jklett
Active Member
Hi all, my name's Jay and I just started brewing this year. I have only done an extract American ale that came with a kit and an all grain dunkelweizen(has a few more days to go in the fermentor) so far. The dunkelweizen came up a bit low on the OG(still within range and tastes great so far though) so I want to get a better handle on my mashing and learn a little more about hop flavor profiles. I bought 24 lbs of Maris Otter, 8 oz Citra, and 8 oz Mosaic to do 2 different SMaSH brews. I've been reading as much as I can and I've thoroughly confused myself as to what sort of hop schedule I should be doing. I'm not looking for anything overly bitter nor overly juicy, more of a balance between the 2. Maybe I should do some sort of mix with the 2 varieties and just make 2 batches of the same brew? I thought I had an idea as to what I was after but I've gotten a bit of paralysis by analysis going on. I don't have to use all of the hops either, I have a vacuum sealer. I appreciate any suggestions, I'm not going to brew until Thursday so I have time to think this through.