stevedasleeve
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I brewed a double partial mash batch, 5 gallons + 5 gallons, both got a mixture of Amarillo and Cascade as FWH, both used Sorachi Ace as bittering 60 minute addition and one got a 1 oz of Cascade at 5 mins, the other 1 oz Amarillo. I dry hopped the Cascade one with Cascade and the Amarillo one Amarillo (!) both 1.5 oz pellets 10 days and then I kegged with 1/2 once of Cascade in one and 1/2 oz Amarillo in the other whole hop flowers.
OK so now the Cascade brew tastes like grass! I certainly hope it will mellow, it's only been a couple of days, but this is not at all what I expected. The Amarillo one is decent. I wonder if it is the hop flowers or the pellets? I have in all me billions of dry hopped beers never used Cascade to dry hop so I wonder if this is it!! Does Cascade dry hopped taste like this? It is not very nice. Or could the hops be suspect? I am not sure how to fix this. I thought I liked Cascade but clearly dry hopping aint terribly good with this hop variety by itself.... thoughts? Similar experiences? Differing experiences? I'd be grateful for some insight here.
The big irony is that I have 3 lbs of cascade pellets and I have in primary a Cascade SMaSH I was going to double dry hop. I am now leaning towards dry hopping with a different variety of hops or a mixture...
OK so now the Cascade brew tastes like grass! I certainly hope it will mellow, it's only been a couple of days, but this is not at all what I expected. The Amarillo one is decent. I wonder if it is the hop flowers or the pellets? I have in all me billions of dry hopped beers never used Cascade to dry hop so I wonder if this is it!! Does Cascade dry hopped taste like this? It is not very nice. Or could the hops be suspect? I am not sure how to fix this. I thought I liked Cascade but clearly dry hopping aint terribly good with this hop variety by itself.... thoughts? Similar experiences? Differing experiences? I'd be grateful for some insight here.
The big irony is that I have 3 lbs of cascade pellets and I have in primary a Cascade SMaSH I was going to double dry hop. I am now leaning towards dry hopping with a different variety of hops or a mixture...