{"id":402,"date":"2015-04-19T09:09:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T14:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/?p=402"},"modified":"2015-04-19T09:09:15","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T14:09:15","slug":"simcoe-ipa-tasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/2015\/04\/19\/simcoe-ipa-tasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Simcoe IPA Tasting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tasting\"<\/a>We brewed this in late March<\/a> and it’s almost gone, because people keep asking for growlers.\u00a0 We’ll take that as a good sign.\u00a0 It’s also entered in a competition, although in the ever-popular IPA category, and we’ll post an update if it wins anything.<\/p>\n

Appearance:<\/strong> straw gold, very clear (ignore the picture, that’s the end of the keg).\u00a0 IPAs are typically darker than this (which may cause a point deduction in the competition) but since Pilsner is the only malt in the beer, this is no surprise.\u00a0 It pours with a one-finger head which quickly falls back to a thing ring around the top, which clings to the glass.<\/p>\n

Smell:<\/strong> some said “grapefruit”, but we get some mango.\u00a0 There is none<\/em> of the supposedly typical Simcoe pine-tree or cat-urine.\u00a0 We do smell the sweeter notes of Pilsner malt too, but overall, even with the dry-hops and higher carbonation (which carries the smell to your nose) we don’t get a ton of aroma.<\/p>\n

Taste:<\/strong> Pilsner, like a Czech Pilsner.\u00a0 And citrus.\u00a0 Some said “grapefruit peel” and we do get a bit of that.\u00a0 There’s a good initial bitterness but not overly agressive, dissolving into a mellow citrus-flavored finish.\u00a0\u00a0 All in all, a great easy-drinking summer beer.\u00a0 We think it’s a bit too sweet due to only using the Pilsner malt, so next time we’ll be using it 50 or 60% 2-row.\u00a0 No longer a SMASH, but hopefully a more balanced beer.<\/p>\n

Mouthfeel:<\/strong> nicely balanced body, not thin at all.\u00a0 It’s light enough to drink a couple pints but heavy enough that you know you’re drinking an IPA.\u00a0 Nailed this, despite 0% crystal malt or Carapils, possibly due to the higher mash temperature (152\u00b0F) and higher carbonation.<\/p>\n

Next time:<\/strong> we’ll probably use 40 to 60% 2-row (or maybe even Marris Otter) to cut down on the Pilsner sweetness to create a more “American” style beer.\u00a0 We think the hop schedule worked extremely well, though we might add 1\/4oz more 60 minute hops for a more aggressive start.\u00a0 We Brewed It Right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We brewed this in late March and it’s almost gone, because people keep asking for growlers.\u00a0 We’ll take that as a good sign.\u00a0 It’s also entered in a competition, although in the ever-popular IPA category, and we’ll post an update if it wins anything. Appearance: straw gold, very clear (ignore the picture, that’s the end … Continue reading Simcoe IPA Tasting<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":404,"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions\/404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}