Boadicea

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Boadicea

Post by far9410 » Tue Jun 23, 2015 7:27 pm

Hi

Has anyone any experience of this, whats it like? :)
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Re: Boadicea

Post by Ren » Wed Jun 24, 2015 7:00 am

You can get single hopped Boadicea golden ale in m&s. I really liked it.
It's spicy. Damn, now i need to order some.

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Re: Boadicea

Post by far9410 » Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:18 am

If you're around notts in the next few days you can have some mate
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Re: Boadicea

Post by Ren » Wed Jun 24, 2015 3:35 pm

far9410 wrote:If you're around notts in the next few days you can have some mate
Thanks buddy. Unfortunately I am not.

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Re: Boadicea

Post by joeskidmore » Wed Jun 24, 2015 6:29 pm

I was fortunate enough recently for ArmChair to review my Bitter - it is single hopped with Boadicea.

I think it is a lovely, mellow hop. Great smell when you open the packet and even better when you throw it in the copper. I highly recommend it.

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Re: Boadicea

Post by Monkeybrew » Fri Jun 26, 2015 1:24 pm

I've got some Boadicea arriving today from the Malt Miller, that I am going to use in a single hop dark mild.

I used it a while back in a biab stout, but this didn't really allow the hops to shine. I am inspired by Crouch Vales Blackwater Mild, which when I asked, they told me that it contained Boadicea and this was a really lovely dark velvety beer that somehow worked with a hoppy floral thing.

I have also just picked up a bottle of the M&S Boadicea single hop beer today, so will let you know how that tastes :beer:

BTW, if you buy any 6 bottles in M&S at the moment, you get 25% off!

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Conditioning:
AG#41 - Vienna Lager - 5.6%
AG#42 - Heritage Double Ale - 10.5%

On Tap:
AG#44 - Harvest ESB - 5.4%
AG#45 - Amarillo Gold APA - 5.2%

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Re: Boadicea

Post by YeastWhisperer » Fri Jun 26, 2015 10:30 pm

I am glad to hear that people are happy with the cultivar. I recently purchased a pound of Boadicea. There's nothing like having to find an creative way to use a pound of a lackluster hop.

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Re: Boadicea

Post by Monkeybrew » Sat Jun 27, 2015 3:53 pm

Well I tried the single hop Boadicea Golden Ale last night. It's brewed by Meantime, and like all of their bottled beers, they aren't a patch on the kegged stuff that I've tried (not had Boadicea from a keg though).

The malt and hop flavours were very muted, but I picked up floral, mild spicy and very subtle citrus from the hops.

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Conditioning:
AG#41 - Vienna Lager - 5.6%
AG#42 - Heritage Double Ale - 10.5%

On Tap:
AG#44 - Harvest ESB - 5.4%
AG#45 - Amarillo Gold APA - 5.2%

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Re: Boadicea

Post by Dennis King » Sat Jun 27, 2015 4:39 pm

Nice hop I like it.

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Re: Boadicea

Post by seymour » Fri Jul 03, 2015 1:09 am

A few Boadicea only beers:
Marches Boadicea Gold
Nethergate Red Santa Festive Ruby Beer
Red Fox Wily Ol' Fox
Saffron Littlebury Lighthouse
Summit Union Series #2: Rebellion Stout (2014, loosely based on an 1896 Cork recipe)
Wibblers Mayflower

Maybe you've tasted Boadicea blended with other stuff:
Adnams uses Boadicea a lot for bittering, although usually blended with First Gold, Fuggles & Goldings, in brews such as Adnams Southwold Bitter, Broadside, East Green, Fisherman, Gunhill, Irish Stout, Jack Brand Innovation, May Day, Old Ale, Oyster Stout, Regatta, Spindrift, Yuletide.
Crouchvale Blackwater Mild blends Challenger and Boadicea.
Goddards Windsor Knot uses Sovereign and Boadicea.
Skye Ardmore Beast uses Boadicea and Fuggles.
Lymestone Foundation Stone uses Pilot and Boadicea.
Red Fox Foxy Moron blends Boadicea, Chinook, and Magnum.
Sambrook's Powerhouse Porter blends Fuggles, Boadicea, Challenger.
Sambrook's Wandle blends Fuggles, Goldings, Boadicea.

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Re: Boadicea

Post by Bazz » Mon Jul 06, 2015 3:07 pm

How fortunate that I've stumbled upon this thread, I was just musing over an IPA recipe using this and Challenger, thinking 6.5% ABV, 50-60 IBU's, sound any good?

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Re: Boadicea

Post by far9410 » Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:03 pm

just had first taste of bo bitter, quite nice, not overpowering, like an english bitter
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Re: Boadicea

Post by raiderman » Thu Nov 05, 2015 2:42 pm

I've just picked up some Boadicea. I also have challenger comet and endeavour. I'm brewing a simple pale beer, mainly Belgian pale malt a tad of carapils and some malted oats just for fun. I'm wondering about blending any thoughts anyone?

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