yakima gold

[neil smith]

hi, does anyone have the recipe for crouch vales yakima gold, cheers Neil

[jimp2003]

Never tried it but from the description:

"Very pale with delicious Amarillo hops, therefore earthily aromatic and highly drinkable"

I would try maybe all pale malt or pale with a bit of wheat and then hop appropriately with Amarillo....

What does it taste like? Is it very hop forward, bitter, balanced...?

[seymour]

hi, does anyone have the recipe for crouch vales yakima gold, cheers Neil

I haven't had it either, unfortunately. Should be pretty straight-forward, though. Just create a very basic pale ale recipe to the stated 4.2% ABV with about 30 IBU from Amarillo hops, save a little for dry-hopping.

[seymour]

P.S. if you don't already own some Amarillo hops, you better hustle. This year's crop is already almost completely sold-out. Sounds like one of your countryman is going to offer some for sale TONIGHT: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=55311&start=15#p588432

[neil smith]

it is has a nice citrous taste i love it but i thought it uses yakima hops from the states but not seen them anywhere, so may not have a choice,cheers Neil

[seymour]

One and the same, my friend. Yakima is a hops-growing district in the Pacific Northwest USA, not a cultivar. So we're both talking about Yakima-grown Amarillo hops.

I'm less sure about this point, but I don't know of any substantial non-Yakima-grown Aramillo hops. In any case, you want Amarillo hops for this clone.

[GrowlingDogBeer]

All the hops in Yakima come from the Yakima region, although the recipe contains Amarillo, from what I have found out, Amarillo is only a small proportion of the hops in the brew.

One of Crouch Vales core beers is Amarillo, they were probably one of the first UK brewers to use it. As one of there key beers the lack of / price of Amarillo is a nightmare. This time, with Yakima the hops used aren't obvious in the name and are a closely guarded secret.

[seymour]

All the hops in Yakima come from the Yakima region, although the recipe contains Amarillo, from what I have found out, Amarillo is only a small proportion of the hops in the brew.

One of Crouch Vales core beers is Amarillo, they were probably one of the first UK brewers to use it. As one of there key beers the lack of / price of Amarillo is a nightmare. This time, with Yakima the hops used aren't obvious in the name and are a closely guarded secret.

Gotcha, good info. In that case, he could probably get really close using any distinctly American hops for bittering (Cluster, Centennial, Cascade, Warrior, etc) then using Amarillo for late addition and dry-hops, don't you think?