Pilsner Comet Smash?

[bstacy1974]

I have 45 lbs of Best Pilsen malt and a 6oz of comet hops.
What should a hop schedule look like for 10 lbs of malt?
FWH - 0.5oz
30 - 0.5oz
10 - 1oz
0 - 1oz
Dry hop - 1oz
US-05 or 34/70 yeast?

 

[Upthewazzu]

Get rid of the 30 min addition and use it in the dry hop. I vote for 34/70 @ 58°-60°F.

 

[Br3w4u]

Agreed, sounds like a good beer!

 

[jerbrew]

I love comet. If you have 6 oz worth of them why save 2? I'd add the extra to the 0 and DH. Get a real feel for the aroma that sucker puts out. I can't speak to 34/70 but I like using us-05. They'd probably both do fine.

 

[bstacy1974]

How about this?

Brun Water Pale Ale profile
100% RO water
Gypsum - 12.5g
Calcium Chloride - 2.9g
Epsom salt - 5.8g
Lactic acid - as needed
Target pH - 5.2

10lb Best Pilsen
Mash 150
FWH - 1oz Comet
10 - 1oz Comet
0 - 2oz Comet
34/70 yeast
Ferment 60F
Dry hop - 2oz Comet

With my set up for 5.5 gals, estimates are...
OG: 1.051
FG: 1.011
IBU: 47.2
SRM: 3.2
ABV: 5.3%

 

[thehaze]

1 oz for bittering is too much in the sense that, I believe it's wasted for bittering. With only 6 oz, I would not dry hop, but push all hops for whirlpool and late additions and try to get the IBUs ( if they are so important ) this way.

I like brewing Pale Ales without dry hopping and get great results with 7-10 oz of hops. Lots of late additions and whirlpool hops at a lower temp. get me enough IBUs, tons of flavour and aroma, smooth bitterness. I work my water so the sulfate goes up into 150-175 ppm and the chloride stay at around 50-60 ppm with a mash pH of 5.4, which works great for " hoppy " styles.

My thoughts around a similar brew would look something like:

0.25 oz ---> 60 minutes
0.50 oz ---> 10 minutes
0.50 oz ---> 5 minutes
1.00 oz ---> 1 minute
3.75 oz ---> 30 minutes whirlpool at 150-160F

Around 40-43 IBUs ( depending on your utilization rate during cooling down and whirlpool ), 5.2-5.3% ABV.

 

[FlyingVal]

Hi, what did you end up brewing?
I am getting ready to brew a Comet single hop pale ale and wonder if there are any tweaks that you would do to your recipe based on how it turned out.

 

[bstacy1974]

Wow. Forgot about this one. It turned out very tasty.
I will do it again for sure.
I brewed as #5 post indicates, except I forgot to dry hop. I know. Stupid me.
Give it a try.