Port Brewing Hop 15

[Bokonon]

I've got to fill a few bottles of this tonight so I'll have another taste then. I found some of the real thing so I might do a side by side taste, though I'd almost rather wait to do that till I have some other people around to share in it.

My FG didn't really go down to 1.010, I forgot that I never calibrated the newest hydrometer and it reads 4 points low. So my FG was 1.014

Heres the dry hopping I really did:
In fermenter for 6 days:
.25oz simcoe
.5oz centennial
1oz cascade

Dry hopping in keg:
.75oz centennial
1oz simcoe
.75oz cascade

Originally I was shooting for 15oz total to keep everything in 15s, but my new total was 17.75oz. 13.5oz in the kettle and 4.25oz dry hops

 

[McKBrew]

I spent so much money on equipment recently, that I'll be putting this brew off for a while longer. Glad I inspired someone else to do it.

 

[saq]

How close do you feel you got on the malt profile?

 

[Freezeblade]

I just got a chance to taste this the other weekend when Port did a brewery opening with Lost Abbey, a bit much for me, but SWMBO loved it. how's the bottled version stand up to being served from the keg?

 

[Bokonon]

I haven't had a chance to crack the real and do a side by side yet. I'd like to do it with some others around that can give good feedback, but I'm not sure when that will be.

 

[tekhna]

I just had a bottle of the real thing last week, and perhaps it was a mistake tasting it blind with PtE (I'd never had Hop 15 or PtE before) but man, it was just awful. A syrupy hoppy mess with no redeeming qualities. Hope you get something better out of this brew. I usually love hop bombs, but this didn't do me any good.

 

[saq]

Any updates? I'm going to brew this before too long

 

[boysbrew2012]

I bought a case of beer from Bev Mo. I love hop 15. The heaviest flavor I had was grapefruit. I would say load up 2ozs of Cascade, Centennial, Falconers Flight, and Warrior to start. Any citrus explosion should be considered. Just a thought