Surly Furious clone

[JimTheHick]

This is an awesome beer! Its the only beer I've ever had a bartender offer to sell me on the down-low. I guess I was gushing over it a little bit and he thought I might pay big for it, as the availability really is limited.

Thanks so much for the link - I'm going to order straight away!

 

[14thstreet]

I can't speak for the kit being offered still, but when I brewed this a month ago they told me that the only way you could get Simcoe hops through NB was to buy the kit, which is a blend of hops.

Anyways, I've had the original and the two kits sold by NB (Shirley Furioso and the more recent Pro Series kit) and if I were to brew it again, I'd back off on the roasted barley/dark malt or add it only to the sparge if doing all-grain. Found it a bit roastier and darker than the canned version. That's really the only tweak I'd make!

 

[Zippox]

I have a similar recipe that I will follow but I have a more general question. The recipe I have is for 5 gallons, but if I were to simply increase the malt so that I get 5.5 gallons instead but do not increase the hop amounts am I going to see a noticeable difference?

 

[Yooper]

I have a similar recipe that I will follow but I have a more general question. The recipe I have is for 5 gallons, but if I were to simply increase the malt so that I get 5.5 gallons instead but do not increase the hop amounts am I going to see a noticeable difference?

Maybe. You're increasing the malt bill by 10%, so you may want to increase the hops by 10%. 10% isn't a lot, so you may not care though.