Flibe as you can see I used the same 5 hops but I had Amarillo and citra switched. Probably doesn't make any difference though. With .75 oz on each addition I started at 15 mins left in boil and bitterness slightly more prevalent than real moon man so I think moving chinook towards the end may...
Update:
After a week in the fridge, sweetness is gone, a bit of bite is in their to leave a nice crisp finish.
Very very tasty and very close in my opinion to the real thing.
I don't think you will be disappointed with those hope in the order.
We'll here they are side by side. Mine is a bit darker because I used C30 in place of C20. LHBS doesn't carry C20 may go with C15 next time.
Smell similar but I have a bit of a sweeter smell mixing in from the malt. Not sure if that's the C30 or not. Definitely the same hop mix as moon man...
Ive drank two but haven't done a side by side taste test. I do have some moon man in the fridge that I've been saving so I think me and my wife will do some taste testing. It's close for sure so we'll see what they taste like side by side. I know mine is a bit darker so my grain bill may need...
I pulleys hydro sample today and it hit 1.010 in 5 days. Smell is dead on. I cracked a moon man and smelled them side by side. Actually straight out of the fermenter my sample had a bit more aroma. I'm going to give some more time to clean up in primary then dry hop and cold crash. Can't...
Plan on doing a hop schedule as follows in the next few weeks...What do you guys think?
.75 oz. Simcoe 15 mins
.75 oz. Chinook 10 mins
.75 oz. Amarillo 7.5 mins
.75 oz. Citra 2 mins
.75 oz. Motueka 0 mins
Dry hop with 1.25 oz. of each