TwoGiantMonsters
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(originally posted under the "Extract Brewing" section, but maybe this one is better suited.)
Preface - Not a beginner but i'll always consider myself a novice.
I love a hoppy ale, and recently I've fallen in love with the New England style IPA. I've read up on the style guidelines, followed the hopping schedules and even tried a clone kit, but i'm not getting that POW of hop aroma and low bitterness that characterizes the style. It comes out rather bitter with low to moderate aroma. Not a bad beer, but not what I'm going for.
Side note, I also love Cascadian Dark Ales and my recipe for that comes out as designed. My recipe for NEIPA uses a similar malt & grain set up as my CDA (exactly the same, really) so it's dark and roasty but i was looking forward to the juicy pine aroma explosion with all the late addition hops.
Throwing style out the door I wanted this to be completely different and indescribable,
here is the recipe for my Shoggoth Ale, named after the formless beast created by New England's greatest horror/sci-fi author:
1 gallon brew -
1 gallon store bought spring water
3 oz oats
3 oz special b
3 oz chocolate malt
3 oz roasted barley
2 lbs amber DME
2 oz 180L Belgian Candi Syrup
2oz molasses
.25 oz Columbus 60 min
.60 oz Simcoe FO hopstand 10 min steep
.50 oz Columbus FO hopstand 10 min steep
.25 oz Mosaic FO hopstand 10 min steep
.25 oz Citra FO hopstand 10 min steep
.12 oz Centennial FO hopstand 10 min steep
.40 oz Simcoe whirlpool/chilling
.25 oz Mosaic whirlpool/chilling
.25 oz Columbus whirlpool/chilling
.12 oz Citra whirlpool/chilling
strain, aerate, bring back to 1 gl, pitch half pk safale 04
.25 oz Cascade first dry hop
ferment 7 days at 68 degrees
rack to seconary
1 oz Chinook second dry hop 7 days
bottle with 1 oz corn sugar
tried this recipe 3 times and like i said, it's been a good beer but it doesn't have the aroma I would expect. Any constructive advice will be welcome. Thank you
Preface - Not a beginner but i'll always consider myself a novice.
I love a hoppy ale, and recently I've fallen in love with the New England style IPA. I've read up on the style guidelines, followed the hopping schedules and even tried a clone kit, but i'm not getting that POW of hop aroma and low bitterness that characterizes the style. It comes out rather bitter with low to moderate aroma. Not a bad beer, but not what I'm going for.
Side note, I also love Cascadian Dark Ales and my recipe for that comes out as designed. My recipe for NEIPA uses a similar malt & grain set up as my CDA (exactly the same, really) so it's dark and roasty but i was looking forward to the juicy pine aroma explosion with all the late addition hops.
Throwing style out the door I wanted this to be completely different and indescribable,
here is the recipe for my Shoggoth Ale, named after the formless beast created by New England's greatest horror/sci-fi author:
1 gallon brew -
1 gallon store bought spring water
3 oz oats
3 oz special b
3 oz chocolate malt
3 oz roasted barley
2 lbs amber DME
2 oz 180L Belgian Candi Syrup
2oz molasses
.25 oz Columbus 60 min
.60 oz Simcoe FO hopstand 10 min steep
.50 oz Columbus FO hopstand 10 min steep
.25 oz Mosaic FO hopstand 10 min steep
.25 oz Citra FO hopstand 10 min steep
.12 oz Centennial FO hopstand 10 min steep
.40 oz Simcoe whirlpool/chilling
.25 oz Mosaic whirlpool/chilling
.25 oz Columbus whirlpool/chilling
.12 oz Citra whirlpool/chilling
strain, aerate, bring back to 1 gl, pitch half pk safale 04
.25 oz Cascade first dry hop
ferment 7 days at 68 degrees
rack to seconary
1 oz Chinook second dry hop 7 days
bottle with 1 oz corn sugar
tried this recipe 3 times and like i said, it's been a good beer but it doesn't have the aroma I would expect. Any constructive advice will be welcome. Thank you