I brewed this using nugget for the bittering additions and simcoe for the middle and late additions. After 7 days in primary, I took a gravity reading and taste. It was at 1.022, and was the best beer I had ever tasted after this short of a time. I was trying to rush this beer through for a holiday beer exchange, and tasting, and since the gravity was so low, I decided to dry hop with the two ounces of simcoe after 7 days. Well, I took another reading at two weeks and it was still at 1.022, which does not bother me too much because I did mash at the 158 temp, which does not give as many fermentables. However, it had a really strong catty taste. I am assuming this is from the dry hop, because this taste was not there at the one week mark, and I know simcoe can give this kind of taste, but just from a dry hop? I also know hop flavor can change after just a couple of days when carbonating in a keg. Has anyone else experienced this, and has the recipe mellowed out over time?
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