DaveO
Active Member
I have been brewing for a while, mostly brews that I have found on the interwebs, or recipes that I have generated myself with BeerSmith. My wife decided that she would get me some kits of her favorite brews to work from. She ordered me a DFH 90 min. IPA and a Lagunitas IPA kit.
I was surprised to find how little hops go into the DFH 90 min. I know it's a malty IPA but 6 oz. is as much as I put into a Pale Ale. The Lagunitas IPA came without any dry hops, again going against all I know on IPA brewing.
My questions... both kits recommend a 2.5 gallon boil. I have a 40 qt. brew pot and would prefer to do a full boil. Would the hops/malt be affected by a full boil?
Also I have read heavily about late boil additions of your extract, I would like to go that way but I don't know how much that will mess up the clone. Any beer is good to me, But my wife is hoping for decent representations of her favorite brews. So is it a good idea to tweak established brew kits to maximize flavors or just follow them to the letter?
Also I would love any input from y'all fellow brewers that have used these kits.
TIA,
Dave
I was surprised to find how little hops go into the DFH 90 min. I know it's a malty IPA but 6 oz. is as much as I put into a Pale Ale. The Lagunitas IPA came without any dry hops, again going against all I know on IPA brewing.
My questions... both kits recommend a 2.5 gallon boil. I have a 40 qt. brew pot and would prefer to do a full boil. Would the hops/malt be affected by a full boil?
Also I have read heavily about late boil additions of your extract, I would like to go that way but I don't know how much that will mess up the clone. Any beer is good to me, But my wife is hoping for decent representations of her favorite brews. So is it a good idea to tweak established brew kits to maximize flavors or just follow them to the letter?
Also I would love any input from y'all fellow brewers that have used these kits.
TIA,
Dave