Alright So I need some help to figure out what went wrong with my ipa.
I was making what I called a West coast IPA and I followed the process I put into beer smith and it tasted good on bottling day and then I let it carb for 14 days. Chilled a bottle and popped it. Wow the aroma was spot on and then the first sip was hoppy and the middle was a nice flavor of tropical fruits and then ended with a nice hop bite.
Basically a all around solid IPA and the best one I made yet. The middle might have been just a tad thin but I don't like my Ipa's to be too malty so I was ok with it. Well I then gave a bottle to a friend of mine 3 days later and he popped it that night and said it was just amazing. Let 2 more days pass and I pop one on a sunday and BAM.. It still has that great aroma when you pop it but the middle is watery and bland and the hops aren't very present either. But i can detect a little bit of bitterness on the very end.
SO Here is my general ingredients and brew process.
6 gallon batch
13# 2 row
1# cara-pils
1#Crystal Malt 40#
Mashed at 154F for 60min
1oz nugget 60 min
1oz amarillo 5min
1oz citra 5min
1oz citra at flameout
3oz citra Wirpool for 30 min. Brought the wort down to 180F then threw in the hops. gave them a stir and let them sit for 30 min.
S-O4 Yeast starter
Primary 168F 10 days
Secondary 14 day(dry hop for 7 of the 14)
2oz Citra dry hop 7 days
1oz Amarillo dry hop 7 days
Bottle and Carb for 14 days.
So where did I go wrong? Or what do I need to change in my recipe to not have my beer just totally fall off like that? This was my first time whir pooling and so I am not sure if that was the prob. or if something else is.
I use beer smith for all my recipes.
Mr malty for my yeast cell count.
Bru' Water to adjust my water.
I fell like I do a lot to try and make good beers but somewhere I went wrong.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Also let me know if I need to provide anymore info.
I was making what I called a West coast IPA and I followed the process I put into beer smith and it tasted good on bottling day and then I let it carb for 14 days. Chilled a bottle and popped it. Wow the aroma was spot on and then the first sip was hoppy and the middle was a nice flavor of tropical fruits and then ended with a nice hop bite.
Basically a all around solid IPA and the best one I made yet. The middle might have been just a tad thin but I don't like my Ipa's to be too malty so I was ok with it. Well I then gave a bottle to a friend of mine 3 days later and he popped it that night and said it was just amazing. Let 2 more days pass and I pop one on a sunday and BAM.. It still has that great aroma when you pop it but the middle is watery and bland and the hops aren't very present either. But i can detect a little bit of bitterness on the very end.
SO Here is my general ingredients and brew process.
6 gallon batch
13# 2 row
1# cara-pils
1#Crystal Malt 40#
Mashed at 154F for 60min
1oz nugget 60 min
1oz amarillo 5min
1oz citra 5min
1oz citra at flameout
3oz citra Wirpool for 30 min. Brought the wort down to 180F then threw in the hops. gave them a stir and let them sit for 30 min.
S-O4 Yeast starter
Primary 168F 10 days
Secondary 14 day(dry hop for 7 of the 14)
2oz Citra dry hop 7 days
1oz Amarillo dry hop 7 days
Bottle and Carb for 14 days.
So where did I go wrong? Or what do I need to change in my recipe to not have my beer just totally fall off like that? This was my first time whir pooling and so I am not sure if that was the prob. or if something else is.
I use beer smith for all my recipes.
Mr malty for my yeast cell count.
Bru' Water to adjust my water.
I fell like I do a lot to try and make good beers but somewhere I went wrong.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Also let me know if I need to provide anymore info.