Recent content by linvillegorge

Sorry to bring a thread back from the dead, but this is correct. I just brewed this recipe today. I hadn't done an extract brew in quite some time, but I was thinking it seemed like a lot of extract to be so low in OG. My OG ended up being right at 1.1. Oh well, it should have plenty of...

That's been my experience as well. I'm just worried about this one because of how boozy it tasted an how hot that I know it got. I know there will be fusels present, just hopefully not enough to completely ruin the batch.

I just transferred my IIPA loosely based on a Pliny the Elder clone recipe to the secondary after two weeks in the primary. It tasted really boozy. Alarmingly so even with a targeted ABV of around 9%. I fear fusels. We don't have AC, but at 8000 feet in CO, that's usually not an issue...

usually in the low 70s

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My next step is definitely a kegging setup. I love hop bombs, so the ability to hop in the keg would be HUGE for me. Getting married in October though, so fun money is pretty much nonexistent right now. Maybe for Christmas...

I've always dry hopped using pellets too. Maybe try whole leaf?

I did on one of my brews. It was a modified IPA kit brew that I pretty much just used as an opportunity to gut my fridge of leftover hops. I ended up dry hopping it for about 3 weeks. It did seem to hold it's nose a bit longer. On this Pliny clone I'm getting ready to transfer to the...

My homebrew shop cycles through a ton of inventory, so unless old or mishandled from their supplier, I doubt that's an issue. I generally do a 7 day dry hop.

It's been confirmed by others. I'm talking about hop bombs here. Stuff like DFH 90 Minute and Stone SSR clones. Amazing the first couple of weeks, but after that, all the fresh hops aroma and flavor are just gone. The beers are still good, don't get me wrong, but the nose just fades...

I've been using a variety of different hops. Amarillo, Centennial, Simcoe, Citra, etc - all pellets. It's just crazy how quickly it fades. I mean, within two weeks it's GONE. Like I didn't dry hop at all. The overall flavor is still good, but all the fresh hops aroma and flavor are gone...

All my IPAs are losing all of their hops nose within just a couple of weeks. Regardless of how big the dry hop, the nose is just gone. I'm getting the caps on plenty tight as I'm getting plenty of carbonation and I've actually broken a couple of bottles during the process of capping. What...