Recent content by mmmhops

Wow thanks for all of the great replies, sounds like I'm not alone out there in the search for that ultimate citrus fruit flavor. bigdongsr94- I did not keg hop, I crashed and racked onto hops sitting in a smaller carboy. I had a mash pH of about 5.2, and I used the "Pale Ale" water profile...

Thanks for the quick reply. I'm definitely worried about oxygen pick up, and will stick with keg hopping next time. The only issue is I'm not sure if oxygen is the cause of the off flavors. I'm sipping another sample now. There's a nice hop bitterness, but the flavor and smell is...

I've recently started to suspect that I'm picking up some oxygen during my transfer from primary to secondary/keg. To transfer, I get a carboy cap with a stainless steel cane and push in CO2 until the transfer starts. This shouldn't be causing any issues. The problem comes in with the...

Hey everyone. I recently brewed a Double Sunshine Clone from an issue of BYO. The beer has only been carbonating in a keg for a week but I just tried a sample and there's barely any tropical/citrus flavor going on, and the smell isn't that great either. It's there, but the malt is coming...

I brewed a 5 gallon batch of an APA three weeks. I used 3 oz. of hops in the boil, 2 oz. for dry hopping. After fermentation/conditioning, I left the beer in primary and dry hopped in there. Everything looked fine, and then after 3 days of dry hopping I began to cold crash (I have the...