Hop-Sniffer
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Hi chaps I'd appreciate your views on this. I'm a novice AG brewer, I've just done my third AG brew, the chiller is running at the moment and it will be in the FV within the next half hour hopefully.
Because I was trying to use up some hops from the previous brews, I tweaked the recipe I was using. I winged this without the benefit of a recipe program or any knowledge whatsoever Because I'm still new to this, I haven't quite got my head around IBUs, AAs etc! I hope I haven't wasted a brew? The recipe is from Greg Hughes "Home Brew Beer" (page 131) and is for an English IPA. I'll list the recipe as printed, then list the hop changes I made.
Brew length 23L, mash liquor 14L, mash time 1 hour, boil time 70 minutes
Grain bill, 5.8kg Pale malt, 145g Crystal malt.
Challenger 70g at boil start
Goldings 35g for last 15 minutes
Goldings 35g at switch off
I substituted Progress for Challenger, and East Kent Goldings (mostly) for Goldings. Actually, I was about 20g short of EKG so made the 15 min addition up as follows: EKG 15g; Progress 10g; Citra 10g. The switch-off addition was all EKG.
Will these hop amendments be OK?
Also, I have some Simcoe hops left from an American IPA I did (same book, turned out ace :thumb:). Could I dry hop with these? I do like very hoppy beers. If so, how much, at what point and for how long?
Thanks for your patience with my muppet questions.
Because I was trying to use up some hops from the previous brews, I tweaked the recipe I was using. I winged this without the benefit of a recipe program or any knowledge whatsoever Because I'm still new to this, I haven't quite got my head around IBUs, AAs etc! I hope I haven't wasted a brew? The recipe is from Greg Hughes "Home Brew Beer" (page 131) and is for an English IPA. I'll list the recipe as printed, then list the hop changes I made.
Brew length 23L, mash liquor 14L, mash time 1 hour, boil time 70 minutes
Grain bill, 5.8kg Pale malt, 145g Crystal malt.
Challenger 70g at boil start
Goldings 35g for last 15 minutes
Goldings 35g at switch off
I substituted Progress for Challenger, and East Kent Goldings (mostly) for Goldings. Actually, I was about 20g short of EKG so made the 15 min addition up as follows: EKG 15g; Progress 10g; Citra 10g. The switch-off addition was all EKG.
Will these hop amendments be OK?
Also, I have some Simcoe hops left from an American IPA I did (same book, turned out ace :thumb:). Could I dry hop with these? I do like very hoppy beers. If so, how much, at what point and for how long?
Thanks for your patience with my muppet questions.