shoreman
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I've been brewing for while and like to brew a lot of session beers. Lately I've been having some issues with my Session IPAs that I can't quite put my foot on and wondered if anyone had any ideas on what might be happening. Here's a recent recipe:
https://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/land-down-under-ipa
The last 2 hops additions were at 120 degrees as I'm chilling. The dry hopping is actually in the keg to not introduce any oxidation. I dry hop in spice bags.
What I'm getting from my session ipas recently is some sort of harsh/grassy bitterness with what I would consider a lot of crystal or caramel flavors in the malt - the aromas usually work well but its actually more along the flavor of the beer, its a bit harsh. I'm mashing at about 150 and this beer actually fermented down to 1.008. The yeast is actually a mix of WLP007 & S04 - no salts added just Campden Tablets to clear chlorine in my water.
Any thoughts?
https://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/land-down-under-ipa
The last 2 hops additions were at 120 degrees as I'm chilling. The dry hopping is actually in the keg to not introduce any oxidation. I dry hop in spice bags.
What I'm getting from my session ipas recently is some sort of harsh/grassy bitterness with what I would consider a lot of crystal or caramel flavors in the malt - the aromas usually work well but its actually more along the flavor of the beer, its a bit harsh. I'm mashing at about 150 and this beer actually fermented down to 1.008. The yeast is actually a mix of WLP007 & S04 - no salts added just Campden Tablets to clear chlorine in my water.
Any thoughts?