Hi guys, so like I mentioned in my first brew thread which is an IPA, I ran into a lot or problems including having to put my hand inside the bucket to adjust the spigot and pitching the yeast at high temp.
Anyways, after 2 weeks in bottle my beer was reviewed by the local beer shop and they say:
The smell is really good, lots of fruity tones and molases, it has a nice reddish color, good carbonation.
The taste is fruity, he says there are some signs of the yeast being pitched at high temps but it didn't affect too much, the bitterness is ok but I agree with him in the sense that it doesn't have much herbal hop taste/aroma, an ok bitterness is present but not a distinguishable hoppy taste.
It didn't get infected at all.
He says it is good for my first batch, I also think it's pretty drinkable, it is better than commercial IPAs here in Czech Republic which is really encouraging me to brew more!
He says I really need to do dry hopping next time, he says, it is done after it has done fermenting on the bucket and just add hops and wait for like a week but I didn't get into specifics or recipes.
Any recipe/description of dry hoping you want to suggest? Thanks.
Anyways, after 2 weeks in bottle my beer was reviewed by the local beer shop and they say:
The smell is really good, lots of fruity tones and molases, it has a nice reddish color, good carbonation.
The taste is fruity, he says there are some signs of the yeast being pitched at high temps but it didn't affect too much, the bitterness is ok but I agree with him in the sense that it doesn't have much herbal hop taste/aroma, an ok bitterness is present but not a distinguishable hoppy taste.
It didn't get infected at all.
He says it is good for my first batch, I also think it's pretty drinkable, it is better than commercial IPAs here in Czech Republic which is really encouraging me to brew more!
He says I really need to do dry hopping next time, he says, it is done after it has done fermenting on the bucket and just add hops and wait for like a week but I didn't get into specifics or recipes.
Any recipe/description of dry hoping you want to suggest? Thanks.