G'day,
I have just tasted my American Pale Ale and it is far too bitter. Because I cool my wort in cubes, I only boil my bittering hops for 40 minutes. This gives me the right bittering because of the increased time in the cube while hot. This works fine when I only have 1 or 2 hop additions at the end of the boil. But the Pale Ale I made had 5 hop additions because it is a hoppy beer. Because of the increased amount of hops and being slowly cooled in the cube, the bitterness has increased. Does anyone know how I can achieve the desired hoppiness without the bitterness? Should I dry hop the flavouring hops instead of putting them in the boil? Unfortunately Beersmith doesn't have a setting for this. Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Cadbury
I have just tasted my American Pale Ale and it is far too bitter. Because I cool my wort in cubes, I only boil my bittering hops for 40 minutes. This gives me the right bittering because of the increased time in the cube while hot. This works fine when I only have 1 or 2 hop additions at the end of the boil. But the Pale Ale I made had 5 hop additions because it is a hoppy beer. Because of the increased amount of hops and being slowly cooled in the cube, the bitterness has increased. Does anyone know how I can achieve the desired hoppiness without the bitterness? Should I dry hop the flavouring hops instead of putting them in the boil? Unfortunately Beersmith doesn't have a setting for this. Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Cadbury