Hey guys,
So I've just made my first All-Grain Brew. However, I think I've used waaaaaay too much galaxy, and it tastes very bitter. I was hoping to get lots of passionfruit aroma and flavour, similar to the Stone and Wood Pacific Ale, but I think I've overshot it.
I'm about to move it to secondary, and am planning to dry hop it at 6 weeks. I'll throw up the recipe below.
Now my question is, would it be possible to save the brew through different dry-hopping additions? I've originally planned to dry hop with 40g of galaxy. Although I hadn't yet decided whether I was going to do this all at once, or in 2-4 different additions of 10g at 3 days each. However, what do you guys think about using an alternative hop, such as citra, or a combination of citra and galaxy? Would that make a difference to the overall bitterness, and help accentuate the overall tropical fruit / passionfruit aroma? Or is there a different method to combat the bitterness? Or is there nothing to do but let it age for 6 weeks and hope it mellows out a bit, and continue with the current plan of dry hopping 40g of galaxy for 3 days.
Additionally, it took me about 30mins to cool the wort down to 27C in an ice bath, so the hops might have steeped a bit, although I removed the hop bags straight after the 60mins was over.
Cheers guys,
Luke.
Malts
7kg Pale 2-row
500g Munich
250g Crystal 60
150g Crystal 80
Hops
28g Columbus 60mins
22g Galaxy 30mins
29g Galaxy 20mins
29g Galaxy 7mins
Dry Hop
40g Galaxy
So I've just made my first All-Grain Brew. However, I think I've used waaaaaay too much galaxy, and it tastes very bitter. I was hoping to get lots of passionfruit aroma and flavour, similar to the Stone and Wood Pacific Ale, but I think I've overshot it.
I'm about to move it to secondary, and am planning to dry hop it at 6 weeks. I'll throw up the recipe below.
Now my question is, would it be possible to save the brew through different dry-hopping additions? I've originally planned to dry hop with 40g of galaxy. Although I hadn't yet decided whether I was going to do this all at once, or in 2-4 different additions of 10g at 3 days each. However, what do you guys think about using an alternative hop, such as citra, or a combination of citra and galaxy? Would that make a difference to the overall bitterness, and help accentuate the overall tropical fruit / passionfruit aroma? Or is there a different method to combat the bitterness? Or is there nothing to do but let it age for 6 weeks and hope it mellows out a bit, and continue with the current plan of dry hopping 40g of galaxy for 3 days.
Additionally, it took me about 30mins to cool the wort down to 27C in an ice bath, so the hops might have steeped a bit, although I removed the hop bags straight after the 60mins was over.
Cheers guys,
Luke.
Malts
7kg Pale 2-row
500g Munich
250g Crystal 60
150g Crystal 80
Hops
28g Columbus 60mins
22g Galaxy 30mins
29g Galaxy 20mins
29g Galaxy 7mins
Dry Hop
40g Galaxy
