PaddyFrankie
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So on Saturday I started.my first brew. I went about this a little differently than most. I used a kit (The Brewhouse Red Ale kit) which essentially consists of pre-made wort that you simply put in your fermenter and mix in water, yeast, and bicarbonate. I hacked this before I put it in the fermenter. After reading a description of a few possible hacks decided to reboil the wort and add some honey and hops. At 90 minutes I threw in an ounce of Warrior and the followed that with an ounce of nugget and pacifica. I also added btwn a quarter and a half cup of honey. It has been in the primary for about 3 days at this point and the airlock appears to be slowing down. It was VERY active for about 36 hours. My OG came in at 1.054. I am not sure whether I am going to rack to a secondary to dry hop or if I should keep it in the primary to avoid possible exposure to contaminants. The original IBU of the kit was 16. I know that this is going to have over 120 IBU. Any thoughts on the dry hopping? In the primary? Move to a secondary to do it? Did I murder the wort? Or just make a SUPER bitter beer?