IPAFAN1
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Just bottled the Octane, and can't stand to see an empty carboy, so here goes. Pulled a recipe from Beersmith, extract with steeping grains, for an 5 gal IIPA called Hellbender. Then went to Northern for all the ingredients. A couple of substitutions, such as Candi Syrup instead of corn syrup, and a slight variation on the Caramel, but my real interest is in the hop schedule. Since they're out of Amarillo, I grabbed some high-alpha Warrior, Mosaic and Simcoe, in addition to the Cascade.
Seems logical to me to use the Warrior at 60 for the bitter, then move through the Cascade, Mosaic and half the Simcoe on a continuous schedule. I've been pretty eager to try a late addition Simcoe, so I definately want to reserve half of it for the last 5 min.
So anyway, enough rambling. The question of this post is, are there more specific, but general hop addition practices based on the different characteristics of various hops, other than the typical "bitter early, aroma late" practice. Or would anyone change what I have planned?
Seems logical to me to use the Warrior at 60 for the bitter, then move through the Cascade, Mosaic and half the Simcoe on a continuous schedule. I've been pretty eager to try a late addition Simcoe, so I definately want to reserve half of it for the last 5 min.
So anyway, enough rambling. The question of this post is, are there more specific, but general hop addition practices based on the different characteristics of various hops, other than the typical "bitter early, aroma late" practice. Or would anyone change what I have planned?