I am new to brewing, as well as to this forum, so I apologize if I have posted in the wrong section. I am opening my first (hopefully successful) batch tomorrow... the anticipation is killing me! I have a few slight concerns, which I won't even bother mentioning...
What's killing me even more however, is my eagerness to tackle batch #2!!
Due to my inexperience, and wanting to simply get the process down (you gotta have your fundamentals!) I have begun my brewing journey by using Brewers Best ingredient kits. I started with IPA, and have already picked up my second.
What I would LIKE to do is to sub the hops in my new American Pale Ale kit, with Citra only. (without getting too technical for my ability)
the AA% of the Citra I bought are as follows: pellets-13.9% and whole-15.6%
My recipe calls for 2 oz Cascade bittering at boil for and 1.5 Willamette aroma at the end. That's it.
I am afraid of over-hopping and would like any advice as to how to approach this correctly.
I currently have 5 oz of Citra pellets and 1 oz of citra whole (would like to try dry hopping)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
What's killing me even more however, is my eagerness to tackle batch #2!!
Due to my inexperience, and wanting to simply get the process down (you gotta have your fundamentals!) I have begun my brewing journey by using Brewers Best ingredient kits. I started with IPA, and have already picked up my second.
What I would LIKE to do is to sub the hops in my new American Pale Ale kit, with Citra only. (without getting too technical for my ability)
the AA% of the Citra I bought are as follows: pellets-13.9% and whole-15.6%
My recipe calls for 2 oz Cascade bittering at boil for and 1.5 Willamette aroma at the end. That's it.
I am afraid of over-hopping and would like any advice as to how to approach this correctly.
I currently have 5 oz of Citra pellets and 1 oz of citra whole (would like to try dry hopping)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you