First IPA for AG#06 - Cascade & Fuggles?

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and relax.. and have a homebrew...
another fuss free brewday, all tucked up for the yeasties to get stuck into in the night, the sample tasted awesome
Thanks for the help guys, I'll keep you posted on progress.

[orlando]

I'll watch that later. I only ever steep and dry hop for both aroma and flavour. My 5 min and 10 min additions are pretty much long gone.

Headline is steeping over 50c is a waste of hops as the aroma oils are effectively "boiled" off. Dry hop late in the fermentation and two days is enough I wouldn't give up on late additions but see them as giving some bittering but as importantly flavour.

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Interesting, I was going to dry hop this one for 7days after the first week.

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Thought I should report back on this last brew before it's all gone. Hands down my best brew to date, lovely aroma, hits you as you pour from pb. Head sticks around, a little hazy, I guess I shouldn't have squeezed the dry hop bag
Taste is perfect, bitter but well balanced. It was a tiny bit harsh at first, i guess due to dry hop squeeze or my very hard water, but that has mellowed out nicely after a few months. Perfect abv for an everyday beer,I'm going to do this again with a more interesting yeast to add a bit more complexity... I'm thinking a fullers bottle culture.

[floydmeddler]

Sounds like a treat man. Glad it turned out to be a beaut.

If you like your 4% beers, I have a cracking malt bill for you. Check out this brewday post: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=54113

This beer was amazing after 3 weeks. I mean - superb. Tasted like a 5%. If you want something darker, swap the caramalt for dark crystal. I'm going to do this with an all Brambling Cross beer soon.