nchomebrew
Well-Known Member
hello all, i am new to the forum. looks like alot of good info here.
so far i have brewed two john bull master extract kits. my first was the dry stout, and was pretty good.
my second, was the john bull ipa kit. not as good. first off, i forgot to get priming sugar, so the supplier suggested to use honey to prime. it seems kind of flat, and not real hoppy. i primary fermented for about a week, and secondary for about 4 days. conditioned in the bottles for about another week. what did i do wrong? would the honey give it an off taste? did i not ferment or condition long enough? would i be able to dry hop in one of the fermenting stages to give it more flavor?
i like the simplicity of the extract kits, but if my favorite flavor (ipa) doesn't taste like i like, then possibly i should graduate to mash brewing?
so far i have brewed two john bull master extract kits. my first was the dry stout, and was pretty good.
my second, was the john bull ipa kit. not as good. first off, i forgot to get priming sugar, so the supplier suggested to use honey to prime. it seems kind of flat, and not real hoppy. i primary fermented for about a week, and secondary for about 4 days. conditioned in the bottles for about another week. what did i do wrong? would the honey give it an off taste? did i not ferment or condition long enough? would i be able to dry hop in one of the fermenting stages to give it more flavor?
i like the simplicity of the extract kits, but if my favorite flavor (ipa) doesn't taste like i like, then possibly i should graduate to mash brewing?