A long time since I've done a beer porn post. This one is my first attempt at a proper IPA with Fuggles and Goldings and a bit of demerara sugar. If I'm honest, it needs even more hops - both at the bittering stage and the dry hop. However there are just enough in there to suggest it's worth doing again. I'll see if I can avoid the chill haze this time as well (although it makes bugger all difference to the taste).
ahh.. weird, and I'd just opened my AG#69 http://pdtnc.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/ag69-northdown-ipa/ Its actually really smooth, going for un-ballanced and over bittered at the start has the effect of really smoothing out with some age into a nice beer.
ReplyDeleteBIG dry hop is the key, I must make more!
When do you dry hop in a beer you are going to bottle? I keg 90% of my beers these days and just chuck a stocking full of hops in the cornie. Not quite sure whether to rack into a secondary and dry hop then or just chuck the hops in after the initial fermentation has died down.
ReplyDeleteoops, was i supposed to reply to this ages ago!! sorry!
DeleteI Dry Hop in the FV, giving it about a week at a low temp, 17c then down to 11c and finally 4c to help drop the bits out.
When I do another all English IPA I shall be giving the fermenter 200g of Pellet EKG's (Pellets steal less beer than whole hops) I'm looking forward to brewing this beer.
When do you plan to do it? It would be good to compare notes.
Deleteno plans just yet as I've a couple more beers I want to brew for the Bristol competition and a trial brew of a possible brewery-style collaboration.
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