I'm guessing that 55 pounds of grain isn't for a 5 gallon batch.....
I'm guessing that 55 pounds of grain isn't for a 5 gallon batch.....
My first batch using only belma turned out awesome. Not sure what everyone is complaining about
You can have mine. Not sure they are worth the shipping cost though...Enjoying yet another glass of my all-belma APA. Can't wait to use this hop more. After a couple weeks in the keg, the aroma has definitely faded, and I can see where people get a grassy character from the hop (I only dry hopped 3 days). Still, my next iteration of this beer will be even more amazing. I can't get enough Belma!
I made an all belma saison with 3726. Holy strawberry batman. Very very good saison IMO. Probably will not use this hop for anything other than a blonde ale or a saison but for those two, I think it would work most of the time.
I still have a pound sitting in my freezer that I haven't tried yet. I was just thinking about making a saison (or maybe a wheat beer), and adding some additional strawberries in secondary to make a very fruity summer beer.
dpatrickv, care to share your recipe?
I've definitely noticed the fruity sweet kind of flavors you get from Belma. I did an APA with it, mixed in a little cascade, but for the most part Belma was used in all the hop additions. At first I thought I had it too hot while fermenting, but it was always in the low to mid 60s during fermentation, so I was a little confused, until I started reading on here. What I figured was the banana fruity flavor (I've had a warm fermentation with US-05, that's why I was confused, it was a similar fruity flavor, but not quite ester banana), was actually strawberry and melon, that people mention here, I just couldn't place it. It's not bad, just not my thing on something I made to drink on a daily basis. Other than liking actual strawberries, I have adverse reactions to anything flavored strawberry, candies, soda, so this just wasn't a taste I wanted.
I recently used it on another APA I brewed, this time only using it for the bittering addition and it worked well enough for that, that $5 was definitely a bargain. I don't see myself using it for anything other than bittering though, in the future.
I'm curious to see your recipe. Can you put up for a critique? Perhaps HBT can helpstrambo said:I just had a Belma Pale Ale at Full Sail Brewery the other day...it was underwhelming as well. Slightly better than my Belma PA, but I still wasn't getting any major flavor and aroma...and continue to look for the strawberry roll up essence reported by others, don't get that either.
I made an American Wheat with Belmas, it is a good wheat, no major fruity flavors in it either tho.
Oh well, they are a cheap bittering and flavor hop to round out big IPA's and DIPAs.
I still have a pound sitting in my freezer that I haven't tried yet. I was just thinking about making a saison (or maybe a wheat beer), and adding some additional strawberries in secondary to make a very fruity summer beer.
dpatrickv, care to share your recipe?
Sure...I'm curious to see your recipe. Can you put up for a critique? Perhaps HBT can help
i tried belma in 3 different beers. i HATE it!!!
You've got a heavy malt bomb on your hands there!! MOPA, crystal & biscuit wowzerz!! You should go overboard with hopping to battle your malts & try to balance things. I would recommend multiple hop additions toward the end (<15 min) & big dry hopping. With this grain bill I don't think its worth even attempting "hoppy". Go another direction & try belma again:strambo said:Ingredients
1 lbs 12.2 oz Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM)Grain
3.5 oz Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM)
3.5 ozCaramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM)
0.22 ozMagnum [14.30 %] - First Wort 60.0 min
2 lbs 3.2 ozPale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM)Extract
0.47 oz Belma [12.10 %] - Boil 20.0 min
1.00 ozBelma [12.10 %] - Boil 0.0 min
0.5 pkg SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) Yeast [23.66 ml]
1.00 ozBelma [12.10 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days
Measured Original Gravity: 1.061 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.012 SG Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.4 %Actual Alcohol by Vol: 6.4 %
Bitterness: 45.2 IBUs
Est Color: 9.4 SRM Mash Profile
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You've got a heavy malt bomb on your hands there!! MOPA, crystal & biscuit wowzerz!!
I disagree. He's using 3.5 oz biscuit and 3.5 oz 40L into 2.5 gallons. That's only 7 oz.
jessup said:Go another direction & try belma again:
8 lbs pilsner
1 lb honey malt
1 oz belma @60 min
2 oz belma @15 min
4 oz belma @0 min
*this will help put belma on the hop stage & shine through with slightly sweet malt bill but still balanced.
Just my $.02
jessup said:Kane Brewing Co is “A Wolf Among the Seas” is our exploration and celebration of hops. To date, we have brewed *9* different single hop IPAs utilizing both old favorites and some new varietals we’ve found interesting.
We’ve made single-hop IPAs with:
Citra®, Simcoe®, Amarillo®, Legacy, Columbus, New Zealand Nelson Sauvin, Bravo, Mosaic™, New Zealand Pacific Hallertau.
I get there and ask the first random people I see in the parking lot what the "must have" is. they reply BELMA!!!! i spoke with others inside and they sung the same song. i thought that was pretty damn funny since it wasn't advertised for the event. love it or hate it I suppose fyi Kane Brewing is the bombdiggy! if you're ever in NJ it's def the must visit brewery.
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