coopd3ville
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Looking to get some input on the IPA that started over the weekend. I was thinking about dry hopping this once I move it to a secondary for about a week or two, what do you think?? I know that the Coopers LME will add some bittering profile to this beer but I am not sure how much.
Ingredients
3.75 lbs. Coopers IPA LME
3 lbs. Golden Light DME
2 lbs. Dextrose
1 oz. Columbus Hop Pellets
1 oz. Chinook Hop Pellets
1 oz. Citra Leaf Hops
Muntons Yeast
Irish Moss
I added the malts and boiled them in 2.5 gallons of water for 45 mins. I added the 1 oz. of Chinook pellets with 30 mins left. Added the 1 oz. of Columbus pellets with 20 mins left. Then added the 1 oz. of whole leaf Citra hops with 10 mins left also I added the Irish moss shortly after the Citra.
I cooled the wort to pitching temperature and took a hydrometer reading an O.G. of 1.070. I then pitched the rehydrated Muntons yeast and sealed it up.
I woke up the next morning and the airlock was nonstop action. It was bubbling every few seconds for the first day, then it tapered off to a handful of bubbles every min the second day and has slowed down as the days have gone by.
This kit started out as an IPA recipe containing the 3.75 lb coopers IPA LME, 2 lbs of Golden Light DME and the 1 oz. of Columbus. I wanted to tweak the recipe by adding additional malt and some more hops. I had the malts but went to my LHBS to grab some fresh hops. I thought that the Chinook would go well with the Columbus that came with the kit. I have not used Citra before and wanted a late addition hop and after talking with the sales guy for a while it seemed like it would go well.
Thanks for the input.
Coopd3ville
Ingredients
3.75 lbs. Coopers IPA LME
3 lbs. Golden Light DME
2 lbs. Dextrose
1 oz. Columbus Hop Pellets
1 oz. Chinook Hop Pellets
1 oz. Citra Leaf Hops
Muntons Yeast
Irish Moss
I added the malts and boiled them in 2.5 gallons of water for 45 mins. I added the 1 oz. of Chinook pellets with 30 mins left. Added the 1 oz. of Columbus pellets with 20 mins left. Then added the 1 oz. of whole leaf Citra hops with 10 mins left also I added the Irish moss shortly after the Citra.
I cooled the wort to pitching temperature and took a hydrometer reading an O.G. of 1.070. I then pitched the rehydrated Muntons yeast and sealed it up.
I woke up the next morning and the airlock was nonstop action. It was bubbling every few seconds for the first day, then it tapered off to a handful of bubbles every min the second day and has slowed down as the days have gone by.
This kit started out as an IPA recipe containing the 3.75 lb coopers IPA LME, 2 lbs of Golden Light DME and the 1 oz. of Columbus. I wanted to tweak the recipe by adding additional malt and some more hops. I had the malts but went to my LHBS to grab some fresh hops. I thought that the Chinook would go well with the Columbus that came with the kit. I have not used Citra before and wanted a late addition hop and after talking with the sales guy for a while it seemed like it would go well.
Thanks for the input.
Coopd3ville