finally realized what it was about the flavor of my IPA that I was unhappy about. I've got too much Northern Brewer in it and it's imparting a slightly grassy flavor. (SMMBO swears I'm crazy and there is no grassy taste, but I'm sure of it.)
I never put my finger on it before because I had been using pellets, and the aroma isn't as apparent with those as it is with whole hops. Tonight, I was mixing up my 'hops salad' that I use DFH-style for continuous hopping and I was using the whole hops I just got from hopsdirect.com. After I added the NB to the salad I I noticed the aroma that matches the flavor I am hot happy with.
Unfortuatly, the hops salad was already mixed at this point, and I went ahead and used it, but I definately know what to change the next time.
I almost want to start another batch ASAP and run them in parallel.
I never put my finger on it before because I had been using pellets, and the aroma isn't as apparent with those as it is with whole hops. Tonight, I was mixing up my 'hops salad' that I use DFH-style for continuous hopping and I was using the whole hops I just got from hopsdirect.com. After I added the NB to the salad I I noticed the aroma that matches the flavor I am hot happy with.
Unfortuatly, the hops salad was already mixed at this point, and I went ahead and used it, but I definately know what to change the next time.
I almost want to start another batch ASAP and run them in parallel.