rockdemon
Well-Known Member
Hi!
Ive just attempted to make a beer similar to De Rankes XX-bitter. I gathered the info I could find and a week ago I gave my recipe a try.
Og 1058, 92% Pilsner and 8% Wheat.
The hopschedule was:
50g(1.76 oz)Brewers gold at 60
25g(0.88 oz) Hallertau mittelfruh at 30
25g(0.88 oz) Hallertau mittelfruh at 10
Yeast was t-58.
This was for a half batch(10L/2.6 gal) so i thought that 100g of hops was enough by far. should be an IBU of about 80.
I tasted the beer yesterday, the fermentation was good. it was at 1010 now but it wasnt bitter nor hoppy. It actually tasted quite boring.
I got 2 questions:
1. What could i have done wrong?
2. To make it a more interresting beer(and dont care about it being similar to XX-bitter) could i dry hop it with for ex 10g of amarillo?
Ive just attempted to make a beer similar to De Rankes XX-bitter. I gathered the info I could find and a week ago I gave my recipe a try.
Og 1058, 92% Pilsner and 8% Wheat.
The hopschedule was:
50g(1.76 oz)Brewers gold at 60
25g(0.88 oz) Hallertau mittelfruh at 30
25g(0.88 oz) Hallertau mittelfruh at 10
Yeast was t-58.
This was for a half batch(10L/2.6 gal) so i thought that 100g of hops was enough by far. should be an IBU of about 80.
I tasted the beer yesterday, the fermentation was good. it was at 1010 now but it wasnt bitter nor hoppy. It actually tasted quite boring.
I got 2 questions:
1. What could i have done wrong?
2. To make it a more interresting beer(and dont care about it being similar to XX-bitter) could i dry hop it with for ex 10g of amarillo?