Recent content by grodney

Yeah, I didn't get that roasty bitterness my first 2 batches, and the Chinook at 30 min (and at 15 min) was a new addition for me. Maybe I'll up those amounts a bit next batch and see if that flavor intensifies to match the real thing. By the way, a new article on Hop Drop in a local magazine...

I'm currently drinking my 3rd attempt at this. I tweaked the hop additions based on what you guys are saying. I drank mine side-by-side with a real Hop Drop and they are reasonably close. Mine is more home-brewy, and a little too dark in color, but I think the flavor and bitterness are much...

Cool timing on your post --- I just wrapped up my 2nd batch last night. I appreciate your comments on the hops, and may tweak mine next time based on your findings. This time around, I started at 1.072 which was good, but it fermented all the way down to 1.014 for a 7.7% abv.....still above my...

I kegged my attempt 3 days ago, and drank a couple pints the last 2 nights. It's pretty delicious. I think it's noticeably more malty and more alcohol-y than HDR, as you might expect with 8.1% abv. So sort-of like a baby imperial HDR? I think the hop flavor is not exact, but pretty close --...

I transferred to secondary last night -- after 2 weeks in primary. Gravity was 1.016, down from 1.075. It tasted GREAT, so I'm feeling pretty optimistic. I'm almost scared to dry hop and mess it up at this point -- but I'll follow through with the original recipe, as it seems to have done...

Thanks for the replies -- yes, they make sense. I don't take pre-boil gravity readings, but the IBU calc is saying 75 if I use my OG 1.085 -- so that's short of the 81 IBU on the HDR website. I did use an American Ale yeast and will do my best to let it ferment out completely. I appreciate...

Hi all -- I just registered so I could join the HDR clone discussion. I am a novice(1) homebrewer. I attempted to take lilbova3's recipe and convert it to a 5-gallon DME-extract recipe(2). I brewed it Sunday and it is happily fermenting away. I have a question on the dry-hopping, as I've...