Double McTwist IPA - 22/02/10

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Double McTwist IPA - 22/02/10

Post by mysterio » Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:13 pm

Here we go, sparging this at the moment, should be nice and hoppy:

Double McTwist IPA
American IPA

Type: All Grain
Date: 22/02/2010
Batch Size: 45.43 L
Boil Size: 52.01 L
Boil Time: 60 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
6.50 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 EBC) Grain 49.62 %
5.20 kg Lager Malt (3.0 EBC) Grain 39.69 %
0.90 kg Munich Malt - 20L (39.4 EBC) Grain 6.87 %
0.50 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (60.0 EBC) Grain 3.82 %
100.00 gm Columbus (Tomahawk) [16.00 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
50.00 gm Columbus (Tomahawk) [16.00 %] (60 min) Hops 35.2 IBU
100.00 gm Columbus (Tomahawk) [16.00 %] (10 min) Hops 25.5 IBU
100.00 gm Columbus (Tomahawk) [16.00 %] (0 min) Hops -

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.062 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.5%
Bitterness: 60.8 IBU
Est Color: 13.6 EBC

US-05 yeast mashed @ 67C

Actually it was 120EBC crystal I had so I just used 300g of that.

mysterio

Re: Double McTwist IPA - 22/02/10

Post by mysterio » Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:15 pm

Grist

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Never used Columbus, what should I expect?

DarloDave

Re: Double McTwist IPA - 22/02/10

Post by DarloDave » Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:45 pm

That sounds nice! Plenty of dry hops :) . I've never had columbus on its own, but from reading forums it seems really popular in america.

mysterio

Re: Double McTwist IPA - 22/02/10

Post by mysterio » Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:14 pm

Boil
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196osh

Re: Double McTwist IPA - 22/02/10

Post by 196osh » Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:35 pm

Sounds awsome.

Its probably a good idea that you didn't try to get an OG of 1260, :lol:

mysterio

Re: Double McTwist IPA - 22/02/10

Post by mysterio » Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:45 pm

Yeah I was sorely tempted, the Double McTwist 1260 IPA with an OG of 1.260 would have been sweet ... but unfermentable :D

Whorst

Re: Double McTwist IPA - 22/02/10

Post by Whorst » Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:20 pm

Columbus hops are nice. Really earthy(tobacco) with a tad of citrus. That beer has winner written all over it.
You'll have massive hop aroma, with plenty of bitterness.

mysterio

Re: Double McTwist IPA - 22/02/10

Post by mysterio » Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:38 pm

Tobacco! I like the sound of that. The hops were '09 crop and smelled incredible out of the packet. I have a good feeling about this one.

Heres the wort, just pitched the yeast. Sitting down to lunch now. Nice early-ish finish.

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Whorst

Re: Double McTwist IPA - 22/02/10

Post by Whorst » Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:56 pm

Tobacco is about as close I can get to describing it. It's definitely unique.

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Re: Double McTwist IPA - 22/02/10

Post by WishboneBrewery » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:32 pm

Like Tobacco Smoke or Chewing the stuff!?
Weird...
Hope its a good one :)

adm

Re: Double McTwist IPA - 22/02/10

Post by adm » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:32 pm

Mmmmm....sounds (and looks) good. That'll be a nice beer - even if I have no idea what those hops are like...

Whorst

Re: Double McTwist IPA - 22/02/10

Post by Whorst » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:39 pm

Aroma of tobacco leaves. Flavor is earthy citrus.

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Re: Double McTwist IPA - 22/02/10

Post by WishboneBrewery » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:43 pm

Ahh... :)

mysterio

Re: Double McTwist IPA - 22/02/10

Post by mysterio » Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:29 pm

I thought i'd post some feedback on these hops, seeing as they're quite new to these shores.

Dry hop aroma is fantastic, predominantly orange with some pine. Flavour is similar but it's slightly sharp, with a noticeable acidity, like a squeeze of grapefruit juice has been added. Also a bit of something spicy/earthy like some cloves. And pear maybe? It's a 'C' hop all right with a lot in common with Centennial. The bitterness is very clean and crisp and doesn't linger too much. I get what Whorst says about tobacco but this is not a flavour I would have picked out had he not said it.

It's a pretty good hop. I like it more for aroma (dry hopped) and bitterness more than flavour I would say. It's a little one dimensional as far as the flavour goes. The orange flavour is a little artificial, like drinking a can of tango. And pine and orange don't go particularly well together. Not bad just needs something to compliment it. I would like to use it with something like Amarillo or Nelson.

DarloDave

Re: Double McTwist IPA - 22/02/10

Post by DarloDave » Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:35 pm

Great description, thanks. Sounds interesting!

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