Recent content by schoberli

I was a fan of dry hopping in my beginnings, now I'm not sure any more if dry hopping really brings an added value to me as a homebrewer compared to the risks. - Dry hopping will introduce enzymes into my beer, splitting up the longer sugar chains and making new sugar available to my yeast...

Hello community, This is Mikka from Switzerland. I found pleasure in homebrewing during lockdown time and I'm looking forward to discussions, tips and new beer trends in this amazing forum. My beer styles and ideas: I love NEIPA, sour beer and herbal beer. Definitely no fan of German...

I searched a bit more on HBT, I think it's hop burn what we both are experiencing. What you can do against, thanks Dgallo for these useful tips:

How is your off-flavor, is it more a spicy and burning sensation? Or on the bitter side, maybe black-tea like? And how much hops did you use for dry hopping? My process is: - infusion with 1-2 rests in a big pot - filter and sparge in a bucket & perforated plate - Boil in the same pot again...

Hello AntDoctor! I will watch this thread to learn more, I am having a very similar problem with some of my brews. My experiences with the bitterness problem: Very first batch: A NEIPA. Still brewing with partial mash and extract at this time. The beer had a slight bitter side-taste that I...