Boxshed Hop Juggler (BHJ)

[fivetide]

I might, MIGHT, be brewing this evening, all being well. Woohoo!


Boxshed Hop Juggler (BHJ)


Style: English Pale
Batch Size: 25 L
Boil Time: 90 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0 %

Ingredients
4.35Kg Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (5.9 EBC) 94.6%
250g Torrified Wheat (3.3 EBC) 5.4%

Protofloc Tablet (15 min)
1 Pkgs US-05

Hop profile
Challenger, 7.5%AA, 35g at 90 min
Mount Hood, 6%AA, 25g at 15 min
Willamette, 35g at flame out

Batch Sparge
Mash Grain Weight: 4.6kg Mash PH: 5.4 PH
Grain Temperature: 13.0 C
Mash In Add 11.5L of water at 71.5C (65C) 90 min
Step Add 9.5L of water at 80.2 (72C) 10 min
Step Add 15.5L of water at 81.9C (76C) 10 min

Beer Profile
Estimated Original Gravity: 1.041
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.012
Estimated Color: 8.2 EBC
Bitterness: 38.3 IBU
Alpha Acid Units: 2.2 AAU
Estimated Alcohol by Volume: 3.8%

[smp465]

Interesting hop combination. What do you think of Willamette? I've used them in 2 brews now and quite like them.

[fivetide]

They're basically American Fuggles, aren't they. I've never used them before. These came from CraftBrewer. But I like that citrus/spice/grassy taste in commercial pale ales, so wanted to try it out. The pellets sadly don't give me the same preview of the aroma in the copper that whole cones do though. I tried to explain my thinking during the brewday report. What do you think of Willamette? I'm hoping the bitterness of the Challenger and the dryness of the mash will set it up to work well with the Mount Hood late addition. But it's half guesswork and half informed by commercial brewing, I guess!

[smp465]

I haven't done a direct comparison with Fuggle, nor have i done a single hop brew with Willamette, but they do seem to lend fuggle type character and to my recollection some orange citrus, by that i mean a sweet kind of citrus more than anything, not a grapefruit/lemon type citrus.

Keep us updated, i do like the look of that recipe.

[fivetide]

Yes, if I had to compare the FV smell to any fruit, it would probably be pineapple.

[aceuass]

I used mt hood and williamette in an ESB and have to say it was great
Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
9.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 83.18 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 9.24 %
0.41 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3.79 %
0.41 lb Golden Naked Oats (1.0 SRM) Grain 3.79 %
0.50 oz Mt. Hood [5.20 %] (90 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 6.9 IBU
0.50 oz Williamette [4.80 %] (90 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 6.4 IBU
1.00 oz Williamette [4.80 %] (60 min) Hops 18.4 IBU
1.00 oz Mt. Hood [5.20 %] (5 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
1.00 oz Williamette [4.80 %] (5 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Irish Ale (Wyeast Labs #1084) Yeast-Ale

Cheers
Paul

[fivetide]

Well that's encouraging - thanks for sharing the recipe!