The Hoptomic Bomb

[Duff]

Inspired by some fellow AHB'ers both here and abroad, I thought I'd put to use some of the mountain of hops in my freezer. The result was The Hoptomic Bomb, given birth tomorrow. I'll start with 50gms Columbus dry hopped for 7 days and see how she goes before deciding on any further. I reckon it will taste great.

Cheers.

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07-07 The Hoptomic Bomb

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (L): 20.00 Wort Size (L): 20.00
Total Grain (kg): 7.00
Anticipated OG: 1.083 Plato: 20.06
Anticipated SRM: 9.0
Anticipated IBU: 500.8
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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85.7 6.00 kg. Bairds Marris Otter England 1.038 3
7.1 0.50 kg. JWM Caramalt Australia 1.036 28
7.1 0.50 kg. JWM Wheat Malt Australia 1.040 2

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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85.00 g. Magnum Pellet 13.50 161.8 60 min.
80.00 g. Warrior Pellet 15.10 170.3 60 min.
100.00 g. Centennial Pellet 9.90 47.0 20 min.
100.00 g. Columbus Pellet 11.10 52.7 20 min.
75.00 g. Centennial Pellet 9.90 20.9 10 min.
75.00 g. Columbus Pellet 11.10 23.5 10 min.
50.00 g. Centennial Pellet 9.90 11.6 5 min.
50.00 g. Columbus Pellet 11.10 13.0 5 min.
50.00 g. Columbus Pellet 11.10 0.0 Dry Hop


Yeast
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White Labs WLP001 California Ale

 

[mika]

Damn !

 

[Ross]

:super: Go Duff Go :super:

These IBU levels are starting to esculate... Actually looks like a bloody nice recipe as well

Cheers Ross

 

[Jye]

I see you've gone one better and taken it to 500IBUs

Nice combo with the Centennial and Columbus, nothing like some big ass C hops in a IIIIPA.

 

[Adamt]

Soon we'll be measuring how much beer is in the hops, rather than the other way around :huh:

 

[InCider]

Duff, did you get the recipe for the Hoptomic Bomb from Dr Robert Hoppenhieimer?

just couldn't help myself...

Manhoppen Project..

so sorry - sounds like a great recipe. !

 

[Doc]

Awesome. Good to see you broke the 500 barrier too.
If you pitch enough yeast it should pull in around 9% too, and with the Marris Otter as a base it should be as balanced as you are ever going to get with such a monster.
I notice you are brewing this while your wife is away too

Brewing a Kolsch myself tomorrow. Just a pinch of hops compared to my last few brews Hopefully the aroma coming from your kettle a few suburbs over doesn't infiltrate my delicate brew

Beers,
Doc

 

[Duff]

I notice you are brewing this while your wife is away too

Maybe

But it's definately the reason why I thought 'stuff it', I'm going to brew it tonight :beerbang:

Grains are cracked, heating the strike water now, dough in around 30 minutes :super:

Cheers.

 

[Duff]

It is born.

Very similar in colour to Doc's Infinity after the boil, can't take piccy's ATM with no real light. Smells unreal :beerbang:

Cheers.

 

[Trent]

Wow
I hope that you have a hop sock or some sort of really good filter, cause that is a bollock load of hops! Over 600g, your wort will be green! Be interesting to hear about the drinkability of it, like whether or not it has a hop astringency or any other funny flavours. I hope it turns out delicious.
Best of luck
Trent

 

[fixa]

500 IBU's... OMG... who's next?

 

[Kai]

Me!

I brewed a 20 and a 30 IBU beer today.

 

[Duff]

Wow
I hope that you have a hop sock or some sort of really good filter, cause that is a bollock load of hops! Over 600g, your wort will be green! Be interesting to hear about the drinkability of it, like whether or not it has a hop astringency or any other funny flavours. I hope it turns out delicious.
Best of luck
Trent

Trent,

I used a hop sock for it. The wort looks bright orange, pitched on a cake of 1.052 Centennial APA.

Cheers.

Edit: For this and 40L of Oktoberfest today I also tried for the first time the 5.2 pH stabliliser. Interested to see how it goes as our water here is 8.2 ATM.

 

[razz]

Anyone contemplating a 1 gig brew ? (1000 gms)

PS. Not me, I like my beers balanced.

 

[Ross]

Anyone contemplating a 1 gig brew ? (1000 gms)

PS. Not me, I like my beers balanced.

My R+ on tap at the moment, 400+ IBU's, 19 different hops, 1100 gms
...for the record... beautifully balanced

cheers Ross

 

[razz]

My R+ on tap at the moment, 400+ IBU's, 19 different hops, 1100 gms
...for the record... beautifully balanced

cheers Ross

Touche Ross, touche.

 

[Doc]

Anyone contemplating a 1 gig brew ? (1000 gms)

PS. Not me, I like my beers balanced.

My Infinity + 1 had 1.2kg of hops in it. CJ's Hop10Cubed had over a kg, as did Ross's so the 1000gr barrier has well and truely been broken. As for the IBU's of these beers it is pretty much an irrelevant number in the context of these beers.

Doc

 

[Darren]

Hey guys,

Given that solubility of hop resins and taste thresholds are around 100 IBU, why go for 500+?

Can anyone say they have tasted a difference between 100 and 500IBU beers?

I suspect it is a waste of wort and hops.

cheers

Darren

 

[Finite]

Hey guys,

Given that solubility of hop resins and taste thresholds are around 100 IBU, why go for 500+?

Can anyone say they have tasted a difference between 100 and 500IBU beers?

I suspect it is a waste of wort and hops.

cheers

Darren

flavour and aroma can still increase and i think its way past rationalisation. Why? Why not I say. Im planning a 500+ in 2 weeks.

 

[Darren]

flavour and aroma can still increase and i think its way past rationalisation. Why? Why not I say. Im planning a 500+ in 2 weeks.

If the solubility of the oil is 100 IBU, how can you increase flavour/aroma above that.

Personally, I cannot percieve any increases in flavour/aroma/bitterness between 60-100 IBU.

I dont want to stop you from doing it. Theoretically though, it is a waste of time.

cheers

Darren