What can I expect?

[Teufelhunde]

No you need hops, but you can get some bitterness without boiling. This works well with styles that have low bitterness. I recently did an ordinary bitter no-boil with mittlefruh hops that turned out really good.

Yeah, I was questioning gaining IBU's without hops....

 

[Teufelhunde]

I made the fruit bazooka this spring from NB, awesome beer, drink it young, it lost some of the fruit flavors after the 3rd month or so.
I think the beer will be fine if you fermenter low 70’s. All the dry hopping should help hide any off flavors.

3rd Month??? No need to worry, my five gallons batches never make it a month...LOL

 

[Teufelhunde]

Well, I dredged up this dead horse for an update.

I bottled this today, and, once carbonated and chilled, if it tastes like I think it is gonna, I just might have a new favorite recipe. Tasting the little bit of left overs, it was good enough to drink, even flat and warm......

YMMV

Lon

 

[Knightshade]

That it does but it beats the alternative!

Yep, that’s for damn sure. Heard a phrase the other day that has stuck with me.

“Getting old is a privilege.”

 

[Teufelhunde]

Another update. Last night drank my "5 days in the bottle" test bottle and it is not bad at all. Not nearly as hoppy as I had anticipated, but still not bad. I have another kit ordered from NB, and will do this one at room temp also, but with the appropriate liquid yeast that is meant to ferment at room temp, and see how that turns out.....

YMMV

Lon