Red Dawn Amber Ale
Re: Red Dawn Amber Ale
I had an amber ale in a bar last night that contained Columbus, Chinook and Summit, it was great, I really like these big hops in an amber ale, one of my favourite kinds of beer.
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Re: Red Dawn Amber Ale
Am yet to try any of those for brewing but have definitely enjoyed some commercial beers that feature them, wasn't sure about Colombus at first, seems to give a lot of garden shed earthiness in some beers but tried a flying dog IPA last night that used it and it was great!
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Conditioning------- Red Dawn Amber Ale, 2 Hearted IPA
Brewing------- Turtle Rye PA, Trip Hop Brit Hop
Conditioning------- Red Dawn Amber Ale, 2 Hearted IPA
Brewing------- Turtle Rye PA, Trip Hop Brit Hop
Re: Red Dawn Amber Ale
I use Columbus and Chinook a lot. I think both are great hops for both bittering and aroma. They're not for everyone though.
Re: Red Dawn Amber Ale
I brewed mine yesterday. Stuck to the original recipe I'd posted except for swapping out the centennial for Northern Brewer. No centennial left as my missus moved some stuff about in the freezer and forgot to put my hops back in. A packet of centennial and a packet of goldings are up the swanny.!
It smelled and tasted fantastic when I drank the trial jar (am I normal for doing this?). Quite pungent on the hop front, but not unpleasant. It finished at 1064.! so I added a bit of water to pull it down to 1058.
Brew day went really well and timings certainly improved. Using the water from the hot tap, the water was at strike temperature in less than 5 mins... Ace.!
It smelled and tasted fantastic when I drank the trial jar (am I normal for doing this?). Quite pungent on the hop front, but not unpleasant. It finished at 1064.! so I added a bit of water to pull it down to 1058.
Brew day went really well and timings certainly improved. Using the water from the hot tap, the water was at strike temperature in less than 5 mins... Ace.!
Re: Red Dawn Amber Ale
Sounds good. Totally normal to drink the trial jar. Waste not want not.Notlaw wrote:I brewed mine yesterday. Stuck to the original recipe I'd posted except for swapping out the centennial for Northern Brewer. No centennial left as my missus moved some stuff about in the freezer and forgot to put my hops back in. A packet of centennial and a packet of goldings are up the swanny.!
It smelled and tasted fantastic when I drank the trial jar (am I normal for doing this?). Quite pungent on the hop front, but not unpleasant. It finished at 1064.! so I added a bit of water to pull it down to 1058.
Brew day went really well and timings certainly improved. Using the water from the hot tap, the water was at strike temperature in less than 5 mins... Ace.!
Not sure I'd have chucked the hops, did they seem compromised? Were they left out and open for a long time?
Re: Red Dawn Amber Ale
Oh, you'd definitely have chucked these. They'd been out for over 24 hours, in the garage... It wasn't a good look.Clibit wrote:Sounds good. Totally normal to drink the trial jar. Waste not want not.Notlaw wrote:I brewed mine yesterday. Stuck to the original recipe I'd posted except for swapping out the centennial for Northern Brewer. No centennial left as my missus moved some stuff about in the freezer and forgot to put my hops back in. A packet of centennial and a packet of goldings are up the swanny.!
It smelled and tasted fantastic when I drank the trial jar (am I normal for doing this?). Quite pungent on the hop front, but not unpleasant. It finished at 1064.! so I added a bit of water to pull it down to 1058.
Brew day went really well and timings certainly improved. Using the water from the hot tap, the water was at strike temperature in less than 5 mins... Ace.!
Not sure I'd have chucked the hops, did they seem compromised? Were they left out and open for a long time?