I often brew my house IPA. This recipe is most often (per 5 gallon) 1oz Warrior pellets at 45, then 2oz of various other hop pellets at 15, 5, and whirlpool, then a 3oz dry hop. The beers generally come out really good and well balanced, but dealing with that much hops in the kettle is a pain.
I was wondering if anyone had any first hand experience in skipping the late boil hops like at my 5 and 15 mark, and compensating for bittering and whirlpool hops. And how did they compare? Ive read articles explaining why these late boil hops lose too much aroma, but also have seen so many recipes that call for them. Just looking for some first hand experience in doing it both ways. I would love to do a side by side test but doing a double boil day with 2 very small kids at home is not going to happen.
I was wondering if anyone had any first hand experience in skipping the late boil hops like at my 5 and 15 mark, and compensating for bittering and whirlpool hops. And how did they compare? Ive read articles explaining why these late boil hops lose too much aroma, but also have seen so many recipes that call for them. Just looking for some first hand experience in doing it both ways. I would love to do a side by side test but doing a double boil day with 2 very small kids at home is not going to happen.