Session beer + Conan Yeast + Hop Steep only

[ghohn]

I've become quite fond of Conan. I like drinking the unhopped yeast starters I make from it. So much pineapple! Recently I've become a fan of the West Coast Bitter recipe floating around on the internet. I've been doing 30-20-10 hop schedules but want to go to the extreme with a Hopsteep only brew. I have Centennial, Citra and Mosaic at my disposal.

Here's what I'm thinking
88% 2row
12% CaraHell (C10)
mashed at 158f (I like these session beers to finish in the 1.015-1.017 range)
3 oz of Citra at flameout + 30 minute hop steep.

Since this is my only hop addition, would it be best to steep in near boiling to ensure I get sufficient bitterness or do you think a drop to 180f would provide enough?

 

[tgmartin000]

I'd go with more like 5 oz (maybe more) at flameout and another addition at 150* for aroma. My findings when I've done things closest to a flameout beer is that it just wasn't quite bitter enough. My session ale has about 50 ibu and 5 oz of hops at flameout including small additions throughout the boil.

Plus citra almost seems to give a "sweet" bitterness. I've been finding more and more I like a nice firm bitterness backed up by plenty of aroma hops. But that's just me. I also like it to finish nice and dry...like 1.010. Since you mash so high with these beers, you can still get a nice moouthfeel while drying the beer out.

 

[ghohn]

Good solid info, TGMartin

I should have also mentioned I'm shooting for a 1.045 SG

 

[globe]

If you are using conan it will prob stall out higher than you want, may wanna change the mash temp. But maybe you have better luck with the yeast than I do.

 

[ghohn]

My Conan is a beast so I'm not concerned about underattenuation. I ended up doing 7oz steeped at 200f for 30 minutes. Time will tell.

 

[ghohn]

It is really really good. Drinking on day 7 with plenty of yeast suspended. It started to clear out so I rolled the keg to regain some of that awesome Conan fruitiness. I finished at 1.012 so maybe next time ill mash a bit higher


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