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Homebrewing: Hop Schedules
Posted on 2/19/13 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 2/19/13 at 12:39 pm
I'm making a pale ale this weekend, and the instructions have these hop additions:
1.5 oz Simcoe at 60
0.5 oz Simcoe at 15
1 oz Cascade at 5
no dry hopping
I ordered a couple extra ounces for dry hopping. My question is whether or not it is neccesary to have a 5 minute hop addition if you are going to dry hop. Since the 5 minute addition is for aroma, wouldn't you get plenty of that with the dry hopping?
Only reason I ask is because I have 4 ounces of Simcoe and 2 oz of Cascade. I intend to use 2 oz of Simcoe for dry hopping. I would like to avoid using Cascade at all.
using brewer's friend, the recipe as written calculates 75.51 IBUs. Cutting the 1 oz Cascade at 5 minutes lowers it to 71.04.
My other option would be switch to a 0.5 oz Simcoe at 5 minutes, then dry hop with the remaining 1.5 oz. This brings the IBUs 75.01.
right now, my lean is towards the last option, all Simcoe with 0.5 @ 5 minutes and dry hopping with 1.5 for 10 days or so in the secondary
eta:
just realized that the intended IBUs for this recipe is 53, because they call for a partial boil and I've been calculating with a full 5 gallon boil. I can get much closer by going with 1 oz at 60 instead of 1.5
Clone recipies for Russian River Row 2 Hill 56 seem to land somewhere in the 40-45 IBU range. After further review, I believe I will go with this:
0.5 oz Simcoe at 60 min
0.5 oz Simcoe at 25 min
1 oz Simcoe at 5 min
2 oz Simcoe dry hop in secondary for 10 days
calculates to 42.5 IBU
1.5 oz Simcoe at 60
0.5 oz Simcoe at 15
1 oz Cascade at 5
no dry hopping
I ordered a couple extra ounces for dry hopping. My question is whether or not it is neccesary to have a 5 minute hop addition if you are going to dry hop. Since the 5 minute addition is for aroma, wouldn't you get plenty of that with the dry hopping?
Only reason I ask is because I have 4 ounces of Simcoe and 2 oz of Cascade. I intend to use 2 oz of Simcoe for dry hopping. I would like to avoid using Cascade at all.
using brewer's friend, the recipe as written calculates 75.51 IBUs. Cutting the 1 oz Cascade at 5 minutes lowers it to 71.04.
My other option would be switch to a 0.5 oz Simcoe at 5 minutes, then dry hop with the remaining 1.5 oz. This brings the IBUs 75.01.
right now, my lean is towards the last option, all Simcoe with 0.5 @ 5 minutes and dry hopping with 1.5 for 10 days or so in the secondary
eta:
just realized that the intended IBUs for this recipe is 53, because they call for a partial boil and I've been calculating with a full 5 gallon boil. I can get much closer by going with 1 oz at 60 instead of 1.5
Clone recipies for Russian River Row 2 Hill 56 seem to land somewhere in the 40-45 IBU range. After further review, I believe I will go with this:
0.5 oz Simcoe at 60 min
0.5 oz Simcoe at 25 min
1 oz Simcoe at 5 min
2 oz Simcoe dry hop in secondary for 10 days
calculates to 42.5 IBU
This post was edited on 2/19/13 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 2/19/13 at 12:46 pm to LoneStarTiger
quote:
This brings the IBUs 75.01.
I would cut the 60 minute Simcoe addition to an ounce to see if it lowers your IBUs. Pale Ales shouldn't be above 45 IBUs to style.
Posted on 2/19/13 at 12:48 pm to LoneStarTiger
It'll be fine the way the recipe states and only have even more aroma if you dry hop it.
This would work too.
quote:
right now, my lean is towards the last option, all Simcoe with 0.5 @ 5 minutes and dry hopping with 1.5 for 10 days or so in the secondary
This would work too.
Posted on 2/19/13 at 12:49 pm to RedHawk
quote:
I would cut the 60 minute Simcoe addition to an ounce to see if it lowers your IBUs. Pale Ales shouldn't be above 45 IBUs to style.
I agree with this depending on how big of a beer you're brewing.
Posted on 2/19/13 at 12:56 pm to RedHawk
quote:
I would cut the 60 minute Simcoe addition to an ounce to see if it lowers your IBUs. Pale Ales shouldn't be above 45 IBUs to style.
see edits, neglected my boil size
Posted on 2/19/13 at 12:59 pm to LoneStarTiger
I'm sure that schedule will work.
Posted on 2/19/13 at 1:01 pm to s14suspense
quote:
I'm sure that schedule will work.
and will leave me with a couple extra ounces of Cascade to play with
Posted on 2/19/13 at 1:02 pm to LoneStarTiger
quote:
My question is whether or not it is necessary to have a 5 minute hop addition if you are going to dry hop. Since the 5 minute addition is for aroma, wouldn't you get plenty of that with the dry hopping?
The aroma from late additions and dry hopping is different. Fermentation strips out some aroma out.
Posted on 2/19/13 at 1:09 pm to BottomlandBrew
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The aroma from late additions and dry hopping is different. Fermentation strips out some aroma out.
was just reading a little on this.
Posted on 2/19/13 at 1:11 pm to LoneStarTiger
quote:
just realized that the intended IBUs for this recipe is 53, because they call for a partial boil and I've been calculating with a full 5 gallon boil. I can get much closer by going with 1 oz at 60 instead of 1.5
I was about to say, 75 is hoppy as hell for a pale ale.
quote:
Clone recipies for Russian River Row 2 Hill 56 seem to land somewhere in the 40-45 IBU range. After further review, I believe I will go with this:
0.5 oz Simcoe at 60 min
0.5 oz Simcoe at 25 min
1 oz Simcoe at 5 min
2 oz Simcoe dry hop in secondary for 10 days
calculates to 42.5 IBU
That looks pretty solid there.
Posted on 2/19/13 at 1:27 pm to LoneStarTiger
quote:
0.5 oz Simcoe at 60 min
0.5 oz Simcoe at 25 min
1 oz Simcoe at 5 min
2 oz Simcoe dry hop in secondary for 10 days
calculates to 42.5 IBU
That seems perfect right there.
Posted on 2/19/13 at 1:38 pm to RedHawk
FYI, Stone basically does bittering then nothing but flameout/dry hopping.
Just a thought...
I know a lot of my recipes still use those middle additions but I don't know how important they are.
Just a thought...
I know a lot of my recipes still use those middle additions but I don't know how important they are.
Posted on 2/19/13 at 3:13 pm to s14suspense
quote:
I know a lot of my recipes still use those middle additions but I don't know how important they are.
In is in vogue to do most of the hop additions very late.
Posted on 2/19/13 at 3:15 pm to Zappas Stache
man I get all jazzed up reading these threads and I don't even brew
Posted on 2/19/13 at 3:27 pm to Tiger Ryno
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man I get all jazzed up
You mean hopped up?
Posted on 2/19/13 at 3:35 pm to Zappas Stache
i passed on the pun, but yes.
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