PitchnGrin
Well-Known Member
I need help deciding where to go with this recipe. I'm trying to decide if I should dryhop as planned. I'm still a greenhorn and would like your input. I was going for a toasty red APA.
So, I just took a gravity sample after 2 weeks and it's at 1.018. A touch high but I think I went overboard with the nonfermentables. It tastes clean and looks great, but it is very malt forward with no hop aroma or bitterness. I planned on dryhopping while it sits in primary another week.
So it tastes more like a Newcastle. Which I enjoy. Would a charge of dryhops like citra or cascade be too little too late.
Here is the recipe:
5gal, OG 1.051, IBU 54.75, S-05
6.5# Maris Otter
1# crystal 60
0.3# Carapils
0.3# Victory
60min 1oz Chinook
20min 0.67oz Cascade
5min 0.33oz Cascade
Hindsight I would boost up the flavor hops and cut out the carapils. But would dryhopping be a waste of a tasty nutty amber brew?
And I already have a couple IPA/APA's in the pipeline.
So, I just took a gravity sample after 2 weeks and it's at 1.018. A touch high but I think I went overboard with the nonfermentables. It tastes clean and looks great, but it is very malt forward with no hop aroma or bitterness. I planned on dryhopping while it sits in primary another week.
So it tastes more like a Newcastle. Which I enjoy. Would a charge of dryhops like citra or cascade be too little too late.
Here is the recipe:
5gal, OG 1.051, IBU 54.75, S-05
6.5# Maris Otter
1# crystal 60
0.3# Carapils
0.3# Victory
60min 1oz Chinook
20min 0.67oz Cascade
5min 0.33oz Cascade
Hindsight I would boost up the flavor hops and cut out the carapils. But would dryhopping be a waste of a tasty nutty amber brew?
And I already have a couple IPA/APA's in the pipeline.