My beer doesn’t taste good

I think for what you’re looking for you need more dryhops. But it should be drinkable

 

The dry hopping will change the beer a lot. I think it will be fine. Crush finer for future beers, make the same beer and see if it is different.

What tastes/ flavors were you looking for??

 

Looks like you have some hop bite in there with the amount you're adding during the boil for a 5 gallon yield. If your mill is what it is. You're kind of screwed. Also, it's sort of hard to tell what your final thing will be until it's done. You can get an idea, but it will change and move the goalposts on you until it's packaged up and poured into a glass.

 

To tack onto @MostlyNorwegian, for my NE IPA, i add maybe 2-4 pellets per 5 gallon in the boil and save the reset for whirlpool & dry hop...those additions are usually about 4 oz of total hops per 5 gal (4 oz+ in whirlpool & 4 oz+ in dry hops).

Also gotta ask, why were you racking into secondary? Hop forward beers should be handled as little as possible...this isn't red wine or imperial stouts (which may benefit from a little O2), oxygen during transfers is your enemy and even closed transfers will still have some oxygen ingress, so always keep that in mind.

Finally what temp did you ferment at? I've been noticing I like a little warmer ferm temps than I previously thought with these beers — brings out more fruit flavors from the yeast.

 

Another consideration is that the hydrometer sample you tasted is noncarbonated beer. Carbonation plays a significant role in beer flavor delivery. Continue with the brewing process (dry hopping and carbonation/bottle conditioning) and the final beer should much tastier.

Cheers!

 

You used 8 oz. of hops in an IPA. That's your issue. You need to double that, at least. I'd do that by tripling both your whirlpool and dh additions and keeping your kettle addition to a first boil one. Working on your efficiency will also help.

As far as this beer being drinkable, it will probably be just fine. You just need to get your recipe and techniques right to make better beer.

 

I find that my Ales hit their sweet spot at about eight weeks after fermentation. When I first started brewing, hydrometer samples never tasted good and made me wonder also if my beer would be good. Like Jack said carbonation makes a big difference. Do not wast time with secondary's with most styles. I think your beer will be better then you think. Take care!

 

For your flavors id be dry hopping and whirlpooling citra centenial and mosaic. I think on the mosaic cause I have not used it much.

Don't worry about the secondary, I do it all the time and make great beer. Just minimize the splashing

 

Sure, you can do it that way, but remember that IBUs/isomerized alpha acids are only one measure of bitterness. When you add a large whirlpool charge and dry hop, you'll get some IBUs from that, as well as other hop related compounds that also impart bitterness. For example, I stopped using bittering charges altogether and am very happy with my bitterness levels in my hoppy beers and they are plenty bitter.

Ayep.

 

Why the 6row? Why the 2 types of crystal? Need to up the hops!

 

yea - my 5 gallon dry hop is generally 8-9oz. Mandarina is super subtle so you have to go a bit heavier on that than say Galaxy or Citra.

also that's a lot of crystal malt, especially at 2 types.

Simplify your grain bill. Maybe 10lbs 2row, 1-1.5lbs flaked oats, 6-8oz of C10 or C20 (not both) should be a decent starting point to build on

 

Grainbill's definitely overly complicated, but I don't think that's the OP's issue.

 

I was going to say "fuck crystal malt in IPAs", but I let you guys say it first. Thanks.

 

Unless you really want to get your beer off the yeast and are not planning on doing anything with it for a couple months. Don't waste your time racking to a secondary.
I actually do agree with Evenmorejesus, but, I do my boil hop addition mostly at 40 minutes. If I do a 60 minute. It's something really cheap and with enough alpha acids to give me the kind of bitterness I'm looking for.
I'm going to venture a guess that the amarillo el dorado combo is going to completely overpower your mandarina hops.

 

Tell that to Bell's.

 

What did you use for water. Even with spring or tap water there will be times you want to add either gypsum or calcium chloride. Some of my brews were weak until i learned how to use these minerals.