oach
Well-Known Member
Hey All,
I have brewed about nine batches of home brew, all extract, to this point. Most of the batches have had this light body to them: not really complex or interesting bodies and dare I say, at times, even watery. The latest in the line is an American IPA that I made the recipe for.
Before I make a recipe though I start with "Brewing Classic Styles" by Zainasheff and Palmer to get a rough idea about the style. I search these forums and google, usually plowing through 15 - 20 extract recipes before I start to formalize my own recipe.
The recipe has the hop profile I want: citrus with floral/tropical fruit aroma but there is a very light body which seems to also cause a slightly unbalanced but not crazy bitterness to the finish.
Extract & Grain:
Light DME 6.00#
Crystal 40 0.75#
Crystal 60 0.50#
Hops:
Centennial 1.00oz 60min
Centennail 1.00oz 10min
Simcoe 1.00oz 5min
Amarillo 1.00oz dry
SG: 1.062
FG: 1.015
Grains were steeped 154 degrees for 30 minutes in 1 gallon of water. Added 2.5 gallons of water to bring water to 3.5 gallons in brew kettle (partial). Brought to a boil. Added 3# of DME and first hop addition. Continued boil and adding hops but added last bit of DME with 5 minutes left in boil. Coiled in 25 minutes, racked to carboy, etc.
Beer was fermented and left in one carboy for 4 weeks and added dry hops for last 8 days.
The hop profile is perfect but the body is weak (as usual). I can post more recipes and results but I pretty much do the same thing over and over again.
Is my recipe not including enough DME? Should I add all the DME at the 60 minute mark and the late addition is screwing up the body?
Any help and input would be awesome as I want to brew this one again but get a nicer, bolder body to compliment the hops.
Thank you for your time and help,
oach
I have brewed about nine batches of home brew, all extract, to this point. Most of the batches have had this light body to them: not really complex or interesting bodies and dare I say, at times, even watery. The latest in the line is an American IPA that I made the recipe for.
Before I make a recipe though I start with "Brewing Classic Styles" by Zainasheff and Palmer to get a rough idea about the style. I search these forums and google, usually plowing through 15 - 20 extract recipes before I start to formalize my own recipe.
The recipe has the hop profile I want: citrus with floral/tropical fruit aroma but there is a very light body which seems to also cause a slightly unbalanced but not crazy bitterness to the finish.
Extract & Grain:
Light DME 6.00#
Crystal 40 0.75#
Crystal 60 0.50#
Hops:
Centennial 1.00oz 60min
Centennail 1.00oz 10min
Simcoe 1.00oz 5min
Amarillo 1.00oz dry
SG: 1.062
FG: 1.015
Grains were steeped 154 degrees for 30 minutes in 1 gallon of water. Added 2.5 gallons of water to bring water to 3.5 gallons in brew kettle (partial). Brought to a boil. Added 3# of DME and first hop addition. Continued boil and adding hops but added last bit of DME with 5 minutes left in boil. Coiled in 25 minutes, racked to carboy, etc.
Beer was fermented and left in one carboy for 4 weeks and added dry hops for last 8 days.
The hop profile is perfect but the body is weak (as usual). I can post more recipes and results but I pretty much do the same thing over and over again.
Is my recipe not including enough DME? Should I add all the DME at the 60 minute mark and the late addition is screwing up the body?
Any help and input would be awesome as I want to brew this one again but get a nicer, bolder body to compliment the hops.
Thank you for your time and help,
oach