Thoughts on This Hop Head Red Partial Clone

[CHans3]

So I tried Green Flash's Hop Head Red last week and I was blown away. I want to try my hand at making a partial mash recipe, and after looking at their website and searching these forums, here is what I came up with.

Hop Head Read Partial Clone

5 Gal Batch

5 lbs Extra Pale LME
3 lbs Munich LME
8 oz 120L
4 oz 60L
1 oz Carafa III

Mash specialty at 155F for 30 min. Add LME and start boil.

1 oz Columbus at 60 min
1 oz Amarillo at 30 min
1 oz Amarillo at 20 min
1 oz Amarillo at 10 min
1 oz Amarillo at 1 min

Dry Hop w/ 1 oz Amarillo

Yeast: WLP001 (White Labs California Ale)

Beer Calculus Stats:
ABV: 6%
14 SRM
OG: 1.060 FG: 1.015
77 IBUs

Any tips or suggestions? This is only my 6th brew, so any help would be much appreciated!

Cheers

CHans

 

[bferullo]

I really enjoyed this beer also. I made a clone attempt at it. Its in my drop down. Its AG, but prolly just replace the base malt with extract and be OK.

I really liked how it turned out. It was similar to Green Flash, but I don't think it would earn the title "clone."

I find GF's to have a LOT of raisen character. If you are looking for that you may want to try some Special B. But be careful. I hear a little goes a long way, especially if you are using the C120 in there.

Good luck. Even if it doesn't come out like a clone, the recipe looks tastey.

 

[CHans3]

Bought ingredients yesterday. I changed the extra pale LME to pale LME and dropped the 120L to 4oz. I'll brew it up this week and let you know how it turns out!

 

[afr0byte]

Isn't the hop head red something like 7% (I just checked, it's 7% according to beer advocate.)? Also, while it'll likely produce a good beer, this technically isn't a partial mash recipe, since none of those malts have enzymes. Good luck, though!