IPA dry hop question

[pharmhouse]

here's my IPA recipe.. The guy at the brew store gave me tettnang instead of chinook by mistake!! I didn't notice it until I got home. I used it anyway since it's not a short drive away...


11.23 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
1.02 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)
1.02 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM)
1 oz Tettnang
1 oz Northern Brewer
1 oz Cascade

0.25 tsp Irish Moss
1 Pkgs London Ale (Wyeast Labs #1028)


Should I dry hop with 2 oz of cascade?

How will the tettnang hops change this brew?

 

[iparks81]

the Alpha Acids in the Tettnang arn't nearly as high as the chinook 4.5% VS 13.0% which will lead to a beer that Isn't nearly as bitter and as it would have been. other than that the recipe looks good.

Im presuming that the chinook/tettnang addition was at 60 Min>?

and as far as dry hopping goes...my vote is YES!

 

[pharmhouse]

apologies for the late response. i dryhopped and it came out GREAT! much better than i expected. I made labels and gave a bunch out as xmas gifts.

one thing i noticed, after about 2.5 months of being in the bottle, the nice, crisp hop taste subsided and didn't taste as good or "fresh". i was saving some to enjoy later on, but i should've drank em all asap!

is this common for ipas?

 

[kanzimonson]

I've become obsessed with the freshness of my IPAs for this reason. It's sooooo disappointing to taste the hopping slowly fade away. Just have to add more hops next time!

 

[TheSeether]

It is common for IPA hops to mellow with age.