ipa recipe was a little sweeter than I expected

[Yooper]

Rebrewed this evening, with minor changes:

90% 2-row
9% munich 10L
1% flaked wheat

Same hopping, for what brewer's friend tells me should give me 46 ibu (bu/gu of .84)

OG: 1.055 (via refractometer, it's still chilling out in my cold-assed Minnesnowta garage). I'll have an actual hydrometer reading tomorrow morning.

In my opinion, 46 IBUs is pretty low. I usually go a lot higher for my IPAs.

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

In my opinion, 46 IBUs is pretty low. I usually go a lot higher for my IPAs.

Yes, I was definitely aiming at the very lower end of the bitterness range for the style. And I'm gonna do it again, cuz it was pretty awesome (unless the S-04 and zero caramel version turns out better)!

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

Beer hasn't budged from 1.014 in over a week (I used S-04 instead of US-05, forgot to mention that change). Gonna dry-hop tomorrow with 1 ounce of Citra (2.75 gal batch) and bottle on Friday. The drip off the hydrometer I tasted was not as delicious as I think I remember the first version being, but it certainly wasn't bad. Already planning to rebrew the original in another week or two, but this time with some better practices (ascorbic acid at bottling, condition warm for 1 week, then straight into the fridge) for aroma preservation.

Just tried first bottle of this batch, tasted great! Definitely less sweet than the first go-round, not sure if I have a preference either way, both very guzzleable.

90% 2-row
9% munich 10L
1% flaked wheat
cascade @60 for 20 ibu
cascade @15 for 10 ibu
citra @15 for 16 ibu
dry-hopped with an ounce of citra for 5 days
S-04
OG: 1055, FG: 1014

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

I've made 5 different small-batch variants of this beer, and my main conclusions are:

• Citra hops taste sweet (to me, anyways), no matter what else is going on.
• LODO techniques (yeast+sugar in the strike water, dry-hopping without opening the fermenter, ascorbic acid/k-meta at bottling, and filling the bottle to the very top) make a big difference in how long the hop flavor/aroma lasts.

 

[worlddivides]

I've made 5 different small-batch variants of this beer, and my main conclusions are:

• Citra hops taste sweet (to me, anyways), no matter what else is going on.

As the first person who responded to this thread, I do think that assumption was probably correct (and yes, I do mean to toot my own horn! HAHAHA). And it's not that Citra is at all "sweet," but just that it can give a flavor that can bring sweetness to mind.

I would wonder if maybe you're getting sweetness from the Citra?