Very new to brewing, currently have my first Coopers IPA fermenting at the moment. Looking to order more ingredients so I can get another batch in the fermenter once I bottle the first.
I'm interested in trying some steep hopping as outlined in the kit hacking guide, and was wondering does anyone know what hops/yeast/kit would give me something similar to Metalman? I'm basically a fan of the American style pale ales so if I could get something in that realm would be fantastic.
Coopers APA is a good base.
Use American hops obviously! Try the 3 c's: Cascade, Centennial and Columbus.
I'm getting a taste for citra too, but it might be a bit cat-pissy for some.
I'd suggest steeping 50 to 75g of hops and dry hopping with 50 to 75g too.
Use Safale US-05 yeast.
I think Summit and Cascade are the late hops in Metalman if that's any help
Quote from: Beer Baron on April 04, 2014, 02:41:32 PM
I think Summit and Cascade are the late hops in Metalman if that's any help
Correct,no dry hopping either but you might need to to get the same results. They use notty yeast as well.
Thanks for the info guys, sounds great :) Seems most of the hop packs on homebrewwest are 100g - do I basically use the steeping method with say half of them(50-60g), and dry hop the rest?