lucasweb
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I've been disappointed with the hop aroma/flavor from my last couple of extract brews. The bitterness is fine but the beers have been lacking in both hop aroma and flavor.
When brewing extract beers I start with 2 gallons, boil this down to 1 1/12 gallons and then top up with water to 3.75 gallons with the aim of kegging 3 1/2 gallons. I try to take into account the effect of diluting the wort when calculating my hop additions and generally end up with the level of bitterness that I'm aiming for by increasing the bittering hop additions, and adding some of the extant towards the end of the brew.
My question is am I adding enough flavor and aroma hops to compensate for diluting the wort. Below is the last recipe I brewed. Do the aroma/flavor hop editions look right for the amount I am diluting or should I be increasing them, if so are there any general rules/guide lines calculating the additions?
Ingredient Amount % When
US Caramel 60L Malt 0.70 lb 8.5 % In Mash/Steeped
US Caramel 20L Malt 0.35 lb 4.2 % In Mash/Steeped
US Caramel 10L Malt 0.35 lb 4.2 % In Mash/Steeped
Extract - Light Dried Malt Extract 2.85 lb 34.5 % Start Of Boil
Extract - Light Dried Malt Extract 4.00 lb 48.5 % End Of Boil
US Magnum 16.0 % 1.55 oz 96.0 60 Min From End
US Centennial 8.5 % 0.40 oz 10.1 30 Min From End
US Centennial 8.5 % 0.40 oz 0.0 At turn off
US Centennial 8.5 % 1.65 oz 0.0 Dry-Hopped
The O.G was 1.072 and the F.G was 1.017.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
When brewing extract beers I start with 2 gallons, boil this down to 1 1/12 gallons and then top up with water to 3.75 gallons with the aim of kegging 3 1/2 gallons. I try to take into account the effect of diluting the wort when calculating my hop additions and generally end up with the level of bitterness that I'm aiming for by increasing the bittering hop additions, and adding some of the extant towards the end of the brew.
My question is am I adding enough flavor and aroma hops to compensate for diluting the wort. Below is the last recipe I brewed. Do the aroma/flavor hop editions look right for the amount I am diluting or should I be increasing them, if so are there any general rules/guide lines calculating the additions?
Ingredient Amount % When
US Caramel 60L Malt 0.70 lb 8.5 % In Mash/Steeped
US Caramel 20L Malt 0.35 lb 4.2 % In Mash/Steeped
US Caramel 10L Malt 0.35 lb 4.2 % In Mash/Steeped
Extract - Light Dried Malt Extract 2.85 lb 34.5 % Start Of Boil
Extract - Light Dried Malt Extract 4.00 lb 48.5 % End Of Boil
US Magnum 16.0 % 1.55 oz 96.0 60 Min From End
US Centennial 8.5 % 0.40 oz 10.1 30 Min From End
US Centennial 8.5 % 0.40 oz 0.0 At turn off
US Centennial 8.5 % 1.65 oz 0.0 Dry-Hopped
The O.G was 1.072 and the F.G was 1.017.
Any advice would be much appreciated.