UTaustinBrewer
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After a couple years of time away from brewing due to a couple new mouths to feed, I am hopped back into things with what I hoped would be a simple west coast ipa, one of my favorite styles. I just moved so I had to scope out a new brew supply store, and needless to say, I won't be going back. Their fridges were broken with 3-4 year old yeasts, half the grain was full of bugs, they charged $4+/lb of grain. I should have just walked away when he told me the prices but I honestly felt bad for the guy. So I ended up having to come up with a recipe on the fly based on what he had lying around.
5 Gallon batch
11 lb Golden Promise
1 lb Sucrose
1oz Magnum @ 30
1.5 oz Simcoe/cascade/centennial blend @ 10
1.5 oz Simcoe/cascade/centennial blend @ 0
40 minute mash.
30 minute boil.
BIAB
Fermentis S-04 @ 62 for 5days
DA rest and Dry hop 3oz Simcoe/cascade/centennial blend @ 70 (turned up spunding valve to finish under pressure and start carb)
Cold crashed for 4 days.
Fully closed transfer to keg two nights ago and tasted last night for the first time.
Hop aroma was fantastic, but way more floral and candylike than I was expecting. Very mild residual sweetness, nice crisp bitterness and good carb level. Mild slightly underwhelming hop flavour. So far pretty solid given the low expectations I had taking quite a bit of time off. BUT THE FINISH was horrible. Dry and astringent, I have never had a beer with a similar finish. My mashout ran a bit away from me at 180 before I pulled the grain. Maybe the dry hops stayed in a bit too long while I was out of town. But I honestly don't think those would cause this almost chemical bitter quality to the finish. I am hoping it will age out because without that, I think the beer is fantastic. Any thoughts on where this flavor might be from?
For anyone that has tried powdered caffeine, that's the kind of chemical dryness/bitterness I was experiencing.
Going to try another pint in a few days to see if she mellows out a bit.
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/brewsession/456198https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1360551/west-coast-ipa
5 Gallon batch
11 lb Golden Promise
1 lb Sucrose
1oz Magnum @ 30
1.5 oz Simcoe/cascade/centennial blend @ 10
1.5 oz Simcoe/cascade/centennial blend @ 0
40 minute mash.
30 minute boil.
BIAB
Fermentis S-04 @ 62 for 5days
DA rest and Dry hop 3oz Simcoe/cascade/centennial blend @ 70 (turned up spunding valve to finish under pressure and start carb)
Cold crashed for 4 days.
Fully closed transfer to keg two nights ago and tasted last night for the first time.
Hop aroma was fantastic, but way more floral and candylike than I was expecting. Very mild residual sweetness, nice crisp bitterness and good carb level. Mild slightly underwhelming hop flavour. So far pretty solid given the low expectations I had taking quite a bit of time off. BUT THE FINISH was horrible. Dry and astringent, I have never had a beer with a similar finish. My mashout ran a bit away from me at 180 before I pulled the grain. Maybe the dry hops stayed in a bit too long while I was out of town. But I honestly don't think those would cause this almost chemical bitter quality to the finish. I am hoping it will age out because without that, I think the beer is fantastic. Any thoughts on where this flavor might be from?
For anyone that has tried powdered caffeine, that's the kind of chemical dryness/bitterness I was experiencing.
Going to try another pint in a few days to see if she mellows out a bit.
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/brewsession/456198https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1360551/west-coast-ipa