So I made this IPA extract kit from my LHBS about a month ago, just a few days ago I cracked one open and don't know what I did wrong... Its frustrating but I'm trying to learn a bit from each batch I'm brewing the I.P.A. will be the 3rd extract kit under my belt.
I tasted it and its a "ok" beer but the hop profile is anything but right and tastes odd, I wish I could put my finger on it, but can't. So after going through the instructions my first reaction is the boil is saying 90 minutes
Starting boil with 1.0oz Cascade after 45 minutes add 1/2 oz Cascade 1oz Challenger after 30 minutes add 1/2 oz Cascade, then boil for another 15 minutes remove and cool.
Ferment and dry hop with 1.0oz Cascade
Its a LHMS kit very open ended as far as instructions, but i did exactly what it said. So my only concerns of what could've happened are 1) the boil should have been an hour long boil with additions at 60,45,30,15 instead of the 90 minute boil I had done. 2) I transferred to secondary to dry hop at about day 8 after pitching, i've read that you should transfer to secondary before fermentation fully finishes don't know that because it had finished that I oxidized my beer because it was sitting in secondary with just O2.
Any thoughts?
I tasted it and its a "ok" beer but the hop profile is anything but right and tastes odd, I wish I could put my finger on it, but can't. So after going through the instructions my first reaction is the boil is saying 90 minutes
Starting boil with 1.0oz Cascade after 45 minutes add 1/2 oz Cascade 1oz Challenger after 30 minutes add 1/2 oz Cascade, then boil for another 15 minutes remove and cool.
Ferment and dry hop with 1.0oz Cascade
Its a LHMS kit very open ended as far as instructions, but i did exactly what it said. So my only concerns of what could've happened are 1) the boil should have been an hour long boil with additions at 60,45,30,15 instead of the 90 minute boil I had done. 2) I transferred to secondary to dry hop at about day 8 after pitching, i've read that you should transfer to secondary before fermentation fully finishes don't know that because it had finished that I oxidized my beer because it was sitting in secondary with just O2.
Any thoughts?