iamninjabob
Unapologetic Hophead
I brewed my 5gal Mexicanish Lager recipe that I've made a few times: 6lb Maris Otter, 6lb Pilsner, 1lb flaked corn, .5lb carapils Ferments W34/70 fermented at ~60F bittered with 1oz Lemondrop @ 60 and 1oz Lemondrop @ flameout. I tasted the beer when I dry hopped, and it tasted the same as it did the last few times I've made it. Dryhopped @ day 5 when it was at 1.009 with 4oz of Falconers Flight hops, and bottled 2 days later. I tasted the beer at bottling, and it tasted terrible! As bitter as chewing on a hop pellet, and it stuck to the inside of your mouth. I had hopped it was hop particulates in suspension, but even after aging the beer for 2 weeks (including a few bottles I threw in the fridge for lagering) it's still so bitter it's still practically undrinkable however it has mellowed out a small amount.
I've never dry hopped a lager before, but I've dry-hopped a good 75% of my beers up till now and I've never had this off-flavor. Was Falconers Flight a bad choice? Did I go too heavy on the dry hop? Is it possible that the hops were old? (my local brew shop sells oz poured out of 1lb bags they keep in the freezer)
I plan on trying this again and dry-hopping 2oz of fresh/well packaged Loral to try and redeem myself, but I want to know what is causing this because I'm kind of at a loss. I'm hoping the smaller hop charge and milder hop will keep it from happening again.
I've never dry hopped a lager before, but I've dry-hopped a good 75% of my beers up till now and I've never had this off-flavor. Was Falconers Flight a bad choice? Did I go too heavy on the dry hop? Is it possible that the hops were old? (my local brew shop sells oz poured out of 1lb bags they keep in the freezer)
I plan on trying this again and dry-hopping 2oz of fresh/well packaged Loral to try and redeem myself, but I want to know what is causing this because I'm kind of at a loss. I'm hoping the smaller hop charge and milder hop will keep it from happening again.