landis

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I was at the LHBS during lunch to pick up some brewing supplies for this week. I was hoping to brew a nice simple (inexpensive) house pale ale:

6lbs DME
.5oz Crystal 40
.5oz Carapils
Safale US-05

I've heard raves about the simcoe/amarillo/cascade combination so those were the planned hops. When I got to the LHBS the guy laughed and said "unless you're working at a brewery you can't get your hands on any simcoe".

So I asked for magnum...no magnum...then millennium...no millennium. To cut the trend short I just asked what he had in stock that would go well with the cascade/amarillo combination and he suggested centennial. I've never used centennial before, so I'm not sure how the flavor profile will change. Actually I never used simcoe before either - I was just hoping to try it from rave reviews I read on this site.

Anyway, I guess this is all to say I didn't realize how hard it would be to get my hands on particular hope varieties.

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Tonedef131

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Midwest and Austin both have Simcoe pellets in stock.

Hop Availability Chart - Brew365

stever

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Austin Homebrew Supply

or

Simcoe Hop Pellets - 1 oz. :: Midwest Supplies Homebrewing and Winemaking Supplies

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landis

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Ah, looks like I should have checked the internet first.

I like the concept of supporting the local guy, but for some of these hop varieties I guess I'm going to need to look to the internet.

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Bottled: Pale Ale V1 (made with Crystal 40) || Pale Ale V2 (made with Crystal 15)
Planning: Bitter
Commercial: Dogfish Head Indian Brown || Sierra Nevada Anniversary

jrhammonds

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simcoe's great... but as is centennial... in short, centennial is a super charged "cascade." So, you'll get plenty of citrus, grapefruit goodness...

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landis

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I only purchased an ounce of each, so I'm thinking about the hop schedule.
Originally I was thinking something along the lines of

1oz centennial 60 min
.5oz amarillo 15 min
.5oz cascase 5 min

and then dry hop with .5oz amarillo and .5oz cascade. But now that I think about it - is there a benefit to mixing it up a little more and spreading the centennial out or preserving some of it for dry hoping?

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Primary: Ó Flannagáin Standard Stout
Bottled: Pale Ale V1 (made with Crystal 40) || Pale Ale V2 (made with Crystal 15)
Planning: Bitter
Commercial: Dogfish Head Indian Brown || Sierra Nevada Anniversary

Tankard

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Don't you mean Amarillo is a supercharged cascade?

oberon567

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I think Centennial is great... For what may become my house IPA I use Centennial, Simcoe and Amarillo, with the Centennial pulling double duty as bittering and flavor hops, the amarillo doing flavor and dry hop, and the simcoe going for just dry hopping.

I know that my LHBS is almost out of Centennial, though. He actually had only 1 pound left when I got there, and I am thankful for it, otherwise I couldnt brew tonight... But a lot of the high alpha hops are in short supply, so grab them when you can. Centennial has a great grapefruit nose and flavor, and it will do well with the amarillo and cascade.

oberon567

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Centennial is a super-charged Cascade... I am not sure if Amarillo is as well...

Professor Frink

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If you have your heart set on Simcoe, there isn't anything that can replace it. DFH 60 min IPA and Stone Vertical 08.08.08 both use simcoe and it's a distincly wonderful flavor.

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