A friend of mine is coming to visit on National Learn to Homebrew Day this year. I have brewed for going on 4 years and been a member of this site for a little over 2 yrs. I did 3-4 extract beers in the beginning and then switched right over to AG.
He has sampled many of my beers throughout the last couple of years and has decided that it would be a nice road trip and visit with the end result being that he can bring home his very own fermenting beverage.
He called today and said that he had stopped at HBS near his house and told the young man inside what he was planning on doing and what kind of beer he wanted.
This is what he ended up with (according to my phone conversation with my buddy)
EXTRACT with steeping grains for American IPA
7.6# Pilsen LME
0.5# CaraHell (12L)
0.5# CaraRed (23L)
1oz Simcoe [13.2%] Pellet
1oz Centennial [10.7%] Pellet
2oz Amarillo [8.8%] Pellet
1oz Amarillo [8.9%] Whole Leaf (BTW, BeerSmith lists only Amarillo Gold, are they the same?)
I had told him to forget about yeast, as I had a couple of dry packets as well as 2 or 3 washed generations of 1056, 1272 and 1084 (Irish Ale)
When I plug this recipe into BeerSmith, the numbers come up a little low for OG, so I am thinking of doing a mini-mash with the supplied grains and some additional US 2-row and some CR60L (instead of just steeping the other grains) to get the OG up into the low 1.060 range (and the color up a little bit with the CR60)
All sound good so far??
Then the hops have me all confused.
They sold him 5 oz of hops but the hop schedule is as follows:
60min: 1oz Simcoe
30min: 0.5oz Centennial
15min: 0.5oz Amarillo
10min: 0.5oz Amarillo
0min: 1oz Amarillo (guy told him this is flameout/whirlpool addition)
Dry hop 7 days: 1 oz Amarillo (leaf) and 0.5oz Centennial
Does this look like a good hop schedule?
If not, what should I change?
He is a hop lover and really wants to use all 5 oz of hops and I am along for the ride, as this beer is ultimately for him.
Looking for some advice, I want this beer to be good and lure him in (he wants that too, he is just afraid to admit it!)
He has sampled many of my beers throughout the last couple of years and has decided that it would be a nice road trip and visit with the end result being that he can bring home his very own fermenting beverage.
He called today and said that he had stopped at HBS near his house and told the young man inside what he was planning on doing and what kind of beer he wanted.
This is what he ended up with (according to my phone conversation with my buddy)
EXTRACT with steeping grains for American IPA
7.6# Pilsen LME
0.5# CaraHell (12L)
0.5# CaraRed (23L)
1oz Simcoe [13.2%] Pellet
1oz Centennial [10.7%] Pellet
2oz Amarillo [8.8%] Pellet
1oz Amarillo [8.9%] Whole Leaf (BTW, BeerSmith lists only Amarillo Gold, are they the same?)
I had told him to forget about yeast, as I had a couple of dry packets as well as 2 or 3 washed generations of 1056, 1272 and 1084 (Irish Ale)
When I plug this recipe into BeerSmith, the numbers come up a little low for OG, so I am thinking of doing a mini-mash with the supplied grains and some additional US 2-row and some CR60L (instead of just steeping the other grains) to get the OG up into the low 1.060 range (and the color up a little bit with the CR60)
All sound good so far??
Then the hops have me all confused.
They sold him 5 oz of hops but the hop schedule is as follows:
60min: 1oz Simcoe
30min: 0.5oz Centennial
15min: 0.5oz Amarillo
10min: 0.5oz Amarillo
0min: 1oz Amarillo (guy told him this is flameout/whirlpool addition)
Dry hop 7 days: 1 oz Amarillo (leaf) and 0.5oz Centennial
Does this look like a good hop schedule?
If not, what should I change?
He is a hop lover and really wants to use all 5 oz of hops and I am along for the ride, as this beer is ultimately for him.
Looking for some advice, I want this beer to be good and lure him in (he wants that too, he is just afraid to admit it!)