Simcoe "SMASH" sanity check

[Happywanderer]

Ok,

I've not brewed with Simcoe yet. My friend (a brewer) describes it as piny/resiny.

I want to make a piney pale ale.

What do you all think of this recipe:
HOME BREW RECIPE:
Title: I Pine for PA

Brew Method: All Grain
Style Name: American Pale Ale
Boil Time: 75 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.039
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)

STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.053
Final Gravity: 1.012
ABV (standard): 5.34%
IBU (tinseth): 42.76
SRM (morey): 7.01

FERMENTABLES:
10 lb - United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale (90.9%)
1 lb - American - Caramel / Crystal 15L (9.1%)

HOPS:
0.5 oz - Simcoe, Type: Pellet, AA: 12.7, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 24.28
0.5 oz - Simcoe, Type: Pellet, AA: 12.7, Use: Boil for 10 min, IBU: 8.8
1 oz - Simcoe, Type: Pellet, AA: 12.7, Use: Boil for 5 min, IBU: 9.68
2 oz - Simcoe, Type: Pellet, AA: 12.7, Use: Boil for 0 min
1 oz - Simcoe, Type: Pellet, AA: 12.7, Use: Dry Hop for 4 days

MASH GUIDELINES:
1) Sparge, Temp: 153 F, Time: 75 min, Amount: 5 gal, Batch Sparge
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb

OTHER INGREDIENTS:
0.5 each - Whirflock , Time: 10 min, Type: Fining, Use: Boil

YEAST:
White Labs - California Ale Yeast WLP001
Starter: Yes
Form: Liquid
Attenuation (avg): 76.5%
Flocculation: Medium
Optimum Temp: 68 - 73 F
Fermentation Temp: 68 F
Pitch Rate: 0.75 (M cells / ml / deg P)


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Date: 2016-01-29 02:36 UTC
Recipe Last Updated: 2016-01-29 02:36 UTC

 

[tagz]

Just so you know, SMASH means single malt and single hop. So the crystal makes it a SH.

That said, looks like a solid pale ale. I would up the dryhop if you have any extra Simcoe.

 

[Brettomomyces]

I just brewed something pretty similar to that with all Vienna...you could just drop the crystal altogether and make it a real smash. Would let the Simcoe shine a bit more too

 

[Happywanderer]

Just a note -

This beer turned out amazing. Really. Holy crap good.

Only thing - no pine. Lots of citrus. Not grapefruit citrus. More orange. With some peach in there I think. Definitely not picking up pine.

So - my search for a piney hop will continue...

Till then, I'm going to enjoy the crap out of this one.

 

[TheBigLebrewsk1]

Just a note -

This beer turned out amazing. Really. Holy crap good.

Only thing - no pine. Lots of citrus. Not grapefruit citrus. More orange. With some peach in there I think. Definitely not picking up pine.

So - my search for a piney hop will continue...

Till then, I'm going to enjoy the crap out of this one.

Try Eureka! Hop, I picked up a pound, tossed it in with Simcoe but have not done a single hop ipa with it yet. It's described as having a pine fruit character, food for thought.

 

[m00ps]

Aside from simcoe , Chinook is by far the pineyest thing out there IME. Followed by eureka, Dr rudi, southern cross, and Columbus. I usually do some combo of these for my pine based black ipas

 

[slym2none]

I am with m00ps on Chinook being the piney-est. I made a hoppy dark ale using just Chinook and wished I hadn't. IMHO, it needs another hops to off-set the extreme pine flavour.