3 gallon batch. 6 oz. hops enough incl. dry hopping?

My question is, what do you want?

66 IBUs for 1.067 is a good amount of bitterness. What yeast are you using? Depending on your final gravity it could be too bitter. If you want to showcase Rudi, then use it as either the predominate hop or single hop. Six ounces is a lot for 3 gallons.

 

"Six ounces is a lot for 3 gallons." I agree.

Cheers!

 

Sounds like alot to me as well.
I work in predominantly that size batch, and that's more than I've ever used.

 

I brew many 3 gallon batches of IPA and I can tell you 100% that 6 oz is NOT too much. Especially since you are only using 2.75oz in the boil & flamout additions. 66 IBUs for a 1.067 IPA? Some might even say that is too low a IBU/gravity ratio for an IPA. Go ahead and use them all and enjoy it!

 

This is what I did for my most recent IPAs, which is probably one of the best beers I've brewed.

http://fermentologist.blogspot.com/2015/01/juicy-ipa.html

I used 7 ounces of hops and I get a huge hop nose. I've used more hops in the past and haven't had this kind of nose. I think its less quantity of hops, per se, but how you use them that is most important.

Also keep in mind your flame out hops will provide bitterness depending on how long you leave them near boiling.

This is what I do with Mosaic.

 

I've never used Rudi but if you are trying showcase that hop you need to decide "how" you want to showcase it, aroma/flavor. My suggestion, would be to adjust the hop schedule according to what you are looking for. If you want to showcase Rudi in the aroma then use all of it in your dry hopping and replace the boil and flameout additions with Galaxy and Nelson. Because you're correct, as is, it will be a bit muddled and a combination of all flavors/aromas that Galaxy/Nelson/Rudi provide.

Edit: That said, it may be muddled, but it will be delicious.

 

I'm confused are you looking for advice or are you looking for someone to validate what you're doing? The way I see it is brew the beer and make adjustments after you taste it. The best part about homebrewing is that you can do it again differently if you'd like it.

 

It really depends on what you want. I've found it's hard, but not impossible to over dry-hop a beer, but I do think 1.25 ounces of Galaxy is way high for 3 gallons of 1.067 IPA. It's just a super-potent hop that to me comes off as more dank + onion with a hint of fruit, especially when used for aroma (to me). I have no idea what Rudi is like though. But if you like the taste of bud (intentionally not with a capital 'B'), you'd probably like this beer.

 

Nelson and galaxy are not the hops you want to use to showcase Rudi. Both nelson and galaxy are quite potent, so any intricacies of the rudi will be lost. Instead why not switch to something thats a better background hop like NZ Pacifica (Citrusy), warrior (Citrusy), glacier (citrus with some mineral), amarillo (mild tropical fruit, grapefruit), cascade (grapefruit, spice), etc.

Just an FYI, according to clone recipes from Pat at Alpine and a youtube video of Nelson being brewed, southern cross is what is used in Nelson, not citra. There is supposedly a third hop, but after drinking lots and lots of Nelson, it doesn't seem like citra to me.

Regarding amount of dry hops, 3 oz per 3 gallons is fine. If I'm going uber hoppy, I'll go 5-6 oz dry hop for a 5 gallon batch of IPA with another 3 oz in the keg. The Alpine Nelson clone supposedly provided by Pat uses 18 oz of dry hops per a 10 gallon batch, so theres that....

Also, if you want to showcase a hop:

1) use a lot more (in terms of oz) of rudi as opposed to the other, eg. 1:0.25:0.25 rudi:hop2:hop3.
2) If FWH, use the Rudi in case FWH actually adds any flavors or aroma (this is a huge point of contention and I believe FWH adding flavor is bullshit)
3) Dry hop with way more rudi than other hops.

 

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Sorry.
Since it was a silent tribute ... no can do.