Bottling a NE style IPA/Pale Ale

[timcook]

For anyone who has bottled a NE style beer, is it worth it or do you lose too much hop aroma/flavor?

 

[JimRausch]

I bottled one in late January, and I think it has lasted well.

 

[timcook]

That's good to know. I tasted one at a local brewery & could tell it was past its peak. For this same reason, I have stayed away from brewing & bottling double IPAs.

 

[Sbe2]

I have a fermonster with a spigot. I was thinking of using carbonation drops in each bottle, attach my bottling wand to the fermonster, and bottle directly from the primary. Probably cap one at a time with the oxygen absorbing caps.

I have never used the drops so I don't know how good they would perform.

 

[kristiismean]

the drops work great. I used them last time for bottling 4 bottles (and kegged the rest). Turned out great.

this last ne ipa batch I bottled. it's good, but it does lose the in your face over the top juicyness. but it's still very good.

 

[morbster]

I have never heard of carbonation drops. Mind sharing more info on them?

 

[Sbe2]

http://https://www.homebrewsupply.com/carbonation-drops.html


You drop a tab in and it carbonates in the bottle. The problem I see is that you cannot control the vols.

My idea was to skip the bottling bucket and priming sugar, and minimize oxygen exposure.

 

[NatiTime]

could you do fermentation in the bottling bucket...sorry newbie here? Going to try to brew my first batch but someone suggested i read about bottling NE IPAs because it might change my mind

 

[Sbe2]

could you do fermentation in the bottling bucket...sorry newbie here? Going to try to brew my first batch but someone suggested i read about bottling NE IPAs because it might change my mind

With my Fermonster, I was essentially fermenting in my bottling bucket. If I were you, place your bucket where you intend to bottle a few days prior to bottling. Set a block under your bucket on the spigot end. This will keep most of the debris away from your spigot.