After just a few wonderful years of enjoying craft beers, my wife and I were inevitably drawn toward brewing our own.
To our surprise, we were able to muddle through the wealth of misinformation and create a very drinkable first beer! It was a chocolate porter that we spiked at bottling with just a bit of bourbon for flavor and increased ABV.
We've only completed our second brew now (an extract IPA kit to which my wife Olivia added zest from a Buddha's hand fruit), but I'm already feeling ambitious for our third: a gimlet IPA.
I'm starting with a recipe similar to Two-Hearted because it is lighter and might take to the lime well. To get the gin and lime flavor, I'm adding juniper berries and lime zest at the end of the boil. Maybe that's all off, but that's the fun of brewing is finding out.
Now for hops, I am thinking Simcoe and/or Citra. Which one should I use for bittering and which for aroma?
Thanks in advance!
Zach
To our surprise, we were able to muddle through the wealth of misinformation and create a very drinkable first beer! It was a chocolate porter that we spiked at bottling with just a bit of bourbon for flavor and increased ABV.
We've only completed our second brew now (an extract IPA kit to which my wife Olivia added zest from a Buddha's hand fruit), but I'm already feeling ambitious for our third: a gimlet IPA.
I'm starting with a recipe similar to Two-Hearted because it is lighter and might take to the lime well. To get the gin and lime flavor, I'm adding juniper berries and lime zest at the end of the boil. Maybe that's all off, but that's the fun of brewing is finding out.
Now for hops, I am thinking Simcoe and/or Citra. Which one should I use for bittering and which for aroma?
Thanks in advance!
Zach