jekeane
Well-Known Member
I had a BJCP judge at homebrew club ask for a second serving of this tonight after an evening of judging. I wound up serving all that I brought and shared the recipe with a handful of people.
So 3/4 cup of sugar for a 5 gal batch? I have a batch ready to bottle and I was also curious
just bottled my first batch this weekend. i took a taste - it's pretty good, but i'm not getting much hop flavor. i used 0.5 oz cascade in the boil, infused with a tea ball. so, do you think it's my hops, my method, or something else that kept me from getting any flavor from them?
So I just got my starter going so i can get my first graff going tomorrow. Its gonna be pretty much the same as original recipe but using store bought juice(so I'm using the crystal 120L as per Brandons recommendation) and I've got a quart of 100% cherry juice that needs to get used so ill add that to it. The part I'm stuck on is what hops i want to use, I've got some crystal, cluster and palisades right now to choose from. Any recommendations there?
Forgive me for not reading the recipe again, but I assume the boil was longer than 15-20 minutes so you shouldn't get much flavor/aroma from the hops. If you want it, do a 10-20 minute addition for flavor and anywhere from 5 minutes to flameout for aroma. Maybe even replace the bittering addition with those two. I would dryhop it too, but I love hops.
The tea ball may impact your hop utilization too. If you restricted the hops from expanding and getting good wort contact, then you get less of their character and bitterness. Just throw them in loose (I use pellets solely at this point). They will settle out.
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