Fermentation time of MJ Grapefruit IPA

[Milesey]

Doing the above , started it last Saturday so been in FV for a week now

Bubbling away quite happily in a warm place

But looks like fermentation is coming to albeit a slow close

Last one I did was Young’s IPA and that fermented for three weeks and I left a further week

In anyone’s experience does the MJ ferment out quicker than the Young’s IPA ?

Cheers

 

[Begbie]

I just added the hops to my MJ Grapefruit IPA last night. After 7 days of fermentation, I was expecting the SG to be around 1.020 to 1.025, as that's what the instructions alluded to, but it was 1.012! I used the MJ LME with the kit, so it's reached it's final gravity already. The temperature in my kitchen ranges from about 18 to 22 degrees, so it must have been a good range for it to ferment out that quickly.

 

[Begbie]

I'll check again in a few days and if the sg is still at 1.012, it's bottling time!

 

[Milesey]

1018 reading is so I’ve dropped the hops in supplied with kit and an additional 50g of Citra in a hop bag

 

[lamby]

Hi All,
Very new to this, have a few questions if possile.
1. my first brew was St Peters IPA which as a bitter after taste which i dont like
2. Now doing Young’s IPA and going to leave for 15 days then add hops, will this get rid of bitter taste
3. Is it best to use a hops bag, will it help to clear better.
Sorry all questions but very new to this and if i dont like to beer is it because im doing it wrong.

 

[terrym]

Hi All,
Very new to this, have a few questions if possile.
1. my first brew was St Peters IPA which as a bitter after taste which i dont like
2. Now doing Young’s IPA and going to leave for 15 days then add hops, will this get rid of bitter taste
3. Is it best to use a hops bag, will it help to clear better.
Sorry all questions but very new to this and if i dont like to beer is it because im doing it wrong.

The AIPA kit comes with 100g mixed hops (or it did when I did it) for a dry hop which provides flavour and aroma, but little extra bitterness, if at all. However I did find this kit a tad bitter for me, but you won't really know how you feel about it until you try it.
Its certainly easier to use a hop bag (with or without weights) to stop the hops going forward at bottling time. However the hop bag won't affect yeast clearing from the beer. And my recollection was that the yeast in the kit doesn't settle well and clouds at the first opportunity so be patient

 

[lamby]

So is there any time frame that you must follow when you add your hops (says leave for 3 days) before bottling or can you leave to clear / add finnings for a week?

 

[ClownPrince]

So is there any time frame that you must follow when you add your hops (says leave for 3 days) before bottling or can you leave to clear / add finnings for a week?

Accepted wisdom is that about 3 days is right for dry hops. Most people say no more than a week as you'll start getting grassy off flavours if they're in there too long.

Don't worry too much about your beer being 'clear', most homebrew is a bit cloudy and hazy beers are in vogue at the moment.
Welcome to the hobby, nice to see another Wigan fan here, hope you have fun.

 

[lamby]

Cheers for all the advice. Yep not many of us left lol we need to get back to the stadium while we still have a team

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Cheers for all the advice. Yep not many of us left lol we need to get back to the stadium while we still have a team

Remember watching you guys in the Cheshire League in the 60's play my team Vics.

 

[terrym]

Accepted wisdom is that about 3 days is right for dry hops. Most people say no more than a week as you'll start getting grassy off flavours if they're in there too long.

Don't worry too much about your beer being 'clear', most homebrew is a bit cloudy and hazy beers are in vogue at the moment.
Welcome to the hobby, nice to see another Wigan fan here, hope you have fun.

My observation from this forum is there no accepted time for a dry hop, its down to personal preference. I've seen some say no more than two days is necessary and others six days or even longer. Greg Hughes says to take the hops out 'after a week'. I tend to the latter. And the grassy thing after a week is a probably precautionary thing, and maybe based on another one of those homebrew myths, and to support that if I'm not mistaken there was a thread on here about that some time back and my recollection was that very few had experienced grassy tastes after leaving hops in for longer than a week or even a lot longer, but I stand to be corrected on that if someone has significant experience otherwise. Maybe it's down to the hop type you are using, some may be more prone to 'grassy' flavours than others

 

[BridgeBrew]

I dry hop for 7 days, and havent had any problem with grassy off tastes. I always use pellets, and they break up, and settle on the trub, so i dont have any trouble with the syphon hose blocking. I have used leaf hops in the past, and they are a nightmare when barreling, even with a filter on the syphon. I think the grassy off taste might refer to leaf hops, really dont know if you would get it with pellets.