bobot
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Just tasted my Northern Brewer Chinook IPA. Wow, that's bitter beer! :rockin:
Now I know what chinook hops do!!
Now I know what chinook hops do!!
kepo said:I received my kit on Monday and there was a hole in the DME bag and I ended up loosing about a quarter of the bag. NB was quick to send me a replacement that will be here tonight so i will be brewing this weekend. I was thinking of adding an additional 1/2 lb of DME to the boil so it will not go to wast and try to kick up the ABV slightly. Has anyone tried this? Will it change the flavor much? I'm new the the whole thing and would hate to mess it but I have read people add sugar and LME with no ill effects. Thanks for any and all comments.
thood6 said:An extra half pound won't do a ton in a typical 5 gallon batch. No reason not to throw it in.
Joe530 said:I'm 1 week into my dry hop (brewed it on 23 Dec). I will more than likely bottle tomorrow and will have to wait untill the end of Jan when I get back from business trip to tast. I heard many great reviews from this kit that I had to try it. Waiting is the hardest part.
How long did you primary? secondary? before you did the dry hop? I would love to hear your thoughts once you taste it since you will be drinking way before me. I am looking forward to this cuz I do like Chinook
I had it 3 weeks primary and I was going to transfer to secondary to dry hop when I put a hole in the glass carboy when cleaning it! So I just added the hops to the primary and let it do its thing for one week. Yesterday I was going to get ready to bottle when I noticed it was still bubbling in the airlock! So, now I will have to put it off till it stops. I know adding hops might cause that, but i thought it would be done after a day or two.
Don t worry too much about the bubbling, I had some batches bubbling for weeks and another stopped bubbling after 4 days. If your gravity is close to FG and does not change for a few days, you re good to go. Be careful regarding the duration of dry hopping as well, you might get some off flavours if you leave the hops for too long (it seems 5-7 days is a good duration).
What's the AA% on the hops they send you? I'm looking at the recipe but it doesn't say.
Also, this doesn't seem like a lot of hops at all. I mean 0.5 oz @ 10 min and 0.5 oz @ 1 min isn't exactly going to make it explode with hop flavor and aroma.
Has anyone experimented with increasing the hop additions?
It was a really good beer for me, but it was a tad bit too harshly bitter for me. Even for my wife that absolutely loves bitter beers thought it was a bit much.
Interesting reading these comments. I brewed the AG version of NB Chinook IPA recently. Hit all my numbers and had no problems with the batch - but am disappointed in the taste. Its not even close to being hoppy/bitter enough for my tastes. With the low SG, I was hoping for a nice session IPA.
I've got about 4 bottles left out of my 5 gal batch. They did get better after two weeks or so , but after that it started to mellow a bit. I'd suggest tasting one every few days after a week in bottles. Once it gets to where you like it, throw em all in the fridge. I'll probably be brewing that kit again real soon.After bottling/Kegging did the chinook ipa taste and quality improve with time? Or was it so good you drank it all straight away?
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