Brewed this up a month and a half ago. Damn. I mean damn. Tapped alongside some Abrasive, Pliny, Heady Topper etc, and this killed the competition. However, I'm looking to fine tune it/see if there's any improvements to be made, and figured I'd ask the experienced folk here.
First off, yes, it's a ridiculous amount of hops. Was looking to see if seriously upping the oz's would pay off. I think it did...
This poured a beautiful orange, and the scent filled a room, with the taste being like pithy citrus fruit, some strong tropical notes and a subdued bitterness balanced by the sweet fruit character.
Second, the tropical notes needed a bit more bitter balance, so even with the 100+ calculated ibu's, I bumped the 60 minute charge on this iteration by half an ounce. Loved the 'delicacy' of the balance before, but this one needed some more aggressive bitterness to my taste.
Any thoughts? What would you change (besides saving money on hops)? Or even saving money on hops I guess if you have some suggestions for aroma and flavor contribution that will be more efficient.
All Grain
Batch size: 6.5G
Boil: 9.49
Boil time: 90 minutes
Starting gravity: 1.088
Final gravity: 1.015
Yeast: 1056
Bitterness: 139.6 (tinseth)
Primary: 1 week
Secondary: 2 weeks (1 week dry hop)
Grain:
18 lbs Golden Promise
8oz Aromatic
8oz Carapils/Dextrine
5oz Honey Malt
Mash: Temperature Mash
28.98 qt @ 158.6 for Sacch rest at 149 (75 minutes)
Heat to 168 for mash out (10 minutes)
Fly Sparge with 5.43 G at 168
Pre boil gravity: 1.062. (75 percent efficiency)
Hops:
60 min- 2oz Magnum (11.6 aa) 50.9 ibu
15 min- 1.5oz Citra (13.7 aa) 22.4 ibu
15 min- .25oz Centennial (10 aa) 2.7 ibu
10 min- 1.25oz Simcoe (11.9 aa) 11.8 ibu
10 min- 1.25oz Citra (13.7 aa) 13.6 ibu
10 min- .75oz Cascade (9.1 aa) 5.4 ibu
10 min- .75oz Centennial (10 aa) 6.4 ibu
05 min- 2oz Citra (13.7 aa) 12 ibu
05 min- 1.5oz Simcoe (11.9 aa) 7.8 ibu
05 min- .75 Centennial (10 aa) 3.5 ibu
05 min- .75 Cascade (9.1 aa) 3 ibu
Flameout additions:
3 oz Citra
1.5 oz Simcoe
.5 oz Centennial
.5 oz Cascade
Dry hop additions (7 days in secondary):
2 oz Citra
1.5 oz Simcoe
.5 oz Cascade
.5 oz Centennial
First off, yes, it's a ridiculous amount of hops. Was looking to see if seriously upping the oz's would pay off. I think it did...
This poured a beautiful orange, and the scent filled a room, with the taste being like pithy citrus fruit, some strong tropical notes and a subdued bitterness balanced by the sweet fruit character.
Second, the tropical notes needed a bit more bitter balance, so even with the 100+ calculated ibu's, I bumped the 60 minute charge on this iteration by half an ounce. Loved the 'delicacy' of the balance before, but this one needed some more aggressive bitterness to my taste.
Any thoughts? What would you change (besides saving money on hops)? Or even saving money on hops I guess if you have some suggestions for aroma and flavor contribution that will be more efficient.
All Grain
Batch size: 6.5G
Boil: 9.49
Boil time: 90 minutes
Starting gravity: 1.088
Final gravity: 1.015
Yeast: 1056
Bitterness: 139.6 (tinseth)
Primary: 1 week
Secondary: 2 weeks (1 week dry hop)
Grain:
18 lbs Golden Promise
8oz Aromatic
8oz Carapils/Dextrine
5oz Honey Malt
Mash: Temperature Mash
28.98 qt @ 158.6 for Sacch rest at 149 (75 minutes)
Heat to 168 for mash out (10 minutes)
Fly Sparge with 5.43 G at 168
Pre boil gravity: 1.062. (75 percent efficiency)
Hops:
60 min- 2oz Magnum (11.6 aa) 50.9 ibu
15 min- 1.5oz Citra (13.7 aa) 22.4 ibu
15 min- .25oz Centennial (10 aa) 2.7 ibu
10 min- 1.25oz Simcoe (11.9 aa) 11.8 ibu
10 min- 1.25oz Citra (13.7 aa) 13.6 ibu
10 min- .75oz Cascade (9.1 aa) 5.4 ibu
10 min- .75oz Centennial (10 aa) 6.4 ibu
05 min- 2oz Citra (13.7 aa) 12 ibu
05 min- 1.5oz Simcoe (11.9 aa) 7.8 ibu
05 min- .75 Centennial (10 aa) 3.5 ibu
05 min- .75 Cascade (9.1 aa) 3 ibu
Flameout additions:
3 oz Citra
1.5 oz Simcoe
.5 oz Centennial
.5 oz Cascade
Dry hop additions (7 days in secondary):
2 oz Citra
1.5 oz Simcoe
.5 oz Cascade
.5 oz Centennial
