Thunder_Chicken
Well-Known Member
I've made a few batches of Biermuncher's Centennial Blonde and have been very happy with the results. A tweak I would like to make would be to get a more lemony twang from the hop profile, and push a little more hoppy, and so I would like to substitute in Sorachi Ace hops.
The original recipe calls for:
0.25 oz Centennial 45 min
0.25 oz Centennial 20 min
0.25 oz Cascade 10 min
0.25 oz Cascade 5 min
With 9.2% AA for the Centennial and 6.2% AA for the Cascade this gives me 21 IBU for the batch.
I have an ounce of Sorachi Ace with 12.6% AA. I was thinking about bumping the Centennial, moving the Cascade to earlier additions for bittering and putting the Sorachi in toward the end for flavor/aroma additions. Perhaps like this:
0.25 oz Cascade 45 min
0.25 oz Cascade 20 min
0.5 oz Sorachi Ace 10 min
0.5 oz Sorachi Ace 5 min
This gives me 24 IBUs for the batch which should still be nicely balanced (I kinda want to shift the balance slightly hoppy anyway). I also figure putting the high AA% Sorachi to later additions will make it harder to screw up the hop balance (something to worry about on such a small beer).
Has anyone worked with Sorachi Ace? Does the above schedule look good?
The original recipe calls for:
0.25 oz Centennial 45 min
0.25 oz Centennial 20 min
0.25 oz Cascade 10 min
0.25 oz Cascade 5 min
With 9.2% AA for the Centennial and 6.2% AA for the Cascade this gives me 21 IBU for the batch.
I have an ounce of Sorachi Ace with 12.6% AA. I was thinking about bumping the Centennial, moving the Cascade to earlier additions for bittering and putting the Sorachi in toward the end for flavor/aroma additions. Perhaps like this:
0.25 oz Cascade 45 min
0.25 oz Cascade 20 min
0.5 oz Sorachi Ace 10 min
0.5 oz Sorachi Ace 5 min
This gives me 24 IBUs for the batch which should still be nicely balanced (I kinda want to shift the balance slightly hoppy anyway). I also figure putting the high AA% Sorachi to later additions will make it harder to screw up the hop balance (something to worry about on such a small beer).
Has anyone worked with Sorachi Ace? Does the above schedule look good?