So the first batch my brother in law and I brewed together is now ready to drink after waiting for so long. It's our first batch but also it's all grain (go big or go home right?) The main hop in the dryhop was Simcoe, one of my favorite hops on cask. From secondary to bottles, it smelled so good and peachy but after carbonation I realized that most if not all of that peachy nose has left. Still a delicious brew (especially considering it's a first batch) Long story short, I'm happy to say that I officially entered the homebrewers world! Now I know why so many of you are in this beer making paradise. Cheers. oh and, don't worry... relax and have a homebrew. Jon
Try dry hopping more of it next time, before you package it, and see if the aroma will stick around more. That, or perhaps the if the beer could have been drier, the hops would be a bit brighter even. Congrats on the first brew. It's an addiction.
Word of advice - set up a pipeline. Always have a beer fermenting away when you are drinking your most recent batch. It sucks when you run out of home brew and don't have anything to replace it... which is the boat I'm in right now
Yeah pretty happy with the outcome of this beer! And we just transferred our seond batch to secondary last night so we're prepared!! Juat need some more hops to brew the third batch....oldp0rt is on that for next weekend
I would assume he means use more dry hops. (Before you package meaning before you bottle.) Or he may have meant to do another round of dry hopping right after the first one, which some people do. Either way, it's more hops.
I mean just that. If you smell the beer in primary, or secondary.. Taste it.. take a mini sampling glass of it and see if the flavor and aroma is where you want it. If it's weak and you think it needs another ounce, toss another ounce in there. I'll regularly do 2 oz of dryhop, and decide ehhh.. I want it to bomb my glass to death when I pour it. I'll toss another ounce on it, and give it 5-6 days and then bottle/keg it right then, locking in the hop profile I wanted.
I used to do that, but then I one day had an empty keggerator with a temp override adapter that I used as a fermenter. The controlled temp made such a difference that now I HAVE to use that fridge to brew, so I'm either kegged, conditioning, or fermenting. I really need a fermenting fridge... In the mean time... Seltzer water
Yeah in secondary (dryhopped with lots of simcoe and some chinook) I opened it to take a taster and the peach aroma was killer. Tasted very good also. But after the short wait period to let the bottles get carbonated, I popped one open and couldn't smell the crazy bouquet of peaches like it used to but instead got more pineapple. I'm not complaining about the brew, just saying maybe it needed more simcoe?
good for you dude. remember have fun with it and be creative. you don't have to get crazy scientific to make something tasty
Carbonation sometimes, and time even, will change the profile of your beer in some cases. Over time you'll learn to figure out what the end product will be. You'll learn that beer is "green" and might taste good, but in a few weeks it'll be mature enough, and everything will come together perfectly. Next time add more hops to secondary.. See if it helps. If it doesn't, work on adding more late additions to the beer. Past that.. I keg my beers, and I'll dry hop IN the keg while I serve it. Nothing like getting the hop juice right in your glass when you drink.
