made my normal house IPA a few weeks back for my brewclub’s upcoming Fest Party and just kegged it on Tuesday. same standard recipe I’ve developed and used for years, and in fact i have the previous batch on tap in my house. Dryhop is 50:50 Simcoe and Amarillo.
Aroma on this one has a very large sweet orange and honey presence, rather than citrus with loads of pine and some of that simcoe dank. has an orange-y flavor as well.
variables that were different this time: i dryhopped in primary conical this time rather than in the keg due to time and space constraints, and i used 2012 harvest leaf hops (vacuum sealed, unopened and frozen) versus the newer pellets I normally use.
trying to pinpoint what caused the stark difference versus the last batch (much more what you’d expect for that dryhop combo - my recipe usually comes out very reminscent of Alpine Duet). I haven’t dryhoppped in primary in a year or two now, but it could be the old hops.
That sounds pretty drastic, Paul. There are compounds formed in the presence of yeast (ala primary) that aren’t formed nearly as much in a more yeast free environment like a keg, according to Stan H. I wonder if it’s a combination of that and the hops differences - ie., leaf, harvest, etc. I’ve never gotten that out of Amarillo/Simcoe 50:50.
I’m guessing it’s the Amarillo. I haven’t liked anything I’ve brewed with Amarillo this year. There were lots of complaints about the 2013 crop of Amarillo being off.