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It might work really well, sure, but it certainly is NOT going to give you a British character in a British beer, if that's what you're going for. So, asking a group of people what hops work good in what styles, then saying Chinook and a British beer is weird. One would think that you're asking people what hops work well in what styles of beer. And one would assume that you'd mean brewing those styles of beer *to style* or at least basically inline with the underlying nature of the style. Using Chinook for a dry hop wouldn't be to style for a British beer of any kind. Is it tasty? Sure, probably. I've dry hopped with Chinook with great results in American styles of beer. Using it in a British style isn't a problem. It just won't taste so British anymore.

Not trying to be a dick or anything, but this seems to be popping up lately. That name is "Willamette" without the "i". It's not named after a guy named William. It's named after the river in Oregon, or possibly the Willamette Valley in Oregon. Either way, it's spelled Willamette.

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SkiSoloII

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Easy, please. Thicker skin would be appreciated.

I guess I wasn't actually asking which hops go together with which style (though i see how it looked that way), but which hops actually taste good together - chocolate and peanut butter anyone? -

Maybe I should have asked "which hops DO NOT go together? Which ones conflict with each other?"

and Zen_Brew, thank you. I missed the wheel in Jamil's book. This will go far to answer some of my compatability questions.

Dave

MattHollingsworth

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I'd say the same to you, actually. I didn't take offense at all, I was just correcting what I saw as an error. Shouldn't have caused you any offense, I'd think.

As for what hops just go together well, a LOT of them go well together! I've been using Cascades and EKGs together with great success in some dark beers (Christmas Ale and RIS). I think it's easier to find hops that DO go together than it is to find ones that don't. Cascade, Chinook, Centennial, Columbus, Crystal, these all go well together. Willamette and Cascade? Yes. Mt Hood and Cascade? Yes. Styrian Goldings and EKGs, Challenger and Northdown, Amarillo and Crystal. Tons of hops go well together. I honestly can't think of a beer I've made where the hops conflicted with each other.

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Ølbart

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I disliked a 50/50 split between Perle and Centennial as 15 minute hops in an APA I brewed. Perhaps it was just too aggressive on the Perle, too much green spice.

BTW, I don't find Jamil's hop wheel all that helpful.

KyleWolf

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[/QUOTE]Not trying to be a dick or anything, but this seems to be popping up lately. That name is "Willamette" without the "i". It's not named after a guy named William. It's named after the river in Oregon, or possibly the Willamette Valley in Oregon. Either way, it's spelled Willamette.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the catch. I will file that away.

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MattHollingsworth

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Not trying to be a dick or anything, but this seems to be popping up lately. That name is "Willamette" without the "i". It's not named after a guy named William. It's named after the river in Oregon, or possibly the Willamette Valley in Oregon. Either way, it's spelled Willamette.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the catch. I will file that away.[/QUOTE]

Glad to help! I think if I hadn't lived in Oregon, I wouldn't have known either.

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artguy

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A specific combo that I find especially tasty AS a combo is Simcoe & Amarillo. Something about the two together really comes together to make a different flavor from what one would expect from either alone: kind of a mellow tropical fruit flavor, and the bittering from them is quite smooth.

SkiSoloII

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OK. So here's what I've got so far from this thread:

Good combos:

The "3" C's - Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, Columbus/Tomahawk, Crystal
Fuggles, EKG, Nugget
Willamette, Mt. Hood
Sticklebract, Riwaka
Simcoe, Amarillo (Amarillo goes with most anything?)
Willamette, Cascade
Mt Hood, Cascade
Styrian Goldings, EKGs
Challenger, Northdown
Amarillo and Crystal

Not recommended:

Perle and Centennial

If any more come in, I'll keep a running tally here. I'm sure some will not agree with all the classifications.

Thanks,

Dave

remilard

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Probably the most famous homebrew recipe ever is an English IPA bittered with chinook.