Late hop addition beers
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:14 am
by valorian
I have a question for Jamil or anyone with experiance brewing all late hope addition beers.
I have my first one carbonating now and it tastes great. I want to do more beers with this technique. I was thinking about trying to make an IPA this way. My question is, can high AA hops like Magnum be used for late hopping for should only mid AA hops be used?
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:09 am
by brewbob
I just did a great APA with Amarillo and a honey wheat with Amarillo and Cascade. Although not quite as high in AA as Magnum, it is close. My guess is that with higher AA hops you would just want to start adding later. I made my first addition at 10 min. This technique gives you an incredible hop flavor with a mild bitterness. It is definitely my new best friend...
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:23 pm
by barleypopmaker
I just wanted to say I am pretty amped about this technique. I made an APA this Saturday and used the late hop addition and the smell coming from the airlock is pure hop heaven! BTW, I used Chinook and Amarillo all in the last 10 min.
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:06 pm
by valorian
This last weekend I made a revised batch of my 20 Minutes Late recipe (American Amber Ale). I'm trying Simcoe in this batch. Still trying to put together a late hop addition IPA recipe that I'm satisfied with.
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:07 pm
by Homegrown Hops
I have done an IPA late hopping with Magnum @ 20 mins (4oz) if I remember correctly in a ten gallon batch. It came out fine but I have returned to 60 min on that recipe. I thought that the bittering was too mellow imho.
HH
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:57 pm
by jamilz
Sometimes it helps to keep some of the IBUs early in the boil. 10 to 15 or so seems to help.
I haven't used Magnum in a late hop beer, but it would probably be OK.
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:16 am
by barleypopmaker
I just bottled my APA that I did this hopbursting method and I got to say, so far is seems pretty killer! Wonderful hop flavor and some aroma and the bitterness was pretty soft. I have never experience a beer with a bitterness like that and I really enjoyed it. I used a total of 2oz of Chinnok 12.8% and 2 oz Amarillo 8.4% and .7oz of left over Chinooks at flameout. We will see after everything is complete, but at bottling it was probably the best APA I have ever made.