Please critique my Simcoe IPA recipe

[JeffoC6]

You said you'd brew it again. Out of curiosity will you change your hop schedule? And if so what changes would you make?
I am wanting to create a piney IPA. I didn't do very well on my first try. I used Chinook and Centennial.
I'll be making another IPA soon and am not sure which direction I should go (citrusy or piney or a combo...). I have Columbus, lots of Centennial, Chinook, Simcoe, and have 1 oz of Amarillo on the way.

Honestly, I'm not at the point yet where I can speak to the optimum hop schedule. I would've liked it to be more "up-front" and aromatic. The bitterness was there, but not overly so. With that said, maybe add more towards the end of the boil? Maybe someone else can help you out a little better than I can.

 

[zymurph]

I just brewed a pale ale that I dry-hopped with 2 0z of Simcoe leaf hops. I can definitely second the, um, "dankness". When Bobby_M said "Simcoe smells like 10 cats pissing in a pine tree" he wasn't kidding! That being said, I think of it like stinky cheese. If you don't like cheese or haven't tasted a lot, you probably won't like stinky cheese. Then again, even after you have a good deal of familiarity with cheese, you still might not like the stinky kind. I really like Simcoe.

 

[turvis]

Danky and funky I might have to use Simcoe in a farmhouse ale.

 

[Jukas]

haha, i love simcoe as well. you have to use it in the right moderations or else it's going to taste/smell like cat pee beer.

on the other hand, after RUINING a wheat pale ale with 1 oz of citra in the dry hop, i don't think i'll ever use that hop again. i might as well have been drinking alcoholic mango juice because it just overpowered my beer.

I doubt your wheat is ruined. Give it a few weeks and the mango will fade.


Errr. I mean. RUINED, total abject failure..send me your citra. :nods:

 

[HappiBrew]

I know this is an old thread but I was hoping someone could chime in with some thoughts on conditioning time. I made a similar 1 gal BIAB, all Sorachi IPA 2 weeks ago. My OG (1.058) was lower than targeted for a few reasons related to my inexperience but is similar to yours. I noticed you only fermented for 3 weeks. Is that a pretty standard amount of time? I was guessing at 3 weeks primary, with a rack and dry hop for another 7 days in secondary, for a total of 4 weeks. I thought that even seemed short... or am I wrong. I've also only ever carbonated for 2 weeks, does the third week help to condition? Thanks.

 

[rodwha]

3 weeks for fermentation is fairly standard, as is 3 weeks for conditioning. I've upped my times to 4 weeks though as I've had a couple of beers (IPA for sure) that tasted one way in the first week, but after another week changed a little.

I also upped my fridge time from 2-3 days to a week.