Pale ales for the summer

[bigdave]

I'm thinking of stocking up on simple, single hop pale ales for the summer months. I'd quite like a good variety to really showcase how changing the hop can alter the brew, so wondered what hops you'd recommend.

The base will always be 100% Pale malt with a target abv of 5%.

[seymour]

Goldings, First Gold, Challenger, Hallertau, Northern Brewer, Amarillo, Rakau

[TC2642]

I've had good results with Green Bullet, Nelson Savin, Citra, Aurora, Bramling X and Chinook what are you aiming at for the EBU's?

[far9410]

Apollo !

[TheMumbler]

I guess any set of fairly different hops would do the trick. I think I'd be tempted to go for hops with decent aromatic properties and from different geographical regions too

say: EKG, Cascade, Saaz, Nelson Sauvin, Galaxy

[Matt12398]

I didn't do a single hop brew because I bittered with something else but I did a pale ale with EKG for late additions and a large amount dry hopped. I didn't expect it to be that exciting but it had the most amazing spicy marmalade flavour.

[bigdave]

I've got an Apollo SMaSM conditioning and love that grapefruit hit! (it's actually why I thought about doing a series of different single hop brews).

The list so far is:
• Amarillo
• Nelson Savin
• First Gold

[jimp2003]

Goldings, First Gold, Challenger, Hallertau, Northern Brewer, Amarillo, Rakau

+1 to Rakau. If you want to go for it and struggle to find some let me know as I am looking to sell off some of my stock of hops...

[Underground Joe]

I guess any set of fairly different hops would do the trick. I think I'd be tempted to go for hops with decent aromatic properties and from different geographical regions too

say: EKG, Cascade, Saaz, Nelson Sauvin, Galaxy

Galaxy is very nice but use something else for bittering.

[seymour]

Galaxy is very nice but use something else for bittering.

+1
I bet a Challenger-Galaxy combo would be delicious.

[Hanglow]

Citra, Challenger, Brewers Gold

[Dennis King]

Drinking a single hop galaxy at the moment, bloody lovely.

[Horatio]

Citra, Challenger, Brewers Gold

+1 along with Amarillo and First Gold.