see that recipe!
I haven't actually dry hopped a beer yet (he said "dry hopped . . ."). I'm not sure if I'll actually do that or just throw that last ounce in with 5 min or so left to boil. Any thoughts?BeeGee said:You could consider tossing in 1/2 your finish hops at flameout, and then dryhop with 1/2.
Walker said:if you've never dry hopped, give it a shot. I loved what it did to my IPA (which was my first dry-hop batch).
-walker
ian said:well let me ask you this: I just started saving yeast on my last batch and intend to do it with this one. Do you have to do any extra filtering to get the dry hopped hops out or would you just leave them in with the rest of the trub that I'm bottling to save?
BeeGee said:Are you saving yeast from your secondary? That's where the dry hops should go. I usually harvest yeast from my primary which is said to be healthier than the spent yeast that winds up in the secondary.
BeeGee said:I keep hops for months in the freezer...two ziploc bags with the air squeezed out. ...
BeeGee said:I keep hops for months in the freezer...two ziploc bags with the air squeezed out.
That's exactly what I was thinking, but those vacuum sealers are kind of expensive. I can think of better brewing equipment to drop that much on. . . .BeeGee said:I think a great system would be to buy a lb or so at a time, and then use a vacuum sealer to seal them off in 1oz freezeable packets.
Not really sure how to do efficiency readings but it had a pre-boil gravity of 1.04 (that was taken right before the last batch sparge so it might be off a little). I forgot to take a reading before pitching yeast.BeeGee said:Did you take any efficiency readings?
ian said:Using BobbyC's Beer Alchemy program
ian said:As a follow up:
I racked to secondary last night and had a little taste. I guess its just what I was going for, a fairly mild easily accessible beer. My wife said it was kind of watery (yes she actually tasted a little coming out of primary even with little bits of trub in it! What a woman!)
I should have listened to you guys when you said to dry hop that last ounce of leaf cascades. Oh well, I will next time. But, it is pretty clear and the yellowest in color that I've done yet. Coming through the siphon it was nearly clear (little color). I bet that when friends/family try this one they will like it the best as it resembles a commercial (bud or miller) the most in color. To add to the fact that this is my first AG I may also make it my first kegged batch if I get all my stuff together in time.
El Pistolero said:It's a mac thang.
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