Just be sure to keep it as a bittering only.
Only bittering? I thought simcoe is a aroma hop? Do late and dry hop.wtf? my ass
my question imparting bitterness would be you could use any hop right? since it only bitters,right? all you have is to adust the amount along with the aau's.It seems only a few can be used to flavor and almost most for aroma.Is this correct?
I am a Simcoe fiend right now. 3 out of my last 4 batches have been all Simcoe. Hop early, hop often, hop late. Dry hop too. Doing another all-Simcoe Cal Common this weekend.
I'm sure I'll get over the obsession sooner or later...
Im a total fan of Simco though I highly recommend adding another hop to the mix.. I've dry hopped with a simco/kent goldings combo with good results. you just need something to offset the piny attitude of simco.. it gives a nice clean taste though. I've had a couple all simco brews and they seem to need some counter point. Not bad.. just not well rounded.
Who else agrees with theonetrueruss's take on simcoe as needing another hops variety for a counter point?
I take it that mullenite, Walker, arturo7, Deuce all think simcoe works well by itself and would not agree with the above statement.
I get some pine but a lot of really resinous citrus.Don't jump the gun there. The IPA I was talking about it is the first beer I have ever used Simcoe in, and it just got tapped and isn't fully carbed.
I will have to give it time before I can make any statement about it.
I will sat one thing, I specifically selected Simcoe because of all the stuff I read about it tasting piney. But... I don't agree with that. The stuff tastes big and cistrusy... no pine detected at all.
I will sat one thing, I specifically selected Simcoe because of all the stuff I read about it tasting piney. But... I don't agree with that. The stuff tastes big and cistrusy... no pine detected at all.
I will sat one thing, I specifically selected Simcoe because of all the stuff I read about it tasting piney. But... I don't agree with that. The stuff tastes big and cistrusy... no pine detected at all.
Redeem myself. Different hops will impart different bitterness's.
Preferably, aroma hops should be added during the first half of the cooking time
as this gives the drink an enjoyable bitterness.
Alternatively, bittering hops should be added if this has proven of value in
brewing experiments for ones own beer varieties. e.g. IPAs
An increased use of aroma hops in relation to bitter hops leads to a milder and
more harmonic bitterness
I get some pine but a lot of really resinous citrus.
Is it just me for does this tip not make any sense?
I think the confusion, for me anyways is that Aroma, Bitter and Flavor aren't types of hops so much as they are when we add the hops to the boil. Adding "aroma" hops to the first half of boil doesn't make them aroma hops at all, they become bittering hops at that point. Probably just a terminology thing, although the second point doesn't make sense to me anyway i look at it.
Yeah, I don't really get the 'piney' comments either. To me Simcoe tastes like overripe pineapple when used late in the boil or as a dryhop. I've heard a lot of others say it smells like cat pee, but I don't get that at all.
I usually use Simcoe for bittering and a little flavor, and almost always match it with Cascade. My favorite combo is Simcoe for bittering/some flavor, Cascade for flavor and some aroma, and dry hop with Wilamette.
I don't suggest Simcoe as a bittering hop as you'll end up losing all that great aroma and flavor.
Form that I had concluded that simcoe and cascade don't work well together. A few other people on this topic have suggested Cascade with Simcoe so are BendBrewer and arch1tect full of BS?I agree with Bend, the simcoe is going to overpower your beer ...
Form that I had concluded that simcoe and cascade don't work well together. A few other people on this topic have suggested Cascade with Simcoe so are BendBrewer and arch1tect full of BS?
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