YAY!!!!

I LOVE SIMCOE!!!!

These hops are the shiznit (for lack of a better term).  They have an amazing aroma and flavor, and a bitterness which is strong, yet not overpowering.  Definitely the best beer I've brewed so far, and the only one I would actually order in a bar.  The Willamette is in bottles, and I am looking forward to getting it chilled.  I have brewed the last of the experiments, the Amarillo, and it will hit the fermenter in a matter of minutes.

SIMCOE REPORT:
Bitterness: Strong, accumulating bite which stays with your tounge throughout the drink.
Flavor: Grapefruit...that's pretty much all there is to say
Aroma: See "Flavor".  Very nice, very much like grapefruit juice.

Here is what happened today:

25 c Pocono Springs bottled water brought to rolling boil.

1 lb Muntons Extra Light DME stirred into pot.

Wort brought back to boil, and .20 oz (1.64 AAU) Amarillo hop pellets added.  60 minute timer started.

At 45 minute mark (15 min left in boil) .20 oz (1.64 AAU) Amarillo hop pellets added to boil.

At 55 minute mark (5 min left in boil) .20 oz (1.64 AAU) Amarillo hop pellets added to boil

At 60 minute mark, brew pot is removed, covered, and placed in freezer to cool.

When wort reads 70 degrees F, wort transferred to fermenter, and 11.5 g Fermentis brand Safale us-05 also added to fermenter.

Fermenter closed and shaken for 1 min