what hops should I use for American Barley wine

leoglenwood · 06-05-2009, 11:19 PM

I have 4 oz Simcoe, 4 oz Amarillo, 1 oz Warrior, 2 oz Cascade, 3 oz Columbus, 2 oz Zeus (which I read here is Columbus)

what do you suggest for the hop bill?

thanks!

the grain bill is 19 lbs 2 row Rahr, .25 special b and .25 pale chocolate,
1 lb munich, 1 lb crystal 20L, 1 lb piloncillo sugar

Yankeehillbrewer · 06-05-2009, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by leoglenwood

I have 4 oz Simcoe, 4 oz Amarillo, 1 oz Warrior, 2 oz Cascade, 3 oz Columbus, 2 oz Zeus (which I read here is Columbus)

what do you suggest for the hop bill?

thanks!

the grain bill is 19 lbs 2 row Rahr, .25 special b and .25 pale chocolate,
1 lb munich, 1 lb crystal 20L, 1 lb piloncillo sugar

I'd bitter it with all the warrior, maybe do a FWH with a .5oz Columbus, then alternate .5oz additions of Amarillo & Cascade every 5 mins for the last 20-25 mins. Then Dry Hop it with a mix of Columbus and Amarillo 10 days before you bottle it.

leoglenwood · 06-06-2009, 12:00 AM

thanks a lot for the help! I've never used Columbus before

Sucram · 06-10-2009, 01:25 AM

I love columbus. It's got a nice ruff, dank bitterness.

KayaBrew · 06-10-2009, 02:34 AM

Yeah, you've got a lot of tasty hops! Go with Yankee's hop sched. Good luck!