Help Me Craft a Jaipur UPDATE

[farleyman]

Hello andybiochem and any others who tried your original recipe.

I know one way tastings arn`t much cop but I hope you find this of some use, especially if you make an APA of this nature.
It has now been kept cool in bottle for seven weeks and has changed quite considerably from first tasting.
Some of the pungency and floral aromas and flavours have given way to smoothness and mellowness.
This has allowed the bitterness to come through, possibly giving a better balance.Condition is exellent with a small bead and good head retention. Quite good given all the hop oils present. Colour is a lovely mid gold and malt flavour comes through well, so keep the caramalt. An abv of 5.3% sits well with this amount of flavour.
Still a stunning beer but if I had to choose I would go for drinking when a month old, when it`s more `exiting`.

When I brew this again (if I can afford the hops) I would be tempted to use a hop bag for the final additions and squeeze it out. Wort absorbtion was 50% last time with loose hops.

Many thanks f

[WishboneBrewery]

7 weeks is a long time for a hoppy beer, I tend to find I prefer them from about 2-3 weeks after bottling (after about 10 days in the fermenter) after that the initial punch and freshness of the hops subsides and the beer rounds off, and as you say, lets more of the bitterness come through.
Loosing 50% is a bit mad... it just means you need to brew more

[andybiochem]

Thanks for the update!

I found the opposite with mine: it was good to start with, but quickly became an orange-fest as it got older. Eventually (I think it lasted about a month IIRC) all the hop dropped out and it turned manky.

I'm currently brewing as many single-hop pale ales as I can, just to try and find THE main Jaipur hop. So far I have brewed: Amarillo, Centennial, Chinook, and Cascade single-hop pales (to name a few). None of these give that characteristic flavour.

I've got some Simcoe in the mail, so that's up next.

Sigh!

[farleyman]

Hello,

Amazing how the two beers have turned out so differently. I have only a few left and am trying to save them to see how time affects it.

With the incredible variety of hops available now (we just had `hops` when I started in 1965) it`s a good idea to try and find out what each variety can bring to the party.
The last two I did were Target and Galaxy. Despite common thinking, quite good beer can be made using Target as the sole hop. It`s certainly economical. I used it for bittering and dry hopping. The resultant pale ale was perfectly drinkable.
The Galaxy was a little like the `Jaipur`. Good solid bitterness with lovely aroma and flavour. One to do again if obtainable.

Cheers f