London Pride - - - Too Many Hops?????

[ArkAler]

finally supping my first ag brew and the hop taste is a tad on the strong side.


Comparring the recipe i've got to some on here theer seems to ba a lot or Hops

Pale malt 3500g
crystal malt 250g
irish moss 15ml
demerara sugar 250g
fuggles 30g
goldings 85g split into 3 batches


:wha: :wha:

 

[MEB]

That is a lot of hops to grain. :shock:

The recipe I have for London Pride(doesn't mean it's the actual recipe just the one I have tried that worked ok-ish)

23L og 1.040 ABV 4.1% 30 EBU

3900g Optic Pale Malt
306g Flaked Maize
130g Crystal

Target 11g 90 min boil
Challenger 11g " " "
Northdown 10g last 15 mins

Wyeast 1968

 

[Moley]

Compared to my own recipe that does seem heavier on the hops, but I suppose it all depends on your percentages of alpha acids. What was your brew length and how were your Goldings split?

Similar to MEB's recipe I used 12g Pilgrim, 10g Boadicea, 10g Northdown (90 mins) then 10g Goldings (15 mins), 25 litres, OG 1.048

How long has your beer been bottled / kegged? My AG#4 had an unpleasantly bitter edge to it on first tasters but it's been bottled for 4 weeks now and that aftertaste has completely gone. OG was 1.057 so it still needs a bit longer, but will be great by Christmas.

 

[MEB]

With that amount of hops in a 25L brew it'll be VERY bitter. Just leave it to mature for half a year and it should have calmed down a bit. :thumb:

 

[jamesb]

Hang on...

goldings 85g split into 3 batches

What times are you putting these in? And what %AA are they?

 

[jonewer]

Too much hops? Tooth Fairy? Santa Claus?

No such thing. :drink:

 

[ArkAler]

not sure what the AA was as they came from shaunsbrew.


I put the all the fuggles and 65 goldings in, and boiled for 1 1/2 hours then the rest of the goldings in for the last 15 mins.

i got the recipe from a "Brewing Beers like those you Buy". Think I'll try your recipe next time :