+1 on the dry hopping opinions. I will dry hop mine later once fermentation is almost complete. I'll let you know what I go with. And then I'll taste a few weeks afterward once it's carbed in the keg.
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+1 on the dry hopping opinions. I will dry hop mine later once fermentation is almost complete. I'll let you know what I go with. And then I'll taste a few weeks afterward once it's carbed in the keg.
Steelers77
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Fellas,
I went back to the source and he told me this for the dry hop.
"I’m thinking it is a bit more than the Pliny but not much I would go with 2 oz of each…4 oz total. I answered the next question in the previous sentence, but yes equal amounts.
Cheers, Bill"
So let’s finalize this bad boy.
I went back to the source and he told me this for the dry hop.
"I’m thinking it is a bit more than the Pliny but not much I would go with 2 oz of each…4 oz total. I answered the next question in the previous sentence, but yes equal amounts.
Cheers, Bill"
So let’s finalize this bad boy.
Steelers77
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Proposed hop bill:
90 min 2.5oz centennial 6%
30 min 1.75 oz cascade 5%
30 min 1.0 oz centennial 6%
5 min 1.25 cascade
5 min 1.25 columbus
0 min 2.0 oz cascade
0 min 1.0 columbus
DH 2 oz cascade
2 oz columbus.
Can someone do the calculation using this schedule.
90 min 2.5oz centennial 6%
30 min 1.75 oz cascade 5%
30 min 1.0 oz centennial 6%
5 min 1.25 cascade
5 min 1.25 columbus
0 min 2.0 oz cascade
0 min 1.0 columbus
DH 2 oz cascade
2 oz columbus.
Can someone do the calculation using this schedule.
Steelers77, I am very interested in a hops pack for this. Once we get the recipe nailed down that is.
Well, depends on the AA% for Columbus. Mine are 13%. With that calculation, a 5.5 gal batch size, and the malt bill discussed earlier, we're talking 85 IBUs. I made my last one at about 80 and it was too bitter. You really need 65 IBUs for this one. Also, I dry hop Pliny with 4 oz., so I figure 5 oz. is nice for this one. So I recommend:
Code:
1.25 oz Centennial (6.0%) @90 min
2.00 oz Cascade (5.0%) @30 min
1.00 oz Centennial (6.0%) @30 min
1.25 oz Cascade (5.0%) @5 min
1.25 oz Columbus (13.0%) @5 min
2.00 oz Cascade (5.0%) @0 min
1.00 oz Columbus (13.0%) @0 min
3.00 oz Cascade (5.0%) (dry hop)
2.00 oz Columbus (13.0%) (dry hop)...for a total of 66 IBUs.
Steelers77
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Columbus is 14.2%, puts us right around the 68 IBU mark (I think). Ska says it should be between 68-70 IBU.
Steelers77
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Getting close!
I'm game to go with this but is everyone else? I think we have done enough research, spoke to the company, and discussed it among ourselves.
Maybe split the dryhop addition 2.5oz each. He said were equal amounts of each hop were used for dry hopping.
I'm game to go with this but is everyone else? I think we have done enough research, spoke to the company, and discussed it among ourselves.
Maybe split the dryhop addition 2.5oz each. He said were equal amounts of each hop were used for dry hopping.
I'd brew with that hop schedule! I think it will be very close and not really discernible unless you do a side-by-side.
Steelers77
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I'm thinking around $8.99 for this hop pack, hows that sound?
We're talking 14.75 oz. (almost 1lb) for about $9. Not bad!
riverfrontbrewer
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I'll buy one as well...!
I will order a couple packs of these as soon as I see them on your website 
Thanks a lot Steelers77
Thanks a lot Steelers77
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So how'd it turn out?
Awesome. I brewed it again but with a bit more of the dehusked black (carafa special) malt. Same hop schedule. Won second place at a local competition. Those kegs are floated quickly...
I'm fairly new to brewing but found it pretty easy to use a spreadsheet and Beersmith to find out the malt and hop bill for this recipe using the listed percentages, OG, and IBUs. However, the big question in this recipe is the dry hop bill. Bill states that it's dry hopped "pretty heavily", and seems to indicate that the dry hopping is a pretty important part of the overall taste of the beer. Anyone have any ideas about the amount of dry hops we might be talking about here?
NervousDad
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2 ounces each Columbus / Cascade per 5 gallons. It doesn't affect taste only aroma.
They use a lot of gypsum to get the hops to really stand out.
'Can you brew it' on the brewing network did this recipe based straight from the brewers of Ska.
They use a lot of gypsum to get the hops to really stand out.
'Can you brew it' on the brewing network did this recipe based straight from the brewers of Ska.
andyhank
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What yeast was the most successful? Something British and dry?
Also, I'm surprised to hear they didn't use any simcoe. Modus has a distinct piney character to me and I figured thats where it would come from, but I guess I'm just not familiar enough with columbus.
Also, I'm surprised to hear they didn't use any simcoe. Modus has a distinct piney character to me and I figured thats where it would come from, but I guess I'm just not familiar enough with columbus.
BreezyBrew
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Hmm. I would have thought for sure Chinook was in there. Guess it goes to show you that different combos of hops really can express different flavors.
Howhownow
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I just made a slightly altered version due to hops access. Right when it went into kegs ALL the local bottle shops couldn't find a can of it for me to do a side by side. Keg kicked Saturday, a friend brought over a six-pack Tuesday...
Good thing I still have a bomber or two. Waiting till the weekend to do a side by side. My recipe cam out well, but I don't think it had the fresh hop punch of Modus. If it compares well I'll post the recipe.
Good thing I still have a bomber or two. Waiting till the weekend to do a side by side. My recipe cam out well, but I don't think it had the fresh hop punch of Modus. If it compares well I'll post the recipe.
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