American Pale and Amber Ales

[testtube]

I find Citra to be Grassy.

And that!

[leedsbrew]

Plus 1 on the chinook dry hop! I think it's ace! Like ade says 'big' piney aroma! It just screams HOPS

[leedsbrew]

I find Citra to be Grassy.

And that!

I've never got that with citra! Just big juicy tropical fruits !

[testtube]

I find Citra to be Grassy.

And that!

I've never got that with citra! Just big juicy tropical fruits !

Haven't had much luck with dry hopping, been a bit obsessive with getting the biggest "hop bomb" out of hops, tried many different methods. But I might have another go with it, didn't realise I'd done that many things wrong!

[TheMumbler]

This might help Keith

[testtube]

That's painful american stuff! Listened to the first and last bits, think there is more info here. Only tried it the once, so I'll have another go. Centinnal is a cat pee hop apparently.

Going to have to get me some Chinook.

[WishboneBrewery]

I listened to one of the Podcast yesterday, I feel really glad to turn it off... though the interview with Stan Hieronymus was full of great bits about his latest book 'For the love of Hops'. The General Banter that goes on just grinds on me!
All that said, I think us Brits mostly lack what it takes to make a good Brewing Podcast.

[TheMumbler]

It is a fine line between entertaining banter and annoying drivel. They are a good resource though and the price is right.

I tend to make notes from a listen through so I don't have to listen again

For the love of hops is a good read, I'm not sure whether it is really all that useful in terms of improving your beer though. Most of the information on dry hopping is about what breweries do. I like Stan Hieronymous as a writer.

[leedsbrew]

I really enjoy the BN podcasts. Horses for courses I suppose!

[seymour]

...Centinnal is a cat pee hop apparently...

What?! That's cooky talk. Centennial is one of the best, most versatile dual-purpose hops ever grown, hands down. Absolutely nothing catty about it. Brew a single-hop Centennial IPA and you may never brew another recipe.

...Going to have to get me some Chinook.

That doesn't follow. Chinook is a pungent and memorable hop, you'll likely love it or hate it, but whatever characteristics you think you dislike about Centennial, Chinook matches that and doubles-down.

[testtube]

...Centinnal is a cat pee hop apparently...

What?! That's cooky talk. Centennial is one of the best, most versatile dual-purpose hops ever grown, hands down. Absolutely nothing catty about it. Brew a single-hop Centennial IPA and you may never brew another recipe.

...Going to have to get me some Chinook.

That doesn't follow. Chinook is a pungent and memorable hop, you'll likely love it or hate it, but whatever characteristics you think you dislike about Centennial, Chinook matches that and doubles-down.

It's from a podcast (Link below), which I'll finish listening to, was getting a bit late. And running out of patience!

Like the sound of that book, think I shall get myself one.

[seymour]

...It's from a podcast (Link below), which I'll finish listening to...
Like the sound of that book, think I shall get myself one.

I know. I'm saying they're dead wrong about that, I wasn't directing it at you personally.

...Like the sound of that book, think I shall get myself one.

I highly recommend it too, I recently finished reading it. I'd agree it's mostly background info and a handy reference, but not necessarily a ton of actionable homebrew instruction. Lots of great tidbits and some cool recipes, though. I liked the holistic approach, not just yet another IPA book.

It was fun reading so much about Schlafly and Urban Chestnut, too, my locals where I personally know the brewers. I kept pausing in my reading to show my wife, "hey look, it's talking about Florian again!"

[BitterTed]

That's painful american stuff!

It is a fine line between entertaining banter and annoying drivel. They are a good resource though and the price is right.

Trust me, it's painful for us too! I can't stand listening to those guys. By the time I get to any good info I'm about ready to scream.

All that said, I think us Brits mostly lack what it takes to make a good Brewing Podcast.

Take out the **it and you would have about 15 mins of info, sounds perfect for a podcast to me!

[seymour]

That's painful american stuff!

It is a fine line between entertaining banter and annoying drivel. They are a good resource though and the price is right.

Trust me, it's painful for us too! I can't stand listening to those guys. By the time I get to any good info I'm about ready to scream.

All that said, I think us Brits mostly lack what it takes to make a good Brewing Podcast.

Take out the **it and you would have about 15 mins of info, sounds perfect for a podcast to me!

+1 LOL

[TheMumbler]

wort is 1016 @ 18c, so the dry hops have gone in
20g Amarillo in the pale
20g Chinook in the amber