BrewinSoldier
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Hey guys! So far to date(IPA wise) I've brewed 3 IPA's. They have all turned out very very bitter and I don't like that. I have done 1 Pliny the elder clone from Morebeer, one Pliny the Younger clone I found online, and am currently trying another Pliny the elder clone from Morebeer which is in the fermenter in the dryhop stage.
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. My mash temps are within a degree of my desired temp, my kettle is on propane so I get a vigorous boil, my fermenter temps are within .5 degrees of 68F. I always make a yeast starter and make sure to pitch the pro rate of 1.0(brewersfriend). My sanitization is on point.
The only thing I haven't messed with is my water, but on my last batch of Younger I used spring water from the store. This batch of elder I used filtered tap water(charcoal whole house filter) and added campden tabs in both the HLT and mash tun water. This one I tried using the 5 Star 5.2 mash stabilizer as directed. My mash PH only got to 5.5 via my Milwaukee PH meter.
I have had several bottles of the actual Pliny the Elder so I am very familiar how it tastes. It has a ton of yummy hop flavor and aroma but almost no bitterness at all to me.
Any ideas of what I could be doing wrong?
I am very tempted next time to use the same grain bill for the PTE clone, and most of the hops, but instead of adding hops to the beginning of the 90 min boil, I'll just start adding them with 30mins left in the boil to try and prevent the extreme bitterness. I'm also consider using RO water next time and trying to mess around with BruNwater to build my water up specifically for an IPA. Not sure if either of those will help.
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. My mash temps are within a degree of my desired temp, my kettle is on propane so I get a vigorous boil, my fermenter temps are within .5 degrees of 68F. I always make a yeast starter and make sure to pitch the pro rate of 1.0(brewersfriend). My sanitization is on point.
The only thing I haven't messed with is my water, but on my last batch of Younger I used spring water from the store. This batch of elder I used filtered tap water(charcoal whole house filter) and added campden tabs in both the HLT and mash tun water. This one I tried using the 5 Star 5.2 mash stabilizer as directed. My mash PH only got to 5.5 via my Milwaukee PH meter.
I have had several bottles of the actual Pliny the Elder so I am very familiar how it tastes. It has a ton of yummy hop flavor and aroma but almost no bitterness at all to me.
Any ideas of what I could be doing wrong?
I am very tempted next time to use the same grain bill for the PTE clone, and most of the hops, but instead of adding hops to the beginning of the 90 min boil, I'll just start adding them with 30mins left in the boil to try and prevent the extreme bitterness. I'm also consider using RO water next time and trying to mess around with BruNwater to build my water up specifically for an IPA. Not sure if either of those will help.