You're using them to brew, right?Belter wrote:I'm not down with pellets. they make me feel dirty
What do you bitter with?
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I'm just here for the beer.
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I got some of those to try out early next year, not sure yet in what.gregorach wrote:I've been quite a fan of Herkules for a while...
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Re: What do you bitter with?
I wouldn't use them as a late hop, but they do a grand job of providing the "base" bittering for an IPA... Gives you the space to chuck loads of late hops in.Rookie wrote:I got some of those to try out early next year, not sure yet in what.gregorach wrote:I've been quite a fan of Herkules for a while...
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Re: What do you bitter with?
Sounds like my kind of hops then!!! I like a firm solid bitterness as a backbone for the aroma to shine, otherwise I might as well drink fruit punch lolgregorach wrote:I wouldn't use them as a late hop, but they do a grand job of providing the "base" bittering for an IPA... Gives you the space to chuck loads of late hops in.Rookie wrote:I got some of those to try out early next year, not sure yet in what.gregorach wrote:I've been quite a fan of Herkules for a while...
Re: Odp: What do you bitter with?
For a short time I had many local hops in 1 kg packs of pellets at home (we do hops bulk-buys once a year). The one with best and most intense aroma was Herkules. Others was eg. Perle, Hallertau Tradition, Lubelski...
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Re: What do you bitter with?
Zgoda, I just tried a single hop ale made with Junga, a new Polish dual-purpose hop bred from Northern Brewer and Marynka, which means I think you guys read my mind and cross-bred it just for me. What d'ya think of it?
Re: Odp: What do you bitter with?
Mixed feeling. In moderate quantities it's better than Magnum, pleasant and delicate, like some noble hop. But if you go overboard it shows its wild face of Northern Brewer.
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Do you like Marynka? Its delicate notes of black licorice and cedar with just a hint of Saaz-ish black pepper spice blow my mind.
Re: Odp: What do you bitter with?
I didn't found a hopping schedule that would showcase what's good in Marynka. Still working on this.
This is one of unforgiving varieties, in my opinion.
This is one of unforgiving varieties, in my opinion.
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Re: Odp: What do you bitter with?
Interesting. I really loved Marynka in a doppelbock I brewed several years ago. It was a single hop beer, all one addition at the beginning of the boil, no late aroma additions at all. That's not much of a "schedule" but I guess I like how its bittering profile compliments a big, dark, German-style lager anyway. Schlafly Pale Ale (an English Bitter along the lines of Bass) and Schlafly Pi Common (along the lines of Anchor Steam California Common) are supposedly brewed with Marynka, and I really enjoy them both. Not sure of their schedules, though.zgoda wrote:I didn't found a hopping schedule that would showcase what's good in Marynka...This is one of unforgiving varieties, in my opinion.
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I cann't stand Marynka's tart aftertaste. A pinch too much or too late and it might screw your beer or at least make it much less palatable for long time. For clean bittering I prefer Magnum or Iunga (this is capital "i", not "j", name is from IUNG institute in Pulawy).
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Ah yes.... I recall some one saying that! Can't think who.alix101 wrote:Mmmmmm... Farmers Armpits. Iove them.
Thats a shifty in opinion ....I seen to recall the words f@%ki*g fuggles.
Anyhow, back on the Fuggle hating train.... Only good for a dark beer IMO.