Dry hopping with Northern Brewer?

[Crackin]

Anybody tried this? I was thinking of trying this on an American Stout.

[Crackin]

Come on. Somebody has done this, surely.

[TastyMcD]

Even I haven't and that's something.

[maxwell]

Sounds like you need to do an experiment and tell us how it turns out!

[Crackin]

Good thing I brew 10 gallon batches. Experiment it is! Unfortunately, it is already in the keg(s), so I guess I will pull one keg out of the fridge and dangle a sack in there for a week with dental floss. I will report my findings, but here is the skinny:

American stout: 11-gallons
16 lbs. 2-Row Brewers Malt
2 lbs. Black Roasted Barley
1 lbs. Munich 10L Malt
1 lbs. American Black Patent
1 lbs. American Caramel 40°L
3 lbs. Barley Flaked
2 oz. East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 5.9 %AA) boiled 60 min.
2 oz. Nugget (Whole, 12.00 %AA) boiled 30 min.
2 oz. Northern Brewer (Pellets, 8.00 %AA) boiled 5 min.
Yeast : WYeast 1056 American Ale info
Original Gravity 1.062
Terminal Gravity 1.015
Color 32.52 °SRM
Bitterness 55.1
Alcohol (%volume) 6.1 %

Keg 1, no dry hop
Keg 2, 1oz Cascade, 1oz Northern Brewer

The hard part will be deciding which version to send to NHC. Time is running short!

[mabrungard]

I do dry hop with NB and Cascade for my American Brown Ale. NB provides a nice woody character to the hop flavor and aroma that is quite pleasant in combination with the Cascade. This recipe consistently scores in the 40's at competition and is one of my favorites. The original recipe was provided to me by multi-time GABF and WBC medal winner Matt Cole, now of Fatheads in Cleveland, formerly Rocky River Brewing Co.

The NB does work well in darker beers with its woody character.

[herbaljoe]

Woody character is right.

I tried it in an American Amber once and I didn't like it very much. It was very earthy/woody and didn't go along with the centennial/columbus blend at all.

[Crackin]

Cool. I will try to get some dry hop chacter in it and probably enter that one for NHC. If I remember, I will post some judging notes on this thread, to see how it was perceived.
After brewing Obsidian Stout from CYBI, I fell in love with hops in Stouts. What a great improvement over the rather bland flavor of a dry stout. I don't know that I will ever make a dry stout again.

Herbaljoe: I think I commented on one of your beertools recipies about this recently. My handle is dmccrackin. No need to respond. If I am looking for ideas for recipies or ingredients, I often peek at yours. Keep up with the comments on your beers, and I will try to do the same.

I tried dry hopping a pale ale with cascade and columbus, and the split batch with cascade and Simcoe. Lets just say that columbus is off of my "hops to use" list. I did not care for it at all, but the cascade simcoe version was absolutely fantastic!

Brew Strong!

Also, I think Tasty only responded to this thread because I listed Janet's Brown as my "on deck" beer. I am going to have to make it to see what all the fuss is about.