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hallertau tradition

Post by far9410 » Wed Feb 18, 2015 3:55 pm

Hi anybody got a good recipe to use these?
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Re: hallertau tradition

Post by seymour » Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:03 pm

That's just a modern-day, higher-yielding, more disease-resistent replacement for Hallertau mittelfrau, the classic German noble hop, which is to say you could use them in any recipe imaginable. They simply produce a very pleasant hoppy flavour and aroma: flowery, black peppery, a little earthy and perfumey, very faintly spicy, not as citrusy as English hops.

Perfect for golden/blond ales, lagers, anything where you're going for a classic well-balanced beer. You can blend it with any other hop at any stage, but if you add a bunch near the end of the boil, it'll make any recipe seem a bit more refined.

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Post by far9410 » Fri Feb 20, 2015 6:53 pm

Thanks Seymour, do you think they may get overwhelmed if combined with some US hops. Was thinking tho, of a single hop brew
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Post by legion » Fri Feb 20, 2015 6:59 pm

They probably would, but you go 2 parts hallertau to 1 part american
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Re: hallertau tradition

Post by Hanglow » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:53 pm

salopian do a great ipa that uses citra and saaz ( Automaton I think, well worth a sip). So as long as you can be sensible with proportions ( like what legion is suggesting) then there is no reason why you can't make a great ipa with them. same goes with british hops+ america/new world

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Re: hallertau tradition

Post by seymour » Sat Feb 21, 2015 3:46 pm

far9410 wrote:Thanks Seymour, do you think they may get overwhelmed if combined with some US hops...
Yes, they would for the most part. Although, as the others already said, you can blend a lot of these and a little US hops. Presumably these are cheaper than the trendiest New World IPA hops, right? If so, commercial brewers might use such a blend to make their expensive hops last longer (along the same lines as ration-era chicory coffee) or to make an American hoppy style beer seem all-around nobler/refined.
far9410 wrote:...Was thinking tho, of a single hop brew
That's always the best way to decide for yourself what you think of a particular hop cultivar's bitterness, flavour, and aroma. Perhaps make a mini stove-top batch with malt extract. Then after calibrating your palate to Hallertau tradition, you can decide for yourself how to blend it in your next full-size batch.

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