Recent content by RJB510

Hi guy's, I have been doing some reading on the grassiness of hops and and dry hopping. Good reading on this site here: http://www.mrmalty.com/late_hopping.php Now through reading this it seems it has some pretty good info on dry hopping and late additions which make sense. My question...

wasn't too overpowering like that? I'd imagine the aroma would kick you hard in the face! why the stepped approach? why not all at once?

After krausen was what I was thinking. beabout 4 days before bottling at that stage . it will have more alcohol to dissolve the pellets, disperse the flavor and aroma. won't escape out of the airlock as much as when it's peak of co2 in fermentation and chance of infection is slim. open to hear...

I mean dry hopping for too long. Not in general.

Hey guys. I'm going to have a go at making something similar to this tonight or on the weekend. it's not going to be a clone persay but will use galaxy hops and go close imo. My question is on the hop additions. I'm aiming for IBU of mid to low 20's using similar boil times as above and final...

Hi Guy's, I've been a member on here since 2009 and this is my first post! I've taken a very long break from brewing and have just gotten back into it again. To kick start my entry back into brewing I decided to have a go at a Strong Dark Belgian Ale. Its a bit darker to normal (but thats ok)...