Caseyjustus
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I have been having the same issue with my home brews from day one - almost Zero perceived hop bitterness. I have tried boiling longer, harder, cooler, shorter, dry hop, whirlpool, you name in and still I sit here with a beer that is good but not great.
I am finally of the opinion that my water is the culprit, but my research isn't revealing WHY this is happening. I am using bottled drinking water from a municipal source, have been using the same water for my short brewing life, and have run through what seems like dozens of hop varieties to no avail.
My brew day schedule was something like:
Boil 2.5 gal water (backfilled to 5 gal when the wort chilled)
Steep specialty grains for 20-25min
- 1lb each Carapils and CaraHell
Add 6.6lb Golden Extract
Bring to boil, Add 1oz each Hallertau Blanc and Rakau hops for one hour
1oz H. Blanc for 20-25 min @180-190deg F
2oz Kohatu for 20-25min @ 168-170deg F
1oz Kohatu for 10-15min @168-160deg F
then finally the same two oz at the beginning of the boil to dry hop
Used Omega Jovaru Lithuanian Farmhouse yeast
Fermentation did exactly what I expected to and gave me the 5.25% ABV I was looking for.
I am finally of the opinion that my water is the culprit, but my research isn't revealing WHY this is happening. I am using bottled drinking water from a municipal source, have been using the same water for my short brewing life, and have run through what seems like dozens of hop varieties to no avail.
My brew day schedule was something like:
Boil 2.5 gal water (backfilled to 5 gal when the wort chilled)
Steep specialty grains for 20-25min
- 1lb each Carapils and CaraHell
Add 6.6lb Golden Extract
Bring to boil, Add 1oz each Hallertau Blanc and Rakau hops for one hour
1oz H. Blanc for 20-25 min @180-190deg F
2oz Kohatu for 20-25min @ 168-170deg F
1oz Kohatu for 10-15min @168-160deg F
then finally the same two oz at the beginning of the boil to dry hop
Used Omega Jovaru Lithuanian Farmhouse yeast
Fermentation did exactly what I expected to and gave me the 5.25% ABV I was looking for.