aaronius79
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Hi fellow homebrewers,
I just bottled an IPA and the uncarbonated beer tasted absolutely wonderful. The only way it could have been better was if the bitterness was a little bit higher. It was a tad on the sweet side. And I really mean just a small margin of sweetness. My question is should I have added more bittering hops or was it something I did in the mash? Any tips on this would be appreciated and I'll make note so that the next time I do this recipe it comes out a little better with the bitterness.
Here's what I did: BIAB
Grain Bill
65 minute mash at 152 (4.5 gallons of water in mash for mash)
12 lbs of 2 row
1 lb of crystal 20
1 lb of corn sugar
Target gravity was 1.070 and I hit it exactly (to my surprise)
I then brought the volume up to 6.2 gallons for the boil and proceeded with the following hop schedule
1 0z Galaxy Hops(15.7% AA) - 60 minute
1 oz citra - 25 minute
1 oz citra - 10 minute
1 oz citra - flameout
also I dry hopped with an addtional 1 0z of citra.
according to Brewersfriend calculator my IBU rating was 96. which I thought was good but maybe it needed to be higher.
My FG was 1.010 and that came in at 7.88% ABV
Like I said the citrus flavor is amazing. Tastes like a ripe navel orange was squeezed in it. there is some bitterness but not as much as I had hoped for and it is a slight bit on the sweet side. What can I do to get it a little more bitter and a little less sweet next time.
Thank you..
I just bottled an IPA and the uncarbonated beer tasted absolutely wonderful. The only way it could have been better was if the bitterness was a little bit higher. It was a tad on the sweet side. And I really mean just a small margin of sweetness. My question is should I have added more bittering hops or was it something I did in the mash? Any tips on this would be appreciated and I'll make note so that the next time I do this recipe it comes out a little better with the bitterness.
Here's what I did: BIAB
Grain Bill
65 minute mash at 152 (4.5 gallons of water in mash for mash)
12 lbs of 2 row
1 lb of crystal 20
1 lb of corn sugar
Target gravity was 1.070 and I hit it exactly (to my surprise)
I then brought the volume up to 6.2 gallons for the boil and proceeded with the following hop schedule
1 0z Galaxy Hops(15.7% AA) - 60 minute
1 oz citra - 25 minute
1 oz citra - 10 minute
1 oz citra - flameout
also I dry hopped with an addtional 1 0z of citra.
according to Brewersfriend calculator my IBU rating was 96. which I thought was good but maybe it needed to be higher.
My FG was 1.010 and that came in at 7.88% ABV
Like I said the citrus flavor is amazing. Tastes like a ripe navel orange was squeezed in it. there is some bitterness but not as much as I had hoped for and it is a slight bit on the sweet side. What can I do to get it a little more bitter and a little less sweet next time.
Thank you..