summit

[far9410]

Hi, got some summit, never used em before, read up they are similar to apollo. Anyone used these? any good recipes to be had?

[Mr. Dripping]

I would liken them more to a high alpha Amarillo. Fruity with a spicy hint, a little pine......I like it a lot
They are very resinous and pungent and work well both as a bittering hop and as a late addition.
If you can get hold of Scarlet Macaw by Oakham (which is a superb beer btw), it will give you a good idea of what the hop is all about.

[lee1]

hi far it makes a great single hop beer quite fruity and bitter its one of my favorites

[Rookie]

I made a great amber ale with summit, simcoe, and saphir.

[pantsmachine]

I've got a 5kg pack of them sitting in the fridge frightening the other hops. A pointless post i must admit but its my 1st 5kg pack you see!

[lee1]

nice 1 pants fill ya boots enough summit to brew loads of recipies it is a very good hop

[far9410]

I've got a 5kg pack of them sitting in the fridge frightening the other hops. A pointless post i must admit but its my 1st 5kg pack you see!

[Patterd Ale]

Tis a great feeling, til you decide to split the pack!

[pantsmachine]

Right enough, its safe in the fridge until Oct when i next brew. Summit, Maris Otter & Burton Ale yeast only.

[lancon]

did a single hop with summit a while ago, it went down very well though was a little hazy, possibly due to hops.
5.00 kg Pale Malt
0.25 kg Cara-Pils
0.25 kg pale Crystal Malt
15g-FWH
25g-45min
60g-60min steep
50g secondary ferment (7days)
50g in cask
SA-05
just made another batch.

[far9410]

Did this one today

Five Peaks

25 l

5kg MO
500g Lager malt
200g cara
200g wheat

20g summit first wort boil 60 mins
20g " 15 mins
20g " 5 mins
20g " Steep 20 mins 80c
20g " dry hop 7 days


dropped straight onto notty yeast cake from my green hop brew.

[lee1]

hi far that looks like a nice brew

[far9410]

hi far that looks like a nice brew

hope so mate, smells good

[seymour]

I would liken them more to a high alpha Amarillo. Fruity with a spicy hint, a little pine......I like it a lot
They are very resinous and pungent and work well both as a bittering hop and as a late addition...

That's a great description. Summit is a near-perfect American-style IPA hop. Loads of personality and no real flaws. Plus is grows great, even organically.

Summit hops are also used in The Alchemist's Rapture Brown IPA (you know, the Heady Topper guy John Kimmich?)
For that matter, Kimmich used it on your side of the pond too when he collaborated with Adnams on "Enraptured" for JD Wetherspoons.

Look at this who's-who list of beers containing Summit hops:
Alaskan Brewing IPA, Altamont Left Coast Session IPA, Austin Beerworks Fire Eagle IPA, Beavertown Black Yeti, Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat, Bristol Beer Factory Bitter Californian, Buntingford Polar Star, Captain Lawrence Smoked Porter, Crouch Vale Summit, almost everything Deep Ellum brews, Lagunitas IPA, Port Brewing Wipeout IPA, Mad River Flor De Jamaica, Magic Rock Cannonball, almost everything Morgan Street brews, Northern Brewer Black IPA and Imperial Stout, Red Fox Braintree Gold, Santa Fe Happy Camper IPA, Schlafly Organic Pale Ale, lots of Shipyard recipes (an Alan Pugsley brewery), Stone Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout, Summit Horizon Red Ale, Tommyknocker Pick Axe IPA, Widmer Drifter Pale Ale

[far9410]

Hmmm, might look at buying a plant if I can find one, when I dig up my north down ( see previous post " green hops" )