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I know for the Evildog Doubled IPA I did previously it says that hops are already added to the bag of "malt extract" as the starting hops and you just need to add the finishing hops yourself, i think its just to make it as simple as possible

I’ve just finished a youngs American IPA and they said to add hops 2 days before bottling, the razorback says add 5 days in, any advise which is best ?

I’ve done 2 lots of of evil dog double ipa, it’s very strong but lacks hops flavour, the issue is that they give you the hops in a teabag, and don’t supply the priming sugar. So when I bought the Young’s AIPA it was nice to see the hops were loose and sugar provided. Turns out to be a great...

what are the other 2?

im just drinking one now, 2 weeks of conditioning and it’s awsome. So much better than the evil dog double ipa

Just a question about using a barrel rather than bottles. I wondered how long it lasts and what is needed, co2 etc ??

yes what you are saying makes sense, i really do not get a strong hop smell at all, the teabag seems to have very small perforations, so not much fluid could really pass through, I think next time I might try just throwing it in

so they just fall to the bottom and mix with the sediment ?

Do they not break up and cause any issues? Seems like they go very mushy

It’s now in the bottles and seems to be fine this time, sg reading puts it at 7.2%

yes punk ipa is lovely let me know how it goes I might try that one next

yes did one a few before this, I was not impressed but I think I didn’t do a good job, so thought I’d try again. What I found last time was that I don’t think I got enough oxygen in the wort to start with I didn’t shake it up enough, it started to ferment slowly but kept going for the full weeks...

I just started another batch, same as you, first 3 days fermentation was crazy, im on day 4 now its slowing right down. I will just leave it for 10 or 11 days before adding the Hops

how did it go did it taste ok in the end ?

I did this one a month or so ago as my first brew, I had a low reading 1.048 which I think was due to me not really shaking the wort, but who knows. I left it for 12 days then added the hops, I didn’t stir them in very well and it never really had that hoppy taste, when finished it almost had a...