bklynbrewer wrote:Have any of you used Simcoe in an IPA, and if so how did it turn out? I recently had some in Magic Hat's Roxy Rolles and now I can't get enough of it. I am thinking about making Denny's Rye IPA with Simcoe and Amarillo instead of Mt. Hood and Columbus.
My last batch of American Pale Ale had 1 oz Simcoe as the bittering hop and Crystal for aroma and dry hopping. I was making a hoppy APA and not a full IPA. To me the combination of Simcoe and Crystal was fantastic. I liked it enough that I am going to tweak the grain bill a bit and rebrew it for competition. We'll see what the judges think.
