Believe it or not I am usually quite happy for friends/family to come round and drink my beers so I can free up a few bottles for the next batch/brewday! So yeah I guess I am still pretty keen
Had it on tap last night actually, better than their last 'craft' effort DNA which I thought was cack. Quite piney/fruity and a good hop presence although not entirely convinced by the combination of flavours with those hops. I wouldn't rush out to buy any tbh but if you can get them free......
Remember that ratio is an average though and it wont be uncommon for many AIPAs to exceed that up to and beyond 1 in some cases. That said 180g in 23L should be enough to get you to a pretty decent level of hoppyness and its in the right ballpark overall looking at a few recipes I have done. I...
Not tried(tasted) mosaic and ahtanum together yet (both are in the session IPA I made yesterday though) but judging on the smell alone I would agree the mosaic will probably be quite dominant, the pack I opened yesterday was funky as they come! Ahtanum seems much milder. Your grain bill is going...
Fancied getting some big hoppy IPAs on the go over the weekend so had a bash at the original recipe punk IPA and then did this brew yesterday, its inspired by Fourpures Session IPA which is a lovely drop (on tap at least not so convinced by the cans). Trying out some Wyeast 1272 in this one to...
The taste mellowed quite a bit with this one over time, I used it with a bit of wolf earlier in the boil and to me anyway it gave a very strong strawberry aroma and taste. Some other people who tried it got the strawberry aroma but not the flavour and others didn't get strawberry at all! One of...
Will certainly help! If I manage to leave beers alone for months rather than weeks then US05 will normally get pretty clear, it just seems to remain quite powdery for a long time in most of my brews. If you're storing cooler as well then thats going to speed up the clearing process as well. This...
I do get a bit fed up with US05 taking an age to drop clear and it never seems to stick at the bottom for me so very easy to stir up when pouring, I have used notty in several hoppy beers and if it does mute the hops its not to the point where I would rule it out completely as an option. That...
Interesting! So you just throw it in at normal fermenting temp and it still does the job? Everything I had read suggested it needed chilling first, will be very happy if thats not the case!