My IPA lost its aroma!

[thatguy314]

Ok, I've made my IPA recipe several times (slight modification of Jamil's--yes Jamil I did make it your way first!). Moral of the story, each of the few previous times I've made it I get that deliciously big hop aroma. For some reason this time, I did not.

The hop flavor is still excellent. The bitterness is appropriate. The malt character is still excellent. What could have made the aroma go away?

Do I have any options besides dry hopping? I have more hops on order, but none on hand so it's not really an option for this batch which I brewed for an event in 3 days.

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Do you have a cold? Maybe it's there and you can't smell it.

[hotrod38]

I would look at the freshness of the hops, the type and amount you used and whether they where pellet, or whole.

I would refrain from dry hopping if the beer is already carbonated. I have done this in the past with very unpleasant results. It's best to dry hop a beer at room temp and un carbonated.

[thatguy314]

I used cascade and amarillo pellets, purchased fresh from northern brewer, used at 5 and 0 min, the same as I did previously. Except before I had a tremendous fresh hop aroma, and this time I have an incredibly mild hop aroma.

The only other thing I can think about is that I gave it a better shake than last time and the yeast took off faster, but fermentation itself was not longer or more vigorous, it just took off earlier.

[Chris_J]

One thing that has happened to me before was the carbonation wasn't quite right. Try adjusting that a bit. I know the last APA I made started out nice and hoppy smelling then I think it got a tiny bit more carbonated and the hop smell was gone. After a week or two in the fridge it all of a sudden came back. Naturally the last two or three pints were crystal clear and were the most amazing beverage ever created on this Earth and as I picked out some bottles to save it in the keg kicked.