I've been experimenting with head to head 1 gallon batches to figure out which bittering hop I prefer for my IPAs. I'm not going to go into all the break downs of the previous rounds, but CTZ and Apollo are the finalists so now it is time to judge between them.
I made two 1 gallon batches with the only difference being the bittering hops, I used a little less Apollo because it has a higher AA and I wanted the IBUs to match rather than the amount of hops.
Each beer contains:
1 lbs Golden Promise
1 lbs 2-row
Mash at 144* for 60 min
Mash at 156* for 10 min
Sparge at 168*
~1/8 oz each CTZ or Apollo @ 60
Mix of Centennial, Citra, Simcoe, El Dorado, and Amarillo
1/8 oz @ 20
1/8 oz @ 15
1/8 oz @ 10
1/8 oz @ 5
1/4 oz @ 0
1/4 oz @ Aroma Steep
50 billion cells of Conan
1.063 OG, 90 IBUs
I made two 1 gallon batches with the only difference being the bittering hops, I used a little less Apollo because it has a higher AA and I wanted the IBUs to match rather than the amount of hops.
Each beer contains:
1 lbs Golden Promise
1 lbs 2-row
Mash at 144* for 60 min
Mash at 156* for 10 min
Sparge at 168*
~1/8 oz each CTZ or Apollo @ 60
Mix of Centennial, Citra, Simcoe, El Dorado, and Amarillo
1/8 oz @ 20
1/8 oz @ 15
1/8 oz @ 10
1/8 oz @ 5
1/4 oz @ 0
1/4 oz @ Aroma Steep
50 billion cells of Conan
1.063 OG, 90 IBUs