GolgiApparatus
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I decided to try my bottled DIPA tonight...12 days bottled today. It was a recipe I came up with and made already once before, probably 8 months ago. The original recipe was filled with amrillo and cascade. Well, LHBS was out of amarillo, so I decided to go with Centennial...a full 4 percentage points higher in AA than the amarillo in my original recipe. I thought...no problem.
I replaced the amarillo with centennial, ounce for ounce, at every stage, including dry hop.
I opened up my first bottle tonight. And while it is delicious and hoppy, it is NOTHING compared to my original batch. I'm disappointed, but then again, I have a tasty beer. I know there are hop differences, but there was graipfruit and citrus bursting from the bottle on the orignal batch. This one batch just tastes like a really good malty IPA.
I replaced the amarillo with centennial, ounce for ounce, at every stage, including dry hop.
I opened up my first bottle tonight. And while it is delicious and hoppy, it is NOTHING compared to my original batch. I'm disappointed, but then again, I have a tasty beer. I know there are hop differences, but there was graipfruit and citrus bursting from the bottle on the orignal batch. This one batch just tastes like a really good malty IPA.