I've never brewed with Simcoe as it's always so hard to get. I managed to get 5 oz but have no idea what I should make. I'm thinking a DIPA perhaps.
Anyone have any favs they want to share?
Anyone have any favs they want to share?
I've never brewed with Simcoe as it's always so hard to get. I managed to get 5 oz but have no idea what I should make. I'm thinking a DIPA perhaps.
Anyone have any favs they want to share?
Thanks for the link. I might give it a try and had a similar suggestion from my LHBS guru. Though, the last time I made a DIPA with cane sugar, it wasn't the best IMHO. 21% seems like alot to me though I've not made too many DIPA.This recipe was a huge hit at the last monthly meeting of my homebrew club. I brought it thinking it wouldn't do that well since it was extract-based but I got about a dozen compliments and some recipe requests. The Simcoe is definitely present without being overbearing and it's very drinkable. It's also more geared to the traditional American IPA then a double but the hop schedule is 100% solid if you want to scale it up for a double or convert it to all-grain. Fresh it is wonderfully hoppy yet balanced. After a few months of aging the bitterness definitely gets more in-line with the commercial Ranger IPA.
2.25oz of Simcoe per batch, but you'll need Cascade and Chinook also. If you brew it, please update the recipe thread -- it'll help me develop the recipe further.
Cheers!
i'd suggest conserving your simcoe and using cascade only for bittering and move the unused simcoe to the dry hop.
Cheers
How's this look? I'm thinking I may need to add another hop addition.
Due to the lovely summer heat, I'm thinking of trying this as only 2.5 gallons (also have a 2.5 gallon mini keg). If I like it, I'll do 5 gallons when the fall comes.
I have 'Light' in the name because while I'm not looking for a low gravity beer, I'm wanting to keep this at 8% or below so I may need to tweak this a bit more.
Simcoe Infusion Light DIPA
Imperial IPA
Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (G): 2.5
Total Grain (lb): 8.000
Total Hops (oz): 3.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.082 (°P): 19.8
Final Gravity (FG): 1.021 (°P): 5.3
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 8.06 %
Colour (SRM): 15.4 (EBC): 30.3
Bitterness (IBU): 74.3 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 70
Boil Time (Minutes): 60
Grain Bill
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6.000 lb American 2-Row (75%)
1.000 lb Crystal 60 (12.5%)
1.000 lb Maris Otter Malt (12.5%)
Hop Bill
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0.50 oz Simcoe Pellet (12.2% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.2 oz/Gal)
0.50 oz Cascade Pellet (7.8% Alpha) @ 30 Minutes (Boil) (0.2 oz/Gal)
0.50 oz Simcoe Pellet (12.2% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.2 oz/Gal)
0.50 oz Simcoe Pellet (12.2% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Boil) (0.2 oz/Gal)
0.50 oz Cascade Pellet (7.8% Alpha) @ 7 Days (Dry Hop) (0.2 oz/Gal)
0.50 oz Simcoe Pellet (12.2% Alpha) @ 7 Days (Dry Hop) (0.2 oz/Gal)
Misc Bill
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Single step Infusion at 153°F for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 68°F with Wyeast 1056 - American Ale
Recipe Generated with BrewMate
IMHO Thats WAY too much c-60 for a 2.5 gallon batch. I'd recommend cutting it down to like 4 oz. and switch that MO to munich. If you really want to use the simcoe in bittering that is fine, they are great for that but most people treasure them for their aroma and flavor too much to use them like that.
This is one of the things that may be reciprocating the supposed shortage of Simcoe. It's like the shortage leads to higher demand, as people who don't even need/want simcoe buy it to hoard it. Just annoying to me.
Agree with the post on too much crystal 60 for that size batch. I don't know how the numbers would work but what about a 1.0 oz Simcoe first wort hop (drop the 60 and 15 minute). Place the hop utilization at 20 min for the first wort to calculate bitterness and you might have enough without the 60 min at all. This would give off a bunch more flavor and some aroma.
Beer-lord said:I like the idea of FWH but what's the best way to do this if you're doing a BIAB? I assume, just pull the bag and throw them in while the bag is draining? Then start the boil?
If you also have some Amarillo then definitely give this one a shot.
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