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Im no expert either but if there are hop suggestions then is it really that hard to incorporate/substitute them into a base recipe?

Id also like something around 9% than barleywine country.

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&amp;quot;DCBrewing&amp;quot;:1yl9dypl wrote: Im no expert either but if there are hop suggestions then is it really that hard to incorporate/substitute them into a base recipe?
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Shouldn't be; beertools can even autogenerate it for you, though you need to ask the right questions.

Consensus seems to be be for a light-bodied, fruity/citrussy, 8%-ish DIPA.

I'd agree with that. 8% light bodied looks to keep everyone happy.
I'd suggest we go for a simple bittering hop or hop extract and a big 20-0 min hop additions.

It looks like most people are leaning towards NZ and OZ hops so if anyone has no objections I think we should concentrate on these hops when drawing up a recipe.

Should we start a poll on the hops available?
We could list and people post preference 1 to 3 maybe?

Agreed, Nigel.

Saruman did quote Sam on this:
[quote:2eqgahec]can hopefully source mostly anything else (except Amarillo and the Aussie/Kiwi hops are hard to come by too[/quote:2eqgahec]

If we decide we don't want to ask Sam for Aussie/NZ hops, that still leaves Mosaic, Summit, El Dorado, Calypso and Simcoe from the group suggestions, along with the Citra he already has in stock.

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