michael.berta
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I brewed an IPA on 4/4 and tasted a small sample. It tastes like grapefruit and there is little to no bitterness. This is the recipe for a 10 gallon batch:
Grain:
25# American 2-Row
1# Crystal 40
.5# Crystal 60
.25# Crystal 80
.25# Crystal 120
Hops:
2oz Magnum 60 minutes
2oz Simcoe continuously hopped from 30 minutes to knockout. Approx 13 pellets per minute
2oz Cascade Dry Hop 2 weeks.
Yeast:
Nottingham per 5 gallon batch
OG: 1.067
I'm thinking the Simcoe might be the reason for the grapefruit but why no bitterness? This recipe was about 70 IBUs if I remember correctly. 2oz of Magnum should produce some bitterness. Is it possible that the Simcoe is basically covering up the taste of the bittering hops? Or is it just green beer in which the bitterness will come out in a month or two?
Grain:
25# American 2-Row
1# Crystal 40
.5# Crystal 60
.25# Crystal 80
.25# Crystal 120
Hops:
2oz Magnum 60 minutes
2oz Simcoe continuously hopped from 30 minutes to knockout. Approx 13 pellets per minute
2oz Cascade Dry Hop 2 weeks.
Yeast:
Nottingham per 5 gallon batch
OG: 1.067
I'm thinking the Simcoe might be the reason for the grapefruit but why no bitterness? This recipe was about 70 IBUs if I remember correctly. 2oz of Magnum should produce some bitterness. Is it possible that the Simcoe is basically covering up the taste of the bittering hops? Or is it just green beer in which the bitterness will come out in a month or two?