I have been using an aluminum kettle for boiling and an ice bath for chilling.
I'm only 4 batches in but as I'm reading more about brewing I wonder if maybe the slow chilling of my wort is destroying the aroma for my finished beer? or at least what it has the potential to be.
case in point: last brew was the Dead Ringer IPA extract kit. It is supposed to have abundant and obvious citrus hop taste from the centennial hops used. I really am not getting any of that. my friends seem to enjoy the beer a lot, it's going very fast. But nobody really thinks of it as an IPA. It has the bitterness at the end but just doesn't hit you in the nose as you are drinking it.
I'm still honing my techniques and I'm sure its also possible I "overboiled" or added my hops too early during the boil, but just curious if anyone has any knowledge in this particular instance.