I attempted to make a clone of Stone IPA. Stone's recipe called for using wyeast 1968. I understand that this yeast creates a more malty beer. But after trying this beer after 1 week of bottle conditioning, the flavor was almost all malt and no hop. I used leaf hops for the first time, and I used around 3 oz in the boil and dry hopped for 5 days with another 1.5 oz. I know its a very young beer, didn't epect to have any carbonation but there was actually a lot. I had to wait for the foam settle before pouring the rest. My question is will the hop flavor grow with age? It tastes nothing like I expected. I usually like to try a beer 1 week in, 2 weeks in and then 3 weeks in to see how the flavors change. But, this should be a good indication of what the beer will taste like in the future, even though its very young. For all the hops I added I am getting no hop flavor, which I love. Pretty confused... This may be the last time I use wyeast 1968 in an IPA as well as leaf hops until I grow my own. Thoughts?
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