Well I tried to get my pint of Pliny the Younger this year. I've had it before. It's wonderful, but this year....no luck, it's just so viral now it's insane.
Anyway, now I'm fiending for some smooth delicious hop bomb TIPA action. I've made a few IPAs before and they've come out great, but I'm just overwhelmed with picking hops and determining hop schedule for such a big beer.
Right now I'm thinking of keeping it to 3 hop varieties. Simcoe for sure. Thinking of boosting the fruity character with some Mosaic. And I need to balance all that out with some pineyness. Torn between Columbus/CTZ and Apollo. While I would consider myself a "hophead" I have grown quite weary of the super resinous lingering aftertaste of the likes of Chinook. What do you guys think, Columbus or Apollo?
I've been reading about how things like PtY and DFH120 are made and they do staggered hop additions for the dry hop schedule. I don't get why. If the point is to add fresh hop aroma, why not just add the sum total of the intended dry hops in secondary instead of stretching it out over various additions?
work in progress recipe:
fermentables:
17 lbs domestic 2 row
1 lb crystal 60L
1 lb cane sugar
Mash @ 148F for 90 minutes
Columbus 1 oz 90 min boil
Columbus 1 oz 45 min boil
Simcoe 1.5 oz 30 min boil
Simcoe 2 oz flameout
Mosaic 1 oz flameout
Columbus .5 oz flameout
dryhop schedule TBD.
US05 yeast
estimated values:
1.099 OG (based on 75% efficiency)
1.014 FG
102 IBU
9L SRM
11% ABV
1.03 OG/IBU
Comments, criticism, suggestions on this recipe are welcome. Thanks.
Anyway, now I'm fiending for some smooth delicious hop bomb TIPA action. I've made a few IPAs before and they've come out great, but I'm just overwhelmed with picking hops and determining hop schedule for such a big beer.
Right now I'm thinking of keeping it to 3 hop varieties. Simcoe for sure. Thinking of boosting the fruity character with some Mosaic. And I need to balance all that out with some pineyness. Torn between Columbus/CTZ and Apollo. While I would consider myself a "hophead" I have grown quite weary of the super resinous lingering aftertaste of the likes of Chinook. What do you guys think, Columbus or Apollo?
I've been reading about how things like PtY and DFH120 are made and they do staggered hop additions for the dry hop schedule. I don't get why. If the point is to add fresh hop aroma, why not just add the sum total of the intended dry hops in secondary instead of stretching it out over various additions?
work in progress recipe:
fermentables:
17 lbs domestic 2 row
1 lb crystal 60L
1 lb cane sugar
Mash @ 148F for 90 minutes
Columbus 1 oz 90 min boil
Columbus 1 oz 45 min boil
Simcoe 1.5 oz 30 min boil
Simcoe 2 oz flameout
Mosaic 1 oz flameout
Columbus .5 oz flameout
dryhop schedule TBD.
US05 yeast
estimated values:
1.099 OG (based on 75% efficiency)
1.014 FG
102 IBU
9L SRM
11% ABV
1.03 OG/IBU
Comments, criticism, suggestions on this recipe are welcome. Thanks.