Pseudo Sue Clone Attempt

Beer Recipe Design
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So I joined Tavour at the end of last year and was able to get my hands on two cans of Pseudo Sue that came in my last shipment. I thought it was flipping fantastic and would make an excellent spring/summer beer to try to clone. Toppling Goliath says it’s 6.2% and 50 IBU single hop Citra pale ale. After digging around on the interwebs, I pieced together the following recipe that I’m going to try for my next brew:

13.3 lb Pale 2 Row
1/2 lb Flaked Barley
1/2 lb Honey malt

1/4 oz warrior 60 mins
2 oz Citra 10 mins
2.5 oz Citra 5 mins
2 oz Citra Flameout
5 oz Citra whirlpool once under 180 degrees 20-30 mins
2 oz Citra Dry hops 3-4 days
2 oz Citra Dry hops 3-4 days

WLP007 yeast
Mash 152
90 min boil

Target OG at 75% efficiency 1.062
Target FG 1.016

Targeting 6 gallon volume in fermenter due to massive amounts of hops and assuming absorption loss. Anyone else had this? Any tips or advice on trying to clone this?

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Rad

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I’m not much help since I had to Google Tavour and Pseudo Sue. $99 for eight bottles. Is that correct?

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I paid $8 for 2 16 oz cans through Tavour. It’s not available here in Pittsburgh and if that pricing is correct, I wouldn’t be buying it by the case. :joy:

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Rad

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That seems like a lot of Honey malt (I hear that stuff is super potent), but you’re probably pretty close on the hops.

Beer nerd comment- did you get the contract brewed Florida Sue, or the Decorah Sue? We just started getting the cans out of Decorah in the shops, and I hate to say it, but it’s better than the Florida.

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I don’t actually know, I’ll check my other can later today.

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Rad

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I just found out about that not that long ago.

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I finally got back to checking on this. It’s a Florida batch. As it’s the only version I’ve tried, sadly I can’t compare it to Decorah.

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Rad

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It’s a beautiful day for a brew!! 1 lb of Citra bomb of a Pale ale on the way!!

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Rad

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Gee Whiz, your yard looks like 2 months ahead of ours… I brewed yesterday also, and trudged through knee deep snow to dump my grist out for the deer and crows and squirrels… Sneezles61

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Ok, so tried mine vs the real thing side by side today. Mine clearly cloudier, same nose, mine is a bit bitier than the real thing. Guess I still have some work to do on this. :thinking:

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Rad

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Looks good to me. You have a lot of late addition hops so it’s not surprising it looks like a juice bomb NEIPA. Pseudo Sue doesn’t come across as that hop forward to me. Granted I’ve only had it in the can.

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And which state did the can come from? The iowa sue i had recently was super cloudy.

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Double post.

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I assume they were from Iowa as they were purchased there.

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I have bought Florida cans in Iowa because TG didn’t always have a canning line in Iowa.

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Agree, I’ve been drinking Florida Pseudo for a couple of years. We just starting getting the Iowa version here in MA recently and it is absolutely delicious. Much hoppier than FL.