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I'm sick of having to buy beer so decided to get the old kit out again and get this going. It's just boiling now!

Fermentables
Ingredient Amount % MCU When
UK Pale Ale Malt - Marris Otter 2.901 kg 60.0 % 3.3 In Mash/Steeped
UK Munich Malt 0.967 kg 20.0 % 2.1 In Mash/Steeped
UK Lager Malt 0.604 kg 12.5 % 0.5 In Mash/Steeped
UK Wheat Malt 0.242 kg 5.0 % 0.2 In Mash/Steeped
UK Medium Crystal 0.121 kg 2.5 % 2.8 In Mash/Steeped


Hops
Variety Alpha Amount IBU Form When
US Simcoe 12.9 % 20 g 30.1 Loose Whole Hops All Of Boil
US Simcoe 12.9 % 15 g 10.5 Loose Whole Hops 15 Min From End
US Simcoe 12.9 % 20 g 5.6 Loose Whole Hops 5 Min From End
US Simcoe 12.9 % 25 g 0.0 Loose Whole Hops At turn off
US Simcoe 12.9 % 20 g 0.0 Loose Whole Hops In Fermenter


Yeast
DCL US-05 (formerly US-56) SafAle

About time!!!

I hope you like simcoe.
Just had a
FLOWERPOTS Cheriton, Hampshire
159 AMERICAN I.P.A. 6.0%
American Simcoe hops give a strong fruity hop flavour

from Notts beer fest

A found it bit of a face puller

smdjoachim wrote:I hope you like simcoe.

Oh yes! I had a pint of an all simcoe pale at my local last month (can't remember the brewery for the life of me!) and it was very good! one of the few commersial beers I've had for a long time where i got a massive hit of hop aroma as it was being pulled!

I'm not sure what the fermentor hops will bring to this beer! I was thinking of dry hopping it after fermentation but I've got a busy couple of weeks ahead so though f3ck it! i'll have a go!

Sounds nice, definitely a hop I want to have a go with in the future.

pdtnc wrote:About time!!!

Tell me about it1 I think my plan back in June to not brew untill the new system was fully operational was a bit ambitious! I'm almost there but will need at least another month to iron out some of the details!

coatesg wrote:Sounds nice, definitely a hop I want to have a go with in the future.

thanks CG! I'm hoping it will be a good one!

Simcoe are fantastic. Good luck with the beer.

Where did you get the Simcoe? I really want to try it but the UK suppliers appear to be out of stock.

I got it from Rob @ The Malt Miller. It was a while ago, it's just been sat in the hop freezer! It was some of the best smelling hops I've ever used! After breaking up the dried flowers my hands were yellow with the resiny goodness!

I'll be getting a truck load more when it's back in stock! Hopefully it'll be new season as well!

I heard he won't be able to get any till December?!

Good work fella! About time too.

Sounds like a nice beer. And as other have said.....Simcoe are a lovely hop. You'll enjoy that one...

Fallen wrote:I heard he won't be able to get any till December?!

Dirt! will have to stock up when they are in then!

adm wrote:Good work fella! About time too.

Sounds like a nice beer. And as other have said.....Simcoe are a lovely hop. You'll enjoy that one...

cheers matey! I took some insperation from your Sunny Deelite got in from a night shift this morning and the smell coming from the air lock was out of this world!

Was wondering where all the fricken' Simcoe went when I was on the scrounge! Now I know!!

ive bought loads from farams

been using simcoe a lot in quite a few beers, really nice hop, did a single hop varient last month and it flew out

Just had a taste of the SG sample I just took! Wow! Cracking GOP flavour! It's still very green but I recon it's gonna be a belter! It's down to 1.013 so about 6%!

Plenty of body! Not as bitter as I thought it might be! But then again I've been drinking brewdog beers for the last few nights! Lol

Cheers

LB