Hops to compliment earthy Grain bill

Hi all!

I made a brew with citrus hops and what a mistake. The grain bill had a very interesting 'earthy' quality to it. I want to add hops to compliment this grain bill but don't know much about these kinds of hops.

Does anyone have a suggestion for a good hop combination to compliment my earthy grain bill? I am thinking fuggles at 60 min but want to try something other than EKG at 20 min. Any thoughts? TIA

what kind of beer is it you are making

Jwerner23 said:

what kind of beer is it you are making

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LOL...good question. To be perfectly honest, I want the grain bill to do the talking.

85% MAris Otter
10 Munich
5% Carastan

Pleasant earthy flavour is the result. J, help a brutha out. What do you suggest??

You could try tettnang or northern brewer, I get earthy from both of those without the citrus. There are others that I can think of off the top of my head that are earthy but also have citrus too like simcoe or chinook

Nugget is very earthy/herbal and smooth, without the grapefruity edge that a lot of hops have. You could also just use hops at 60 to provide the requisite bitterness, and let the grain do all the talking.

kingwood-kid said:

Nugget is very earthy/herbal and smooth, without the grapefruity edge that a lot of hops have. You could also just use hops at 60 to provide the requisite bitterness, and let the grain do all the talking.

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I've never used nugget hops before. Thanks for the tip. I will do a bit of research on them!

It looks like you can't go wrong with noble hops that are known to provide a spicy aroma and flavor. Maybe this table will help?
http://www.onebeer.net/hopschart.html

Grain bill looks like an English Bitter, kinda. East Kent Goldings FTW.

Czech Saaz.

I was looking through a few old english pub ale recipies and was surprised to find Saaz as an aroma hop in some of them, but it made me curious enough to try it in a recipe for this weekend. Full disclosure, I love EKG. LOVE IT. The WGV (EKG hybrid with more fruit) would be another interesting option.

I like the idea of that Nugget too, but for an aroma hop over Fuggles I'd want a low AA hop so it doesn't get lost.

Gold_Robber said:

Hi all!

I made a brew with citrus hops and what a mistake. The grain bill had a very interesting 'earthy' quality to it. I want to add hops to compliment this grain bill but don't know much about these kinds of hops.

Does anyone have a suggestion for a good hop combination to compliment my earthy grain bill? I am thinking fuggles at 60 min but want to try something other than EKG at 20 min. Any thoughts? TIA

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What was the "citrus hops?" EKG?
Seems like Fuggles @20min would be the hop to use for earthy.
Or if you don't want hop flavors in the way than just cut out the 20 minute hop.

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As earthy as they come

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