Maris Otter SMaSH

[HawleyFarms]

Going to have 4# Maris Otter left after my English Braggot recipe is brewed. Decided I'd like to do a 1 gallon or 3 gallon SMaSH.

I have these hops:

4oz Centennial (12%)
1.5oz Whitbread Goldings (4.3%)
1oz Sterling (6%)
.75oz Liberty (4.3%)

I'm not looking for a crazy bitter IPA, but I would like a nice hop forward nose. With all 4# of Maris Otter, in a 3 gallon I'll be looking at about 4.31%. With 1.5# in 1gal 4.85%, 2# 6.46%.

I'll even do two 1 gallon SMaSH recipes to compare hops.

Any suggestions?

 

[arnobg]

I vote Centennial.

 

[seabrew8]

I would make 2 smaller batchs myself because i have no idea how any of those hops would work out.

 

[HawleyFarms]

1 gal MO/centennial, 1 gal MO/Whitbread?

 

[seabrew8]

Go for it. I use brewersfriend to get a basic IBU number. I'm not a fan of IPA's but i do enjoy IBU's in the 30-40 area.

 

[MaxStout]

Do two 1 gal batches. One with the centennial the other with the goldings. You'll have an American and British SMaSH to contrast.

 

[cilestiok]

I would do two 1 gallon batches. A DIPA with 2.5# MO and all four ounces of the centennial. And then an English pale with the rest of the grain and the goldings.

 

[HawleyFarms]

MO/Whitbread

1.5#MO (4.85% abv)

.25oz @60
.1oz @20
.25 @5
.25 @FO
.25 Dry Hop

MO/Centennial

1.5#MO (4.85%abv)

.1oz @45
.1oz @20
.25oz @FO
.25oz Dry Hop

Both will end up around 35 IBU's.

 

[HawleyFarms]

I would do two 1 gallon batches. A DIPA with 2.5# MO and all four ounces of the centennial. And then an English pale with the rest of the grain and the goldings.

Not a huge fan of DIPA's. 4oz is a crazy amount of Centennial. What would your hop schedule look like for this? Looking at 8%abv.

 

[HawleyFarms]

Do two 1 gal batches. One with the centennial the other with the goldings. You'll have an American and British SMaSH to contrast.

I like it. Got one for each that will bring me to around 35 IBU's each. Should be nice.

 

[HawleyFarms]

Go for it. I use brewersfriend to get a basic IBU number. I'm not a fan of IPA's but i do enjoy IBU's in the 30-40 area.

Same here. Brewer's friend is my go to for recipe calc.

 

[cilestiok]

Not a huge fan of DIPA's. 4oz is a crazy amount of Centennial. What would your hop schedule look like for this? Looking at 8%abv.

I haven't run any numbers but it would probably be 1.5-2.5 put in at 180 for a whirlpool and then 1.5-2.5 for the dry hop. No bittering additions, I don't use them in my IPAs. I use flame out and whirlpool additions only in the kettle.

 

[HawleyFarms]

I haven't run any numbers but it would probably be 1.5-2.5 put in at 180 for a whirlpool and then 1.5-2.5 for the dry hop. No bittering additions, I don't use them in my IPAs. I use flame out and whirlpool additions only in the kettle.

Interesting. I still have 2# of pale malt and 1/2# of Munich malt. I might give something like this a shot.

 

[HawleyFarms]

I haven't run any numbers but it would probably be 1.5-2.5 put in at 180 for a whirlpool and then 1.5-2.5 for the dry hop. No bittering additions, I don't use them in my IPAs. I use flame out and whirlpool additions only in the kettle.

What kind of utilization are you getting starting your whirlpool at 180 and for how long are you using the whirlpool?

 

[cilestiok]

What kind of utilization are you getting starting your whirlpool at 180 and for how long are you using the whirlpool?

I have no means of calculating IBUs per say but the bitterness it generates is soft, not harsh.