Single Hop, Anyone?

[alfie09]

All pale malt. northern brewer for bittering to 30ibus then a whole pack of celeia hops late on. best beer i have made to date. celeia hops are one my favoruite hops. dont listen when people say they taste like styrian goldings there a absolute different hop in my eyes. made mine to a og 1034-1035

[raiderman]

I'll second all Citra, I've just finished a barrel , no bittering hops and 100g added at 20,15, 10,5 and 0m to give a very aromatic brew, awsome. I'm going to repeat with moutuka which will be more flora but should be killer bee and having had an East london brewing Co IPA in which you could almost taste the resin in the hops I'm tempted to try the same approach with goldings

Interesting. What's the brew length and OG for your 100g of hops?

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Beer Eagle I find a fairly simple brew is best for playing around with hops, below is Jubbys simcoe recipe which I've tasted the original of and is a cracking beer and is highly recommended

Brewed to 5.5% and 52 IBU. With my efficiencies, this is the recipe for 24 litres in the FV.

4kg pale malt, 1.6kg German pilsner malt, 400g wheat malt.

I used Simcoe pellets at 12.4% acid, but flower hops will be fine. If using flower hops, add 10% more, as pellets are more efficient than flower.
15g for the full boil, 20g at 15 min, 30g at 10 min, 30g at 5 min, 30g at boiler off and steeped for 30 mins. I didn't dry hop, but it wouldn't do any harm. You could bung in more hops at 'boiler off' too if you wanted.

I used WLP001 yeast, but you could get away with Safale US-05 dry yeast.

I brewed the simcoe malts and used citra instead, no bittering hops - all late hops and it worked a treat

[BeerEagle]

Cool, I'll give it a go. Thanks Raiderman.

[far9410]

I'll second all Citra, I've just finished a barrel , no bittering hops and 100g added at 20,15, 10,5 and 0m to give a very aromatic brew, awsome. I'm going to repeat with moutuka which will be more flora but should be killer bee and having had an East london brewing Co IPA in which you could almost taste the resin in the hops I'm tempted to try the same approach with goldings

Hi Raiderman, when you use no bittering hops, how long do you boil for?, is there a need for a 90 min boil in this case?

[weiht]

I'll second all Citra, I've just finished a barrel , no bittering hops and 100g added at 20,15, 10,5 and 0m to give a very aromatic brew, awsome. I'm going to repeat with moutuka which will be more flora but should be killer bee and having had an East london brewing Co IPA in which you could almost taste the resin in the hops I'm tempted to try the same approach with goldings

Hi Raiderman, when you use no bittering hops, how long do you boil for?, is there a need for a 90 min boil in this case?

At Least 60 mins to drive off those DMS.

Im gg to do a all citra ale along the lines of the kipling recipe.

4kg Maris Otter
350g Munich
350g Flaked Wheat
300g Crystal 10

20g Citra 60mins
20g Citra 20mins
40g Citra whirlpool

US05/WLP001/Wy1056

[raiderman]

I'll second all Citra, I've just finished a barrel , no bittering hops and 100g added at 20,15, 10,5 and 0m to give a very aromatic brew, awsome. I'm going to repeat with moutuka which will be more flora but should be killer bee and having had an East london brewing Co IPA in which you could almost taste the resin in the hops I'm tempted to try the same approach with goldings

Hi Raiderman, when you use no bittering hops, how long do you boil for?, is there a need for a 90 min boil in this case?

I boil for 60 mins. Sounds a bit daft boiling without any hops but my beers always drop bright with 60m boil and when I've cut the boil time I have had poorer beer as a result

[raiderman]

I've just brewed an all moteuka a whole bag added at 5m intervals over the last 25m, 15g 15g 20g 20g 15g and 15g which after playing around on the calculator should give around 44ebu and a decent waft of aroma

[Fil]

Im not alone then..

I have opted to brew single hop brews on my last 2 brewdays, i have a fuggles and an ekg basic bitter brews underway..
and thanks to posts here have pointers to follow for future brews.

Im doing this so i can get my taste buds round the flavours hops impart and the differences.. when combined in a complex beer it just tastes good to me, or not, i dont get the descriptions some use and understand, ive never tasted citrus or smelled it on a beer, cant say ive ever smelt anything on a beer other than beer..

looking forward to the tasting..

[CestrIan]

I agree with Fil in that if it's my first brew with a new hop then it has to be a single hop brew. Otherwise how do you get to know the hop. You need to learn the flavour and aroma to design your own recipes and mix it up with other hops. Almost as exciting as trying a new hop is learning where to take a new hop next and what to pair it up with.

However, I have tasted citrus in a beer.. my last 2 brews have been single hop Galaxy and single hop Motueka. Someof my old favourites are single hop Nelson sauvin, chinook, amarillo, NZ cascade, centennial and of course citra (not forgetting the classic US cascade).

I also enjoy single hop EKG in stouts and bitters and there's a lot to be said for the often overlooked humble English Challenger - Coniston Bluebird won the Champion beer of Britain with it in a single hop brew so it can't be too bad.

The possible combinations of hops are endless and malt bill and yeast variety both add a whole other dimension. That's what makes this such an interesting hobby.

[raiderman]

. You need to learn the flavour and aroma to design your own recipes and mix it up with other hops. Almost as exciting as trying a new hop is learning where to take a new hop next and what to pair it up with.

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I agree its blending that is the challenge. I keep thinking that Willemette which I love to death and goes beautifully with cascade ought to help anchor some of the citrussy hops - but so far I haven't cracked it. I'm wondering whether leaving bittering hops out, chucking some willamette in with 25/30 min to go and then adding simcoe or something similar very late might work.

[orlando]

For a single hop summer ale i'd probably go Amarillo, or good old Cascade.

Funnily enough: I will call it "Rhythm Of The Rain" (as sung by The Cascades )

19 litre Brew length

Amt Name Type # IBU %

3.750 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 91.5 %

0.200 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (39.4 EBC) Grain 2 4.9 %

0.125 kg Wheat, Torrified (3.3 EBC) Grain 3 3.0 %

0.025 kg Black Malt (1280.0 EBC) Grain 4 0.6 %

25.00 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 90.0 min 18.0 IBUs

0.20 g Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 mins) Finings

25.00 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min 8.4 IBUs

30.00 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Aroma Steep 0.0 min 0.0 IBUs

Fat Cat Yeast (Fat Cat Brewery #Charles Wells Brewery)


How does this look. I expect to brew it Monday so swift comments welcomed.

[raiderman]

For a single hop summer ale i'd probably go Amarillo, or good old Cascade.

Funnily enough: I will call it "Rhythm Of The Rain" (as sung by The Cascades )

19 litre Brew length

Amt Name Type # IBU %



0.200 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (39.4 EBC) Grain 2 4.9 %

0.025 kg Black Malt (1280.0 EBC) Grain 4 0.6 %

25.00 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 90.0 min 18.0 IBUs

25.00 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min 8.4 IBUs

30.00 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Aroma Steep 0.0 min 0.0 IBUs




How does this look. I expect to brew it Monday so swift comments welcomed.

I assume you've checked the grain bill and thats the strenght you want? I'd normally use more pale malt. A lot of people advocate keeping the grain bill simple when featuring hops, but although I'm not a fan of crystal I inevitably add some carpils or caragold to give extra malt and mouthfeel and Cascade might go well with crystal - I'm thinking of amercian pales like Fat Tire which have a crystal/amber taste .
Aside from some colour I don't know what the black malt adds. Id be tempted to drop it.
My main thought is your brew isn't going to be very bitter, even by pub standards. I'd be tempted to chuck another 20g in at the 20m mark

[orlando]

Thanks raiderman, The strenght comes in at 4.5 and the black malt is there for colour which will be 16.4 EBC. Bitterness will be 26.4 which is a little lower than the 30+ I usually enjoy so I think I will take up your advice and see how that comes out in IBU's.

[Manx Guy]

Hi
Some of my fav single hop brews have been in my "blonde" grain bill - 92% pale, 6% UK caramalt, 2% light crystal
Mt. Hood, Cascade and first gold

I certainly wouldn't exclude challenger, it has it's place to bitter and add a nice English hop punch to an IPA when added late...

I have few more in the pipe line for this summer - Motueka, centennial and aroura.


Guy

[dynamic dave]

What about Hophead one of my favourites for the summer.

Hophead Clone

Size: 25.0 L
Efficiency: 80.0%
Attenuation: 75.0%

Original Gravity: 1.039 (1.000 - 1.100)
Terminal Gravity: 1.010 (1.000 - 1.100)
Color: 4.4 (0.0 - 50.0)
Alcohol: 3.79% (0.0% - 10.0%)
Bitterness: 28.1 (0.0 - 50.0)

Ingredients:
3.8 kg Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt
200.0 g Cara Malt
100.0 g Torrified Wheat
25.0 g Cascade (7.6%) - added during boil, boiled 90 min
60.0 g Cascade (7.6%) - added during boil, boiled 5 min
60.0 g Cascade (7.6%) - steeped after boil
1.0 ea Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05