apollo hops any recipes ?

[alfie09]

hello

just ordered some apollo hops from the malt miller anyone got any recipes using this hop

i have got

4000grams pale malt
500grams carahell
200grams torrified wheat
200grams wheat malt

want to make 19 litres of pale ale just using what i have and the apollo hops?

any suggestions wont be buying anymore more of another user upper

[yogester]

Why not SMaSH it?

All Pale to around 5-5.5% ABV

Apollo at around 1:1 BU:GU with a tonne late (5,1,0 min). Apollo is a great dual purpose hop and one of my favourite US Super Alphas - citrus/tropical flavours with a bit of resin.

Use a nice clean yeast US 05 or one of the White Labs (california ale of california V). Won't disappoint, promise.

[alfie09]

sorry what does 1:1 bu:gu mean lol?

[yogester]

sorry what does 1:1 bu:gu mean lol?

sorry... naughty of me... trying to save time...

BU:GU is the ratio of IBUs to Original Gravity. For example a wort that has a calculated IBU of 45 and an Original Gravity of 1055 would have a ratio of 45:55 which is approximately a BU:GU of 0.8. I find it quite a good measure to use in designing recipes for balancing bitterness. I first saw it used in Ray Daniels' book "Designing Great Beers".

[alfie09]

sorry its just a bit beyond me so what would be best for something of 0.8 or should i raise it higher

sorry to sound dumb

[yogester]

How about something like this?

23L Batch

Expected Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.036 SG Expected OG: 1.045 SG
Expected FG: 1.011 SG
Expected ABV: 4.5 %
Expected IBU (using Tinseth): 45.4 IBU
Expected Color (using Morey): 4.4 SRM
BU:GU ratio: 1.00



Fermentables
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Ingredient Amount % MCU When
UK Pale Ale Malt 4.300 kg 100.0 % 4.9 In Mash/Steeped


Hops
Variety Alpha Amount IBU Form When
US Apollo 19.5 % 10 g 24.9 Loose Whole Hops First Wort Hopped
US Apollo 19.5 % 12 g 10.1 Loose Whole Hops 10 Min From End
US Apollo 19.5 % 18 g 8.3 Loose Whole Hops 5 Min From End
US Apollo 19.5 % 20 g 2.0 Loose Whole Hops 1 Min From End
US Apollo 19.5 % 20 g 0.0 Loose Whole Hops At turn off
US Apollo 19.5 % 20 g 0.0 Loose Whole Hops Dry-Hopped


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

[alfie09]

was a nice beer all gone last weekend. what do the BU-GU matching actually do why match them up with the starting gravity? what does it affect cheers

[mysterio]

Just a way of saying that you need more IBUs to match the higher gravity because it will be sweeter. For example 40 IBUs doesn't tell you how bitter a beer will be unless you know the OG. So it might be intensely bitter in a 1.030 beer but sweet in a 1.060 beer because of the increased sweetness.

How were the apollo hops then?

[alfie09]

really nice very fruity. what are they suppose to tatse like?. someone said to me there like a super charged hop of like amarillo or is it something else?

[196osh]

Taste like Columbus, sort of piney, with citrus like qualities I would say. Very nice.

[willc76]

Just to add - I did the SMaSH recipe, with the exception of an extra 300g of flakd maize, and hav now bottled it. Was forced by the mrs and my housemate to open a bottle last night. Just awesome, even after only 2 days in bottles. Tastes a lot like Darkstar's Hophead.

Thanks to all.

Will

[far9410]

this was my best beer to date IMO

viewtopic.php?f=24&t=48408

apollo is amazing

[willc76]

Just recapping on my Apollo SMASH and brewing another APA type of thing.

The hopiness aroma didn't last very long in the beer, and ended up going from hero to zero

Just tried another brew, this time citra at 14.5%. Using up odds and ends. Any view on what this may turn out like? Tasted fairly bitter at wort stage

25l
3.2kg pale malt
500g lager malt
200g crystal malt
10g citra at boil
30g fuggles at boil
15g citra at 15m from end
20g citra 5m from end
20g citra 1m from end
20g citra flame out
15g citra left to dry hop

any views?

Will

[Capper20]

Will,

How long was the time to lose flavour? I have a load of Apollo to use up and I'm curious...

[dynamic dave]

Thinking of brewing this up tomorrow any thoughts ?

Apollo Head

Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio

Amber Malt 60 EBC 8 lbs. 13.0 oz 4000 grams 93%
Caramalt 30 EBC 0 lbs. 7.0 oz 200 grams 4.7%
Torrefied Wheat 4 EBC 0 lbs. 3.5 oz 100 grams 2.3%


Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio

Cascade Whole 5.7 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 1.3 oz 36 grams 41.9%
Apollo Whole 19.8 % 10 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 12 grams 14%
Apollo Whole 19.8 % 5 mins 0 lbs. 0.6 oz 18 grams 20.9%

Apollo Whole dry hopped 0 lbs. 0.7 oz 20 grams 23.3%


Final Volume: 25 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.034
Final Gravity: 1.008
Alcohol Content: 3.4% ABV
Total Liquor: 34.8 Litres
Mash Liquor: 10.8 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 40.1492953683804 EBU
Colour: 74 EBC