AG #10 - Guinness "clone" - 29/6/08

[BarnsleyBrewer]

My hop stock is

Target, Pearle, EKG, Fuggles, Northdown, Aurora.

Can anyone recommend hop type and amount for this brew?
Thanks
John

[noby]

I would use Target. In fact it's what I usually use in stouts. About half the quantity ECR used, if you can't find the exact %AA or target IBU.

[Garth]

or Northdown, a good hop for a stout

[BarnsleyBrewer]

Hi,
By using the grain weights suggested, I can put in 20g of Target & 25g of Northdown to achieve 43.9 EBU's (according to Beersmith).
Would this be O.K?
I'm a novice at recipe formulation with Beersmith.

John

21L brew

4.30 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (2.5 SRM) Grain 79.04 %
0.57 kg Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) Grain 10.48 %
0.57 kg Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 10.48 %
20.00 gm Target [9.00 %] (60 min) Hops 20.3 IBU
25.00 gm Northdown [8.40 %] (60 min) Hops 23.7 IBU
1 Pkgs Safale-04 Yeast-Ale

Est Original Gravity: 1.048 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.014 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.008 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.45 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.95 %
Bitterness: 41.3 IBU Calories: 424 cal/l
Est Color: 28.2 SRM Color: Color

[Garth]

That would work fine, imo hop type are not particulary important in a stout, as long their bitterness balance the sweet malt out to varying degrees, basically anything goes.

A year ago or so I did a few batches of 'Pops Stout' which is an excellent recipe on here if you look, it's got a massive body to it, and the author Pop himself actually had Saaz in it which is traditionally a lager hop, it still worked great. I used Northdown on one occasion and a mixture of leftovers in another, both were cracking brews.