My 10 gal. Hop Slam clone - whaddya think?

OK, so I found this recipe online for a Hop Slam clone and essentially doubled it to make 10 gallons. I don't have any software to plug it into - I jkust want to see if you folks think this will be close. thanks

All Grain Recipe - Bells Hopslam ::: 1.089/1.020 (10 Gal)

Grain Bill (75% Efficiency assumed)
26 lbs. - Maris Otter Malt

4 lb. - Munich Malt

2 lb. - Aromatic Malt

1 lb. - CaraPils

8 lbs. - Honey (end of boil)

Hop Schedule (93 IBU)
4 oz. - Simcoe [13%] (75 min.)

2 oz. - Glacier [5.6%] (60 min.)

3 oz. - Centennial [10%] (20 min.)

2 oz. - Glacier [5.6%] (15 min.)

2 oz. - Vanguard [5.5%](10 min.)

2 oz. - Crystal [3.5%] (1 min.)

2 oz. - Hallertau [4%] (1 min.)

4 oz. - Simcoe (Dry Hop in Secondary 1 week)

Yeast
1.3L starter of WLP001 or WY1056 IF you have a stirplate.
If you do not have a striplate, make a pale ale or something below 1.050 
with WLP001 or 1056 and use 200 ml of that yeast for this beer.
If you choose Safale S-05 use 2 properly hydrated packs.

Mash/Sparge/Boil
Mash at 150° to 152° for 75 min.
Sparge as usual

Cool and ferment at 68°

That hopbill just doesn't look like it could possibly be right. It's loaded with American hops that come from Hallertau lineage (Glacier, Vanguard, and Crystal). That just isn't something I get from Hopslam at all.

I would guess that Hopslam has a lot of the usual hop suspects for a double IPA -- Simcoe, Centennial, Amarillo, Cascade, Columbus but not many hops that are unusual for an IPA.

The yeast pitching rate doesn't seem right. No way a 1.3L stir-plated starter is right for 10 gal @ 1.089 (seems way low even for a 5 gal batch). Even two packs of dry seems low, that sounds about right for a 5 gal batch. Maybe a typo?

EDIT: you could just tell the brewer to target ~600 billion cells for a 10 gal batch and let them figure out how to get there. I just checked and two packs of dry is actually not really that short (calculator says 2.6 11g packets).

Seems like an awful lot of honey, but I've never had Hopslam.

whoops, yeah i forgot to adjust the yeast part of the recipe to 10 gallons. So, disregard the that part of the recipe.

OK, I gotta bump this. I'm rethinking this recipe after doing even more research.

I'm ditching the rest of the specialty grains besides the 2-row and using 2 pounds of crystal 40 instead.

Also - cutting the honey in half.

And - using Amarillo and Simcoe and maybe Centennial. (Centennial for bittering and A&S for aroma/flavoring)

Will be dry-hopping with Amarillo and Simcoe mixed. I recently heard Jamil saying not to dry-hop with Simcoe alone.

Will be using 2 packs of US-05

what do YOU think?

So, here's the revised recipe:

26 lbs. Briess 2-row
2 lbs. Caramel 40
4 lbs. Orange Blossom Honey

4 oz. Centennial at 60 mins.
1 oz. Amarillo at 45 mins.
1 oz. Simcoe at 45 mins.
1 oz. Amarillo at 30 mins.
1 oz. Simcoe at 30 mins.
1 oz. Amarillo at 15 mins.
1 oz. Simcoe at 15 mins.
1 oz. Amarillo at 5 mins.
1 oz. Simcoe at 5 mins.
1 oz. Amarillo at 0 mins.
1 oz. Simcoe at 0 mins.

2 oz. Amarillo - dry hop (10 days)
2 oz. Simcoe - dry hop (10 days)

2 packs of Safale 05 rehydrated.

Hey! I've been working on hopslam as well, We've pieced together a lot of info and I have a 5 gallon batch dry hopping as we speak, As of right now the hydrometer sample is very promising ...

Here's the link
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/hopslam-clone-137117/index6.html#post2014730

johntangus said:

OK, I gotta bump this. I'm rethinking this recipe after doing even more research.

I'm ditching the rest of the specialty grains besides the 2-row and using 2 pounds of crystal 40 instead.

Also - cutting the honey in half.

And - using Amarillo and Simcoe and maybe Centennial. (Centennial for bittering and A&S for aroma/flavoring)

Will be dry-hopping with Amarillo and Simcoe mixed. I recently heard Jamil saying not to dry-hop with Simcoe alone.

Will be using 2 packs of US-05

what do YOU think?

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Just my opinion but if it were my brew I'm fairly certain I wouldn't bitter with Centennial if I had Simcoe on-hand. Never used Amarillo but imo Simcoe is a much better bittering hop than Centennial. Centennial is awesome for flavor/aroma/dry-hopping though.

OK, just a follow-up. This beer has now been in the bottle for about 2 weeks. We have sampled 3 beers and it was really hard not to drink the rest.

Only changes from the recipe above was 4 pounds of Caramel 40 instead of 2 and 6 pounds of regular honey instead of 4 of Orange Blossom.

I'm sure the mouthfeel will change once it hits peak carbonation, but this stuff is GOOD! The hop profile is EXTREMELY similar to Hopslam. I can't taste the honey yet, but there is no alcohol hotness and it measured about 9%ABV (i screwed up the FG by taking the hydro reading after i put my priming sugar in).

Anyway, this beer RULES. No crazy, million different hops. Just two and a really simple grain bill. Brew it yo-seff and taste the deliciousness.

JT

I think we need to do a bottle swap to sample the differences ..... you interested?

Sounds cool. I'm in the process of moving into a new house, so it will be a couple of weeks before I'm organized (and rich enough) to ship some beer. Plus, it does need a couple more weeks in the bottle to carbonate. i'll PM you when it's ready to go.