Big juicy IPA recipe required

[peteplus1]

Sounds good, yeah still generally do a 60 min boil, though you could get away with 45 mins if you want to save a bit of time.

You're right about removing aroma if adding dry hops too early, up until recently recently it was a big no-no. However with the big NEIPA craze it has become a popular practice because it apparently helps add the distinctive juiciness. Google "biotransformation" if you want to read up on it.

Ps. You don't need to transfer to secondary, it's an unnecessary step with added infection and oxidation potential.

So as soon as it's done, yeast pitched and fermenting, you add your dry hops 2 and 5 days later?

 

[strange-steve]

So as soon as it's done, yeast pitched and fermenting, you add your dry hops 2 and 5 days later?

Pitch the yeast, then 2 days later add half of the dry hops. This should be during active fermentation. Then 3 days after that add the rest of the dry hops, fermentation should be pretty much done by this point. Then give it a few days to make sure fermentation is complete, cold crash for a day and bottle.