I got in a pound of Simcoe hops from Freshops this week, so I wanted to try it in a batch of IPA as the single flavour/aroma hop. The base beer was a pale-coloured IPA similar to Hop Wallop, with the addition of a pound of rye. Bittering hops were Magnum, as the pound of Simcoe wasn’t enough to use for bittering as well. The Simcoe was added at 30, 15, and 0 minutes left in the boil, a total of 12 ounces. The remaining 4 ounces was saved for the dry hop. Gravity of 1.060 was low, the second week in a row of lower than expected extract efficiency. The only known culprit might be that the mill is out of adjustment, and it’s not crushing the malt enough.

We also racked the Two Hearted to secondary (gravities of 1.014 and 1.013), as well as kegged 5 gallons of the Snake River Pale Ale clone. The Boathouse Bitter is still extant, probably about 3 gallons left.