hayden5757
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After reading this your first thought will be "duh you didn't check the gravity!" Or "you know what your problem was" but I am really stumped or I wouldn't be here. I am about 12 batches in a still learning with every batch.
So I tried to start brewing single hopped ipas based on this recipe:
http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/5920/zombie-dust-clone-extract
My first attempt was an all Azacca. I plugged the base recipe to beer smith and adjusted the hops accordingly. I basically made them hit dead center on the bar. However the chart showed a sg of 1.047. So I added 2 more pounds of dme and again adjusted the hops to reflect I think about 55ish ibus.
The yeast I used was a packet of dipa yeast from omega labs, practically Conan yeast. I didn't make a starter with this one. Just brought it to about room temperature and pitched. It fermented perfectly fine.
I racked it to a keg after 32 days. Force carved it at about 20psi and 38 degrees. For a week. Then it had a nice smooth head and good bubbles to it. But one thing stood out immediately. It was very sweet. But it had a very hoppy finish after you swallow. It was drinkable but just not what I was used to.
Before ask, no unfortunately I didn't take a gravity reading. At any point. So yes that makes this hard, but I will be doing them in all future batches. But I am hoping you guys can tell me what I'm missing here.
Hopping: I did my hopping slightly off from the clone. Instead of dry hop I added those same hops to the first wort hops and the whirlpool addition.
The beer smells wonderful though. I want to figure this out soon because I just got in 4 little 1 gallon growlers with airlocks to serve as a small version of this recipe with different hops try more beers without the risk of wasting big batches. I am going to scale the recipe down based on 6 lbs dme rather than 8. And the hops as well. But I'm still seeing a sg of 1.047. This just seems way too low for an ipa. My only thought is that maybe his clone is based off of some super hopped pale ale. In which case my charts will be all over the place.
Taste is subjective and maybe I am just used to less sweet ipas. And every Brewer has the freedom to call what the industry considers a pale ale, an ipa. They don't always have to fall in cookie cutter guidelines.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Hayden
So I tried to start brewing single hopped ipas based on this recipe:
http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/5920/zombie-dust-clone-extract
My first attempt was an all Azacca. I plugged the base recipe to beer smith and adjusted the hops accordingly. I basically made them hit dead center on the bar. However the chart showed a sg of 1.047. So I added 2 more pounds of dme and again adjusted the hops to reflect I think about 55ish ibus.
The yeast I used was a packet of dipa yeast from omega labs, practically Conan yeast. I didn't make a starter with this one. Just brought it to about room temperature and pitched. It fermented perfectly fine.
I racked it to a keg after 32 days. Force carved it at about 20psi and 38 degrees. For a week. Then it had a nice smooth head and good bubbles to it. But one thing stood out immediately. It was very sweet. But it had a very hoppy finish after you swallow. It was drinkable but just not what I was used to.
Before ask, no unfortunately I didn't take a gravity reading. At any point. So yes that makes this hard, but I will be doing them in all future batches. But I am hoping you guys can tell me what I'm missing here.
Hopping: I did my hopping slightly off from the clone. Instead of dry hop I added those same hops to the first wort hops and the whirlpool addition.
The beer smells wonderful though. I want to figure this out soon because I just got in 4 little 1 gallon growlers with airlocks to serve as a small version of this recipe with different hops try more beers without the risk of wasting big batches. I am going to scale the recipe down based on 6 lbs dme rather than 8. And the hops as well. But I'm still seeing a sg of 1.047. This just seems way too low for an ipa. My only thought is that maybe his clone is based off of some super hopped pale ale. In which case my charts will be all over the place.
Taste is subjective and maybe I am just used to less sweet ipas. And every Brewer has the freedom to call what the industry considers a pale ale, an ipa. They don't always have to fall in cookie cutter guidelines.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Hayden