Recent content by timmybradley

Yeh I'll up the dose next time. Actually have an IPA fermenting at the moment which is probably a good chance to dry hop big and use the left overs of my galaxy hops. I used pellet hops - so that makes sense there wasn't much infusion if they sat on the top for a few days first. In trying to...

So I've been a bit slack and should probably report back on how all this went. I ended up dry hopping 20g galaxy in the fermenter (around day 14 of fermentation - fermentation was complete) for 2 days at 4C, tried it afterwards and didn't get much out of it. Dry hopped in the keg for another 2...

Thanks Black n Tan, Will keep an eye on the gravity and also check out the forced diacetyl test (hadn't hear of it before). Would you say 22C is about right to up the temp to? Cheers, Tim

So checked in on it yesterday afternoon... Gravity is dropping which is a good start... But when I tasted it... pretty buttery - That'll teach me for being impatient and pitching the yeast at 24C instead of waiting for the temp to drop a little more (currently sitting at 19C). Definitely has...

Thanks for the advice guys. Checking the gravity this arvo so will see how the flavour and aroma is at the moment and go from there.

Thanks Brewinski, I figured that might have been the case. Yeh Andrew - I'm more of a complex beer kind of guy in general but I think the Pacific Ale is a decent, sessionable beer - I'm catering for an engagement party so I really just wanted to go with something that would be pretty much...

Our of curiosity, what do you find are the benefits in mash hopping? Just increased bitterness?

Nice! Will definitely post something up once it's ready. Were you happy with how yours turned out? I'm using US05 as well but at 19C at the moment - too high you reckon? Yeh I'm using an esky mash tun so it's single stage only for me unfortunately...

Thanks hwall95. Nice work! Get the old man to do the hard part and you reap the benefits ;) Thanks Pratty. Here's the recipe I used, will let you know how it turns out: Malt 4Kg Maris Otter 0.8Kg Wheat Malt (I had to use dark wheat malt as only wheat malt available) Hops 60g Galaxy...

Thanks everyone. Brewed on Saturday and dropped 15 at flame out, 20 in the whirlpool. Was thinking of doing 20g in secondary and 20g in the keg? Is this pointless? Should I just go with 40 in secondary and leave it at that?

Cheers Andrew, Will take it down a notch then and give a generous addition in last 20 mins for flavour.

Hi guys, Hoping I can get some help here. I'm doing a Stone & Wood Pacific Ale (23L Batch) clone and planning on dry hopping with galaxy hops to get that fruity passionfruit aroma. I've read lot of posts about successes and failures about dry hopping galaxy with too much resulting in a...