Should I have dry hopped??

[NickW]

Hi all,

Got the following in the FV crash cooling for a few days... its been niggling at my mind for the past 2 days. Should I dry hop this?

AG#13 Drago

Recipe specifics:

Style: American Pale Ale
Batch size: 23.0 l
Boil volume: 27.0 l
OG: 1.054
FG: 1.014
Bitterness (IBU): 45.6
Color (SRM): 13.2
ABV: 5.3%

Grain/Sugars:

4.60 kg Maris Otter Malt, 87.6%
0.40 kg Munich (US), 7.6%
0.12 kg Crystal 70-80L (British), 2.3%
0.10 kg Barley, Flaked, 1.9%
0.03 kg Roasted Barley, 0.6%

Hops:

22.00 g Centennial (AA 10.3%, Whole) 15 min, 10.5 IBU
22.00 g Chinook (AA 13.9%, Whole) 15 min, 14.2 IBU
20.00 g Centennial (AA 10.3%, Whole) 10 min, 7.0 IBU
20.00 g Chinook (AA 13.9%, Whole) 10 min, 9.4 IBU
10.00 g Centennial (AA 10.3%, Whole) 5 min, 1.9 IBU
10.00 g Chinook (AA 13.9%, Whole) 5 min, 2.6 IBU
48.00 g Centennial (AA 10.3%, Whole) 0 min, 0.0 IBU
48.00 g Chinook (AA 13.9%, Whole) 0 min, 0.0 IBU

Yeast/Misc:

California Ale yeast, 1.0 unit(s), Yeast
Irish Moss, 1.0 unit(s), Fining , boil 10 min

15min steep of flameout hops at 75c




I've got citra, chinook, centennial and amarillo in stock. ..

Question is. Should I bother? Too late? Did I use enough hops any way?

 

[boab42stout]

I wouldnt bother the dry hop theres plenty in there already

 

[calumscott]

Personally, I would...

However your massive flameout load should give you plenty of welly if you don't fancy it.

 

[Strongarm]

if you really cant decide how about racking half off to another fv and dry-hopping one of them?

 

[NickW]

Good advice guys.. I've dry hopped every APA I've done so far ... but may be i should leave it with this one. The others I didn't use anywhere near that amount of hops in the previous ones. Be good to see the difference. This is for the spring thing comp so I don't want to start faffing with it now . I'lljust stress myself out :?