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And here it is! First bottle after aging 3 weeks from bottling! I bottled one week after dry hopping as posted above. Tastes really good and compares well to the Deschutes Chasing Freshies fresh hops offering I had last night, which to me is a pretty good thing. :) No excess fruitiness...

Hopefully they will just move on as your hops dry out. That is what some of the more knowledgeable folks have said here.

I just had almost exactly that same problem with my last batch. I made sure I aerated very well, and it went just fine. Transferred today into the secondary, and the OG went down to 1.011, so the yeast did just fine. So yeah, don't worry, have a home brew!

Ok, today after about three weeks in the primary, I transferred into a glass secondary and dry hopped with an ounce of the fresh dried hops from my yard. The sample from the hydrometer tube tasted really good. Maybe a hint of fruitiness, but basically like a really nice pale ale. The...

My first time dry hopping with fresh (but dried properly on a screen for a couple days then stored a couple weeks) hops from my fence. 1 oz. I transferred from Primary to Secondary today, then will bottle next week I guess. I guess I could have let it sit in the secondary before dry hopping...

As an update, it had a good, strong primary stage all this week, starting Monday morning after pitching Sunday night, and is still going, though slowing down. Still getting burps through the blow off tube, though as I said, slowing down. So hopefully it will be ok. Next time I plan on pitching...

What about throwing some Champagne yeast in? Bad idea?

So how much US-05 does a guy use for a beer around 1.05-1.07? I think I will try that route next time, and also keep some on hand. It is chugging away happily so at least what I pitched is working, even if not as well as if I had pitched more.

yeah, there will be a little fruitiness or nuttiness. No starter. I ran out of time. that was why I was wondering if finding some more yeast to pitch today would help avoid that. It is chugging away happily as of this morning, so I guess what is done is done. I hope that all the hops I used...

I was shooting for right at 1.060 which was the capacity of my Wyeast 1056. I was at 1.063 or 4. I pitched tonight. Should I find more yeast and pitch more tomorrow or is this in the range of close enough?

Well here is the revised recipe. Hopefully it will work out. I may back off a bit on the hops in light of what SirHopsalot pointed out. I don't think I can really wait very well, or the fresh hops will be gone.

Belay that thought on the late starter. I am going to reduce the OG to within the smack pack's capabilities and focus on hop flavor rather than a higher gravity. 7 lbs of DME now for a starting OG of 1.056.

Belay that thought on the late starter. I am going to reduce the OG to within the smack pack's capabilities and focus on hop flavor rather than a higher gravity. 7 lbs of DME now for a starting OG of 1.056.

(Double post. I also posted this in Yeast and fermentation, but since it is about this recipe, I posted it here too.) In the "how to make a starter - pictorial thread ( https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/how-make-yeast-starter-pictorial-76101/ )it was said "This method can be used the day of...

In the "how to make a starter - pictorial thread ( https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/how-make-yeast-starter-pictorial-76101/ )it was said "This method can be used the day of brewing. It's best to do it the night before, but getting a starter going in the morning or even a few hours before you...

There is a chance I can do it later. We have a family gig to go out to now. I was hoping getting it done first thing in the morning, and letting it go until in the afternoon would hopefully be good enough. Seemed to say so in the starter thread in the beginner section.

I am brewing a fresh hopped IPA from extract. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f37/fresh-wet-hop-ipa-recipe-comments-please-431509/ I ordered my stuff Tuesday night from Williams and got it yesterday. I am brewing tomorrow. Unfortunately, when I unpacked it last night, the Wyeast 1056 I ordered...

Ok, that sounds good. I will take some ideas from that. Later add on the fresh, but maybe higher amounts. I plan on dry hopping with the fresh hops I dried that are in the bag shown above. But what is knockout?

Well, I suppose things like this come from not brewing often enough. I may put off my brew until next week and make sure I have enough yeast etc. I am going to find an OG calculator and re-work my recipe, and make sure I have enough yeast on hand.

Good point that I am figuring out now. Though I am dialing back from putting in pounds of hops at a time. More likely will go with 5:1 ratios with 5 oz going in at 30, 5 at 45, 5 at 58, and 5 more during the chill before the water hits 190. I will be using a friend's big brew kettle with a...