I used 3 ounces of late hop additions and dry hopped with almost another 2 ounces. The bitterness is there but for some reason, I'm not getting much hop flavor or aroma.
Could the cause be because :
A. I used 2 packets of Safale 05 for 5 gallons
B. I used spring water (maybe the water profile was off)?
C. I dry hopped in cold beer? Primary 10 days, Secondary (cold conditioned) 1 week, & Dry Hopped in the keg 1 week.
Also, as you'll notice in my recipe, the final product came out really dry so maybe the yeast just chomped up too much hopness? It fermented all the way down to .009 even though I mashed at around 154. I seem to end up with really dry beers a lot and I don't know why.
Here's the recipe.... thanks for feedback!
Original Gravity: 1.061 (1.056 - 1.075)
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Terminal Gravity: 1.009 (1.010 - 1.018)
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Color: 11.2 (6.0 - 15.0)
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Alcohol: 6.8% (5.5% - 7.5%)
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Bitterness: 64.4 (40.0 - 60.0)
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[size=+1]Ingredients:[/size]
11 lb Maris Otter
1 lb Munich Malt
.5 lb Crystal Malt 40°L
1 oz Simcoe (11.9%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min
.5 oz Amarillo (8.9%) - added during boil, boiled 20 min
.5 oz Cascade (6%) - added during boil, boiled 20 min
1 tsp Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss) - added during boil, boiled 0.0 min
.5 oz Amarillo (8.9%) - added during boil, boiled 10 min
.5 oz Cascade (6%) - added during boil, boiled 10 min
1 oz Amarillo (8.5%) - steeped after boil
1 oz Cascade (5.5%) - steeped after boil
1 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added dry to secondary fermenter
.8 oz Amarillo (8.5%) - added dry to secondary fermenter
Could the cause be because :
A. I used 2 packets of Safale 05 for 5 gallons
B. I used spring water (maybe the water profile was off)?
C. I dry hopped in cold beer? Primary 10 days, Secondary (cold conditioned) 1 week, & Dry Hopped in the keg 1 week.
Also, as you'll notice in my recipe, the final product came out really dry so maybe the yeast just chomped up too much hopness? It fermented all the way down to .009 even though I mashed at around 154. I seem to end up with really dry beers a lot and I don't know why.
Here's the recipe.... thanks for feedback!
Original Gravity: 1.061 (1.056 - 1.075)
|============#===================|
Terminal Gravity: 1.009 (1.010 - 1.018)
|=====#==========================|
Color: 11.2 (6.0 - 15.0)
|=================#==============|
Alcohol: 6.8% (5.5% - 7.5%)
|==================#=============|
Bitterness: 64.4 (40.0 - 60.0)
|===========================#====|
[size=+1]Ingredients:[/size]
11 lb Maris Otter
1 lb Munich Malt
.5 lb Crystal Malt 40°L
1 oz Simcoe (11.9%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min
.5 oz Amarillo (8.9%) - added during boil, boiled 20 min
.5 oz Cascade (6%) - added during boil, boiled 20 min
1 tsp Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss) - added during boil, boiled 0.0 min
.5 oz Amarillo (8.9%) - added during boil, boiled 10 min
.5 oz Cascade (6%) - added during boil, boiled 10 min
1 oz Amarillo (8.5%) - steeped after boil
1 oz Cascade (5.5%) - steeped after boil
1 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added dry to secondary fermenter
.8 oz Amarillo (8.5%) - added dry to secondary fermenter