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AG#10 Ridiculously hoppy 21/10/08
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:41 pm
by MartialAnt
AG#10 Into the double numbers. I'm flying now. I remember AG#1 just over 2 months ago.
As its my last brew before xmas i thought i'd use up all the little bits, hence the name.
Also a reason reason for the amount of full boil hops is that i have to boil 2 lots of wort as ive only got a 15L stockpot, so im hoping that this'll balance it out better.
90min boil
25L
4.5kg Marris Otter.
260g Amber malt.
210g Terrified wheat.
500g Pale crystal malt.
224g Crystal malt.
10g Irish moss.
Full boil hops
40g Northdown.
30g Challenger.
20g Cascade.
Last 20 mins
20g Cascade.
20g Fuggles.
20g Styrian Goldings.
20g Northdown.
20g Challenger.
Flame off
21g Fuggles.
20g Styrian Goldings.
20g Northdown.
20g Challenger.
20g Amarillo
17g Northern Brewer.
5g Cascade.
So what do ya think, have i gone overboard?
It should be matured in time for xmas.
Re: AG#10 Ridiculously hoppy 21/10/08
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:36 pm
by Madbrewer
i'd certainly be interested to see taste what the outcome of thie recipe was
Re: AG#10 Ridiculously hoppy 21/10/08
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:53 pm
by Whorst
Damn, I love it!! What yeast did you use?
Re: AG#10 Ridiculously hoppy 21/10/08
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:56 pm
by SiHoltye
Don't expect to taste half the varieties in there, but do expect to taste
HOPS 
In my humble experience hop aroma dissapears all too quickly with flameout, even 80° additions, given your maturing 'til Xmas, why not hold back the hop variety aroma you most like and dry hop in a muslin bag 2 weeks before the big day? That way the aroma will deffo be there, if you want it that is.
Re: AG#10 Ridiculously hoppy 21/10/08
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:07 pm
by MartialAnt
Whorst - im about to drop in a pack of windsor. Its just livening up at the mo.
Si - got 100g of Fuggles & might drop the other 20g of Challenger in at a later date.
Done ok with this. OG 1045. 28L, didnt have to water it down with boiled water this time. Can anyone work out an efficiency of this?
Re: AG#10 Ridiculously hoppy 21/10/08
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:24 pm
by fivetide
"It's ridiculous. It hoppy. It's Ridiculously Hoppy!"
Does exactly what it says on the keg.
Re: AG#10 Ridiculously hoppy 21/10/08
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:15 pm
by adm
Feck me. I thought my brew from yesterday with 250g of hops in 23l was going to be hoppy. It must be extreme hops season.
You've created a monster.......
Re: AG#10 Ridiculously hoppy 21/10/08
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:27 pm
by Dennis King
No wonder theres a hop shortage AM s got them all.
Re: AG#10 Ridiculously hoppy 21/10/08
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:12 pm
by SiHoltye

That's the efficiency figures I get when put into Beersmith with reasonable extraction figures (Beersmith tends to be 0.002 optomistic on light malts-apparently). So 72.78%, lovely

Re: AG#10 Ridiculously hoppy 21/10/08
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:32 am
by subsub
Fek me, you probably won't be able to drink it until next Christmas it's got that much in it

Re: AG#10 Ridiculously hoppy 21/10/08
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:05 pm
by MartialAnt
Nice one SiHoltye, ta. I thought it'd be higher myself.
Sub sub - if it gets me pissed i'll drink it. Now wheres the antifreeze i just bought?
Re: AG#10 Ridiculously hoppy 21/10/08
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:26 pm
by pantsmachine
Feckin hell, i hope you've got lots of mates otherwise your liver must be screaming. Good hobby though isn't it?
Re: AG#10 Ridiculously hoppy 21/10/08
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:51 pm
by adm
Right! All round Ant's for a party - we owe it to his liver to help him out....
Re: AG#10 Ridiculously hoppy 21/10/08
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:29 pm
by stevezx7r
I think you're winning the "most amount of hops used in a single beer" competition at the moment.
I would have been tempted to up the abv, knowing how high the hop rates were

Re: AG#10 Ridiculously hoppy 21/10/08
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:44 pm
by adm
stevezx7r wrote:I think you're winning the "most amount of hops used in a single beer" competition at the moment.
I would have been tempted to up the abv, knowing how high the hop rates were

Maybe not for long......I've still got to dry hop my IIPA! A couple of ounces of Cascade and Amarillo should see me just about nose into the lead!