I recently brewed a very basic pale ale. I used only a single bittering addition, knowing that overly hop-flavoured beers sometimes scare off some of my megaswill drinking mates.
I kegged it and tried it the other day and it's too bland.
4.50 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (5.9 EBC)
0.35 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (78.8 EBC)
0.05 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (236.4 EBC)
20.00 gm Galena [12.00 %] (60 min) 25 IBU
0.50 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min)
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056)
Long story short - I'm going to add some hop flavour/aroma.
My two questions are:
1. from the following list of hops in my inventory, which would you recommend (and how much)?
Galena
POR
EKG
Fuggles
(I know it's not a very big list of choices)
2. Should I dry hop the keg or make a hop tea and add it to it?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I don't think I can make it to the bottom of this keg without giving it a little something else.
Cheers!
Jono.
I kegged it and tried it the other day and it's too bland.
4.50 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (5.9 EBC)
0.35 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (78.8 EBC)
0.05 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (236.4 EBC)
20.00 gm Galena [12.00 %] (60 min) 25 IBU
0.50 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min)
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056)
Long story short - I'm going to add some hop flavour/aroma.
My two questions are:
1. from the following list of hops in my inventory, which would you recommend (and how much)?
Galena
POR
EKG
Fuggles
(I know it's not a very big list of choices)
2. Should I dry hop the keg or make a hop tea and add it to it?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I don't think I can make it to the bottom of this keg without giving it a little something else.
Cheers!
Jono.