Thoughts on a First AG IPA

[LouT]

Sounds like it was a winner, recipe wise! Great work, and thanks for the postings along the way! I take it that you give chinook a thumbs-up overall...

 

[CBBaron]

Sounds like it was a winner, recipe wise! Great work, and thanks for the postings along the way! I take it that you give chinook a thumbs-up overall...

Definitely, I will not shy away from using Chinook at any stage in the beer. Will I be making another all Chinook hoppy beer? Not right away, too many other hops to try out
My current IPA (a leftovers batch) has Centennial, Fuggles and EKG. I trying to decide if I should dry hop with Cascade. Right now I am leaning to no. I think the Cascade will wash out the other hops flavors from the Fuggles and EKG, especially when combined with the Cent in the boil.

Craig

 

[photogscott]

Thanks for your chinook diary! I've just bottled An AB clone yesterday myself and also went chinook all the way in the boil. The only difference was dry hopping with an oz of leftover Perle for an aroma boost. Yeah it'll be nasty the first few bottles.

 

[LouT]

Definitely, I will not shy away from using Chinook at any stage in the beer. Will I be making another all Chinook hoppy beer? Not right away, too many other hops to try out
My current IPA (a leftovers batch) has Centennial, Fuggles and EKG. I trying to decide if I should dry hop with Cascade. Right now I am leaning to no. I think the Cascade will wash out the other hops flavors from the Fuggles and EKG, especially when combined with the Cent in the boil.

Craig

If you use fresh leaf cascades for your dry hopping, I think the fuggles and EKG will hold up fine, and the cascade will ad a nice aroma to round it all out. My last beer had cascade (fresh) and chinook (a tiny amount of pellets) in it for the dry-hopping and it turned out nicely.

Gotta brew this weekend, totally out of homebrew for over a week now, probably need to do a hefe to have it ready sooner:rockin:

 

[CBBaron]

If you use fresh leaf cascades for your dry hopping, I think the fuggles and EKG will hold up fine, and the cascade will ad a nice aroma to round it all out. My last beer had cascade (fresh) and chinook (a tiny amount of pellets) in it for the dry-hopping and it turned out nicely.

Gotta brew this weekend, totally out of homebrew for over a week now, probably need to do a hefe to have it ready sooner:rockin:

Well I ended up dry hopping with the Cascades. I sampled it before transferring it to the secondary and while it had a great taste and smooth bitterness I didn't notice all that much hops in the aroma or flavor. So since I really like to be over powered with hops I went ahead and put the Cascades in the secondary.
I was surprised in the difference between my latest IPA and my first one. Both, according to Beersmith, had a similar color, bitterness and both used English Ale yeasts but my Leftover IPA ended up much dryer and the bitterness at this point was much less harsh.
Craig