I can't believe I wrecked it!

[SFBEER]

OK wrecked might be a bit strong but I certainly took something that I was mostly happy with and by dry hopping added to much hops to the mix.

I made a Canadian Blonde kit from Cooper's and because my wife loves the Rickard's white so much I added some orange zest and corriander seeds to it. After a couple of weeks I took a little taste of the sample I was using for my hydro test and thought "hmm pretty godd a little on the orange sweet side maybe 1/4 oz of hops will help it mellow"

I should have just put the air lock back on and let the flavours mellow. Now I have to wait for the Hallerteau to mellow so the orange comes through more.

Stupid rookie mistakes grrrrrrr!

 

[tdavisii]

wont be the last Keep on brewing

 

[Smogre]

If you're looking to drink it early, then perhaps this was a "mistake" but it certainly sounds like this brew will be killer in about a year or two. Toss it in some dark stable place and forget about it.

 

[snipper_cr]

You more just temporarily wrecked your beer. The hops will mellow out soon and will actually help your beer develop more. So many you did something good...

 

[Kungpaodog]

I'm with snipper. It seems like I never have enough dry hop flavor left after my beers have been bottled for a month or two. One of these days I'm gonna dry hop with $50 worth of hops, just to see if the flavor will endure longer