Give it time. It’s only 10/11 days from brew day. Based on that timeframe you forced carbed it. In a week or so when more yeast and trub that got racked over to the keg drop out the aroma will pop much more. Also when a solid carb gets set it will help further.
Amarillo is an interesting one. Think it must have been on the decline for some time now. I remember in 2011 when it really delivered exciting tangerines and tropical notes, but almost every year since it has been less and less appealing, tending towards a more spicy, tea-like, floral character. I can only assume the reason for this is that it is a low yield variety, and so the farms are letting it sit on the bine too long, resulting in it missing the ideal picking window. Shame, I'd love to brew with some good Amarillo again, for a while it was my favourite hop.
You could try the Amarillo Lupomax. It may give you what you’re looking for.
What was your total hop amounts for your 5g batch? looks great by the way.
Thanks. Sorry, I thought the 3/2/2 was ratio not ounces. Aroma in my experience usually takes a week or two before it hot's it's stride.
I am a little nervous about this. I just bought one of the diptube filters and I’m planning to use it soon, but haven’t done so yet. I typically do fairly large dry hops in the range of 8 to 12 ounces. I’m crossing my fingers hoping everything goes smoothly and I don’t have to deal with any clogs. I’ve seen some others say that they’ve never experienced a clog using the Janish filter, but I’m still a little apprehensive trying it for the first time.
Its interesting you noted the "floral" component. A while ago I was going for an orange themed beer and was planning on taking Columbus, Citra, Idaho 7, and Mandarina Bavaria. MB was going to be my main dry hop but the MB didn't smell very good at all. So at the suggestion of others here, I went with amarillo instead. In the end it was a very good orange flavored beer but I noticed a distinct floral characteristic as well that was not present in the hydro sample pre-dry hop and amarillo wasn't in the hot side at all and had a big dose int he DH. It wasn't spicy though. It was still a solid beer, the floral notes weren't distracting but actually gave it a nice depth/complexity along with the overall orange profile I was trying to achieve. The amarillo smelled great out of the bag too but I didn't get that "floralness" when I smelled them. But again, my nose is still "in training" lol.
I guess my concern is wether or not it will get clogged during the transfer if the hop mass/sludge on the bottom of the keg is higher than the end of the diptube. Yes, the diptube is covered by the filter, but will it pull the beer through the hop bed or get stuck and clog?
No. The filter will not clog. The limiting factor was the rate the beer would flow through the hop sludge. They had absorbed too much.
I have problems with this filter setup if not cold crashing long enough, 12h is the minimum but better 24h. I cut my diptube a little bit im quiet sure its lower then the hops sometimes but havent had issues
Could you post what kind of amounts/ratio of hops did you use during hotside and DH?
You are experiencing hop burn. That’s what happens dryhoping during fermentation. Many participants in this thread have deviated their processes from the original recipe.
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