theveganbrewer
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So my postings here and on my blog have been all over the place, because the recipe is changing all the time. I settled on something close 90/5/5 for this 2nd attempt, but it might have been more like 90/6/4/, Pearl/Munich/Dextrose. Was going to do all Pearl, but once I got the right lovibond in there for my new batch of Pearl, it wasn't dark enough and I pulled a draft off the ol' kegerator and didn't think my 1st attempt was sweet enough. I didn't think going even less munich and sugar would have been a good idea. I did drop the carapils though.
I haven't dry hopped, but I did 70IBUs of hopshot (1st attempt wasn't bitter enough). Hops change was due to too little orange and too much grapefruit. Not talking huge problems here, just minor things I wanted to adjust.
5 minute addition was 1 ounce each of Simcoe, Cascade, and 0.75 of Centennial. 0.5 of Chinook and Columbus, and 0.25 of Nugget. Total 4 ounces.
Whirlpool was the same at 180-185 for 30 minutes.
Dryhop will be very similar. So far, side by side of the tester and clone 1 I did yesterday and my brewed batch is more orange and less grapefruit. I think the bitterness is correct. Per beersmith, with my whirlpool entered as a 6 minute editions for each hop, I was at 125.5IBU.
I know I said I was going to do Amarillo, but I felt a lack of cascade was my problem. If I'm not there yet, I will actually do Amarillo next time.
I will also say that Skinnypete is definitely onto something with the sweetness. It's not quite right with my malt bill, too dry. I don't think I addressed it in my 2nd attempt because I wasn't really sure what to do and didn't have enough time to research ideas. I'll see if this extra citrus I'm getting can help the perception of sweetness, if not, I'll be changing the grain bill again.
I haven't dry hopped, but I did 70IBUs of hopshot (1st attempt wasn't bitter enough). Hops change was due to too little orange and too much grapefruit. Not talking huge problems here, just minor things I wanted to adjust.
5 minute addition was 1 ounce each of Simcoe, Cascade, and 0.75 of Centennial. 0.5 of Chinook and Columbus, and 0.25 of Nugget. Total 4 ounces.
Whirlpool was the same at 180-185 for 30 minutes.
Dryhop will be very similar. So far, side by side of the tester and clone 1 I did yesterday and my brewed batch is more orange and less grapefruit. I think the bitterness is correct. Per beersmith, with my whirlpool entered as a 6 minute editions for each hop, I was at 125.5IBU.
I know I said I was going to do Amarillo, but I felt a lack of cascade was my problem. If I'm not there yet, I will actually do Amarillo next time.
I will also say that Skinnypete is definitely onto something with the sweetness. It's not quite right with my malt bill, too dry. I don't think I addressed it in my 2nd attempt because I wasn't really sure what to do and didn't have enough time to research ideas. I'll see if this extra citrus I'm getting can help the perception of sweetness, if not, I'll be changing the grain bill again.