smellgoats
Well-Known Member
Hey All,
New to the site and new to homebrewing, but looking to dive right in and learn all I can. I am currently working on my first batch ( Imperial IPA) which is currently nearing the 4th day of its primary, which I'm assuming will slow down in the next 2 days or so.
I'll be racking to my secondary carboy sometime this week it looks like, and I would like to dry-hop the batch.
Here is my recipe that went in:
6.6 lbs Golden Light LME
3 lbs Golden DME
Steeped grains:
1 lb Carmel 80L
8 oz. Victory
4 oz. Carapils
2 oz. Columbus @ 60m 13.9%AA
1 oz. Columbus @ 20m 13.9%AA
1 oz. Commbus @ 5m 13.9%AA
Hops were all pellet variety. OG was 1.071 with an estimated FG of 1.017-1.020
Pretty much folowed the rules on this one, but I am looking to dry hop to achieve IBU's in the 60-80 range as well as some serious hop flavor. I picked up 4 varieties today at my LHBS. Here's what I got:
1 oz. Citra AA 15.6% (whole)
1 oz. Cascade AA 7.1% (whole)
1 oz. Chinook AA 11.8% (pellet)
1 oz. Warrior AA 16.7% (pellet)
My question is, does anybody have any good results from any or a combination of these hops with dry hopping? Any advantage to using whole over pellet or vice versa? Should I add the hops to the carboy before siphoning over or float them in afterwords? I am trying to achieve the hop flavor and aroma of certain beers: Arrogant Bastard, Ranger, Imperial Gemini, Titan, etc.
Like I said, its my first batch so both sagely advise and criticism are welcome.
New to the site and new to homebrewing, but looking to dive right in and learn all I can. I am currently working on my first batch ( Imperial IPA) which is currently nearing the 4th day of its primary, which I'm assuming will slow down in the next 2 days or so.
I'll be racking to my secondary carboy sometime this week it looks like, and I would like to dry-hop the batch.
Here is my recipe that went in:
6.6 lbs Golden Light LME
3 lbs Golden DME
Steeped grains:
1 lb Carmel 80L
8 oz. Victory
4 oz. Carapils
2 oz. Columbus @ 60m 13.9%AA
1 oz. Columbus @ 20m 13.9%AA
1 oz. Commbus @ 5m 13.9%AA
Hops were all pellet variety. OG was 1.071 with an estimated FG of 1.017-1.020
Pretty much folowed the rules on this one, but I am looking to dry hop to achieve IBU's in the 60-80 range as well as some serious hop flavor. I picked up 4 varieties today at my LHBS. Here's what I got:
1 oz. Citra AA 15.6% (whole)
1 oz. Cascade AA 7.1% (whole)
1 oz. Chinook AA 11.8% (pellet)
1 oz. Warrior AA 16.7% (pellet)
My question is, does anybody have any good results from any or a combination of these hops with dry hopping? Any advantage to using whole over pellet or vice versa? Should I add the hops to the carboy before siphoning over or float them in afterwords? I am trying to achieve the hop flavor and aroma of certain beers: Arrogant Bastard, Ranger, Imperial Gemini, Titan, etc.
Like I said, its my first batch so both sagely advise and criticism are welcome.