Advice on a Session Bitter

[dave-o]

You are going to be boiling that glacier for so long i wouldn't worry about much of its flavour coming through.

Your recipe is fine.

[TheMumbler]

Thanks for the feedback, sorry I wasn't clear:

I brewed that bitter yesterday, recipe pretty much unchanged (and had a total mare). The beer is fermenting now.

I was wondering what to do with the remaining glacier (60g) when I get a new boiler.

[dave-o]

Well, there are plenty of recipes that will work with a hop with Glacier's properties.

What do you want to do?

[TheMumbler]

I'm not sure what to try next at the moment, that was partly why I was asking about the styles glacier suits. I've done a wheat beer plus bitter and twisted and gobhoblin roughly as the barley bottom recipes all bottled. I'm really still trying to fine tune my equipment and get to grips with the process so I'm after practice as much as anything else

[StAnthonyB]

EBC = SRMx1.97, or double SRM to make it easy

I was aiming for citrusy so hopefully it'll be OK. So what would you recommend for using 60g or so of glacier I have left in the freezer? I know very little about them.

Thanks for the help... I was exhibiting my slothfulness.

A couple of years back when they first came out I used Glacier hops in a stout. But, here's a little something I ganked off of another site:

Glacier Hops
Glacier is newer (2000) multi-purpose hop variety released by Washington State University for its low CoHumulone content and pleasant bitterness characteristics. Alpha acids are low-moderate at about 5.5% on average. The aroma is fragrant and pleasing with a slight citrus character balanced by moderated earthy qualities. Think somewhere between Willamette and Fuggle with less of the Fuggle's pungency.

Typical Use : Aroma
Alpha Acid : 5.5% AAU
Origination : USA
Characteristics : Neutral with some floral/citrus
Styles : Wide variety of uses: American Ales, Wheats, Light Lager
Similar Hops : Willamette, Fuggle, Tettnanger

Hop-O-Meter




All Grain Recipe - Glacier Pale Ale ::: 1.055/1.014 (5.75 Gal)
Grain Bill (72% Efficiency Assumed)
10 lbs. - 2 Row Pale Malt (US)
2 lbs. - Victory Malt
1/3 lb. - Crystal (40L) Malt

Hop Schedule (40 IBU)
3/4 oz - Horizon hops [12%] (60 min.)
1.5 oz - Glacier hops [5.5%] (15 min.)
1.5 oz - Cascade hops [5.5%] (1 min.)

Yeast
White Labs WLP001/ Wyeast 1056/ Safale S-05 Amerian Ale

Mash/Sparge/Boil
Mash at 153° for 60 min.
Sparge as usual
Cool and ferment at 66° to 68°

Notes
Glacier + a "C" Hop like Cascade provides a nice finish.

[StAnthonyB]

Use some decent hop instead of that yankee stuff.

Easy, mate.

I'm not your mate and never will be so don't try that one.

Before we digress...

Here's another "Yankee" hop from the Yakima Valley which may be of some use in building beverages. I've a pound of them destined for the deep freeze.

SpecificationsTypical Use : Bittering
Alpha Acid : 14 to 17% AAU
Origination : USA
Characteristics : Earthy, Spicy, Floral
Styles : American IPA, Pale Ale
Similar Hops : Nugget

Hop-O-Meter

[TheMumbler]

cheers, is that last one Bravo?