I brewed my very first extract recipe - a super hoppy Green Flash clone. The hop bill was intense (and expensive). Dry-hopped for two weeks and almost none of that fresh hop aroma. Added another ounce for a few days to liven it up and bottled today. Very tasty, although not as I remember GF to be. Very bitter, a little fruity with almost no hop aroma.
I know a number of things that I *#!*ed up - didn't cool the wort quickly enough, pitched and fermented way too hot (high 70s the whole time), drank too many beers while brewing...
Is there anything else that I could have done that might have killed that bright, citrusy hop aroma (besides being a rank amateur with cheap equipment and no experience...)?
Thanks!