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And so it waited in primary until last week. I racked to the bottling bucket for a couple days, then finally bottled on Saturday (July 30). It tastes great! Now the [im]patient waiting for it to carb.

I resorted to dry hopping for 2 weeks. I just freed up a carboy, so I'll rack it to secondary and swamp cooler it for a while before bottling. . .smells really good now. I'll sneak a taste when I rack it.

Thanks for the input. Here's the plan: Boil one pint of water (to sterilize) cool to 170 then pour over 1 oz Northern Brewer pellet hops in a french press. Steep for ?mins. Pour off hop flavored water, add corn sugar. Pour into bottling bucket, rack on top and bottle as usual. I don't think a...

I'm using Northern Brewer Hops AA 9.4%. What flavors would you expect from boiling vs dry hopping @60°?

I mean water + corn sugar or dme + hops. I'm more interested in aroma and flavor, not bitterness. Dry hopping is plan A.

I want to add hop flavor-not bitterness-just before bottling. I could dry hop, but I wanted to try something different. I usually carbonate with corn sugar, but I was thinking I could make a small batch of hop flavored wort to mix in at bottling. Thoughts?

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Hilarious! I spend most of my pocket cash on brews and supplies. Thanks for the warm welcomes.

I learned to brew to celebrate being debt free! My wife and I paid off $42,000 of debt in less than 3 years just in time for the arrival of our second child. I'm mostly here to learn about brewing good beer, but I have tried my hand at cider and am interested in making wine eventually. So...

theDunagans Thanks for the giveaway!