Update: fermented in primary for 2.5 weeks. Lots of yeasty smells from blow off. Secondary for 1 week then kegged and carbonated. It's great summer beer. Fruity and slightly bitter from hibiscus. If I brewed this again I would be tempted to do even less hibiscus steeping time. Maybe 10 min after...
My wife and make Jamaica with hibiscus very often. The directions call for the flower in the last 15 min of the boil. In my experience with it that is waaaay too long and really brings out it's bitterness. It brews as a tea for us well enough in the heat of the sun of TX. I put it in as a tea...
