Help me make a good hoppy beer

[niquejim]

It will be much more mellow after a month in the bottle. This beer is like 2 weeks old? Its still way green. For IPAs, I do 2 - 3 week primary, 2 week dry hop, month in the bottle before I even taste it. Its usually best about 3 - 6 months after bottling.

What???

IPA's are best fresh and hoppy IMHO

 

[korndog]

What???

IPA's are best fresh and hoppy IMHO

I think it depends on the beer, but two to three months seems about right IMO. You can age bigger beers longer and dry hop in the keg of course.
But generally speaking I agree that you want to enjoy them relatively young. As Vinnie says on his Pliny The Elder botlles. "Do Not Age This Beer".

OP - If your beer is too bitter, you are likely stuck with it if you are going to enjoy the aroma component in the near future. I have not made this recipe but I assume you calculated your AA's correctly and arrived at the intended IBU.

KD

 

[Coastarine]

Well this baby sat in the keg for almost 15 weeks with the first 12 at room temp and the last three at 40F. I kicked my peach wheat today and the IPA is now on tap, and it tastes great! It is VERY bitter, but no longer in an unpleasant way! It's a darn good IPA! It still managed to keep a pretty nice aroma too!

 

[Hawgbranch]

Do yourself a favor and brew this https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f69/bee-cave-brewery-ipa-59907/ don't change anything it will be great. I have got nothing but rave reviews from everyone who has tried this beer. Ed Wort rules.

West, have you brewed the Bee Cave Rye IPA? I am brewing it Saturday. It'll be my 2nd AG brew. Got everything plugged into Beersmith but the Sparge profile is stumping me.
Just wondering how the IBUs and bitterness turned out.....

 

[niquejim]

Well this baby sat in the keg for almost 15 weeks with the first 12 at room temp and the last three at 40F. I kicked my peach wheat today and the IPA is now on tap, and it tastes great! It is VERY bitter, but no longer in an unpleasant way! It's a darn good IPA! It still managed to keep a pretty nice aroma too!

Try one next time after 5 weeks instead of 15 and the aroma will slap you not "still managed"
I've kicked 2 kegs of IPA in the past 15 weeks(brew time included)

If Denny has kegged a RyePA at day 11 so can I, and if you don't you'll miss some wonderful flavors

 

[Coastarine]

Try one next time after 5 weeks instead of 15 and the aroma will slap you not "still managed"
I've kicked 2 kegs of IPA in the past 15 weeks(brew time included)

If Denny has kegged a RyePA at day 11 so can I, and if you don't you'll miss some wonderful flavors

Sure, just not this one. You might have liked how it smelled but you wouldn't have liked how it tasted.

 

[niquejim]

Sure, just not this one. You might have liked how it smelled but you wouldn't have liked how it tasted.

No, I bet I would have. While I would not want to I could Chug a Ruination. I love bitter beers

 

[Coastarine]

No, I bet I would have. While I would not want to I could Chug a Ruination. I love bitter beers

I love ruination too, but this was too bitter because of too much sodium in the presence of high sulfates. It was not just a harsh hop bitterness.