Brooksy
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I'm definitely with Wardhog on the unhopped extract idea. One thing to consider is using DME instead of LME. LME tends to stale much quicker than DME, so unless you are sure that the LME is fresh, it might not be the best thing to use. The kit twang that people often talk about is supposed to derive from stale extract.
Your hop schedule looks great and the times are spot on. Personally, I'd say you could back off the bittering addition a bit. I'd say you could go 20g of Super Pride at 60, with 25g additions of Cascade at 20, 5 and 0. You could also use that last addition to dry hop with (or as well ).
With adding the extract, you could also just add the other 2kg of extract about 10 minutes from the end.
Either way, seems like a tasty experiment. :super:
Thank you Sir.
I can't take any credit for the hops sched, it all you blokes.
The reason I opted for the 45min addition was to give me time to settle down and settle the wort to a good rolling boil before adding the hops. Read a lot about boilover etc and having only teabag experience under my belt, well.......... I didn't want to start out too cocky only to have to clean up the kitchen. :lol:
As I don't rack out, I didn't think dry hopping was a goer, normally leave the brew in the fermenter for 2 weeks before bottling.