homebrewed505
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Is there a technique of adding only a portion of your extract in the begining of the boil then adding the rest towards the end to help reduce caramelizing.
So Can you do late extract additions with any beer? Is it to reduce the chance of caramelized taste? If so how do I go about doing this technique on my next extract batch?
I have two 3.3 bags of LME and one 1lb bag of corn sugar. its not for priming because I also have that bag. I will not be using since I dont bottle. I have been reading if i do a late addition will it affect the hops utilization. like the hop tase? will it be more hoppy?
Im at work but so not 100% on the recipe but here goes. Its a India brown ale (hybrid between ipa and brown ale) I got it from American Brewmasters. It has 6.6 lbs of LME light munich malt i think. then a 1 lb bag of munich malt grain. then another bag of specialty grains not to sure. 1 lb bag of corn sugar. and 1 oz of bittering hops, 1 oz of flavor and 1 oz for aroma. I think I got it all. and it came with two packs of dry yeast and it called for both to be pitched at the same time
ok so mash grains bring to a boil and one bag of LME and bittering hops. then before I add flavor hops add the sugar and remaining LME. then add my aroma hops. Is this sound alright i just want to confirm before i do something wrong. I got a 5oz pack of priiming sugar can i add that with the corn sugar to increase abv a bit?
ok so no extra sugar got it. And I am going on vacation in a few days so you think leaving it in primary for three weeks will be good then when i get back ill transfer to secondary and cold crash for a week then keg. sound good
yooper another question when i add my hop additions should i use hop bags? and if i do when i transfer to my primary can I put the hops bags in the primary so the hops stay in the with beer or do i pull them and leave them out?
ok so if you dont use bags and dont strain the hops. why couldnt I put the hop bags in the primary isnt it the same thing? I just dont want to loose any flavor. Ill probably not use bags or strain
So if you dont use bags and dont strain what is different if i used bags and added them to primary. wouldnt it be the same thing?
I was just thinking if i pulled them out before primary maybe i would lose some flavor from the hops and if i put them in the primary at they will be in bags and i can pull them out when i go to secondary I guess the same thing as them settling in the trub. but your right it doesnt make any sense to put them in bags if your just gonna put it in the primary.
Yooper said:Once the hops are boiled, they don't "do" anything for you anymore, and in fact have been accused of giving off vegetal flavors if left in primary. Most of my beers are hoppy ales, so even if there was a slight off-flavor from them, I wouldn't notice! But for a lager or even a cream ale, I would strain the wort or let it settle and rack off of it.
Hot break is said to cause some off-flavor as well, but I've never really strained it out or had any issues with the break material (and the hops) going into the fermenter. Like I said, it's not that it should be in there. It's just that it probably won't hurt if it is!
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