Recipe flavor question

[Iceman6409]

Hi All,

I am about to brew one of my favorite beer clones, Brooklyn Summer Ale all grain. My question is about dry hopping or not. I love the grapefruity flavor it has however I am not a hoppy drinker. For hops this recipe is calling for .50 oz Cascade at 60 and 30 minutes and then a dry hop of 1 oz Cascade for two weeks. I don't like how that tastes at all. That beer is supposed to be very low hops and smooth and light tasting. Should I just not do the dry hopping or can I adjust the current hops to give me that grapefruity flavor that I love in this beer without it being hoppy. Thanks in advance

 

[Roadie]

Dryhopping will not effect bitterness - it's all about aroma.


Almost Famous Brewing Company

 

[chickypad]

By hoppy do you mean bitter? The grapefruity flavor is likely all late hops, so saying you want it grapefruity but not hoppy doesn't really make sense to me. It is a beer that's quite low in bitterness though, they list 18 IBU. I would plug your recipe into a calculator and see what the IBU's come to, then adjust the 60 min addition down if you need to and keep the dry hop.