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Y'all say APAs are good single hopped with columbus?

Never done a single hop with Columbus but I do like them. I prefer them more for bittering but they do a great job in late and dry hop additions.
Some say they are like the other C hops but I get more pine similar to Chinook than I do with Cascade or Centennial.
I always keep some Columbus around in the freezer.

IMHO the best two Sam Adams Lat 48 Deconstructed beers (single hopped versions of the same beer) were:

Simcoe
Zeus

And I am not sure which I liked better. Both of those I would have consumed anytime.

Zeus = Columbus as far as I know.

So it should be good, if you like piney more then citrus.

If you like either of those single hopped, then you'd also probably like a single hopped Apollo beer.

EDIT: I should say / reiterate, if you want a lot of citrus or any kind of tropical, that's not gonna happen. It's going to be more the piney / earthy kind of vibe. But I like that.

I can't say I've ever had a single-hopped beer using Columbus. The only beer I brew with it is Levitation and it's used for bittering.

I made a Columbus SMaSH once and liked it. I've used Columbus as a flavor hop in other brews too, I like it.

Avery Brewing uses Columbus in lots of their beers.
I googled 'Columbus SMaSH' and saw a few posts that mention lots of grapefruit. I never got that much grapefruit from it but I've always mixed it with other hops.

I did a single hopped IPA with Columbus once. It was actually pretty good. But that is all I remember about it. I have a couple of pounds of Columbus hops that I need to do something with before they get too old.

Maybe we should have a Hop-Swap section of the forum where members can trade hops. Got too much of one but need another......swap 'em!

My only experience with Columbus was with my most recent "Spring IPA". I used it for the flameout addition, and I got more Pine and Earthiness than I was expecting. If I had it to do over I would probably use it for the bittering addition. Not that there is anything wrong with pine and earthiness.

I did an IPA with only Tomahawk hops that came out very tasty. It should be pretty good in an APA.

I just went rooting through my deep freeze and found 2oz of Cascades. They are listed as 6.2 AA. I am sure that has dropped some as I have no idea how old they are. But going by that I am thinking 0.75oz FWH, 1.25oz at 15 minutes, 1oz Columbus at 10 minutes, and 1oz Columbus at 5 minutes. My grain bill is going to be simple. 7lbs 2 row and 2lbs Munich. I looked at my yeast and all I have is S04 so this is going to be an APA with a touch of Britain.

I was working this out in Beersmith. This recipe actually is dead on for an American IPA rather than an APA. But it looks like a nice summer beer so this is what I am going to brew on Saturday.

I've never used S04 for an IPA or an APA. I imagine it should give some fruity esters above 66 or so. Have you tried it before in an IPA and if so, what temps did you ferment?

I have never tried it in an IPA before. I would prefer Nottingham because it attenuates really well and dries an IPA out nicely but I don't have any. I have S04 so that is what I will use. I have never gotten anything fruity from it before. I use it in my Red Ales and get more of a biscuit flavor from it than a fruit flavor. My fermentation temperatures with it are 66 to 72 degrees.

S-04 works nicely in East Coast / Vermont style IPA/APAs.

If you want it to be dryer like using Notty, then just sub some sugar for some of the grain. It won't hurt anything.