I just tried a bottle of the last beer I brewed which was a 100% Vienna and simcoe ,citra & mosaic IPA. The beer turned out good I have to say but not so much to my liking. I have never brewed with Citra and mosaic and I have to say they most definitely give a huge tropical fruit flavour. The beer had an O.G. of 1.062 and F.G. of 1.012 mashed at 65 Celsius and I used BRY97 yeast at 19 Celsius. I FWH with Magnum then had additions , equal, of the other hops at 5min and 15min whirlpool at 85 Celsius then dry hopped 1oz each for 4 days. This is the first time I have used BRY97 and have to say after all I read I don't think it stripped hop flavour/aroma at all. I will say though I think the Simcoe was a waste in this beer using it in equal amounts to the other two hops as it is totally lost . Will try again with the same recipe but use larger amount of Simcoe and less of the others .
Not a huge fan of the full tropical fruit juice thing I like to have that bit of earthy spicy taste in my IPA'S .
Has anyone got a few tips on what type of ratio, through there own experience , to balance the hops better or should I cut either the mosaic or citra out of the recipe? any advise would be appreciated.
Not a huge fan of the full tropical fruit juice thing I like to have that bit of earthy spicy taste in my IPA'S .
Has anyone got a few tips on what type of ratio, through there own experience , to balance the hops better or should I cut either the mosaic or citra out of the recipe? any advise would be appreciated.