ViciousFishes
Well-Known Member
I've got 4 all-grain batches under my belt and am having issues with a lack of hop aroma and flavor. My brews have turned out really nice otherwise. But three have been a brown, Amber and bitter, which are delicious even when hops are understated in an English tradition.
My Amber had 2oz of Cascade pellets at flameout that whirlpooled for 20 minutes until the wort was well under 160*. Surely it should have a wonderful, bracing hop aroma! Nope.
I have been using a hop bag that came with my spider. Since upgrading to 15 gallon Bk, the bag barely extends into my kettle. So I've been tying the bag off on the kettle handle and the hops are saturated in the wort with the rolling boil. The bitterness in my brews have been in keeping with styles and BeerSmith IBUs, but I'm getting nothin on the aroma.
My neighbor just brought over his Sierra Nevada clone that has a wonderful hop nose. He's tossing hops directly into his kettle, but I'd be surprised if that was the secret technique, since I know many of us use bags during the boil.
I'm sure this is an issue with my process. What steps should I take to fix it??
My Amber had 2oz of Cascade pellets at flameout that whirlpooled for 20 minutes until the wort was well under 160*. Surely it should have a wonderful, bracing hop aroma! Nope.
I have been using a hop bag that came with my spider. Since upgrading to 15 gallon Bk, the bag barely extends into my kettle. So I've been tying the bag off on the kettle handle and the hops are saturated in the wort with the rolling boil. The bitterness in my brews have been in keeping with styles and BeerSmith IBUs, but I'm getting nothin on the aroma.
My neighbor just brought over his Sierra Nevada clone that has a wonderful hop nose. He's tossing hops directly into his kettle, but I'd be surprised if that was the secret technique, since I know many of us use bags during the boil.
I'm sure this is an issue with my process. What steps should I take to fix it??