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Nice okiepc, I'm sure that will turn out great - I'm currently transferring my pale ale I brewed two weeks ago to my secondary to dry hop with simcoe and cascade - I got a kit thats using Columbus for bittering and cascade/simcoe for late additions/dry hop - it smells awesome

Awesome, super interested in single hop Columbus beer so I'm curious to know how that comes out - have always heard Columbus hops are the most similar to the ganja in aroma :D The only single hop I've ever done was with simcoe in my own recipe and that came out awesome - super citrusy/tropical...

pine tree state eh??

Totally agree, cut those late additions in half and use the rest for dry hop - I just checked out morebeer.com cause I've never heard of them and I like the idea of their single hop series but I'm seeing that they give you an oz. of magnum hops for the 60 min and then the rest are the single...

I'm in

Count me in!!

Thanks! Part of my motivation for this (in terms of hops) is from Sierras Torpedo IPA, which I LOVE...aand which I know they use mainly Magnums, for bittering and late additions...(with crystal and citra hops too for late and dry hop) so thats pretty much why I thought about using magnum for...

That being said, I think I should I add..I am a serious hophead, so I love aggressive hopping, but I suppose I do love more hops in the nose/mouth than I do initial bitterness...so I think this definitely means I should cut back on the 60 minute magnum additions, and focus more on the late...

Thanks guys! I definitely was considering cutting the 60 minute magnum down to one ounce (or maybe 1.5) and cutting the crystal rye steeping grain in half; but based on my previous brews, (since I only boil 3 gallons max) I think I'm not getting the hop utilization that I could or should be...

Hello all, First time poster here. Relatively new at homebrewing so my knowledge is limited to extract brewing unfortunately. So I'm attempting to come up with a recipe as opposed to just brewing with kits all the time. I got Beersmith and am new at it but let me write down what I've...